Agenda

COLLABORATION AS THE MEANS TO DEVELOP SMART CITIES
As the world population living in cities grows at an unprecedented rate, the need to develop a smart and sustainable city has become not a choice but a pressing need. Public and private sectors are now looking to collaborate effectively to develop infrastructures and transport systems that are capable of supporting the population growth in cities without compromising the quality of life and aspects of city living we are enjoying today.
These sessions will delve into the foundations of developing a city, shedding light on how to develop sustainable partnerships in building the city of the future. Delegates will gain the know-hows and best practices to forge strong public private partnerships and funding the infrastructures to drive the growth of the cities. Last but not least, delegates will gain an understanding of the frameworks and regulatory reforms relating to development of smart cities.

David has a real passion to create great places for people. Director and Principal of David Lock Associates Australia, he has over 25 years experience in the planning and design industry. David specializes in bringing together teams and managing industry leaders to deliver outstanding outcomes in urban development, town planning and urban design. David has worked on significant projects nationally and internationally for state and local governments, as well as the private sector.

David is driven to produce great planning and urban design outcomes, education and training. He regularly presents at conferences both in Australia and Asia and teaches at universities and for the Planning Institute of Australia.

• Australia infrastructure development in developing smart cities
• Future of infrastructure development – Roles played by value capture and value creation
• Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities in implementing value capture and Value creation funding models

Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Peter has written 16 books and over 300 papers on sustainable cities. His books include ‘The End of Automobile Dependence’ (2015), ‘Green Urbanism in Asia’ (2013) and ‘Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence’ which was launched in the White House in 1999.

In 2014, Peter was awarded an Order of Australia for his contributions to urban design and sustainable transport, in particular for his contribution to saving and rebuilding of Perth’s rail system. In 2011, Peter was awarded the Sidney Luker Medal by the Planning Institute of Australia for his contribution to the science and practice of town planning in Australia.

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Technological and Engineering Sciences Australia. Peter has worked in local government as an Elected Councillor of City of Fremantle, in state government as an Advisor to three Premiers and in the Australian Government on the Board of Infrastructure Australia. The Prime Minister of Australia recently referred to Peter as his ‘tutor’ on smart cities.

• The potential challenges and solutions in achieving successful PPP
• Insights of how PPP aid in accelerating infrastructure developments
• Case studies on Sydney Convention Centre and other NSW PPPs

Amy is an industry expert in complex government infrastructures and services projects, providing commercial, contractual and strategic advice to ensure optimal outcomes for Government, its customers and the sector. Prior to joining PwC, Amy was Director of the Infrastructure and Structured Finance Unit of NSW Treasury.

Amy has been involved in more than 20 projects in recent years, including driving the successful financial closure of the most recent wave of projects in NSW – including the Northern Beaches Hospital Project, North West Rail Link Project, Sydney Light Rail Project, NSW Health Helicopter Retrieval Network and the Darling Harbour Live Project. She also led the development of the new suite of NSW government project documents (to be released in conjunction with the revised NSW PPP Guidelines) which have an emphasis on partnership, outcomes, optimal risk allocation and streamlined contractual mechanisms.

• Identifying provision gaps when planning for social and community infrastructure networks
• Prioritizing investment and integrating into the strategic planning process
• Innovative ways to fund social infrastructure investment

Julian Szafraniec is Principal and Partner at SGS Economic and Planning.

Julian specializes in urban economics and has extensive experience applying economic theories and models to urban and regional issues across Australia and internationally. He has provided advisory to all tiers of government and the private sector, contributing to better policies and investment decisions around the dynamics of housing, transport, community infrastructure, retail and the general economy.

Drawing on data and economic models, Julian has worked with education agencies and local governments across Australia to better understand how to provide sufficient social and community infrastructure to a rapidly growing population. In particular, the work has focused on the pressing challenges of providing infrastructure in established areas.

• Unlocking Smart City and innovations with modern regulation
• Leadership and strategy – overcoming the risk and inertia
• Getting practical – Smart City implementation lessons from Canberra and beyond

Brook is a senior executive of the ACT Government, leading the government’s regulatory reform, smart city, transport improvement, and digital service innovation agendas. Brook is also a 2015 Churchill Fellow, studying the drivers of digital transformation in leading global cities. As part of this study, Brook has visited cities in Asia, Europe and the Americas in 2016.

