Last November the ACMA released an issues paper on IoT seeking industry feedback. It received almost none. In contrast, a US Government call for input on IoT has received more than 130 responses. The ACMA released its issues paper in November 2015. It identified “areas for attention that are likely to be important in facilitating […]
$A20m research programme: latest UK Government IoT initiative
Another IoT initiative by a national government, this time the UK’s, has once again highlighted the Australian Government’s lack of any significant IoT initiatives. On 6 January the UK’s Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey, announced the PETRAS Consortium, describing it as “a new interdisciplinary research hub to drive forward […]
Wanted: a smart minister for smart cities
The conduct of Australia’s erstwhile, and first ever, minister for cities, Jamie Briggs has been anything but smart. Of more concern to the Australian public than the unsmartness of his personal conduct should be his lack of any focus on the smartness of Australia’s cities. When prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Briggs’ appointment in September, […]
Industry minister misses Industry 4.0
In one of his first speeches, Australia’s new industry minister has failed to acknowledge the importance of one of the biggest transformations to hit industry in decades: Industry 4.0 A few weeks ago I took issue with the Federal Government’s apparent inability to recognise the importance of the Internet of Things to agriculture. In Government […]
What’s the Australian Government’s role in IoT?
Brian McCarson, Intel’s chief IoT architect ended his talk at the AIIA IoT conference in Canberra last month with some advice for Australia. “My simple observations for any geography, but especially Australia, is that there are three things that need to be done to help IoT become a major economic driving force for this country,” […]
Navigating the Internet of Things – Canberra 26 March 2015
Each year, the AIIA hosts a Navigating Summit to explore the value that cutting edge technology can bring to Australia and Australian Government Policy and its operation. This year’s event will shine a spotlight on IoT under the overall theme of “the profound transformative impact of ubiquitous and intelligent ‘connectivity’ on the economy, society, business […]
