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ASCA AUSTRALIAN SMART COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE Smart people creating smart communities

Melbourne Convention Centre 9 –11 May 2018

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CONTENTS

Welcome 4 Agenda overview 5 Where are we on the smart city journey? 6 Shaping more resourceful and circular cities 8 Speaker Q&A 9 Smart people creating smart communities 14 Sponsors 15

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WELCOME TO THE ASCA CONFERENCE 2018

It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2018 Australian Smart Communities Conference at the Melbourne Convention Centre. As the peak representative entity for councils and governments interested in driving smart city outcomes, we represent more than 50 per cent of the Australian population through our membership base. ASCA works with its members to build capacity, reduce risks, share knowledge and promote dialogue to make our cities and regions more productive, sustainable and liveable.

We have an outstanding program of 40+ sessions across the themes of technology, innovation and strategy, and people and process, with more than 50 national and international speakers, councils and cities from across the nation, a fabulous array of exhibitions and a strong representation of industry partners to assist you in your smart city journey.

I look forward to hearing about your experiences at the 2018 Conference.

Brook Dixon President

I am delighted that you could join us at the 2018 Conference. There’s much more to this rapidly growing industry than the constantly updated forecasts of its impact to the economy. It’s an exciting time to see the progress of our members as they move through the initial cost savings and optimisation of resources from smaller proof-of-concept projects into new areas of smart city maturity like economic participation, enablement of the local innovation ecosystem, collaborative design, new business models and data-driven insight that make our cities more vital and considerate of their end users — people.

Regardless of where you and your organisation are on the smart city pathway, I’m certain you will gain great insight, ideas and contacts from the 2018 Conference, and on behalf of ASCA I wish you all the best on your smart city journey.

Daniel High Vice President

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AGENDA OVERVIEW For the full program, visit http://ascaconference.org.au

WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 6:00pm – 8:00pm

FRIDAY 11 MAY

WELCOME DRINKS RECEPTION

THURSDAY 10 MAY

8:00am

REGISTRATION

8:55am

Plenary

9:50am

Panel Discussion

10:30am

MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING

8:00am

REGISTRATION

11:00am

The Hon. Anthony Albanese

9:00am

Plenary

11:15am

Plenary

10:30am

MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING

1:00pm

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

11:00am

Plenary

2:00pm

Panel Discussion

11:45am

Panel Discussion

2:40pm

Plenary

12:15pm

LUNCH AND NETWORKING

3:30pm

Closing Session

4:00pm

CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

1:15pm

TECHNOLOGY STREAM

INNOVATION AND STRATEGY STREAM

PEOPLE AND PROCESSES STREAM

3:30pm

AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING

4:00pm

Plenary

5:30pm

CLOSE OF DAY ONE

7:00pm

Pre Dinner Drinks

7:30pm

Dinner

MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf VIC 3006 Exhibition: Melbourne Room, Level 2.

Plenary: Room 203 & 204, Level 2.

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WHERE ARE WE ON THE SMART CITY JOURNEY?

95% of people responding to the survey said they understood the investments, returns and other benefits of smart city initiatives.

However, only 21% said they had explored alternative funding models, such as bonds, and public-private partnerships to make them happen.

“It’s a good time for local governments to engage, we have a national smart cities plan from a policy but also funding perspective. We’re in a benefical place in Austraila, we can learn from three other regions around the world that have moved down this path before us.”

Adam Beck, Executive Director, Smart Cities Council ANZ

With buzzwords like ‘digital’, ‘data’ and the ‘Internet of Things’ dominating the conversation about smart cities, KPMG and the Public Sector Network brought together more than 440 leaders from government, universities and industry to talk about what it really takes to make a city smart.

Becoming a smart city is not a matter of flicking a switch. It’s a journey. For local government this is a strategic framework to guide decisions about where to go, both in the short and long term.

Fortunately, the international smart cities movement is mature enough now so that Australian local governments can draw on a range of resources when putting together their smart city strategic framework. Australia’s own Smart Cities Council also provides a library of information and other resources to its members. Individual cities can stand as examples to local governments still at the early stages of maturity.

Whatever the approach, local governments will need to establish a baseline from which to measure progress using the metrics relevant to their strategy.

This baseline marks the first stage of maturity. An effective maturity model will allow a local government to quickly assess its strengths and weaknesses and its current smarts, then map relevant and achievable waypoints on the smart city journey.

