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Getting to grips with machine intelligence with PCOA18 speaker Tomer Garzberg

As the Professional Conference Organisers Association gears up for their national conference and exhibition in December, they caught up with one of their featured speakers, Tomer Garzberg, founder and CEO of GRONADE.com. Q – Can you tell us a what the philosophy is behind GRONADE? Throughout history, humanity has seen its share of disruptive technologies, yet some were so pivotal…

Rohit Talwar keynote speaker at PCOA18

Fast Future CEO Rohit Talwar has been named as the keynote speaker at the upcoming PCOA Conference. Rohit Talwar to focus on ‘The Future of Meetings, Conferences and Events’ “I think it is a very exciting time for the events industry in Australia and New Zealand,” he said. “For example, foreign student numbers are up to record levels, a testimony to…

PCOA SPEAKER Q&A: SIMON GRIFFITHS, CEO OF WHO GIVES A CRAP

REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL PCOA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ARE NOW OPEN! The conference, to be held between 9 and 11 December 2018, will be a chance to meet like-minded Business Event professionals at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre’s (MCEC) newly completed $200 million expansion. AND you’ll get the chance to listen to some fantastic featured speakers. Find out…

A golden milestone for MCEC

Australia’s newest event space has arrived, with Acting Premier, James Merlino announcing Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre’s (MCEC) expansion site has officially opened. The $205 million expansion was funded by the 2015-16 Victorian State Budget with building works commencing in 2016. The expansion adds 20,000 square metres, increasing MCEC’s total size to 70,000 square metres, heralding the venue as Australia’s…

Featured Speakers announced for PCOA18 Conference

PCO Association President, Barry Neame said “the featured speakers are a diverse group of impressive achievers who will address many of the uncertainties conference and meeting planners are learning to live with. Why not join us and learn with them on how to embrace change”. You can’t afford to miss Australia’s leading Meetings Industry Conference – 96.58% of 2017 PCOA Conference…

Your most important innovation in 2019

We all know that innovation is essential to ongoing success but how do you access and implement new ideas, and how do you prioritise which parts of your business are most in need of a new approach? Strategy consultant Rosie Yeo says her interactive workshop at the 11th Annual PCOA Conference & Exhibition in Melbourne will help delegates make smart decisions…

Registration open for PCOA18 Conference

Registration for the 11th Annual PCOA Conference and Exhibition, to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre between December 9-11, 2018, is now open. The Conference will be held at the Melbourne Conventionand Exhibition Centre’s (MCEC) newly completed $200 million expansion. PCO Association president Barry Neame said the conference theme ‘Embracing Change’ is a proactive call to all…

In case you missed it… Forward Calendar Report is now available

AACB recently released its latest edition of the Forward Calendar of International Business Events Report, containing an analysis of bids won, lost and bids in the pipeline by its members for the years ahead (from Jan 2018). Business events are unique in that they are the only tourism sector that provides a vision of confirmed future business. 361 international business events…

Event planning – how hard can it be?

Has planning your next staff or client conference just been added to your never-ending ‘to-do’ list? You have great organisational and people management skills, perhaps even a little creative flair, so what could go wrong? More and more these days EAs and PAs are given planning responsibilities for the most important events their organisations hold each year. Having a simple…