Smart Cities, Drones and Data
Moving Beyond Hype into Reality
In our data-driven future, how can we improve quality of life, drive new efficiencies and increase sustainability? Real-time data through connected devices, the Internet of Things and analytics enables efforts to reduce traffic, pollution, energy usage and crime. What are the opportunities, and how does a city get that far along?
Join us for a lively discussion on new and emerging technologies that will help shape more resilient, inclusive and sustainable communities.
“Future Cities are about combining people and technology to create more livable places and communities – and we need to have the debate now” Adam Fennessy.
Panel of speakers:
Adam Fennessy PSM - EY
Partner | Advisory | Government & Public Sector | Oceania Leader - Future Cities
Adam Fennessy is a partner in Ernst & Young's Advisory Practice, with a focus on government and strategy. This follows a 20 year career at State and Federal Government level, including over four years at Secretary (CEO) level.
In Government, Adam was Secretary of the Victorian Government Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) from January 2015 to June 2017. He led the organisation in creating liveable, inclusive and sustainable communities across Victoria while maintaining the State’s world class liveability. Prior to this, Adam was Secretary of the Department of Environment and Primary Industries, from April 2013 to December 2014.
Adam was appointed as a member of the inaugural Victorian Male Champions of Change group in 2015, and led change to embed gender equity across DELWP and areas of state government. Adam was appointed to the inaugural board of Infrastructure Victoria, and served on the board of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Victoria). Adam is currently serving on the advisory councils of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.
Glen Ryman – University of Melbourne
Independent Data Science Consultant
Glen is a senior analytics professional with 20 years’ experience in the professional services and financial services sectors. Specialising in solutions across customer and digital analytics, geospatial analysis, industrial production optimisation and network optimisation, he has hands on technical experience in a range of emerging analytics technologies including IoT and Big Data. He has led many projects to extract customer insight from complex data using advanced predictive analytics, machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence and customer segmentation. He has consulted in banking, insurance, energy, water, gaming and telecommunications. He has domain experience in industrial production optimisation, predictive asset maintenance, insurance, marketing, market research, pricing, customer, demand forecasting and sales channel strategy.
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