KPMG’s survey of event participants showed that 80% of respondents have started their smart city journey with 39% working up their strategic plans and 15% preparing detailed roadmaps and business cases. 26% of councils are now running pilot programmes or rolling out new projects into their communities.

Where are you on your smart city journey? % 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Not yet started

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In strategy development

Detailed roadmap and business case planning

Pilot phase

Operational Fully rollouts transformed underway

Not yet started

In strategy development

Detailed roadmap and business case planning

Pilot phase

Operational Fully rollouts transformed underway

What’s up ahead?

What are the top 3 projects you are planning over the next 12-18 months?

WiFi, lighting and smart infrastructure such as roads and bridges are the most common projects being rolled out over the next 12–18 months. The panellists and participants also spoke about stormwater management, driverless cars, waste collection, CCTV analytics and revitalising town centres as priority areas.

WiFi Lighting Smart infrastructure (e.g. roads, bridges etc) Parking Communications network Mobility Environmental Platform Digital signage/wayfinding Security 0

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Read the full report: https://home.kpmg.com/au/en/home/ insights/2017/11/smart-cities-australia-snapshot-2017.html

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SHAPING MORE RESOURCEFUL AND CIRCULAR CITIES

Smarter cities The French city of Dijon offers a shining example of how partnerships and technology can deliver a more efficient and connected city. Situated between the densely-populated centres of Paris and Lyon, Dijon’s growth is reliant on boosting its attractiveness as a place to live and work and improving its operational efficiency. The solution: a first-of-its-kind smart city project that breaks new ground in Europe.

No longer operating from separate functional silos, Dijon will embrace a sophisticated and connected city management system with a centralised command centre at its hub. Here, critical public functions — safety and fire security, public lighting, traffic lights, video surveillance and fleet management — will be seamlessly integrated and managed, with scope for interfacing with other public services such as water management and public transport.

SUEZ is part of a joint venture delivering this transformational 105 million euro, 12-year project. The benefits are immediate and significant. Centralised services scale easily to respond to growing and changing needs. Energy efficiencies and cost savings are realised across buildings and infrastructure, with a 65 per cent reduction in energy costs through smart street lighting.

By connecting traditional functional silos of the city, there’s an opportunity to provide better coordination such as better organising the maintenance of roads and utility networks to reduce disruption to services and inconvenience to residents and reduce operational costs for providers. The control centre could also instantly alert service providers such as waste management vehicles to events or traffic issues in a street, optimising routes and service times. The centre also aides in crisis management and response coordination ensures greater public safety.

Dijon will also be exploring opportunities for data services, smart parking, electric vehicle charging stations and real time information panels into the future. The city is imagining a future that puts real-time information affecting residents’ days — from weather, air quality and beach conditions to events, delays and road closures — all at their fingertips.

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Space ship trucks In Australia, SUEZ is also putting digital technology on the road and in the hands of Australian councils. Through SUEZ CORE, Councils can view real-time tracking of vehicles and up to date information on the collections services being provided to residents.

Described as ‘spaceship trucks’ by one local Mayor, the on-board cameras, lift systems with weight data along with street view cameras are providing instant access to information to improve contamination management and customer service.

The transparency allows Council, SUEZ operational teams and drivers to react in real time, ensuring a high degree of service quality and reliability by minimising the chance of missed services.

Smarter water As our cities and regional population centres continue to grow, increasing demand is being placed on water utilities. Smart metering makes it possible for to rapidly detect anomalies such as water leaks or water theft and helps water networks optimise their water flows and energy use in real-time.

The technology is also helping to deliver better services to customers. From automatic meter-reading to eco-responsible or seasonal billing, information is being put in the hands of water consumers to help them make more informed decisions.

In Agde in France, 12,500 private homes have been equipped with smart meters as well 184 network meters.

This has allowed the implementation of seasonal tariffs throughout the tourist season and has helped to improve individual water consumption with 210,000 m3 of drinking water being saved every year.

SPEAKER Q&A Smart city experts will deliver a range of topics throughout the event.

For the full speaker program, visit http://ascaconference.org.au

OUR QUESTIONS 1. What does a smart city mean to you?

2. Share with us the project you are currently working on.

3. What is the biggest challenge in creating our future cities?

Shweta Babbar

Manager Innovation and Continuous Improvement Glen Eira City Council www.linkedin.com/in/shweta-babbar-12a18a4/

Question 3

Question 2

Political leadership to invest and technology and policy and ensuring that local challenges and resources are properly understood.

Currently looking at how smaller and even tiny houses can meet our need for more affordable and sustainable housing in cities.