Brook is an experienced leader, strategic planner, digital city exponent, public administrator, economist, and policy analyst. He has a passion for public service, innovation and leadership.

• Introduction to the connected and efficient buildings of the future
• Leveraging emerging technologies to future proof connected and efficient facilities
• Increasing operational efficiency by integrating multiple building systems over a common physical infrastructure
• Maximizing flexibility with Universal Connectivity Grid

David Harris is a Senior Field Application Engineer – Enterprise South Pacific with CommScope.

David comes with over 30 years of experience in communications infrastructure and is responsible for driving consistent and high-quality technical support for enterprise customers. David oversees all technical support for the region, including quality control, site audits and certification.

Some of the high profile projects David has worked on include Western Australia’s new hospital’s integrated structured cabling system, data center designs for major financial, gaming and corporate organizations as well as large natural gas plants.

DEVELOPING CITIES INFRASTRUCTURES, TRANSPORTS AND ENVIRONMENT

In developing cities, how should the town planners balance scarcity of land while ensuring efficient, well connected and convenient transport networks for the city? How should the government ensure that minimum disruption is caused to the environment and communities during the transformational phases in smart cities development?
These sessions seek to explore the alternatives and viable solutions to strike a balance between infrastructure planning and conserving the environment in a city. Delegates will gain insights on the future mobility options for smart cities, groundbreaking technologies in transportation such as Intelligent Transport System, autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles. Integrating and retrofitting legacies buildings and infrastructures to be congruent in the smart cities environment will also be explored. 

• How can Smart Cities initiatives balance environment, social and economic objectives
• Engaging communities and minimizing disruption before and after construction
• Ensuring the inclusiveness, competitiveness and environmental sustainability

Peter Seamer is the CEO of the Victorian Planning Authority (VPA). As CEO, Peter oversees the VPA’s planning and infrastructure coordination activities to ensure Victoria has a strong supply of quality housing and job precincts, to keep pace with our thriving population.

With a professional career starting in planning new towns in the United Kingdom and Australia, much of Peter’s career has been in Local Government and leading a number of cities in the capacity of CEO, including City of Essendon, City of Greater Bendigo, City of Whitehorse, and the City of Sydney.

Peter has a background in engineering, planning and management, with a Master of Engineering Science in Transport Planning and a Master of Urban Planning, from Melbourne University. Peter is also a Fellow of Planning Institute of Australia, Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association and Australian Institute of Company Directors.

• Public transport in future cities – exploring new options for smart mobility
• How intelligent transport systems help to reduce road congestion and provide better travelling experience for users
• Driverless vehicles and public transport

Sendur Kathir is the Chief Information Officer at Public Transport Victoria, a statutory authority within the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources. It is responsible for trains, trams and buses in Victoria.

Sendur’s responsibilities include leadership in technology, information management and business improvement and implementation of robust information platform and investment in digital and traditional channels for information dissemination. Prior to his current appointment, Sendur served as the Chief Information Officer and Executive Director of Digital at the University of Melbourne. He has also been recognized as the Higher Education CIO of the Year by IT News in February 2015.

• City of Ipswich Smart Cities development
• Redevelopment of Ipswich City Centre
• Best practices on green industrial buildings in City of Ipswich

Paul Pisasale has served as the Mayor of the City of Ipswich since 2004.

Under Paul’s leadership, Ipswich is the fastest growing region in Queensland and one of the fastest growth regions in the country. At the same time, Paul has made job creation and community care his number one priorities. Ipswich has received numerous awards and nominations in no small part due to Paul’s vision and leadership – Nominated as Top 7 Intelligent Communities in 2015 (the very first year an Australian city was nominated and named in the Top 7 Intelligent Communities in the World); nominated as a finalist for the Intelligent Community Forum’s Worldwide Smart21 Award in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016.

• Alternative funding in infrastructure project
• Government future initiatives in exploring the alternative funding
• What are the roles played by government and private sector in infrastructure funding?

• Andrew McDougall, Principal and Partner, SGS Economics and Planning 
• Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University

EMBRACING INTERNET OF THINGS IN SMART CITIES DEVELOPMENTS

Due to the proliferation of internet in today’s world, Internet of Things has moved beyond buzzwords and transform into a prominent force in smart cities. More cities are now embracing technologies as a solution to not only develop but also enhance the performance, livability, workability and safety of their cities.

