2022-08-15 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                15 AUGUST 2022


     o    Product Audit and Data Dashboard
     o    Community Attitude (Sentiment) Survey and Focus Groups
     o    Environmental Audit
•    Extensive ongoing community and stakeholder engagement is a hallmark of a successful
     destination management process.
Peregian Digital Hub
Hub General Information
•    The Digital Hub core business performing well: near full capacity with 37 monthly paid
     memberships and new tenants secured for all 3 private office spaces.
•    The Hub continues to cultivate a strong local digital/innovation ecosystem, with growth
     across all digital industry groups, and 25 events delivered in the past 12 months.
Hub Programs
•    The Hub secured a further $960k of federal funding to support its Firetech Connect program
     - this includes 2 years of operational funding to deliver a series of technology trials.
•    Through the Hub’s Firetech Connect program, Council has entered a collaborative
     partnership with QFES to deliver a series of technology trials to build bushfire resilience in
     Noosa and other bushfire affected LGA’s. This includes prediction, detection, aerial
     intelligence support and uncrewed firefighting.
•    The Hub continues to collaborate with Stockwell Group to develop a compelling vision for an
     Industry 4.0 precinct in the Noosa Shire Business Centre’s innovation zone and, to generate
     interest from potential anchor tenants. An investment attraction prospectus is planned in
     next financial year.
•    Through its ongoing collaboration with Advance Queensland and the Cherbourg Aboriginal
     Shire Council, the Hub has continued to support the creation of opportunities for young
     indigenous people in Cherbourg via workshops and mentoring.
Hub Events
•    In September 2021, the digital hub in collaboration with Noosa technology companies
     Meshed and TechnologyOne (and Local Governments across Australia) hosted a showcase
     of innovative uses for Internet of Things (IoT) as part of technologies in Smart Cities and
     local governments.
•    The showcase was attended by 50 delegates and 100 online delegates. Themes included:
     Smart Places & Precincts, Connected Cities - City Wide, Connected Regions, and
     Collaborative IoT.
•    In June 2022, and in collaboration with state government, the Hub secured hosting rights for
     Australia’s leading Venture Capital event - Venture Down Under, to be held in Noosa.
•    The week-long event attracted 147 attendees, including 112 investors from over 90
     investment firms. The event stimulated the Queensland’s venture capital sector and placed
     Noosa’s digital/tech ecosystem on the national map.
•    Council invested $20k (Economic Development funding) to secure the event, with $60k from
     DTIS and generated around $400k in tourism and hospitality expenditure for the region’s
     economy.




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