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Programs and Workstreams
IoTAA workOur members are IoTAA’s engine room and bring to life our vision of a ‘data smart Australia’. Three expert panels direct our focus programs:
IoTAA’s 7 workstreams work across the key industry sectors listed below. Our panels and workstreams develop and create good practice guidelines, case studies, thought leadership, government advocacy, workshops and webinars, education programs, site visits, conferences and industry awards. Jannat Maqbool, IndependentJannat Maqbool is an accomplished academic, CPA and former CIO, with a Masters of Digital Business who is actively engaged in the technology and innovation sector in Australia and New Zealand. Since 2017 Jannat has been involved in, and led numerous projects focused on leveraging technology and data, including in smart cities, artificial intelligence, Fintech, IoT and digital twin. Jannat is Executive Director at the Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association, Strategic Advisor at Y5, Principal Advisor at Ecosystm, co-Chairs the Trusted Technology and Data as well as Sustainability steering panels at the IoT Alliance Australia, and is a member of the CPA Australia Digital Transformation Centre of Excellence.  Sam Snedden, Wollemi.ioSam's focus is on data discovery and business models for data sharing. She is co-founder of climate fintech start-up Wollemi.io, which uses data to manage climate-related financial risk in the land and farming
sector. Sam has over 20 years in thought leadership and digital media (National Geographic, TED, Harvard Business Review) working in Australia, Africa and South-East Asia. She is a Sustainability Masters
candidate at the University of Sydney and was previously the Chair of IoTAA's Data Use and Availability Workstream.
Program DescriptionDefines and promotes how organisations access the data they need to support their pathway to net zero, circularity and a nature positive Australia.  Paul Siemers, Healthscope
Ken Holder, KPMG
Program DescriptionRaises Australia’s productivity and competitiveness through digital enablement. Jannat Maqbool, IndependentJannat Maqbool is an accomplished academic, CPA and former CIO, with a Masters of Digital Business who is actively engaged in the technology and innovation sector in Australia and New Zealand. Since 2017 Jannat has been involved in, and led numerous projects focused on leveraging technology and data, including in smart cities, artificial intelligence, Fintech, IoT and digital twin. Jannat is Executive Director at the Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association, Strategic Advisor at Y5, Principal Advisor at Ecosystm, co-Chairs the Trusted Technology and Data as well as Sustainability steering panels at the IoT Alliance Australia, and is a member of the CPA Australia Digital Transformation Centre of Excellence.  Bill Wood, Arid SystemsBill is Director, Arid Systems Pty Ltd. Arid Systems works in real-time data networking and exchange. Previously, Bill was founder and CEO of Daintree Networks, a startup and pioneer in the application of IoT for building energy management, the company subsequently acquired by GE. During his time at the helm, Bill was actively involved in the standardisation of wireless IoT mesh networking and chaired the interoperability activities of the Connectivity Standards Alliance. His experience includes senior worldwide leadership roles with Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard, and a number of positions including industry advisor to the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Communications) from RMIT and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania). Program DescriptionSets the standards, creates the benchmarks and raises awareness of trusted data and digital technology use. Harman Singh
 Adam Beck, ENE.HUB UrbanismAdam is an urbanist who has worked for private sector consultancies and leading global non-government organisations to advance sustainable community outcomes in cities around the world for almost 30 years. He is Head of Digital Urbanism at ENE.HUB, a role that has him working collaboratively with Council’s and land authorities to realise the benefits of shared urban infrastructure in connecting, activating and measuring urban life. Adam is Chair of the Standards Australia Digital Twin Working Group, Co-Chair of the Smart Places and Infrastructure Workstream at the Internet of Things Alliance Australia and is Co-host of the podcast ‘Digital Built Australia’. Adam is also Co-founder and Director of TEMPO Institute, a digital built environment education provider. He was also the Founding Executive Director of the Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand, a role he had for 6 years. Adam previously had roles as Director of Innovation at EcoDistricts in Portland Oregon in the United States, Executive Director at the Green Building Council of Australia and various consulting roles with global consulting firms Arup and GHD for 15 years. Workstream DescriptionDefines and promotes the use of trusted data and technology within the smart places and infrastructure domain, which includes the application for cities, places, built environment, transport, construction and mobility.  Nishant Dogra, Detection ServicesNish Dogra is a seasoned engineering professional with over nine years’ specialised experience in the water industry. In his role at Watercare, New Zealand’s largest water utility, he undertook various roles including Network Engineer, Special Projects Engineer, Senior Network Planner, Smart Waters Specialist and Smart Network Lead. He has spearheaded numerous smart technology initiatives including the largest Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project in New Zealand, which integrated over 4,500 commercial and 44,000 residential smart meters. As a subject matter expert (SME), Nish also played a pivotal role in developing comprehensive smart metering processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs). Nish is currently the Digital Strategy Manager at Detection Services (Sydney). Eddy Moh, KPMG
Workstream DescriptionDefines and promotes the use of trusted data and technology within the water sector, including water distribution and sustainable water use. Jonathon Quigley, Sparklabscultiv8
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Workstream DescriptionDefines and promotes the use of trusted data and technology within food and agriculture sector, which includes food production, distribution, marketing and sustainability. Christian Ruberg, CSIRO
Sam White,Bosch
Workstream DescriptionDefines and promotes the use of trusted data and technology within the manufacturing sector, which includes design, production, distribution and marketing.  Vlad Tohadze, TPG TelecomVlad holds the role of IoT Specialist at Vodafone/TPG Telecom and believes in connecting every end asset to help transform lives and businesses especially in the medical technology sector where he has overseen some world leading IoT designs developed in Australia and marketed throughout the world. He believes that Australia continues to produce world class medical device companies exporting Australian innovation to the world and is looking forward to the IoTAA Healthcare Workstream providing thought leadership to new models of care through innovative IoT technology. David SilveraWorkstream DescriptionDefines and promotes the use of trusted data and technology in the health sector, which includes clinical, wellbeing and in-home care applications. Ken Holder, KPMG
Mark Atkinson, Telstra
Workstream DescriptionDefines and promotes the use of trusted data and technology in the energy sector, which includes energy transition, management and efficiency.  Dominic SchipanoDominic has over 40 years’ experience in implementing training and employment strategies, particularly relating to the needs of ICT industry and employer organisations. Dominic is the National Executive Officer of CITT, a ‘not for profit’ national Industry based Company that works extensively with industry and governments to implement VET (Vocational Education & Training) ICT (Information & Communications Technology) programs and strategies. Dominic is also the Secretary of the Australian Digital and Telecommunications Industry Association, a ‘not for profit’ National Industry Association that deals extensively with the Digital, Internet of Things (IoT), ICT and Telecommunications areas of the ICT and integrated industries to develop and support the ICT workforce skills. He has been instrumental in raising Cyber Security and Internet of Things (IoT) within VET and was the Deputy Chair of the committee developing the Certificate IV and Associate Diploma in Cyber Security within the VET system with over 3,000 leaners enrolled throughout Australia. Dominic has relevant qualifications in B. Bus. (Admin), Grad Cert. Management, Grad Dip. in Vocational Counselling. Second Chair Name
Workstream DescriptionRaises awareness, educates and builds capability in the use of trusted data and technology. |