About the SDCN
As our ways of working evolve and become more sustainable, what will be the impact as our cities change and adapt?
The Sustainable Digital Cities Network (SDCN) is a network of urban policy, urban and transport planning professionals and technology providers who are exploring the impacts of teleworking and smart work centres on our cities. Teleworking, or anywhere working, can overcome the time, stress and cost of daily commuting, reduce urban congestion, and reduce pressure on transport systems at peak commuting times. They can be a catalyst for the revitalisation of suburban and regional commerical centres.
Our Interest
Urban Impacts of Teleworking Future
Discussion
Create spaces for experts for the focus and debate on encouragement and nurturing of teleworking.
Research
To help legislators set effective policy to encourage teleworking and foster sustainble cities.
Promotion
To make sure research and findings are well understood and advocated to create impetus for change.
The last great technological advancement that reshaped cities was the automobile (some might argue it was the elevator). In both cases, these technologies reshaped the physical aspects of living in cities – how far a person could travel or how high a building could climb. But the fundamentals of how cities worked remained the same. What’s different about the information age that has been ushered in by personal computers, mobile phones and the Internet is its ability to reshape the social organization of cities and empower everyday citizens...
Our Team
SDCN is one of four stakeholder networks supported by the Australian Government Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. The others are the:
- Australia Anywhere Working Research Network,
- Telework Leadership and Management Network, and
- Telework Participation and Social Inclusion Network
Coordinated By
Meet the coordinating team
Proudly Supported by
By 2050, we’ll live closer to each other, we’ll connect in digital spaces as much as in person, and we’ll stick closer to home. Instead of battling the traffic we’ll enjoy seamless journeys on multiple linked modes of transport, physical and virtual. New forces – smaller families, a low-carbon economy, digital connectivity, an ageing population, knowledge-based work, globalism – are shaping the city of the future…Suburbs will be places to work instead of places just to get to work from, and those who don’t work from home will be within 20 minutes by train, bus, cycle or walk from their ‘local’ office.
The Event
Sustainable Digital City of the Future
Public National Forum
How will the digital economy transform the way we work, travel and our cities’ sustainability?
Thursday, 1 August 5:00 pm-6:30 pm, then drinks
Great Hall, UTS, Broadway Ultimo
Bookings are Required (free!)
and nationally via live streaming
Register for Live Streaming
and with interaction via using #sdcnforum
Our Lineup
The Speakers
Moderated by
Deborah Cameron
Deborah Cameron has had a long career as a broadcaster, foreign correspondent in New York, Jakarta and Tokyo and journalist and editor in Sydney. When she was the presenter of ABC 702 Mornings in Sydney, Deb thrived on moderating bold, stimulating conversations.
Professor Ross Milbourne, Vice Chancellor, UTS
- Official Welcome
Tim Williams, CEO, Committee for Sydney
- Smart cities, smart governance
Brad Krauskopf, CEO and Founder, Third Spaces Group
- The business case for smart work centres
Martin Stewart-Weeks, Director, CISCO International Business Solutions Group
- Smart infrastructure – international view
Sam Nickless, Community Eng. Manager, GPT
- Transport and Place: future trends
Professor Stuart White, Director, ISF
- Concluding address
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Key Sponsors
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Register for the Forum
Register to attend the National Public Forum on the Sustainable Digital City at the Great Hall, UTS, Broadway, Ultimo, begins 5PM sharp, Thursday 1 August 2013.
Register for Live Streaming
Register to attend the National Public Forum by Video Link broadcast live, begins 5PM sharp, Thursday 1 August 2013.
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Are we actually becoming ‘good at cities’ in a way we weren’t hundreds of years ago?
Research
Informing Our Common Future
Building on its network membership spanning academia, policy, industry and civil society - the Sustainable Digital Cities Network (SDCN) is assembling a research consortium to investigate the opportunities afforded by smart work centres in Australian cities and regions.
Key themes for research include:
- future of smart work centres: innovation hubs, user needs and preferences
- quantifying the opportunity: aligning jobs, sectors and locations suited to smart work centres
- enablers: best practice tenancy models
- impacts: on transportation & economic development
- policy options: and planning recommendations
If you are interested in contributing to fund research or collaborate in a case-study, please contact Damien.Giurco@uts.edu.au or Kerryn.Wilmot@uts.edu.au
damien.giurco@uts.edu.au
+ 61 2 9514 4978
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