Shaun Beckley eBusiness and Planning Reform Coordinator Liverpool City Council

Question 1 Every council has their own definition of smart city. For me it means a city that makes decisions and plans for future services based on data that has been captured using different types of digital technology that is embedded in the social and asset infrastructure.

It is about using data to enhance the quality of service delivery and improve the trust and transparency between citizens and government.

Question 2 I am currently tackling unique challenges such as; — Leading transformation by empowering influencing and developing senior leaders.

— Delivering transformation by focusing on understanding community needs, external landscape internal capability and change management.

— Balancing efficiencies while being effective.

— Proposing creative solutions supported by business intelligence.

— Developing innovation champions and brand ambassadors.

Question 3 Making sure our cities recognise and cater for the needs of all their residents and not just the wealthy and privileged.

Question 1

Nicole Campbell

A smart city allows people to make informed decisions based on information gathered from their environment.

Senior Manager, Research and Learning Landcom

Question 2 Curating and publishing data related to planning and building applications for Liverpool Council.

Question 3 Retrofitting technology into existing cities and knowing how to plan for delivering new cities (especially relevant given aerotropolis around Western Sydney Airport)

Paul Burton

Director, Cities Research Institute Griffith University @PommiePaulyB www.linkedin.com/in/paulburton-4906651a/

Question 1

Question 1 A smart city is where technology is an enabler for creating a people-centric, socially responsive, innovative, creative and future-focused place.

Question 2 Managing Landcom’s unique University Roundtable Research Program and its associated Communities of Practice.

Question 3 In an environment of diminishing trust in political leaders a real challenge for cities is establishing governance structures that genuinely embed ideation by its citizenry about decisions that affect them — now and into the future.

A smart city is one that is able to harness new and emerging technologies to make it a better place in which to live, work and play.

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SPEAKER Q&A Emma Dawson Executive Director Per Capita @DawsonEJ

Question 1 One that is inclusive, and provides a great standard of living for all its residents. One that uses technology to improve the lives and wellbeing of people, and to manage systems and services in an efficient and environmentally responsible way.

Question 2 Per Capita works on various research and social innovation projects to address inequality, promote social justice and create a fair society.

Question 3 Ensuring that no-one is left behind, and that planning provides for improved standards of living for all.

Chris Hannaford

Director Business and Innovation City Of Prospect www.linkedin.com/in/chrishannaford-57a6b528/

Question 1 A city that engages with its residents.

Question 3 Keeping engaged with the community and ensuring that projects are both cutting edge and meet community demands.

Chief Executive Officer City Of Joondalup

provides in undertaking infrastructure asset condition inspections and managing site inspection risks.

Question 1

Question 3

The gathering of electronic data through the use of a technology to assist in the management of infrastructure, assets and resources to leverage investment and assist in the delivery of efficient, effective and relevant services for the community. It can be a major value add to community engagement.

The biggest challenge in creating our future cities will be navigating jurisdictional and regulatory boundaries.

Question 2

Being aware of, and proactively serving, the needs and interests of people and businesses in your community. It’s about leveraging all the tools and resources available to deliver the best possible experience and opportunities for your community in the most efficient and effective ways.

1. Smart lighting.

2. Smart parks including weather stations for water conservation bins that alert the city when they are almost full.

3. Use of smart technology to improve efficiencies in monitoring the environmental health and public use of a regional park.

Question 3 The speed of change of technology might render some initial investment worthless very quickly. Therefore we need to be aware of the risk that not every initiative will achieve the desired outcome.

Alison Leighton

Question 2 We are currently working on a project called Connected Cities with five councils and the University of Adelaide.

It seeks to use sensors and the IoT to enhance our parks and local facilities.

Garry Hunt

Chief Executive Officer Baw Baw Shire Council www.linkedin.com/in/alisonleighton-03958332/

Question 1 A smart city is one which optimises the use of technology to ensure that resource efficiency is maximised, data analytics positively informs decisionmaking and connectivity of citizens is optimised.

Question 2 We are currently reviewing the opportunities that drone technology 10

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Amelia Loye

Managing Director enagage2 @emotivate au.linkedin.com/in/amelialoye

Question 1

Question 2 I am the Co-Vice Chair for the ANZ Smart Cities Council Centre for Civic Innovation. I recently worked on the local sustainable housing project with NSW government and I am helping a Regional Council of New Zealand to pilot the use of AI for the management of qualitative data collected from citizens.

