After winning the VSEA (Victorian Spatial Excellence Award) for Technical Excellence and the Victorian Government Award at the end of last year, we were hoping we might go on to win the APSEA (Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Award) too. Unfortunately, although the RISER project received a highly commendable rating (runner-up) in the Technical Excellence category of APSEA, the award went to an outstanding road safety project from New Zealand. Nevertheless, we are very proud of our runner-up prize, and thank the whole RISER team for all their outstanding contributions that led to this recognition.