IoT Alliance Australia Workstreams and Key Programs
The Workstreams and Key Programs are the engine room of the IoTAA and drive the annual Work Program including IoT whitepapers, producing guidelines , building awareness and education, facilitating workshops and curating and participating in IoT Impact sessions and workshops. Workstream members comprise a broad mix of corporates, government departments and regulators, industry players, research and industry bodies.
The 13 Workstreams
Sectoral Workstreams
Smart Places & Infrastructure
Catalyses Australian IoT competitive advantage for Smart Cities in collaboration with urban infra related Workstreams.
Co-Chair: Sophia Chrysanthos, City of Parramatta
Co-Chair: Adam Beck, Urbanism
Food and Agribusiness
Increases the potential of the Australian agricultural sector through key digital productivity drivers underpinned by IoT.
Co-Chair: Jonathon Quigley, Sparklabscultiv8
Co- Chair: Ashley Rootsey, FoodAgilityCRC
Water
Accelerates the adoption of IoT and related technologies in the Australian water sector to deliver value.
Chair: Paul Siemers, Melbourne Water
Vice-Chair: Sean Cohen, Suez
Energy
Connects the energy sector, enables knowledge sharing and develops IoT capability that enhances the energy value chain.
Co-Chair: Mark Atkinson, Telstra
Co-Chair: Ken Holder, KPMG
Manufacturing
Helps the Australian manufacturing sector leverage step change business value from IoT and related technologies.
Co-Chair: Darren Hungerford, Downer Group
Co-Chair: Anthony Wong, Rockwell Automation
Health
Promotes greater awareness of the IoT value proposition for healthcare in Australia and accelerates adoption.
Chair: Vlad Tohadze, TPG Telecom
Construction
Enable the Construction industry to embrace IoT technology to support better safety, compliance and productivity outcomes.
Co-Chair: Angus Kennard, Inauro
Co-Chair: Steve Lennon, GHD
Transport Services
Raises awareness of IoT capability in the Australian transport sector and promotes IoT enablement of major transport infrastructure.
Chair: Richard Duggan, NEC
Enabler Workstreams
Collaboration
Drives internal and external cooperation to leverage the strengths of all the workstreams. The Collaboration Workstream also guides external education across the IoT value chain.
Chair: Ken Holder, KPMG
Vice-Chair: Nadeen Jayasundara
Vice-Chair: Nam Nguyen, Infyra
Data Use, Access and Privacy
Assists with the regulatory, business and ethical challenges of big data to help accelerate sustainable commercial success in the IoT sector.
Chair: Sam Sneddon, Wollemi
Cybersecurity and Network Resilience
Provides leadership and good practice direction to the IoT sector and ensures Australian business has a competitive advantage through fit-for-purpose IoT security.
Chair: Matt Tett, Enex TestLab
Vice-Chair: Geoff Gerrand, Telstra
Interoperability
Drives understanding of the role and benefits of interoperability and provides guidance on how this can be implemented across industries.
Chair: Bill Wood, Arid Systems
Start-Ups
Builds the Australian IoT start-up ecosystem through sustained community development to help Australian IoT start-ups succeed.
Co-Chair: David Goad, IBM Consulting Australia and New Zealand
Co-Chair: Matt Tati, Milcane
Co-Chair: Eike Zeller, Stone & Chalk