The SXSW Innovation Awards presented by Patient Safety Technology Challenge recognize the most exciting creative developments in the connected world, celebrating the ever-widening variety of technological advancements, achievements and discoveries.

Five Finalists in each category will be chosen to exhibit their projects at the sixth annual Innovation Awards Finalist Showcase during SXSW 2023, where the Finalist Judges will determine the winner in each category and the Best of Show. SXSW audiences attending the Finalist Showcase will also vote to determine the winner of the People’s Choice award. Participation in the Finalist Showcase is required for consideration in all award categories.

A new element for the 2023 SXSW Innovation Awards is the Innovation at Work Awards, presented by The Cru. Formally known as the Mosaic Awards, these awards acknowledge and celebrate exemplary leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace with a clear, positive impact. See the application for more information about the Innovation at Work Awards.

Winners will be announced and presented their awards at the 25th annual SXSW Innovation Awards Ceremony on the evening of Monday, March 13 at the Austin Convention Center. Winners of the Innovation At Work Awards will also be honored at this March 13 ceremony.

Applications for the 2023 SXSW season are now closed. Applicants will receive an update January 2023. Stay tuned for the Finalists announcement later in the season

SXSW Innovation Awards Presented By Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative has established the Patient Safety Technology Challenge which is designed to fuel the engagement of students and innovators in creating solutions and envisioning transformational approaches to reduce preventable harm from medical errors and reimagine a vastly safer healthcare system. The initiative will inject patient safety awards into existing local, regional, and national competitions and produce a documentary to help increase awareness of the patient safety crisis.

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Get ready to experience more opportunities for discovery, networking, learning, and career-enhancing connections than ever before at SXSW 2024 from March 8-16. Stay tuned for announcements coming later this summer.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Artificial Intelligence category honors projects that leverage the groundbreaking power of machine learning and AI.

Audio

The Audio category is the landing spot for music and sound-related projects, as well as projects that stretch the boundaries of audio-based platforms.

Convergent Gaming

The Convergent Gaming category recognizes outstanding innovation in the space where video games merge with current film, television or pop music content.

Design

The Design category honors forward-thinking projects that span the many facets of product, interface and experience design.

Enterprise DEI Workplace Innovation Award

This category acknowledges and celebrates the exemplary impact and results in advancing company diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.

Health & MedTech

The Health and MedTech category uncovers the best new projects serving wellness and medicine.

Immersive

The Immersive category is geared to the most exciting new projects in AV, VR, XR and other new forms of storytelling.

Media

The Media category recognizes projects and platforms that improve the way we communicate with each other.

Mid-Size DEI Workplace Innovation Award

The Mid-size DEI Workplace Innovation Award category acknowledges and celebrates the exemplary impact and results in advancing company diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.

Patient Safety Technology

The Patient Safety Technology category recognizes the most innovative technology-enabled solutions focused on one or more of the five leading causes of patient harm: medication errors, patient care, procedural/surgical, infections and diagnostic error.

Rising DEI Workplace Innovator Award

The Rising DEI Workplace Innovator Award category recognizes individuals who regularly go above and beyond what is expected to create a more inclusive, and welcoming workplace.

Social Impact

The Social Impact category spotlights projects that help empower underserved communities around the world.

Sustainability

The Sustainability category focuses on projects that positively address the crisis of climate change.

Urban Infrastructure

The Urban Infrastructure category is home to next-generation solutions to enhance the experience of city life.

2023 Winning projects

Immersive

The Immersive category is geared to the most exciting new projects in AV, VR, XR and other new forms of storytelling.

Move.ai iOS Application | London, UK

Media

The Media category recognizes projects and platforms that improve the way we communicate with each other.

for Tomorrow: an Innovation Ecosystem | Los Angeles, CA

Convergent Gaming

The Convergent Gaming category recognizes outstanding innovation in the space where video games merge with current film, television or pop music content.

Time Investigators | Bourne End, UK

Audio

The Audio category is the landing spot for music and sound-related projects, as well as projects that stretch the boundaries of audio-based platforms.

Nomono Sound Capsule | Trondheim, Norway

Enterprise Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

This category acknowledges and celebrates the exemplary impact and results in advancing company diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.

Sephora - Inspiring Inclusion In The Beauty Industry

Mid-Size Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Mid-size DEI Workplace Innovation Award category acknowledges and celebrates the exemplary impact and results in advancing company diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.

Bitwise Industries

Rising Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The Rising DEI Workplace Innovator Award category recognizes individuals who regularly go above and beyond what is expected to create a more inclusive, and welcoming workplace.

Included.ai

Social Impact

The Social Impact category spotlights projects that help empower underserved communities around the world.

The 35*2 Free Initiative | Towson, MD

Urban Infrastructure

The Urban Infrastructure category is home to next-generation solutions to enhance the experience of city life.

itselectric | Brooklyn, NY

Sustainability

The Sustainability category focuses on projects that positively address the crisis of climate change.

World’s Whitest Paint–Thinner Than Ever | Lafayette, IN

Artificial Intelligence

The Artificial Intelligence category honors projects that leverage the groundbreaking power of machine learning and AI.

Bird Buddy Smart Bird Feeder | Kalamazoo, MI

Design

The Design category honors forward-thinking projects that span the many facets of product, interface and experience design.

The Pollinator™ Kit for Renewable Design | Alameda, CA

Health and MedTech

The Health and MedTech category uncovers the best new projects serving wellness and medicine.

NeuraLight – Digitizing Neurology | Tel-Aviv, Israel

Patient Safety Technology

The Patient Safety Technology category recognizes the most innovative technology-enabled solutions focused on one or more of the five leading causes of patient harm: medication errors, patient care, procedural/surgical, infections and diagnostic error.

Kalogon | Melbourne, FL

Best In Show

GAF Beats the Heat by Cooling Streets | Parsippany, NJ

People’s Choice

educbank: Expanding access to quality education | São Paulo, SP, Brazil