2.30 pm - arrival
3.00 pm - main ceremony
3.40 pm - photo opportunity
4.00 pm - event end

Sumen Rai
Director, Defence Innovation Partnership

Sumen Rai is Director of the Defence Innovation Partnership (DIP), a collaborative initiative of the South Australian Government, Defence Science and Technology Group and the three South Australian universities.
She is responsible for leading national and international R&D engagement and collaboration between researchers, industry and government, to deliver innovative solutions to Defence as well as supporting research, development and innovation activities for Defence SA and the South Australian Space Industry Centre.

Sumen has extensive government experience in developing and delivering major initiatives across investment attraction, trade, and industry development in the mining engineering, services and technologies, cleantech, space, and defence sectors.

She has been involved in driving novel initiatives such as the Convergence Series which foster conversations about major defence and national security challenges through transdisciplinary perspectives and collaboration.
Sumen has previously worked as a teacher and lecturer in Arts and Design & Technology, a science communicator, and coordinator of outreach and engagement initiatives including several open government hackathons such as the NASA Space Apps Challenge.

She holds a Master of Sustainability, Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Bachelor of Education (Hons), and is currently working towards a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Spatial Science.

Arts and the Community

• Damien Bowen

Communication and the Community

• Chantelle Grace Wuttke

Cross-disciplinary Studies

• Jemma Cate Tredrea
• Isabella Mia Woosnam

Integrated Learning A

• Manish Augustine
• Stephanie Nicole Bondoc
• Minh Tam Jackie Cao
• Luke Donato Ciccozzi
• Abby Gurnett
• William Hambidge-Hay
• Hussain Hardwarewala
• Tahlia Honeychurch
• Charli Shae James
• Aryan Katyal
• Tavish MacKenzie
• Alessio Masullo
• Anthony McLoughlin
• Aaditya Dhandapani Meda
• Bao Nhat Nguyen
• Paige O'Dwyer
• Sean Park
• Alex Slobodian
• Daniel Taddeo
• Hannah Wilde

Integrated Learning B

• Vanshika Arya
• Emma Bun
• Ellie Collis
• Keeley Menadue
• Jeevika Nagpal
• Nirbhik Singh Sandhu
• Lauren Wakefield

Interdisciplinary Learning and the Community

• Abbey Alvarez
• Chloe Elizabeth Mackay

Research Project A

• Daisy Ageno
• Jake Campbell
• Jay Dizon
• Miah Jade Follett
• Peter Jackson
• Bailey Lamb
• Van-Leon The Pham
• Cameron Lea Rouvray
• Ella South

