Silicon Coast

The nbn™ network will become critical for health, education, business development and the overall long-term sustainable growth of the Sunshine Coast region. Right now on the Sunshine Coast, over 29,000 premises are ready for service, with a further 50,000 currently under construction. By 2020, every home and business is expected to be able to benefit from the nationwide upgrade to Australia’s broadband infrastructure. Access to fast broadband is designed to provide a range of benefits for homes and businesses such as improved opportunities to work from home, better access to online education and health tools and more options for on-demand…

Do you enjoy being innovative, working with others and collaborating to come up with some great solutions and concepts that could benefit the Sunshine Coast and wider community? Do you want to add to the Sunshine Coast Smart City theme by creating smart applications from Open Data for business and the community?  After a successful inaugural event last year, Sunshine Coast Council's HackFest is back in 2016. HackFest 2016 aims to link up community members and provide the incentive to participate, innovate, create, develop, and succeed. Working in teams or individually, HackFest 2016 is for people with a mixture of skills…

There’s a fantastic new addition to the already thriving Sunshine Coast entrepreneurial ecosystem! Council has partnered with Spark Bureau to provide a community driven space where local youngsters will have the opportunity to explore the world of virtual and augmented reality and develop skills for future careers in the technology industry. Spark Bureau CEO Zach Johnson said virtual reality and live streaming had enormous potential for growth over the next 10 years. “The Sunshine Coast is a hub for innovation and digital entrepreneurship and here at Spark Bureau we are helping businesses tap into emerging and future markets” Mr Johnson…

Local hackers have shared in $3000 of prizes from the 2016 GovHack competition which aims to uncover new digital products and services that can benefit the community. Digital geeks, entrepreneurs, creative technologists, and savvy creators came together over the weekend of July 29-31 for the event, held simultaneously in 9 locations across Australia and New Zealand, with the Sunshine Coast event being held at Spark Bureau. Councillor Brian Stockwell from Noosa Council presented the Sunshine Coast awards at the GovHack Queensland State Awards on Friday, 2 September 2016 in Brisbane. Sunshine Coast creative technologist Mic Black won the Spirit of GovHack award, and took out the Spirit of GovHack Queensland State Title for creating the ‘random idea generator’…

Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation is excited to advise of a Request for Proposal that is currently advertised on QTenders at the following link:   https://www.hpw.qld.gov.au/qtenders/tender/display/tender-details.do?CSRFNONCE=E62D0CB9D8B348BD36472A71B0121F49&id=18449&action=display-tender-details   The Department is seeking proposals for the provision of:   •         the Design, development and delivery of an online survey instrument to assist Queensland’s small to medium businesses and Not-for-profit organisations measure their digital maturity and provide some preliminary improvement ideas and/or actions; and the •         Development of a workshop to enable Queensland’s small to medium sized businesses and Not-for-profit organisations to understand the results of their maturity assessment and to…

Welcome to GovHack Sunshine Coast 2016! This event is for everyone and anyone who has an idea about how we can strengthen our local communities. If you have digital skills, we want you! If you have a community/commercial problem to solve, we want you! If you just want somewhere to hang out and eat pizza for 46 hours from Friday 29th - Sunday 31st July, then WE WANT YOU! Registration is Free! WiFi is Fast and Free! Food is Free! Registration is Free! WiFi is Fast and Free! Food is Free! Come and explore the opportunities for new products and…

Have your say in the #SPEEDITUP Campaign - ending 3 June The opportunity to provide feedback to the ‪#SPEEDITUP campaign closes on 3 June. The #SPEEDITUP campaign aims to promote and accelerate investment in digital infrastructure on the Sunshine Coast. The more submissions we receive the stronger the case we can make to improve broadband infrastructure on the Sunshine Coast.   Please give us 5 minutes of your time to tell us more about your broadband needs and help “Speed it Up” on the Sunshine Coast! You can complete the questionnaire here.   Don't forget to check back to see the…

#SPEEDITUP Campaign Results Sunshine Coast businesses are having their say about slow internet speeds and unstable connections impeding their ability to do their jobs. The opportunity to provide feedback to the #SPEEDITUP campaign closes on 3 June! The more submissions we receive the stronger the case we can make with the telco’s for improving the broadband infrastructure – please tell us about your broadband needs here: http://digitalsunshinecoast.com.au/campaign/speed-it. Here is what Sunshine Coast businesses have had to say so far …     To share this infographic, right click, save as and then upload to your Facebook or Twitter account with the following…

#speeditup Campaign Results It is clear that businesses are using multiple devices on their current broadband services and are crying out for better access to high speed internet, and more stable internet connections. To share this infographic, right click, save as and then upload to your Facebook or Twitter account with the following message: How many devices are Sunshine Coast businesses using via their current broadband service? Help us #speeditup http://www.digitalsunshinecoast.com.au/campaign/speed-it ________________________________________ Please give us 5 minutes of your time to tell us more about your broadband needs and help “Speed it Up” on the Sunshine Coast! The opportunity to provide…

#speeditup Campaign Results Over 100 businesses have told us what they would pay for faster internet ... To share this infographic, right click, save as and then upload to your Facebook or Twitter account with the following message: What are Sunshine Coast businesses prepared to pay for faster internet? Help us #speeditup http://www.digitalsunshinecoast.com.au/campaign/speed-it Please give us 5 minutes of your time to tell us more about your broadband needs and help “Speed it Up” on the Sunshine Coast! The opportunity to provide feedback closes on the 3 June. You can complete the questionnaire here. Don't forget to check back to see the…