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AWW Women of the Future Awards

Published: Wednesday, 07 October 2015

On 22 September, by an esteemed panel that included Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce, Chloe Shorten, Today show co-host Lisa Wilkinson, 7.30 anchor Leigh Sales, Interplast ambassador Turia Pitt, Qantas executive Olivia Wirth, model Jesinta Campbell and co-founder of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, Denise Morcombe, I was named the Australian Women’s Weekly Women of the Future Judges' Choice Winner.  Here are some photos from the evening.

AWW Winners

AWW Winners and judges

The Award is sponsored by the Australian Women’s Weekly and QANTAS.  So I did a photoshoot for the magazine.  Here’s the photograph, taken in a University of Melbourne electrical engineering lab.

AWW Marita


The award was to encourage the work I’m doing with Teleport, the telepresence robot - giving people the opportunity to connect and be present, even when they’re in another location, state or country!

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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