ADELAIDE'S SMART CITY NEWSLETTER

 
 

We’re delighted to share the Studio's first newsletter, which will help to highlight Adelaide’s smart city initiatives, events, trends and people helping to improve our urban future.

If you have a smart city project to share we would love to hear from you on email or via our website. If you would prefer not to receive our updates, you can opt-out at any time.

 
 
 

SMART COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE COMING TO ADELAIDE – GET YOUR TICKET!

 

In May, Adelaide will host the Telstra Australian Smart Communities Conference. Delegates will connect with, be introduced to, learn from, and become inspired by national and international leaders at the forefront of what it takes to become a smart community.

Buy Your Conference Ticket Here
 
 

ADELAIDE’S SMART CITY ROADMAP

 
 

Over the last few months, we have been working on a Smart City Roadmap, with support from Arup and our other smart city stakeholders. The goal is to identify smart city projects that are relevant and achievable for Adelaide, with the potential to make the greatest impact. We look forward to releasing the Roadmap soon.

 
 

SMART CITY SUMMER SCHOOL

 
 

The inaugural Smart City Venture Dorm Summer School Accelerator is now complete. We saw some great pitches, with three sustainability-focused startups taking out prizes. Well done to City ReCycle, Gläshaus and The Cup Crusade.

Click here for more information.

 
 

EY’S FUTURE CITIES REPORT

 
 

The Future Cities report by Ernst & Young found that the rise of digital and mobile technologies will generate different ways of interacting with cities and infrastructure. The report lays bare the increasing pressure on our cities as the global population grows to 9 billion.

 
 

FAREWELL LEGO DISPLAY

 

We're sad to say goodbye to the Smart City Lego display this weekend. We reached well over 250,000 people with the exhibition, helping them to recognise the underlying technology driving an efficient city. Click here to view a fun side-by-side pictorial created by Adelaide Chinese News.

 
 

SMART CITY TRENDING: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S $50M SMART CITIES FUND

 

The Federal Government has raised the stakes for data-driven urban living, by issuing the first multi-million dollar grants as part of a $50 million R&D program aimed at kickstarting smart cities innovation.

If you would like to talk to us about your application, please email us at info@adelaidesmartcitystudio.com

 
 

SMART WATER & OPEN DATA EVENT

 

To commemorate World Water Day, 22 March 2017, the Studio co-hosted an event with the Water Industry Alliance. Approximately 100 people attended the event at SA Water to hear about Adelaide's smart water grid from SA Water's CE Roch Cheroux. Other speakers included Tina Ferguson from Department of Premier & Cabinet, Sonjoy Ghosh from City of Adelaide and Anat Efron from Thinxstra.

 
 
 
 

GET INVOLVED!

 

Techstars Applications

9 April 2017

Support for startups advancing IoT, big data, sensors and robotics.

 
 

Shared Economy Challenge

11 April 2017

An event discussing the opportunities created in a sharing economy

 
 

Techfugrees Hackathon

26-28 May 2017

A Hackathon focused on improving the lives of refugees in Australia

 
 
 
 
 
 

WHAT IS A SMART CITY?

 

Smart cities use innovation, technology and data to improve people’s experience of a city. Smart city initiatives can help to drive economic activity, improve services, generate community engagement and enhance sustainability. The Adelaide Smart City Studio plays a vital role in facilitating smart city initiatives with our network of partners.

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