Research Project B

• Mohammadhossein Agah
• Hareem Ahmed
• Isaiah Chidiomimi Ajaero
• Lia Albanese
• Sophie Allan
• Natasha Allison
• Tasmia Alvi
• Katarina Anastasia Amerl
• Kyla Marie Anderson
• Shradha Angrish
• Jack Armfield
• Georgia Louise Bacskai
• Alana-May Baggio
• Lucinda Josephine Baily
• Raphael Charles Henry Baker
• Amielle Ballestrin
• Charlie David Bear
• Ella Beinssen
• Jonathan Beltrame
• Daniel Anis Bhaskaran
• Amolika Bhatia
• Freja Cederberg Birt
• Ethan Bishop
• Gabrielle Joy Bishop
• Talisha May-Ann Boyley
• Angus Braendler
• Niamh Breen
• Charlotte Brown
• Imogen Brown
• Charlotte Bruhn
• Teresa Bueti
• Tyler Cameron-Smith
• Amelia Frances Campbell
• Lewis Candeloro
• Edward Scott Carruthers
• Jackson Enrique Centenera
• Fai Chan
• Wen Yue Chang
• Lynelle Therese Cheung
• Yedam Choi
• Yastika Choure
• Anna Minh-Thy Chu
• Jemma Mary-Ann Cobb
• Krystal Louise Collins
• Cartia Condo
• Douglas Tasman Cooke
• Scarlett Cox
• Sophie Grace Craft
• Harriet Alice Craig
• Aleksandra Cvetanovic
• Ammar Danish
• Edward Anthony Davies
• Emily Sian Davies
• Rhys Jac Davies
• Joel Alexander De Pasquale
• Nestor Miguel Del Carmen
• Sienna Dichiera
• Nhu Y Dinh
• Imogen Dippy
• Hannah Dmytriw
• Andrew Nicholas Draper
• Samantha Kym Dutschke
• Ian Esmilio
• Jackson Evans
• John Joseph Evans
• Rosie Evennett
• Molly Ann Faithfull
• Holly Susanne Fiedler
• Bethany Fleet
• Charlie Frank Fountain
• Tom Fox
• Thomas Frew
• Jordan Ganley
• Piper George
• Youssef Gerges
• Cameron Rex Gerhardy
• Ridheypreet Grover
• Hansika Kasundie Gunawardane
• Lathika Guruge
• Ethan Glenn Hamlyn
• Emma Hauptman
• Bethany Jane Hayes
• Ida Heidari
• Justin Paul Henkel
• Emma Hislop
• Alanna Ying-Yi Ho
• Brendan Jun-Xiong Ho
• Carl Thomas Hodges
• Adam James Holland
• Mia Holroyd
• Trinity Hong
• Jack Hutchins
• Amy Huynh
• Ahsan Iqbal
• Matthew Jantzen
• Mia Kendra Dewi Jarvis
• Nicole Margaret Jefferies
• Daniel Sanjivan Jesudason
• Arun Jeyanthan
• Canyu Jia
• Mina Johansson
• Angelina Bianca Jones
• Breeana Claire Jones
• Stephanie Emily Jones
• Angel Mary Joseph
• Rhea Joshi
• Chan Hee Jung
• Hoon Kang
• Elleni Karagiannis
• Theo-Charis Karavasili
• Alexandra Karpathios
• Savannah Sunni Kaveberg
• Georgia Kehagias
• Jeremy Stephen Kemp
• Eunsu Kim
• Jorjia Kleemann
• Samuel John Knight
• Lily Grace Koch
• Macoy Kohler
• Mia Chanel Konopka
• Valen Kostich
• Jake Kuchel
• Jeanquille Shanti Valerie Kumar
• Praharshitha Kunninti
• Ethan An Duy La
• Sarah Lancaster
• Ruby Grace Langford
• Jack Raymond Larkin
• Arabella Rose Lee
• Isaiah Sheng Lee
• William John Lehmann
• Jessica Libra
• Caitriona Kirby (Cait) Lightbody
• Sophia Anjeli Lockie
• Sophie Lorraine
• Noah Mitchell Lunau
• Sonia Lupoi
• Jennifer Ly
• Ada MacKenzie
• Juliet Kathryn MacLeod
• Bowen Maddren
• Amelia Kate Magiarapis
• Vivian Mah
• Daniel Joseph Maier
• Taras Warren Mair
• Kabir Malhotra
• Annabel Elizabeth Manifold
• Ashley Marcinkowski
• Milla Markou
• Owen William Matz
• Olivia Mauviel
• Eleni Mavraidi
• Iona Mae McClements
• Mikaylah McDonald
• Sofia Jade McGough
• Winter Jade McKay
• Darcy McKenny
• Georgia Skye McLeod
