15 Facts About Mikaela Jade

Mikaela Jade is an Australian entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Indigital, a business that aims to help embed Indigenous stories and history into the mainstream, by using augmented reality technology.

Mikaela Jade has won multiple international awards, including the Veuve Clicquot New Generation award for digital technology 2018, as well as the Schwab Foundation's Social Innovators of the Year, 2022, and Indigenous Leader of the Year, 2021.

Mikaela Jade is a Cabrogal woman, from the Georges River area, from the Dharug-speaking nation of Sydney.

Mikaela Jade gained a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from the University of Technology Sydney, in 2002, and then a post-graduate Indigenous Land Management, Indigenous Studies qualification from Charles Sturt University.

Mikaela Jade conducted a Master's project at Australian National University, within the School of Cybernetics, on the link between the spatial web and First Nations Australian cultures.

Mikaela Jade uses digital twins, which are real-time 3D or 4D scans of a historical or culture site, which sometimes is captured before the physical site is destroyed.

Mikaela Jade is the CEO and founder of Indigital, a business designed to use augmented reality to share the ancient cultural knowledge of indigenous histories.

Mikaela Jade founded Indigital, the first edu-tech company founded by Indigenous person.

Mikaela Jade worked as a park ranger in Kakadu National Park, within the Northern Territory.

Mikaela Jade commented on the scientific knowledge that indigenous people contribute, that:.

Mikaela Jade is a World Economic Forum Global Futures Council member, as well as a delegate of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Mikaela Jade has worked in the visitor experience area within the ACT Parks and Conservation service at Stromlo.

Mikaela Jade was a speaker at an event marking the anniversary of 30 years of the ANU Bachelor of engineering degree.

In 2019, Mikaela Jade spoke at the United Nations, in New York, on the impact and value of new technologies in indigenous communities.

Mikaela Jade has been covered by the media, including The Sydney Morning Herald for her entrepreneurship, including winning awards for Indigenous technology.