The following sessions will explore the future trends and opportunities available in leveraging on technologies to build a sustainable city. Delegates will also learn about how technologies are being used maximize the city infrastructures, as well as gain insights on overcoming obstacles and implementing solutions in integrating technologies into the city.

David has a real passion to create great places for people. Director and Principal of David Lock Associates Australia, he has over 25 years experience in the planning and design industry. David specializes in bringing together teams and managing industry leaders to deliver outstanding outcomes in urban development, town planning and urban design. David has worked on significant projects nationally and internationally for state and local governments, as well as the private sector.

David is driven to produce great planning and urban design outcomes, education and training. He regularly presents at conferences both in Australia and Asia and teaches at universities and for the Planning Institute of Australia.

• Learning from UK Government best practices: IoT demonstration projects
• Achieving interoperability and standards for smart cities and IoT
• Hypercat and the opportunity for Australia smart cities

Catherine Caruana-McManus is a global expert in smart cities and digital transformation.

Recently, Catherine was recognized by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Knowledge Nation initiative as one of Australia’s leading thinkers and innovators in big data and smart cities.

Catherine is the Founder of Giant Ideas, which provides IoT and smart city advisory, and Director of an Australian based IoT integration company, Meshed. Catherine is also Board Member of Hypercat Australia and Chairperson of the IoT Alliance Australia Smart Cities and Industry Engagement Work Stream.

Catherine’s former roles include Smart Industry and Smart City Director with IBM, Director of MC2 Consulting. Catherine has a background in urban planning, economics and finance.

• Songdo’s impressive transformation from reclaimed land to the Smart City today
• How technologies are being utilized to maximize infrastructure efficiencies
• Connected city, sustainable city – How connectivity can lead to the city’s sustainability
• Overview on the sustainability lifestyle and business environment in Songdo City

Ben has various experiences in ICT industry – including Research & Development, Technical Support, Consulting, Architecture, Product / Service / Solution Sales, Project / Program Management, Operation, Management and Leadership with several years of hands-on and real industrial experiences/exposure in technical, business & leadership areas.

He is also one of the prominent speakers in the area of Innovation, Digital Transformation, Smart City and IoT in Asia.

DRIVING ENERGY EFFECTIVENESS USING SMART AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES

Global warming and the depletion of natural resources are pressing issues in today’s world. With the expectation of rising population in a city, energy consumption is on a rapid rise. Stakeholders are facing the challenges of ensuring a sustainable supply of utilities for current and future needs. As a result, decision making frameworks to ensure optimal use of utilities are needed in order to ensure the basic needs of everyone in the city, now and in the future.

These sessions will explore how smart grid can be used to achieve higher utilities efficiencies, while simultaneously being leveraged on to predict energy consumption patterns. In addition, sessions will also provide a glimpse into future energy trends such as renewable energy and innovative energy solutions to help delegates stay abreast of trends and developments.

• Disruptive technology and future energy landscape in Smart City
• Horizon Power’s roadmap to embrace Smart Grid
• Why Microgrid – potential benefits of Microgrid to utilities providers

Frank Tudor has held various executive management roles over the last 25 years in the European, Asian and Australian oil, gas and power industries with BP, Woodside and most recently Horizon Power.

Frank lectures part-time in oil and gas economics and law at the University of Western Australia for over 10 years. Frank is also the Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (CCI) Energy and Resources Forum. He was the National Chairman of the Australian China Business Council from 2008 – 2013 and is currently Board Member of the Federal Government’s Australia China Council and Member of the ANU China in the World Advisory Board.

• Outlook of renewable energy in Australia Smart Cities
• Clean energy in Australia today
• How clean energy helps in achieving “zero emission”
• Ahead of clean energy – Regulatory and innovation solutions for renewable energy

Kane Thornton is Chief Executive of the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the renewable energy industry in Australia.

Kane has more than a decade’s experience in energy policy and leadership in the renewable energy industry. Kane has advocated for and helped design the policies that have been critical to the renewable energy industry’s growth. His previous roles include Executive Officer of Renewable Energy Generators Australia and Senior Manager and Advisor for Hydro Tasmania. He has held a range of advisory and board roles with government and non-government organisations in the climate change and energy sector, and is a Non-Executive Director of Sustainability Victoria.

