City of Innovation

Smart Innovation refers to the support we're providing to encourage emerging industries, start-ups and scale up businesses to see Newcastle as the ideal base for collaborative problem solving.

Investment includes:

A virtual innovation hub website to connect with fellow entreprenuers and other professionals - visit newihub.com
Investment in co-working spaces and Landing Pads to support talented professionals moving to Newcastle
Support for events and training to grow the capability of the local innovation ecosystem.
Industry events such as iQ to showcase Newcastle as a smart and innovative city.
The establishment of a Sensor Lab and the Newcastle City Centre as a technology living lab to attract advanced industries.
Newcastle libraries using robotics to scan historical content to ensure its longevity.
The establishment of a backyard detectives pilot project which will encourage primary school children to build DIY air quality monitors.
AiTC information on accessible facilities to help people with disability navigate the City’s facilities.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.