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Event overview
The Smart Places Summit was held virtually on 6 August 2021. It brought together industry experts, government officials, and place owners to collaborate on smart city strategies.
The summit:
- shared valuable insights
- discussed challenges
- inspired collective efforts toward building intelligent and innovative urban spaces.
Participants discussed and shared:
- challenges for industry and government, like building trust
- opportunities like partnering to deliver successful projects
- examples of projects underway that demonstrate the value of smart places
- priorities for government to support acceleration of smart places projects.
Hours of content
5
Attendees
591
Registrations
1061
Speakers
21
Watch the sessions
View the videos for each session at the Smart Places Summit.
Opening and Welcome to Country
Speaker:
- Dr. Ian Opperman, Chief Data Scientist, Department of Customer Service
6:52
Keynote address
Speakers:
- Victor Dominello, MP, Minister for Customer Service, Minister for Digital.
30:54
Smart Places Acceleration Program
Speaker:
- Simon Hunter, Executive Director Strategy and Innovation NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.
9:27
Envisioning in 3D: Camden Council Proof of Concept
Speaker:
- Gaya Gounder, Chief Information Officer, Camden City Council
- Wayne Patterson, Director Spatial Operations, NSW...
15:48
Closing the loop on waste
Speaker:
- Patrhyce Donovan, Manager, Digital Innovation and Smart Cities, Canterbury-Bankstown City Council.
12:01
Panel: How smart places can drive entrepreneurship
Speakers:
- Meredith Hodgman (facilitator), Smart Cities Workstream Chair, IoT Alliance Australia
- Amy Brown, CEO, Investment...
20:33
Fireside chat
Speakers:
- The Hon. Paul Fletcher, MP, Federal Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities, and the Arts
- Dr...
13:17
Smart Western City Program
Speaker:
- Sarah Hill, CEO, Western Parkland City Authority.
24:48
Australian Government cities policy
Speaker:
- Tiffany Karlsson, Assistant Secretary for City Deals, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional...
16:29
Panel: The role of local government in driving smart places
Speakers:
- Lisa McLean (facilitator), CEO, NSW Circular
- Kiersten Fishburn, Coordinator General Planning Delivery and Local...
21:54
Digital equity, accessibility and inclusion
Speaker:
- Rachel Maiden, Director Digital NSW, NSW Department of Customer Service.
7:59
Equity, accessibility and inclusion
Speaker:
- Vanessa Gordon, Director Place Excellence and Public Space, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.
10:38
Panel: Creating an innovative and collaborative environment to drive smart places
Speakers:
- Dr. Kate Harrington (facilitator), Head of Strategic Digital Initiatives, NSW Department of Customer Service
- Adam...
18:25
Closing remarks
Speaker:
- Dr. Ian Oppermann, NSW Chief Data Scientist, NSW Department of Customer Service.
7:17