Question 3 The cost of living, especially given the way industries and the types of jobs are available are changing. I think there are a range of social factors that are in play now as a result of these dynamics that are already affecting the way communities organise which are inconsistent with the way our cities, lifestyles and workforce is designed at present.

SPEAKER Q&A Nancy Marshall

Chris O’Connor Manager Digital and Data City of Casey @chriso_connor

Senior Lecturer UNSW @nancymarshall77

Question 1 A smart city is one that firstly considers the people and place relationship with an overlay of technology. People are the residents and visitors to an area. Place includes both public and private spaces which are meaningful to a community. Technology on large and small scales are used to make the people-place relationship meaningful, effective and efficient.

Question 1

Establishing a data architecture, introducing pilot sites, using sensors to monitor utilisation of council assets — noting these are very early projects that are not indicative of our overarching objectives.

Smart Social Spaces: Smart Street Furniture Supporting Social Health.

Legacy systems & legacy thinking, plus missing data standards and lack of imagination.

Managing growth and change to ensure our cities are very liveable.

Pascal Perez

Director SMART Infrastructure Facility University Of Wollongong @profpascalperez scholars.uow.edu.au/ display/pascal_perez

Cat Matson

Question 1 A city that empowers residents and businesses to thrive.

Question 2 Brisbane Innovate — the city’s open innovation platform.

Question 3 Maintaining human centricity — it’s far too easy to get seduced by what we ‘could’ do, instead of staying focused on what we ‘should’ do.

Roger Rooney

Senior Project Manager Smart Parking ACT Government www.linkedin.com/in/rogergrooney/

Question 2

Question 3

Chief Digital Officer, Brisbane Brisbane Marketing @catmatson www.linkedin.com/in/catmatson/

Challenge 1: The lack of engagement with our communities.

Challenge 2: The lack of horizontal interoperability.

A city that uses technology, data and innovation to make life better for its residents.

Question 2

Question 3

Question 3

Question 1 A smart city is a technology-enabled place where smart people plan for and contribute to a more sustainable, productive and liveable future together.

Question 2 The Illawarra Digital Living Lab is a bottom-up, problem-driven and community-oriented regional IoT initiative. The University of Wollongong has funded and deployed a free-to-air radio communication network across the region, allowing researchers, startups, entrepreneurs, students and communities to build, hack and share their own IoT solutions. We now have more than 20 projects at various stages of maturity.

Question 1 Helping citizens do things faster, where they want and how they want to improve livability.

Question 2 Smart Parking Manuka — Reduced congestion and improved travel times for drivers parking in Manuka precinct.

— Digital Champion and Evaluation lead.

— Partnered with DATA61 Data Scientist to report what happened why it happened and apply machine learning to deliver predictive parking capability.

— Market sounded, promoted, procured, contracted and deployed the sensor based network developed the ParkCBR app and managed the LED street sign build for the Smart Parking Trial in Manuka (launched on 29 April 2016).

— Delivering change using a HybridSAAS model.

Question 3 BAU mindsets and funding models from 1995.

Holly Ruxin

Founder & CEO Montcalm TCR @hollyruxin www.linkedin.com/in/hollyziegelruxin/

Question 1 To borrow from our friends at the City of Hoboken, smart city is a comprehensive technological and management solution to improve the quality of life, efficiency ASCA Conference Guide 2018

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SPEAKER Q&A Nick Stabler

of urban operations, services and competitiveness and create positive social, environmental, and economic benefits within the community for its stakeholders.

City Digital Experience Analyst The City of Newcastle www.linkedin.com/in/nickstabler/

Question 2 The Hoboken Smart City project in Hoboken, New Jersey, combines technology and advertising to engage Hoboken’s citizens and visitors through art, information, transportation, and media via mobile app.

The Hoboken Smart City project epitomises the essence of partnerships, which is why Montcalm is innovating financing for the project in concert with The Hoboken Smart City Group. We believe this opportunity defines the true expression of the future of cities and the shift coming towards developing smarter cities in concert with the local government best-in-class private sector organisations and individual forwardthinking investors. The project is not only going to be a global first, it will redefine Hoboken as a leading innovative smart city. As a team we have opportunity to attract the world’s greatest technologies all under one umbrella developing on top of Hoboken’s history and main street beauty and leading the execution of a global example for a smart city future.

Question 3 We have the technology, collaborative partnerships, and financing from a collection of forward-thinking individual investors to develop smart cities at scale.

