OpenData & IoT Meetup

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About us

OpenData & IoT Meetup is an Adelaide community for people interested in how sensors, connected devices and data can be used to understand and solve real-world problems.

The group began in 2016 through the Growing Data Foundation, initially bringing people together around the Adelaide node of The Things Network, LoRaWAN and the emerging opportunity for open IoT networks and shared data.
A lot has changed in ten years — and some of the fundamental challenges haven't.

Sensors are cheaper and smarter. Connectivity options have expanded. Cloud platforms, edge computing, AI, robotics and satellite technologies have changed what is possible. But we are still working through many of the same questions: how do we collect useful data from the physical world, move it reliably, make sense of it, share it appropriately, and turn it into something genuinely useful?
That's what this community is about.
Topics may include:

Internet of Things and connected devices
Sensors and sensing technologies
Open data, data sharing and interoperability
LoRaWAN and other wireless and communications technologies
Edge computing and embedded systems
Analytics, AI and machine learning applied to real-world data
Open source hardware and software
Smart cities and communities
Agriculture, water and environmental monitoring
Energy, infrastructure and transport
Advanced manufacturing, automation and robotics

Everyone is welcome.
The community brings together developers, engineers, makers, researchers, students, founders, businesses, government, academics and anyone else interested in learning, experimenting or sharing what they are working on.

Our events will focus on practical projects, demonstrations, lessons learned, emerging technologies and genuine discussion. Commercial organisations and technology providers are welcome, but the emphasis is on sharing useful knowledge and experience rather than sales pitches.

After a quieter period, OpenData & IoT Meetup is being refreshed in 2026. We'll be running our own events again as well as collaborating with other South Australian technology and industry communities where there is useful crossover.

If you've got a project to show, a problem worth discussing, an idea for an event, or simply want to meet others working in this space, we'd love to hear from you.

Upcoming events

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Moving Together
Wed, Sep 23 · 5:00 PM ACST
Flinders University - Tonsley, Flinders University - Tonsley Level 5, 4 MAB Eastern Promenade · Tonsley, Adelaide, AU
Join the IoT Meetup community for a special session in coordination with Future Energy Week, bringing together organisations moving the dial on the energy transition in the agrifood sector.

The event focuses on the innovations and systems that will enable the electrification of freight transport, and the opportunities and challenges that will flow on from it.

Shayla from the SA Forestry Products Association will share their work on electrifying trucking, and working with the forestry industry supply chain to turn waste streams such as saw dust into sources of energy.

Shane from Climate Capital will present on the avenues that the energy transition creates for landowners to diversity their income and reduce their overheads, and the recent changes in govt policy that helps to fuel these opportunities.

Dean from VE Motion will share the benefits of electrifying trailers, and Jaden from Archer Heavy will be talking through their work retro-fitting trucks to run on battery power.

This event brings together farmers, agronomists, investors and innovators who are thinking seriously about energy resilience, self-sufficiency, and the future of farming.

5:00pm — Drinks & networking
5:30–6:30pm — Presentations
6:30–7:30pm — Pizza & networking

Free to attend. Everyone welcome. Farmers, agronomists, investors, policy people, students — if you're curious about where farming energy is heading, this is the room to be in.

Thanks to growAG for their ongoing support of AgriTech Meetup SA, and to RAA and Flinders New Venture Institute for helping to make the event happen.

👉 Organised by Agritech Meetup SA
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