Sunshine Coast VIP Tech Tour
Sunshine Coast Council is inviting delegates of the Australia in Space Sundowner networking evening (being held on the Sunshine Coast, Wednesday 3 July 2024 at 4.30pm) to attend a complimentary guided VIP Tech Tour of the Maroochydore CBD prior to the event. Places are strictly limited for this tour.
About the VIP Tech Tour
The VIP Tech Tour will start at 2pm on Wednesday 3 July with light refreshments and a welcome address in the Sunshine Coast City Hall.
Next, delegates will be guided on a tour of the NEXTDC SC1, Tier 3N+1 Edge Data Centre, located within the International Submarine Cable Landing Station. Delegates will learn more about the Maroochydore CBD’s digital assets and will be given an update on the development of the Maroochydore CBD by Walker Corporation.
At 4.30pm, delegates will be guided to the Australia in Space Sundowner networking event to be held in Altitude Nine, City Hall’s top floor venue.
Transport from Brisbane
Relax for the day with transport provided by Sunshine Coast Council’s Investment Attraction team, who will personally collect you in Brisbane at 12noon and drive you to the VIP tour.
If you prefer to make your own way to the Sunshine Coast, please let the team know and they will advise you on parking options.
The private charter back to Brisbane will leave the Sunshine Coast at 7pm, aiming to have you back in Brisbane by 8.30pm.
Or, you might want to stay and relax at the Sunshine Coast’s newest hotel – the Holiday Inn Express and Suites**.
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*Places strictly limited. Book now to avoid disappointment.
** At delegate’s own expense.
VIP Tech Tour itinerary
Wednesday 3 July 2024 at 2pm
Sunshine Coast City Hall, Maroochydore
Free – limited places available
- Light refreshments and welcome address in the foyer of Sunshine Coast City Hall, Maroochydore City Centre
- International Submarine Cable Landing Station and NEXTDC SC1 Tier 3N+1 Edge Data Centre
- Walker Corporation, Foundation Place
- Smart Cities Tour, Maroochydore City Centre
- Data Trailer – human movement, environmental monitoring and remote systems management (Foundation Square)
- Digital infrastructure: multi-function poles, underground assets
- Augmented Reality: vacuum waste and digital twin
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE
Register your interest by Wednesday 19 June via the form below.
Questions? Contact Danielle Burns on
+61436 626 304 or email invest@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
Register for the Sunshine Coast VIP Tech Tour
Register your interest by Wednesday 19 June 2024.
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*Any additional flights or accommodation will be at the delegate’s own expense
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sunshine Coast
42 First Avenue and Fairway Drive, Maroochydore, QLD 4558 Australia
About the Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast has all of the key ingredients required to support an innovative and thriving tech industry. These include game-changing infrastructure, a supportive business and investor community, local government committed to innovation, talent attraction and retain and education pathways. This, coupled with the region’s enviable lifestyle, is seeing the Sunshine Coast emerge as a future tech hub and offers myriad opportunities for the tech industry as well as tech-users and supporters.
Awarded Smart 21 Intelligent Community in 2020 (for 8 years since 2014) and Top 7 Global Intelligent Communities (2020, 2019), the Sunshine Coast is home to an 18 Tbps submarine data cable, the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Network (SCIBN), providing the fastest east coast connection from Australia to Asia. Data hungry businesses of all sizes and industry can benefit from faster data speeds, reduced risk, high reliability and lower costs.
The Sunshine Coast is also placed at the forefront of the cyber security sector with the establishment of a new national organisation, Critical Infrastructure – Information Sharing and Analysis Centre (CI-ISAC), aimed at protecting the nation against cyber criminals.
- International Broadband Cable
- Cable Landing Station
- NEXTDC SC1, Tier 3N+1 Edge Data Centre
- Cyber Security Node
- Multi-path telecommunications conduits
- Multi-carrier optic fibre networks
- 5G mobile broadband
- WiFi 6 free public Wi-Fi
- LoRaWAN IoT Network
- Multi-function poles
- Digital kiosks
- Landing pad
About the new international submarine cable
The SCIBN, including the Maroochydore City Centre’s digital assets, provides an opportunity for research organisations, government and business to accelerate the development of new technology software, hardware equipment and devices.
Council has ‘opened its doors’ to enable companies to test and trial technology developments in a real world environment*.
About Testing Tech in Paradise
Council is now running a new campaign called Testing Tech in Paradise which is an opportunity for companies to come to the Sunshine Coast and test and trail new tech in the real world.
The inaugural first test and trial project called “The Connected Worker”, successfully tested smart glasses wearables on a WIFI 6 network to demonstrate workforce productivity gains and efficiencies for Council staff.
Scroll on to view The Connected Worker case study and AVR Lab testimonial video.
*Subject to commercial arrangements
Case study:
The Connected Worker
This video features a case study called “The Connected Worker” in which Sunshine Coast Council, in partnership with The AVR Lab, has successfully tested augmented reality wearables and software using the Maroochydore City Centre’s high speed/low latency Wi-Fi 6 Network.
Business testimonial:
The AVR Lab story
In this video, The AVR Lab discuss the benefits of testing and trialling new products, services, hardware and devices on the Sunshine Coast and their experience of working with council.