The 2018 Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards were handed out on the 30th of November, 2018 at the Closing Cocktail Ceremony of the Pacific Islands GIS & RS User Conference. There were 5 awards handed out by SIBA-GITA representative Mr. Peter Kinne from DigitalGlobe.
Highly Commended for Technical Excellence: SkyEye Pacific
Project: Tropical Cyclone Gita Early Recovery Project
Ms. Ebony-Jean Ta'avili representing SkyEye receiving the award from Mr. Kinne

The Award for Environment and Sustainability: MACBIO
Project: Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Managment in Pacific Island Countries
Mr. Jonah Sullivan representing MACBIO-GIZ, receiving the award from Mr. Kinne

The Award for People and Community: Pacific Flying Labs
Project: Technology and Tradition
Ms. Kolora Qativi representing Pacific Flying Labs receiving the award from Mr. Kinne

The Award for Spatial Enablement: Fiji Bureau of Statistics
Project: Compilation of the Fiji 2017 Census Household Dataset
Mr. Anare Motokula from Fiji Bureau of Statistics receiving the award from Mr. Kinne

The Award for Technical Excellence: QUINTESENS Pty Ltd
Project: Regular monitoring of land cover issues by ANN analysis of large satellite series, at the service of the population of the Pacific
Ms. Giovanna Varra and Mr. Andreoli Remi from BLUECHAM SAS receiving the award from Mr. Kinne

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