The biggest challenge from a financing perspective is continuing to find ways to democratise access for individuals to invest in these cities, so the integrity of the projects stay in an alignment and outside of the sometimes competing interests of institutional investors.

Question 1 At Newcastle City Council we view smart cities as covering three essential themes: — City as a Personal Service: Represents a model of urban services delivery that is data-led and responsive to citizen needs in real time to ensure that social and business objectives are identified and met in ways that guarantee an efficient and enjoyable social economic and environmental experience of the city.

— City as an Experimental Platform: Supports the current trajectory of Newcastle as a centre for industrial innovation and technology development through creation of a city-scale testbed for prototyping trialling and evaluating technology social and regulatory innovation.

— City as a Data Commons: Enables open access and collaborative utilisation of city data to improve planning and stimulate economic development.

— Attract people to Newcastle: Build community engagement and interaction and improve the experience of the city.

Here are the digital projects I’m working on: — City App Suite — Smart Wayfinding — Smart Screens — IoT Environmental Sensing — IoT Platform — Digital Sandbox — City Dashboard — Open Data Portal — Information Management & Data Governance Strategy A few of the key challenges include:

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Duncan Taylor CEO and Managing Director Country Universities Centre

Question 1 A community that is re-pointing its people and infrastructure to meet the challenges of the future.

Question 2 Establishing a network of highly connected regional study hubs to provide regional communities with the opportunities to seek knowledge and build capacity without having to relocate to a metropolitan area.

Question 3 For regional cities, to maintain and narrow the gap with metropolitan cities so that regional areas remain interesting and attractive places to live and work.

Peter Tegart

CEO Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

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— Bringing the community on the smart city journey of piloting and testing new technology.

— Managing the complexity of data sharing strategy and governance.

— Integrating public and private data infrastructure to facilitate improvements to city services and private services.

Question 1 Tool to transform our cities.

Question 2 Queanbeyan CBD transformation and South Jerra Technology Park.

Question 3 Bringing back the human scale and community interaction.

SPEAKER Q&A Neil Temperley Executive Product Manager, Future Cities Data61 | CSIRO www.linkedin.com/in/ neiltemperley/

Question 1 Being smarter about how we build, revitalise and operate future cities to be sustainable, resilient and liveable.

Question 2 Mixed. They include: future cities thinking; proposing an ‘urban data/tools platform’ for use by city designers and operators; designing data infrastructure.

Question 3 Culture change and vision! Laying good foundations for the future; learning to answer the big questions of what true sustainability looks like; building competencies to sell overseas.

Eamon Waterford

A/CEO & Director of Policy Committee for Sydney twitter.com/Committee4Syd au.linkedin.com/in/eamonwaterford-52b5294a

Question 1 A smart city is a city that is responsive to its citizens and able to adapt in real time.

Question 2 We’re working on benchmarking Sydney against other global cities to see how we compare on livability, economic and technological measures.

Question 3 Fragmented government and a lack of leadership at a metropolitan level.

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SMART PEOPLE CREATING SMART COMMUNITIES

The Australian Smart Communities Association (ASCA) empowers liveable, sustainable, workable smart cities, with citizens, local businesses and stakeholders at the core of our activities.

If your organisation is looking to, or currently using, technology for the betterment of our community, we are here to support you.

OUR VALUES

CONNECT WITH US Web: www.australiansmartcommunities.org.au Twitter: @AusSmtartComms LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ australian-smart-communities-association Conference: http://ascaconference.org.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/ australiansmartcommunitiesconference

• Citizenship • Influence • Knowledge • Leadership • Equity and equality

OUR MEMBERS • Government — local, state and federal • Regional Development Australia (RDA) committees and Regional Organisation of Councils (ROCs) • Startups and not-for-profits • Research and development • Industry and business

HOW WE HELP • We represent our members to government and industry • Sharing knowledge and experience through our case studies and education program • Connecting industry leaders • Connecting members to best practice and each other

HOW TO GET INVOLVED • Share your smart city projects and media releases with us.

Email to: communications@australiansmartcommunities.org.au • Submit a smart city case study for our annual Guide to Creating Smart Communities in Australia — for guidelines visit http://australiansmartcommunities.org.au/asca-guide • Take advantage of member rates at our annual Australian Smart Communities Conference and ASCA events • Join the ASCA Board — nominations are open at our annual AGM

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SPONSORS

the Internet of Things (IoT), B.One lets you wirelessly control your home from anywhere in the world, using your smart phone. www.b1hub.com.au/

3R Services Pty Ltd 3R Services is a waste and recycling industry system integrator in Australia and New Zealand.

