According to Business Events Australia, over 300 major international association conferences have been confirmed for Australia over the next three years with further growth anticipated as a result of closer links to the country’s innovation, research and trade agendas.
Manager of the Australian Associations Project, Julie Sheather said Australia’s expertise and innovation is helping to attract significant events across a wide range of industries including agribusiness/aquaculture, education and training, ICT and clean energy.
Australia is also continuing to attract the world’s leading scientific and medical conferences with leaders in nursing, autism, immunology, rehabilitation, urology, haemophilia, pharmaceutical sciences and psychiatry all heading to Australian destinations.
“The business events industry is working together to leverage the best of Australian innovation and expertise across the government, university and private sectors on behalf of associations bringing their events to Australia,” Ms Sheather said.
“The influence of Australia’s knowledge economy in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, agribusiness, ICT, education, mining and resources, clean energy and financial services is being increasingly brought to bear on what we can offer association event organisers.
“Australia is an ideal business event destination with its close proximity to Asia, its political and economic stability, its creativity and innovation, and its world class business events facilities,” Ms Sheather said.
Key events already confirmed for Australia in these sectors in 2011 include:
Advanced manufacturing:
- International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (July 2011) – Adelaide
- Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Conference (Aug 2011) – Cairns
Agribusiness:
- The 4th Asian Conference on Plant Pathology concurrent with the 18th Biennial
- Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference (ACPP APPS) - (April 2011) - Darwin
- ICT - International Conference of the International Association of Computer Methods and
- Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) (May 2011) – Melbourne
- ISDE7- 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth (Aug 2011) – Perth
Education:
- International Baccalaureate Asia Pacific Conference (Mar 2011) – Melbourne
- IPMA World Congress on Project Management Association (3-5 Oct 2011) – Brisbane
- 17th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference (Jan 2011) – Gold Coast
- Christian Education International Conference (July 2011) – Darwin
- Asia Pacific Model United Nations Conference (July 2011) - Canberra
Mining and resources:
- International Water Associations Specialist Group Conference (Aug 2011) – Adelaide
- 18th International Corrosion Conference (Nov 2011) – Perth
Clean Energy:
- 1st International All Energy Congress (Nov 2011) – Sydney
Financial and Professional Services:
- 17th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference (Jan 2011) – Gold Coast
- 18th Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants Conference (CAPA) (Sept 2011) – Brisbane
Ms Sheather said the establishment of closer links between Australia’s business events industry and key university, government and private sector research, trade and innovation organisations will make Australia even more attractive to associations operating in these sectors in the future.
