The Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand has announced 13 winners in its second annual Smart Cities Awards, held in conjunction with Telstra and advisory firm GWI as part of Smart Cities Week in Sydney.
GWI partner Ian Roderick said the awards showcased the diversity of the smart cities movement across government, industry and academia and demonstrated potential for Australia to seize the lead in the smart cities space.
The City of Melbourne was the winner in three categories, including the Leadership City category “for an innovative strategy that combines the latest in technology with deep community engagement.”
The Leadership City award “recognises local government organisations demonstrating world-leading liveability, workability and sustainability outcomes for their citizens from investment in technology and data solutions.”
The City of Melbourne also won the Digital City Services award for its Melbourne City DNA project and the Social Impact award for its Open Innovation Competitions.
The Regional Leadership Award went to the Southern Grampians Shire Council for its transformative work on behalf of its 16,000 residents to address the challenges faced by rural people.
The City of Canterbury Bankstown took out the Smart City Partnership award for transforming Bankstown Station into a street of the future, and the Smart City Organisation Transformation Award for boosting its smart city maturing and impact.
Three individuals were applauded for their leadership. The City of Perth’s Daniel High earned the Government Leader Award for his work driving a transformative $2.6m smart cities investment.
Place Design Group’s Chris Isles was acknowledged with the Industry Leader Award for his innovative work to reimagine the street for the City of Canterbury Bankstown’s Street of the Future project.
Sage Automation’s Ashby Martin was recognised for uplifting smart cities capabilities in the Emerging Leader category.
Full details of all the awards can be found here.
A trio of smart city awards
Australia has at least three organisations running smart city awards. The identically named Smart Cities 2019 Awards were announced in March. These awards were created by Monkey Media, the team behind Infrastructure and Energy magazines.
The Committee for Sydney also announced, in September its Smart City 2019 Awards. These were founded in 2017 in conjunction with property developer PAYCE Consolidated.
