Schréder co-hosted a seminar on Smart Cities at the Melbourne Townhall together with the City of Melbourne and the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency AWEX. The seminar featured the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sally Capp, the Former Melbourne Chief Resiliency Officer, Toby Kent, the Chief Innovation Officer, Nicolas Keutgen as well as several relevant figures within the smart city expertise and urban resilience fields. The Seminar took place in the presence of HRH Princess Astrid and the official delegation as well as a mixed audience from australian and belgian counterparts. The session covered crucial aspects of the current urban endeavour of cities to digitally transform and provide vital insights to do so successfully and ultimately enhance the quality of life for citizens.
The City of Melbourne is equipped with 16,000 lighting fixtures from Schreder. Schréder is a world leader in smart street lighting solutions. The company, founded in 1907, is present in over 70 countries on 5 continents. Schréder Australia consists of a group of companies – which include Sylvania Schréder, Austube Schréder, and SCS – and is the local leading independent outdoor and customised indoor lighting solution provider.
