Broadband boffins take a byte out of infrastructure

THE Infrastructure and Communications Committee will hold public hearings in Brisbane and Melbourne later this week as part of its Inquiry into the role of Smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure.

These hearings will allow the Committee to canvass the views of a broad range of expert witnesses from industry, universities and government.

Committee Chairman Jane Prentice MP (Ryan, Qld) said, “The Brisbane and Melbourne hearings of the Smart Infrastructure Inquiry will draw together experts from a range of fields and give the Committee a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the use of Smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure in Australia.”

Hearing details

BRISBANE

Date: Thursday, 24 September 2015

Time: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 3, Level 6, Parliamentary Annexe, Alice Street, Brisbane

Witnesses: Urban Circus (Submission 3), Queensland University of Technology (Submission 19), AECOM (Submission 21), Associate Professor Tan Yigitcanlar (QUT), and Bentley Systems (Submission 29).

MELBOURNE

Date:Friday, 25 September 2015

Time:8:00 am–3:00 pm

Venue:Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House, Melbourne

Witnesses: Victorian Government (Submission 24), Australian Academy of Science (Submission 5), Victorian Spatial Council (Submission 6), Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (Submission 13), City of Melbourne (Submission 35), Independent Project Analysis (Submission 11), Professor Keith Hampson, Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (by teleconference), Swinburne University of Technology (Submission 36), University of Melbourne (Submissions 17, 31 & 32) and IBM (Submission 2).

The public hearing will be webcast live at http://www.aph.gov.au/live

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