2025 TasICT Excellence Award Winners PHOTO GALLERY AVAILABLE NOW SOUVENIR AWARDS BOOKLET WITH ALL NOMINATIONS Advancements in Artificial Intelligence to save lives, time and money have shared the spotlight at the 2025 TasICT Excellence Awards. Top gongs have gone to cutting edge firms building AI-assisted detection of bushfires allowing rapid deployment of fire fighters, as…
Tasmania’s tech sector has called on all candidates and parties to develop election policies to transform Tasmania’s economic base into a smart economy and save money by embracing Artificial Intelligence. TasICT, the peak body for Tasmania’s Information, Communication and Technology sector, said Tasmania’s budget was made worse by the failure to invest in innovation, new…
Tasmania’s technology sector says that no single party at the 2025 Federal election has delivered a comprehensive vision to transform Tasmania into a smart state. TasICT CEO Russell Kelly said that campaigning had focused on hip-pocket issues and very few policies were transformational and could help Tasmania reconfigure its economy to take advantage of the…
One of the world’s giant tech success stories Canva will headline the 2025 Tas Tech Fest – Tasmania’s ultimate showcase of trends in technology. Co-founder of Canva, Cameron Adams and his wife Lisa Miller, founder of eco-tech startup Wedgetail will open Tas Tech Fest on 26 March 2025 at Wrest Point Function Centre. Canva is…
One of Australia’s much-admired astrophysicists Prof Lisa Harvey-Smith will shine a light on the achievement of women in science at this year’s TasICT International Women’s Day address. Prof Harvey-Smith has achieved national acclaim for her work in astrophysics, including becoming an important voice in popularizing the science of the cosmos through the ABC’s Stargazing Live series. International Women’s…