We have a wide range of products and expertise to lift the level of recycling and lower the cost of collections for local authorities and businesses. www.3r.services

Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities

Biometix Biometix is internationally recognised as a leading company in biometric consulting, risk management and evaluation. Since 1998, Biometix has been working with and advising government and private enterprises to implement biometric projects and technologies. Biometix is at the forefront of international developments in biometric vulnerability research and threat detection. Biometix also takes an agnostic approach to testing, assurance and evaluation of biometric technologies.

Biometix is an Australian firm with all its research and development based in Canberra, however we often travel far and wide for our customers. Being Australian allows Biometix to be nimble and customer-centric. www.biometix.com

B1Hub B1 HUB Australia (B1 HUB) is an Internet of Things (IoT) Technology company based in Adelaide, South Australia. Our core capabilities include Integration of IoT solutions to Product Manufacturers that want to expand their portfolio in the Connected Homes Space. We are working with Strategic Partners in Residential and Small Commercial projects. B1 HUB has launched B.One Hub — the world’s most sophisticated home automation smart hub in Australia. Powered by

electricity, water, and solar power generation. By connecting systems that were never designed to work together, Buddy Ohm helps to turn energy savings into a strategic asset. www.buddy.com

Buddy Platforms Buddy Platform Limited is a leading technology company in the Internet of Things market. Buddy Platform’s key service, Buddy Ohm, is a complete and low-cost solution that supports organisations to better understand and manage their energy and water consumption. Buddy Ohm is suitable for buildings and sites large and small, owned or leased. Industry-standard sensors track temperature, humidity,

Cambium Networks Through its extensive portfolio of reliable, scalable and secure business Wi-Fi, fixed wireless broadband pointto-point (PTP) and point-to-multipoint (PMP) platforms; managed by cloudbased software, Cambium Networks makes it possible for service providers; enterprises; governmental and military agencies; oil, gas and utility companies; Internet service providers; and public safety networks to build powerful communications networks, reach users from 200 kilometres across mountain tops down to the last meter to their devices, and intelligently manage their business Wi-Fi infrastructure through end-to-end network visibility and actionable analytics. Headquartered in Rolling Meadows, IL, outside Chicago, and with R&D centres in the U.S.; Ashburton, England.; and Bangalore, India; Cambium Networks sells through a range of trusted global distributors. www.cambiumnetworks.com

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the-art software. Our team is experienced in the development of IT solutions, from the establishment of system requirements through to testing and commissioning as well as post-implementation support. Our commitment to innovation and research is materialised in the design, development and support of our Weave software.

Weave is a systems integration and information delivery framework for rapidly combining disparate information systems in an easy-to-use environment.

Weave provides a very powerful set of tools for integrating corporate information systems, and for viewing, searching, editing, and reporting across these systems, without users needing to know the integrated systems.

Weave allows corporate information to be easily shared and disseminated across the web and Weave’s strong web mapping capabilities allows information to be viewed and analysed in a spatial context. www.cohga.com

DA Christie Pty Ltd Through their commitment to innovation and continuous improvement, Christie has been responsible for every major innovation in the park barbecue industry since 1965. In this tradition, Christie now brings the world of smart technology to public barbecues.

Christie’s new CC3-I Intelligent Barbecue cooktop and products allow for remote usage and performance monitoring, operational parameter changes, and firmware updates. Finally, decisions for asset improvement and budget allocation can be driven by fact-based data that guides investment 16

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in park and barbecue infrastructure, resulting in efficient resource allocation that delivers direct bottom line savings for Councils, while providing an improved facility for communities. www.dachristie.com

Duncan Solutions Duncan Solutions believe in helping people save time whilst making their lives easier and safer. We are an Australian business focused on delivering unified parking and payments solutions for municipalities, private operators and merchants requiring a managed, electronic payments solution.

Our core geographic markets include Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Middle East. Duncan is committed to helping cities achieve their objectives including: • making it easier for motorists to find and pay for available parking spaces • equitable use of parking spaces via an efficient and effective compliance program • reducing vehicle congestion and resultant pollution and accidents Duncan is unique in being able to provide truly unified intelligent city parking solutions.

