Victorian innovators are well represented in this year's IoT Awards alongside entries that provide a fascinating snapshot of how Australia is harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT).

Standout Australian Internet of Things work announced for the 2021 IoT Awards

The finalists of the 2021 IoT Awards will compete for national honours next week. The official awards program of the IoT Alliance Australia, Australia’s peak industry body for Internet of Things (IoT), and IoT Hub.

The finalist entries provide a fascinating snapshot of how Australia is harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT). Entrants described work to improve IoT security, overcome interoperability challenges and fund technology to generate insights about metropolitan and regional areas.

“I’m delighted our 2021 IoT Awards show increasing diversity and maturity in projects and participants,” said IoT Alliance Australia CEO Frank Zeichner.

The awards recognise that real-time data is increasingly important to Australian industry, government and citizens. It’s assisting our response to crises and enabling industry to compete internationally. The awards aim to shine a spotlight on Australian IoT achievements within this scope.

The 2021 IoT Awards winners will be announced at 1pm AEDT on 9 November. Watch here >>

Victorian, Nam Nguyen, Infyra, nominated for 2021 IoT Champion Award

Nam Nguyen is the Managing Director at Infyra, a Victorian specialist business and technology strategy consultancy firm. An ICT professional with over 25 years of experience in the Telecommunications, Digital and Emerging Tech domains, Nam leads and delivers consultancy assignments across a range of industry sectors and technology domains.

Adding value to help solve business problems for his clients, these are some of the contributions Nam has delivered:

• Developed a set of guidelines and a tool (built on IoTAA IoT Reference Framework) for a water utility to help solution architects analyse and evaluate IoT solutions through the business, technology, architecture, data and security lenses.

• Contributed to the ongoing development of a Digital Reference Architecture for the Water Utilities in Australia 

• Conducted a cybersecurity assessment and recommended cybersecurity improvements to a microgrid operator.

• Developed an IoT Reference Framework for IoT Alliance Australia that brings a common language to IoT vendors and users.

• Developed a Digital Connectivity strategy for a regional council to help the council make decision on investment on telecommunications infrastructure.

• Researched, analysed and prepared an industry report on the global industry view on the safety of Consumer IoT Goods. This report provided inputs to the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC)'s consumer goods safety guides.

Congratulations to all the Victorian finalists for the 2021 IoT Awards!

Water Award

• GWMWater Urband Customer Portal (nominated by GWMWater) - Horsham

• Reducing non-revenue water losses through South East Water’s network leak detection technology integrated into Landis+Gyr’s ultrasonic and NB-IoT digital meter (nominated by Iota)

Energy Award

• The SolShare: Unlocking solar for apartments (nominated by Allume Energy) – Richmond

Transport Services Award

• Ambulance Victoria Connected Vehicle IoT Initiative (nominated by Directed Technologies)

• Swoop Aero – On-Demand Healthcare Logistics (nominated by Swoop Aero) Port Melb

Health Award

• Swoop Aero – On-Demand Healthcare Logistics (nominated by Swoop Aero) Port Melb

Interoperability by Design Award

• Visualising Australasia’s soils Ballarat Federation University – Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) (nominated by Federation University Australia) 

Secure IoT Award

• IoT security projects – Monash University microgrid cybersecurity assessment & framework (nominated by Infyra)

Smart Data Use Award

• City of Melbourne laneway waste management (nominated by City of Melbourne)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Action

• The Centre for Technology Infusion and ATSA overview of smart assistive devices that could be leveraged to improve accessibility for people with disability (nominated by La Trobe University – Centre for Technology Infusion)

• ‘The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot’ – a research project, book and awareness campaign by Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy (MIT Press, 2020) (nominated by Monash University)

• Smart Homes for Seniors (nominated by Harvest Community Sector Consultants) 

About the IoT Alliance Australia 

IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) is the peak industry body representing the Internet of Things (IoT) in Australia, with over 500 participating organisations and 1000 individual participants working across twelve workstreams.

A thriving future for Australia sees connecting data, devices, people, processes and things to the Internet. It helps people make better and more informed decisions to get the best possible outcomes and ultimately helps boost Australia’s future success, productivity, competitiveness, jobs, and the economy.

Now is the time for industry, government, citizens, and academia to seize the opportunities for economic growth and social benefit afforded by the Internet of Things. Active membership is a great way to increase your knowledge, demonstrate your skills, raise your profile and drive your career. It’s also a way to be part of advocacy initiatives that affect you, your organisation and the IoT industry. To find out more and get involved go to www.iot.org.au.

About the IoT Hub

IoT Hub is a site focused on the growing connectivity between software, the cloud, and the devices we use in everyday business operations. From connected plant hardware, to communications and data manipulation, to views and opinions from Australia’s leading influencers, IoT Hub is YOUR site for staying up to date with this fast-developing field. 

Orginal article published on IoT Hub by Staff Writer on Oct 25 2021 4:57PM

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