Smart Cities Week APAC event announced

Smart Cities Council (SCC) has announced the inaugural Smart Cities Week APAC Event that will take place in Adelaide 5–9 August 2024.

SCC is collaborating with the SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet to host the global event across SA’s preeminent innovation places, including Lot Fourteen, Adelaide BioMed City, Tonsley Innovation District and Edinburgh Defence Precinct.

“South Australia’s innovation places, and surrounding venues, host some of the region’s premier public, private sector and non-government organisations, including Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, Australian Space Agency, Stone & Chalk, Australian Institute for Machine Learning and the MIT Living Lab,” said Corey Gray, Global President of Smart Cities Council and Tom Pennington, Global Vice President. “We could not be more pleased to be hosting the world in our home town. Adelaide and South Australia has so much to offer the world in technology and innovation, and in many ways lead it.”

This event is part of SCC’s annual Global Events Tour that in 2024 includes Bogota, Kreutzlingen, Sydney, Abu Dhabi, New York, Auckland, Marrakech, Las Vegas, Tulum and Zurich.

Smart Cities Week features many of SCC’s Global Thought Leaders. Invited speakers include:

• Digital trust, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and cybersecurity advisor to the US State Department, Junaid Islam
• Former US police chief and data chain of custody advisor to the FBI, Steve Cercone
• SCC Regional Lead - ASEAN and Partner of UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Cities Investment Program, Kok-Chin Tay
• EB Research Partnership CEO, Michael Hund, who in April presented with Dr Jill Biden at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Not for Profit Conference
• SCC Global Cyber Risk Lead, Michelle Price (former AustCyber CEO)
• Imelda Alexopoulos of Fleet Space
• SCC Global Youth Engagement Lead, Dr Fanni Melles, PhD
• SCC Global First Nations Lead, Murray Saylor
• CTO Digital Twin Consortium and SCC Digital Twin Lead, Dan Isaacs
• Regional Communities Track Lead and Delos Delta CEO, Brook Dixon
   

Smart Cities Week will feature a program spanning a variety of domain verticals and technologies that bring together global thought leaders, industry experts and key stakeholders to explore and advance smart city initiatives.

The domain verticals for Smart Cities Week APAC 2024 include health and aged care; transport and mobility; data, digital equity and digital connectivity; smart, safe and sustainable buildings and infrastructure; regional communities; energy, resources and environment; finance and funding; safety, security, resilience and disaster preparedness; tourism; sustainability; space; defence; capital investment and startups; trade and investment; cybersecurity, privacy and data protection; and youth leadership. Additionally, the technology verticals encompass AI and machine learning; augmented, mixed and virtual reality; autonomous mobility; blockchain; digital infrastructure; digital twins; and IoT.

The event will include a World Day, including a large number of global trade and investment organisations from the over 50 countries in which SCC is active, including ASEAN, APAC, EU, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, LATAM, United Kingdom and Ireland, and North America.

Additionally, SCC is bringing a first-of-its-kind global program focused upon First Nations communities, and regional communities, and will feature both youth engagement and charity and philanthropy tracks.

“South Australia’s research strengths in technologies like AI, augmented reality and quantum technology position the state with the opportunity to become a world-leading digital economy,” said Joe Szakacs, Minister for Trade and Investment. “As the host city for the APAC Smart Cities Conference, Adelaide will welcome delegates from across our region to explore opportunities to accelerate technology innovation, develop economic value and help our global community.”

For more information and to find out how to attend, visit https://smartcitiescouncil.zohobackstage.com.au/SmartCitiesWeekAPAC.

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