Tag: Smart Cities

Smart cities need smart planning

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The issues paper from InnovationAus.com’s Civic Nation 2018 roundtable on Connected Communities & Gig Cities is now available for download, exploring key policy and technology concerns in the sector....

Settling confusion on City Deal plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australia and New Zealand branch of the Smart Cities Council will release a paper next month to help state and local governments, and property developers understand core smart...

ASEAN wrap-up: Ties that bind

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Recent fears within Australia’s tech and innovation circles that the sector might have been forgotten by its friends in Canberra may be overblown if the first ASEAN-Australian summit hosted...

Lion City links a smart deal

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull says Australia would continue to look to Singapore for smart city development ideas and inspirations. Speaking to media at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit on Friday, the Prime...

Smart cities: The case for IoT

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
Fifty-two city councils across the country have been handed a cut of $28.5 million for new projects under round one of the federal government’s $50 million Smart Cities and...

Innovation and the grass roots

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There are huge opportunities for bottom-up innovation in regional cities and local council areas, but only if communities can overcome skills and capability shortfalls to make sense of the...

Melbourne’s plan to get smart

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Smart cities initiatives in Melbourne mark a shift from top-down governance to citizen-centric policy-making, according to Liberal Senator for Victoria Jane Hume. Speaking at InnovationAus.com’s Intelligent Communities event in...

Growing demand for IoT standards

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The technologies used to improve city services will require standards-based interoperability and security protocols to take advantage of truly smart cities potential, Giant Ideas director Catherine Caruana-McManus said. Speaking...