Creating fit for purpose Local Government Advocacy
Advocacy is an important skillset to develop to secure support for your outcomes. Our work with Councils in strategy and advocacy seeks to influence and build partnerships with diverse stakeholders to help deliver infrastructure, facilities and services that are of value to the community and require more than one organisation. Whether you are regulated, funded […]
Smart Cities Week 2019: Smart Infrastructure for Equitable Communities
The Australia and New Zealand Smart Cities Week is fast approaching for 2019! In anticipation of the event, we wanted to share some thoughts on this year’s conference theme: Smart Infrastructure, Equitable Communities and why having a people first approach is critical to smart cities. Smart Infrastructure Infrastructure has been central to the uptake of smart cities in […]
Smart Cities Week 2018: Technology is the vehicle, not the end game
Australia’s focus on innovation is now so strong, it hosted its first Smart Cities Week in October. Astrolabe Group was proud to be in the room to support this event. There was a genuine sense of commitment over several days of discussion in Sydney to sharing our ideas and experiences, to get communities further into their future. […]
Smart Cities Week 2018: Who is the City?
Next week is Smart Cities Week Australia and on Tuesday 30 October 2018 I’m chairing a Boardroom lunchtime session asking, “Who is the City?”. As a demographer I’m interested in the people who make up our cities, what that means for our future and the smart cities agenda. One of the things that stands out in our […]