Mike Briers, an angel investor in agricultural IoT company, The Yield, and CEO of would-be agricultural co-operative research centre, Food Agility, has been made an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the 2016 Queens Birthday Honours “For distinguished service to the finance and digital technology sectors, particularly in the area […]
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,” […]
KEI: part think tank, part social enterprise
Chris Vein, chairman of the recently-launched Knowledge Economy Institute, in an interview with IoTAustralia, has provided more details of the institute, which is backed by data analytics provider Sirca, Bosch, Cisco, Rozetta Technology (wholly-owned by Sirca), Curtin University and the University of Tasmania. “In some senses it is a think tank on the traditional model, […]
Knowledge Economy Institute formed to help Australia exploit IoT
Sydney-based data analytics provider Sirca, Bosch, Cisco, Rozetta Technology, Curtin University and the University of Tasmania have teamed up to create the Knowledge Economy Institute (KEi) to help business, government and researchers solve complex problems, increase competitiveness and create jobs. The founding chairperson of the KEi is Chris Vein, the former CIO of the World […]
