December 201719 Adelaide is an amazing, beautiful and unique city. The fifth most livable city in world showcases an amazing blend of fantastic experiences for people of all ages. A world recognized festival destination, a UNESCO Live Music City and a vibrant art culture. Relatively affordable, there are significantly lesser concerns regarding traffic congestion and pollution often associated with a city this size. The critical factor that makes the city unique is the perfect balance of technology and culture that goes hand in hand with citizens participating in the global economic reawakening of the city. Along with a contemporary infrastructure, the capital city council's approach of putting people at the centre of new 21st century technology and offering `government as a platform' has attracted global interest and a rating as one of the world's Top21 Smart Cities. Council's bold strategic plan revolves around four key themes making the City of Adelaide Smart, Green, Livable and Creative.Joining the City of Adelaide almost three years ago, I was employed to develop a world class IM strategy to support council's ambition to advance Adelaide into a CIO InsightsAt the Pinnacle of Smart City AspirationsBY PETER AUHL, CIO, CITY OF ADELAIDE
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