LIZZIES: Final Day to Enter, Best Dressed Theme Announced

The 23rd annual Samsung Australian IT Journalism Awards were officially launched by Influencing CEO Phil Sim last night, with Livecast partner Cisco playing host at their Meraki offices in Kent Street to around 50 tech journalists and industry experts.

The evening featured the launch of the 2025 awards (for content created in 2024), the announcement of the new Best Science Journalism category, and remarks from Cisco's Chief Technology Officer Carl Solder, who identified AI preparedness, future work spaces and digital resilience as key areas of interest in 2025.

Launching the new Science Journalism Award, SJAA President Jackson Ryan spoke to the importance of good science coverage and a robust tech & science journalism community. "Science and technology go hand in hand, so it makes perfect sense we have a Science Journalism award at the IT Journalism awards," said Jackson. "I'm thrilled that we're able to recognise and celebrate the nation's best science journalists in this way and know it will strengthen the science journalism ecosystem in Australia."

Below: SJAA President Jackson Ryan and Influencing CEO Phil Sim at last night's Lizzies Launch

Entries close tonight, and the judges will have their work cut out from next week thanks to a record number of entries already received.
(Extensions are possible in some cases; please contact mike@Influencing.com for more detail.)

Finally, Influencing CEO Phil Sim announced this year's Best Dressed Theme: "Blooms, Florals & Flowers." 

The Lizzies are possible because of the ongoing support of the Industry. Thankyou to lifetime sponsor Waterson Marketing Communications, along with returning supporters Optus, NetApp, Meta, The Australian Computer Society, Amazon, new partners Alternaleaf, our old friends Apptio who rejoin in support of the photo booth, Aussie Broadband who return as the official Gin Sponsor, Cisco who return as the live cast partner, and Adobe who join as our new print and design partner for 2025. 

Lastly, we thank the team at Samsung Australia, who return as our name sponsor and chief supporter of the awards for another year. 

For anyone wishing to attend as a non-judge or journalist entry, tickets to this year's Lizzies are now on sale! Get your tickets before they sell out - link is below here! 

https://www.thelizzies.com/tickets

Mike Woodcock
Chief Commercial Officer
Influencing & the Mediaconnect Group
---------------------------------------------------------------
Follow Influencing or #Lizzies on Twitter
---------------------------------------------------------------
www.Influencing.com.au
mike@Influencing.com
M: +61 411 969 248