SA Department for Energy & Mining Executive Director, Alex Blood is back Hot 30 Awards Judge in 2023

CORE Innovation Hub has worked closely with the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining since our establishment in South Australia in 2020. We are pleased to confirm The Department for Energy and Mining will once again be supporting the Hot 30 Awards in 2023. Esteemed Executive Director of the Department for Energy and Mining, Alex Blood will also once again be joining the Awards as a judge of the 2023 South Australian Innovator of the Year Award.

This award looks to celebrate the diversity of innovation within the energy and mining sector in South Australia and we are pleased to welcome such an experienced and knowledgeable South Australian as judge of this category.

Alex brings more than 20 years diverse industry experience having held various roles at state, national and global levels for a wide variety of mining, oil and gas, infrastructure and industrial projects across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Asia- Pacific and Africa. She sits on the National Board for environmental professional certification and has held past global and national corporate sustainability, business planning and technical advisory roles. In 2012 Alex became the first woman to be named Environmental Practitioner of the Year by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand.

“The Department for Energy and Mining is proud to once again support CORE Innovation Hub’s Hot 30, in particular the SA Innovation Award, recognising the State’s rapid economic growth as a technology and innovation centre.

From South Australia’s focus for 100% renewable electricity by 2030 to carbon capture and storage, low carbon sustainable mining, exploration technologies or digital geoscience. Without innovation, these goals would not be possible. We look forward to the new perspectives and ideas recognised by 2022’s Hot 30 innovators, and to seeing these South Australian companies continue to thrive.”

— Alex Blood, Executive Director, SA Department for Energy & Mining

The Hot 30 Awards celebrate the hottest Australian innovators across the energy and mining sector. The awards aim to showcase the next generation of businesses who are successfully developing technology and using innovation to shape the future of some of Australia’s most important industries, today.

Alex will be presenting the South Australian Innovator of the Year Award at the Adelaide Hot 30 Awards Ceremony to be held on Thursday 23 March.