• Aaron John David McMahon
• Katrina Louise McPhee
• Keeley Menadue
• Eleanor Meurant
• Abby Middleton
• Alice Soklee Min
• Paige Minagall
• Muhammad Hariz Mohamed Azmi
• Giselle Moukachar
• Ryan Benjamin Murphy
• Alanis Nagel
• Alisha Shaina Nair
• Yasmin Sophie Nairn
• Parizaad Tariq Nehvi
• Charlotte Nenke
• Edward Newberry
• Alyssa Nguyen
• Tiffanii Bao-Ngoc Nguyen
• Vanessa Nguyen
• Genevieve Bridget Nixon
• Zoe Nunn
• Gavin Michael Ong
• Riley O'Shannessy
• Braden Phillip Owen
• Ryan David Oxlad
• Mansher Singh Pannu
• Vasili Papageorgiou
• Sahithya Paramasivam
• Gyum Park
• Amelie Cate Parker
• Vraj Patel
• Ashlea Paul
• Damiano Gabriel Pavia
• Lucy Claire Percival
• Isabella Perin
• Phuong Y Nhi Pham
• Renae Rosemary Phelan
• Anton Piotto
• Parisa Linda Placucci
• Josip Giovanni Podreka
• Macie Angelique Politis
• Ashleigh Elizabeth Poolan
• Oscar William Popping
• Catherine Anne Kay Portolesi
• Georgia Pryor
• Sebastian Rapuano
• Amelia Rault
• Neha Ravindra
• Jonathan Samuel Raw
• Sienna Rawlins
• Emma Reid
• Billie Jay Reimann
• Vanessa Jane Ricks
• Isabel Jane Roberts
• Poppy Rodgers
• Annelise Romaniuk
• Lia Romeo
• Kiera Mae Ross
• Airlie June Rouvray
• Cain Satanek
• Anne-Marie Savas
• Nicola Scalzi
• Lucas Scroop
• Karan Sethi
• Ruby Odem Olivia Sierp
• Elliot Grace Siggurs
• Hannah Smailes
• William Lindsay Macpherson Smith
• Wian Soontiens
• Thomas Spyrou
• Tanvi Srivastava
• Nathan Stafford
• Taylah Stallard
• Zoi Stamatelopoulo
• Ned Matthew Ravi Starr
• Jordan Elise Stevens
• Tiana Swan
• Sophia Anne Switajewski
• Olivia Emily Tallent
• Perl Tang
• Ruby Tanner
• Erin Louise Taylor
• Ashlyn Thompson
• Claudia Thwaite
• Rebecca Eve Tindale
• Lillie Grace Tooth
• Anne Binh-An Nguyen Tran
• Isla Kingsley Truman
• Pham Gia Loc Truong
• Jacinda Louise Tsakalos
• Estelle Lisa Tsimiklis
• Natasha-Han Nguyen Bao Tu
• Jackson Tucker
• Skye Van Den Nieuwelaar
• Katherine Varley
• Prathicksha Venkatesan
• Thangam Elizabeth Verghese
• Evelyn Vincin Walker
• Charlotte Vink
• Pasquale Vitaro
• Ereni Vithoulkas
• Marie Vizzari
• Madeline Jane Walker
• Jack William Sawley Walter
• Zhi Wang
• Raine Abel Watts
• Jasper Weatherstone
• Tomas Webster Arbizu
• Gauri Wechalekar
• Elliot Taunton Whitford
• Gisele Wiadrowski
• Alana Wilkinson
• Janay Will
• Tyren Chunrong Wong
• Caydi Young
• Isabelle Sing Shian Yu
• Adeena Zafar
• Alexandra Leila Zeman
• Jiarui Zhang
• Rune Chi Zhao
• Chengcheng Zheng
• Robert Xiaofei Zhou
• Jordan Zorzi

Work and the Community

• Damien Bowen
• Jett Yates

Music

The SACE Board would like to thank Brighton Secondary School for providing the music at the Governor’s Commendation presentation.

Vice-Regal

The SACE Board would like to thank the Vice-Regal Ensemble for providing the Vice-Regal Salute at the Governor’s Commendation presentation.

Organisations

The SACE Board expresses its appreciation to the following organisations for their support:

• Adelaide City Council
• Festival Hire
• Nippy’s Fruit Juices Pty Ltd
• Santos Ltd

Ceremony Photography

To purchase an official photograph taken on stage at the Merit Ceremony, please go to saschoolphotography.com.au