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27th June 2008

Sydney Wins 2013 World Lung Cancer Convention

Congratulations to the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Bureau (SCVB), who have secured the World Conference on Lung Cancer to be held in Sydney in 2013.

Up to 8,000 international experts will attend the conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 27 to November 1, 2013.  Sydney won the bid to host the meeting ahead of business events rival Hong Kong.

The Sydney bid was led jointly by Australian Lung Foundation representative Associate Professor Kwun Fong from the Prince Charles Hospital Brisbane and Sydney Cancer Centre Director Associate Professor Michael Boyer, with the backing of the SCVB.

The bid was also supported by Events New South Wales, the Sydney Cancer Centre, Cancer Research Australia and the Cancer Council of Australia, along with prominent oncologists, radiologists and other medical and nursing professionals.

The bi-annual conference is held by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer and past host cities include Seoul, Barcelona, Vancouver, Tokyo and Dublin.  The conference will be held in San Francisco in 2009 and in Amsterdam in 2011.

The conference is one of the biggest and most prestigious on the international conference calendar and will also provide an opportunity to promote NSW capabilities in research and commercialisation.

Events New South Wales CEO Geoff Parmenter said the convention was exactly the type of business event being sought for Sydney and NSW.

“The win is an excellent example of the types of business events we want more of here in NSW and is also a great example of how industry organisations can work together to secure more events of this nature,” said Mr Parmenter.

“The SCVB has an outstanding track record in this area and we welcome opportunities such as this to provide support to their hard work so everybody wins.”

26th June 2008

Events NSW Industry Launch Event, 28 May 2008

Events New South Wales recently launched its new corporate identity and website to members of the events industry at a cocktail event on Fort Denison, Sydney Harbour.

The new logo and website  were launched by NSW Premier The Hon Morris Iemma to stakeholders from the events, meetings and tourism industry and major corporations.

Unveiling the organisation’s new identity, the Premier said it was time for NSW to grab it’s share of the events business pie.

“With Events New South Wales, I think we’ve finally found the recipe to do it,” said Premier Iemma.

“The structure as a corporation is right, the funding of $85 million is right and the team is right.

“In baptising this new corporation, I give you a simple mandate to bring the events crown back where it belongs – to the nation’s oldest, largest and most exciting city.

“That’s the mission, that’s the goal.”

Chairman John O’Neill AO said thinking smarter, sticking to a clearly defined strategy and having the cooperation of industry stakeholders, government and communities was vital in the highly competitive, global events market.

“We need the right events to deliver economic, strategic and community benefits and long-term value,” said Mr O’Neill.

“Just as importantly, we need to develop the great events we already have to ensure we maximise the benefits they generate.

“That means finding ways to grow existing events, using them to attract other major events, leveraging them more fully and finding new audiences who will be drawn to them.

“Events NSW is focused entirely on making events deliver more value for our city, our state, our communities and for business.

“It will only be through a common vision and approach, and through a totally collective effort that Sydney and NSW will remain competitive and exploit the natural advantages in the period ahead for all the state to share.”

Guests also saw the Events New South Wales logo make it’s first public appearance – looming large on the southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.  The logo appeared as part of a special image slideshow celebrating football while the FIFA Congress met Sydney.  The slideshow was seen by the 2,000 international football representatives meeting at the Sydney Opera House and also caught the attention of Australian and international media.