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Update 16 April

16 April 2020

Hi Advisory Committee,

Hope you all had a lovely Easter break and that everything is well with you and your families!

We are continuing to mobilise the first phase on engagement which will be launching with our employees and select community members in mid May. We have reshaped completely in light of COVID-19 and are now at a point where we will engage the broader community later in July.

Will send an update to you with a few ways to be involved other than during our next SCAC meeting at the end of May.

Have been fascinated to see how the smart city space has become a priority for many councils and businesses in light of COVID-19. From remote working to Virtual Reality to upskill employees, there have been some fantastic applications that show how important a connected and smart city is. Has anyone seen anything particularly interesting they would like to share? I went to a webinar recently about how smart cities in Aus/NZ are responding to COVID-19 and heard some pretty great things from smart city grants for affected businesses to help get them online to the increasing important of high speed internet.

As always, if you would like to discuss anything or have any idea, concerns of feedback, feel free to send me an email!

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Laura