Regional Innovation : Sensing Industry Connect arrives in Albury
The latest in the NSSN’s Sensing Industry Connect series took place last night in Albury, bringing together the regional NSW smart sensing community for a night of networking.
The Sensing Industry Connect was on the road again, travelling to Albury to host the event with Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia’s leading regional university.
The NSSN is passionate about expanding the possibilities of smart sensing throughout NSW. The event reflected this passion, attracting a diverse and wide range of people from industry, government and research in regional NSW who travelled to build their professional network further in Albury.
Co-Director of the NSSN, Professor Julien Epps attended the event and paid tribute to CSU’s significant contribution to the NSSN in a relatively short period of time.
“We are delighted that CSU became a member of the NSSN, and already, in one year, there has been incredible work that has happened together.
“We are really pleased to be here in Albury to have an opportunity to connect and bring together world-class research, industry and government.
Events like the Sensing Industry Connect are all about making connections. Connections that will hopefully lead to great opportunities in the future for all of our partners.”
Professor Michael Friend, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at CSU spoke about the positive impact of being a member of the NSSN for the university.
“Today has been an exciting opportunity to connect the NSSN with some of our industry partners to discuss future potential projects.
We were delighted to have the NSSN previously visiting our campuses in Wagga, Port Macquarie and now it’s great to have them here today in Albury.
We really appreciate the commitment shown by the NSSN to regional NSW. Smart sensors are critical in addressing challenges across many sectors of society and helping to create a prosperous and sustainable state.”
Justine Summers, Chief Operating Officer of Marathon Health, also spoke at the event. Marathon Health is a regional NSW based, not-for-profit, health organisation that helps local communities thrive through improved well-being.
Ms Summers highlighted the potential of organisations in regional NSW to create a lasting impact on communities through advanced technology.
“We are an organisation that covers a significant amount of NSW and works extensively with disadvantaged communities.
“Today was a great opportunity to get a rural and regional voice heard loudly and clearly. We were able to explore how innovative research can help address real issues in health care.
We are looking forward to exploring how we can utilise this fantastic technology to enhance our healthcare services.”
The next NSSN Sensing Industry Connect event will take place on Monday 14 August at the Sydney Knowledge Hub at the University of Sydney. Further information is here.