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](http://52.62.52.55/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/181129C_0674_S_E_RAW_E_R_.jpg)
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](http://52.62.52.55/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/181129C_0677_S_RAW_E_R_.jpg)
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](http://52.62.52.55/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/181129C_0661_S_E_RAW_E_02_R_.jpg)
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](http://52.62.52.55/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/181129C_0667_S_E_RAW_E_R_.jpg)
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
![181129C_0695_S_RAW_E_R_ Ms. Giovanna Varra and Mr. Andreoli Remi from BLUECHAM SAS receiving the award from Mr. Kinne](http://52.62.52.55/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/181129C_0695_S_RAW_E_R_-e1613648264205.jpg)