Grant Award View - GA58539-V1

In order to tackle the limiting sustainable urban development issue and to secure a sustainable future, both Australia and Brazil have embraced the concept of ‘smart cities’ that offer a combination of solutions through various technology-driven innovations applied to different urban environments.

This project will establish an ongoing exchange of smart cities research and practice between Australia and Brazil. The exchange will be launched at a forum in Florianopolis with an aim of setting up a formal network to bring both countries closer.

The forum will take place in November 2019 and run in conjunction with the ‘12th Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS-2019)’. The target audience (around 200 people) of the forum will be key scholars, policymakers, urban administrators, practitioners, and entrepreneurs from Brazil. Early career academics and research students (around 100 people) will attend as observers. Some of the forum sessions will be open to the KCWS-2019 delegates— about 300 delegates from Brazil and around the world are anticipated to attend. This will increase the direct reach of the forum activities to approximately 600 people.