Kane is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, has a Masters in Social Science and Bachelor of Information Technology.

Yahya Khaled is a Spectrum Engineer with ATDI, software solution company headquartered in France, who is passionate about IoT, home automation and software defined radios.

Yahya has extensive experience with 4G and SRD modeling and simulations.

SMART CITY NEEDS SMART CITIZENS

A successful smart city requires smart citizens who co-create the city together with the government. Engaging citizens in smart city development is one of key elements in crafting a sustainable smart city and city councils have established Digital Transformation Office to explore the best practices in getting the citizens, communities and businesses involved in smart cities development.

The following sessions look to explore the importance of citizen involvement in developing smart cities and capitalizing on the vast economic opportunities available in allowing citizens to gain access to the data collected. Delegates will understand the latest developments and successful case studies in getting the citizens onboard as well as learn about benefits of embracing open data in developing the city of the future.

• Co-creating the smart cities
• How open data will unlock innovation and performance of a smart city – End user driver innovation
• How open data can lead to citizen engagement and greater economic value

Michelle Fitzgerald is City of Melbourne’s first ever Chief Digital Officer (the first position of its kind for Victorian Local Government), managing the newly-formed Smart City Office. In this role, she works to attract start-up investment, drive the take up of digital, agile development and open data across customer services for City of Melbourne.

Michelle plays a chief role in leading the shift in infrastructure management towards smart city modelling and collaborating with Melbourne’s research and higher education sectors to build the city’s education capabilities and reputation as a knowledge hub.

Michelle was previously a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, taking charge of the Digital, Data and Customer Consulting portfolio. She is also a Non-Executive Director for Standards Australia, helming key advisory role on digital disruption.

• Learning points on Barcelona and Amsterdam
• Hurdles and solutions in Smart Cities implementation
• Engaging citizens and corporate buy-in in Smart Cities
  

Gordon is currently Director of Smart Cities for Schneider Electric Singapore. He was formerly Director of Urban Innovation at CISCO. He is a smart city expert, city consultant, global thought leader in city / property / infrastructure development and technology clusters, city developer, and chartered surveyor.

Gordon was formerly Head of Strategy and Real Estate for Masdar City, one of the world’s most innovative greenfield and sustainable city projects in Abu Dhabi. During the time, he was heavily involved with strategies for both sustainable real estate and sustainable utility integration in the areas of clean energy, water, infrastructure, information and communications technology (ICT), and ICT financing.

REALIZING THE VALUE OF THE DATA

The amount and complexity of data increase exponentially over the last 10 years and one of the main challenges faced in smart cities today is having too many data in different forms. This undoubtedly hinders the governance in leveraging on the data to make strategic decisions that can unleash the greatest potential of a smart city.

These sessions seek to provide solutions to dealing with the volume and complexity of the data, streamlining the different types of data collected into useful information that aids in decision making. It will also explore the network capacities needed to supporting ICT developments in smart city. Last but not least, delegates can takeaway best practices to ensure cyber security and protection of confidential and sensitive data.

• How would the data collected help in infrastructure asset management
• How to integrate the different types of the data collected
• Is the existing network suffice to support the 3Vs in Big Data?
• Predictive analytics from infrastructure data to enhance the quality of living

• Michael Comninos, Executive Director – Infrastructure and Analytics, Greater Sydney Commission
• Ric Clarke, Director, Emerging Data & Methods, Methodology Transformation Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics 
• Catherine Caruana-McManus, Chairman, IoT Alliance Australia

• Using integrated multimodal data to gain targeted and timely information about freight movement in the road network
• Meeting the challenges of acquiring, processing, combining and analysing complementary data from diverse sources
• Understanding the enabling role of ‘agile analytics’ and Big Data in future decision making about national infrastructure

Ric Clarke is the Director of Emerging Data and Methods woth Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). He joined ABS as a technologist in 2008, after a career of more than 15 years with the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) spanning communications analysis, systems development, project management and strategic planning. Originally a theoretical physicist, Ric has postgraduate qualifications in Computer Science.

In his current role, Ric leads a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of innovative prototype solutions for official statistics. This work includes the investigation of new methods and technologies for exploiting complex digital information from diverse sources, such as survey and administrative collections, transactional data and sensor measurements.