The key to this capability is PEMS, our hosted IoT platform which integrates all in-field technology components in real time. Using an open platform architecture, PEMS provides cities with a flexible and scalable capability, ensuring that you can achieve your objectives, now and into the future. www.duncansolutions.com.au

Easyweb Digital At Easyweb Digital we believe that technology can create stronger, more engaged communities by enabling people to collaborate, socialise, trade, transact, play, and work smarter. We enable our clients to transform visitors, customers and citizens into smart connected communities by building innovative, reliable and simple-tomanage networks that provide insights about the people using them. www.easywebdigital.com

GHD GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural and social environments of the many communities in which we operate.

GHD Digital’s team of more than 500 technology professionals combines our deep understanding of existing and new technologies such as data analytics, location intelligence, cyber security, virtual and augmented reality, and mobility to deliver outstanding value for our clients. Smart cities demand all these capabilities and is a major focus of our business as we help clients to engineer their digital future. www.ghd.com

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Meshed Pty Ltd Meshed is an Australian based integrator for the Internet of Things. We are driving open standard technologies and collaborative data models for cities and industry to thrive in the connected world. Our customers are leaders in the government, construction, infrastructure, maintenance and research sectors.

In our short history we have achieved some impressive milestones with having established both free-to-access and private IoT networks across 6 of the 10 largest populations in Australia using the Low Power Wide Area Network technology LoRaWAN™.

Meshed is also leading major smart cities and IoT projects as part of the Federal Government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. www.meshed.com.au

Multipole™ The growth of Smart Communities around the world has meant that information technology is now a principle infrastructure that needs to be placed on the streets to accommodate today’s communication, security and IoT applications.

Multipole™ multifunction pole systems deliver a platform to house and support today’s smart city digital infrastructure with the flexibility to accommodate future innovation.

Multipole™ is the brand of manufacturer Goldspar Australia.

Formed in 1979, Goldspar was the original designer of the award winning Smartpole concept. Our products have continuously evolved and comprise a range of all aluminium multifunction smart columns and accessories such as Multipod™. They are installed across Australia, around the world and house today’s lighting and Smart City technologies. www.lightpole.com/

National Narrowband Network Co NNNCo is a leading IoT carrier partner for smart cities. We are building a carrier-grade National Narrowband Network for IoT, based on LoRaWAN™ global standard technology, enabling commercial-grade IoT solutions for councils and cities across Australia.

Working with Councils in a true partnership model, NNNCo provides fully integrated end-to-end solutions to efficiently deliver and manage smart city services — from devices through to network connectivity, platforms, analytics and applications.

NNNCo is working with several councils and has won two major smart city tenders in 2018 after extensive tender processes. This puts the company in a leading position to help councils develop their smart city solutions and deploy a wide range of applications such as smart parking, lighting, energy, environmental monitoring, and waste management.

NNNCo also provides integration of

end-to-end industrial grade solutions in other key verticals such as agriculture, utilities, infrastructure, access management, and asset monitoring. www.nnnco.com.au

OptiComm Co Pty Ltd Helping Smart Councils and Developers Create Smarter Communities.

OptiComm is Australia’s leading independent telecommunications carriers, specialising in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) networks for residential and business developments.

At OptiComm, we are all about connecting people by building smart communities. We believe that the more people are connected, the more opportunities they have.

OptiComm is an award winning carrier with many years of research and development that has enabled us to deliver a number of key “firsts” in the development of optical fibre networks in Australia.

Future generations will benefit from the increased speeds and reliability of OptiComm’s FTTP Networks. An OptiComm fibre connected community is the future — today! www.opticomm.net.au

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SPONSORS

ParKam ParKam was formed to resolve the worldwide problem of finding reliable parking on the go.

We are motivated to bring to the world, a new holistic solution to all parking needs, and in doing so delivering a groundbreaking business model that turns the city cameras from an expenditure to a revenue stream generator.

Our unique, innovative solution is based on Real Time Computer vision. To find the best available parking spot we use our innovative proprietary algorithms that process footage from cameras that are already installed or will be installed by ParKam where necessary.

Unlike other solutions, we only need one simple camera for up to 100 parking spots.

Our products will ensure that both cities and parking lots will provide: • Complete mapping of parking bays and focal points of interest citywide, where covered by cameras, as well as within parking lots by creating an additional layer to an existing map, thus guaranteeing navigation to each and every one of them.

• Identifying available parking spots in real time without user input.

• State-o-the-art enforcement system using the same streaming.

• Advance analysis of all parking aspects using our state-of-the-art BI tool, by dissecting all the data gathered within our system. This tool will provide the customers (cities and parking lots’ operators) with targeted marketing 18

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based on end-user behaviour.