• Evaluating Australia current cyber security – Is it suffice to handle the surge in data collected?
• Conquering the Supply Dilemma: Lack of cyber security talent
• Data Privacy Act / Legislation in Data Security

As the first appointed CEO of AISA, Arno Brok is committed to delivering value to its members, the community, and the information security industry. Arno is a former AISA Board executive and held the position of AISA National Director from 2013 – 2015. 

Arno was vital in defining the strategy for AISA to advance from an association purely for information security professionals to one where all individuals, businesses and governments are educated in the risks and dangers of cyber-attack and data theft. Arno also set up AISA’s first Advisory Council that made recommendations to AISA’s Board of Directors.

09:00 – 13:00

Population in metropolitan areas is set to surpass rural areas for the first time in history and consequently, demands for more cost efficient collaborative model for city development will intensify. The state government introduced City Deals in the Smart Cities Plan which aim to develop collective plans for growth and commitment to the actions, investments, reforms and governance needed to actualize Smart Cities vision. Through partnership approach, stakeholders will be able to capitalize on the opportunities in each city and improve the liveability of the city.

This workshop strives to provide participants with practical insights on how to successfully leverage on City Deals to unlock business and industry opportunities. It will also provide participants with a holistic understanding and approach in creating the agenda for engaging with the State to unlock the benefits to smart city development.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand how City Deals work and the drivers for success
• Understand important baseline data for testing the feasibility of City Deals
• Realize the benefits of City Deals and how they might be shared with the State
• Develop a strategic roadmap to engage with the State to leverage on City Deals

Andrew McDougall
Principal and Partner
SGS Economics and Planning

Andrew McDougall is the Principal and Partner of SGS Economics & Planning, a firm dedicated to shaping policy and investment decisions to achieve sustainable places, communities and economies. Andrew leads a wide array of consultancy based projects including business cases and economic assessments of infrastructure proposals, as well as formal reviews of infrastructure and service delivery programs.

Andrew has completed consultancy projects for all tiers of government, across all of Australia’s states and territories, as well as for the private and not for profit sectors. Andrew has also successfully delivered projects in New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Malaysia.

Andrew has worked extensively with social infrastructure stakeholders (education, cultural, recreational, community) for more than a decade to ensure appropriate planning, analysis and funding are leveraged to optimize infrastructure provision. He has also led numerous economic assessments of integrated urban development plans, including testing the costs and benefits generated by whole of region plans (e.g. Lower Hunter Housing Strategy), and specific urban renewal projects (e.g. E-Gate, Green Square, Tonsley).

Andrew brings along broad appreciation of infrastructure funding, financing and value capture mechanisms, and how these might be appropriately conceptualized and applied in metropolitan regions.

Terry is the National Leader at SGS for Economic and Social Analysis. He is Australia’s leading thinker on the link between the urban productivity and the macroeconomy and is a regular media commentator on the functioning of our cities and regions.

He is a prolific writer, producing regular research papers and contributing to academic debate across a broad range of topics. Terry was co-author to a chapter in the book ‘Australia’s Unintended Cities’ looking at the link between urban structure and productivity. His experience also includes public policy development, economic modelling, examining social exclusion, strategy development, detailed economic appraisal and statistical analysis. Terry’s advice is highly sought after for economic development, land use and transport strategies and individual infrastructure projects.

Intelligent Canada Bay documents the journey the City has taken in adopting smart City practices over a period of 5 years. This paper provides the framework that the City has worked through and its application to seven very different intelligent themes. Changes have been incremental, innovating to become smarter. Case study examples demonstrate both the evolution of the smarter approach within the organisation as well as the outcomes delivered. This paper also outlines key learning from this period that will be of interest and applicability to other local government authorities that are considering on embarking on a smart city approach.

This workshop would be particularly relevant to local government and their partners. The workshop will consider six local government relevant themes. Each theme will be described and participants challenge with relevant questions and engage in discussion points around each theme. The insightful presentations will feature digital, oral and experiential elements for the participant to engage in.

Key Takeaways:

• Identify E-service strengths and opportunities
• Develop tools to make services easier for customers
• Recognize how to leverage on technology without significant investment
• Develop awareness of issues with using smart technology in a local government context
• Reflect upon wider forum themes in a local government context

Philip Edney
Acting Director Community Development
City of Canada Bay

Philip Edney has over 25 years of experience in public libraries and he is passionate about engaging the community, enhancing learning and improving service delivery.