• API suite to enhance the implementation of our system in customer and partner’s applications and systems.

For the end user, we came with a new, groundbreaking navigation system, which guarantees they will arrive at an available parking spot. As part of our holistic solution, we also offer navigation back to the car and on app payment.

ParKam’s state-of-the art navigation system guarantees users will arrive at an available parking spot. www.parkam-ip.com

designed to shape the future of the parking industry and smart cities.

Smart Parking’s SmartPark system is a complete, end-to-end solution that pairs a network of sensors, feature displays and live gateways with a powerful and intuitive web-based platform. Our userfriendly dashboard enables customers to manage and analyse events and information, as well as allowing users to identify trends and interpret data. www.smartparking.com

Suez Reekoh Reekoh is the leading IoT integration platform, purpose built to help manage and simplify the fragmented IoT system.

By using the Reekoh IoT Fabric™ and plugin architecture, customers can rapidly develop agile IoT solutions using best-of-breed components and leveraging their existing IT infrastructure, while keeping themselves free of vendor lock-in. www.reekoh.com

Smart Parking Smart Parking is a world leader in the design, development and management of parking technology. Our solutions meet the stringent parking business challenges of today’s on-street and offstreet requirements, and our in-house developed technology innovations are

Our world is ever-changing — and with it, comes growing pains. A growing population means we’re using more resources and leaving a bigger footprint on the environment.

Finding new ways to make better use of our natural resources isn’t easy, but we’re up to the task. For more than 150 years, SUEZ has led the way in delivering smart and sustainable resource management solutions to help cities to manage their water and waste challenges.

Today, we are leveraging this knowledge and expertise to build the smart and resourceful cities of tomorrow.

We are designing, integrating and deploying urban solutions to improve the mobility, security, efficiency and vitality of cities across the world. www.suez.com

SPONSORS

Thinxtra Thinxtra was founded by passionate experts who believe that the Internet of Things revolution has the potential to generate large scale, cross-industry global efficiency creations, to better the way we live and the way we do business.

Thinxtra is empowering the Internet of Things in Asia Pacific by operating and deploying the world-leading Sigfox LPWA network nationwide as well as building a full eco-system of IoT solutions and services to increase productivity, accelerate decision making, improve quality of service, and find more economical solutions to common problems.

Thinxtra is backed by the CEFC (Clean Energy Finance Corporation), an Australian Government fund with a mission to accelerate local transformation towards a more competitive economy in a carbon constrained world. www.thinxtra.com/smartcouncil

V2i V2i Realtime provides innovative design and technology-based solutions to national and international clients. This easy-to-use standalone software enables real time decision-making and virtual collaboration via immersive 3D environments, featuring novel business tools to provide tangible benefits throughout the entire property development project lifecycle. The

application connects technical and non-technical stakeholders to facilitate a more informed and equitable process from day one, achieving unprecedented levels of engagement and insight. This new generation of communication tools accelerates the planning and approval process by making complex spatial information easier to access and understand, dramatically improving outcomes whilst saving significant time and costs. www.v2igroup.com

effective use of resources, and better community engagement. We help cities achieve these outcomes with the [ui!]

UrbanPulse, an open platform for IoT/ Smart City applications. UrbanPulse supports data ingestion from any source, application of a wide range of horizontal and vertical analytics including complex event processing, machine learning and optimisation, and delivery of smart services and data visualisations. We also supply leadingedge sensor technologies from our strategic partners worldwide. www.ui.city/au

Vertiv Vertiv designs, builds and services critical infrastructure that enables vital applications for data centres, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities. We support today’s growing mobile and cloud computing markets with a portfolio of power, thermal and infrastructure management solutions. We offer unsurpassed global scale and broad expertise, built from our heritage as Emerson Network Power. And now as Vertiv, we match industry leadership with the focus and spirit of a startup. www.vertivco.com

[ui!] the urban institute [ui!] the urban institute helps cities maximise the value of their data, from legacy systems to new sensor networks. Improved use of data means innovative services for residents, more ASCA Conference Guide 2018

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our trucks collect waste and they can help improve our cities too.

are you ready?

SUEZ trucks are smart. We’ve created a unique solution that captures data throughout cities in order to improve the quality of urban services. Through our connected information systems, we can monitor the levels of bins in real time and optimise collection routes. With connected sensors, our smart trucks are also capable of collecting data on road surface conditions, air quality or even evaluating the level of heat loss from buildings. In these resourceful cities, this information can be used to improve the quality of life for local residents. find us on suez.com

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