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Know Next Now
Are you feeling negative about the state of the world in 2018? Is the news getting you down? Have you had enough of people arguing on your Facebook feed? The Future Crunch team might be able to help. Showcasing their infectious brand of musically inspired, intelligent optimism, this is a story about the human race you've never heard before. Diseases are being eradicated, war is decreasing, millions are being lifted out of poverty and billions are gaining access to the greatest information resource humanity has ever known. We can control robots with our minds, use machines to translate any language, cut and paste our own DNA, and we’re taking brave new steps into space. We're just not hearing a lot about it. We know the challenges we face, here in Australia and around the world. This is the story of how – with boldness, creativity, and revolutionary technologies that build on thousands of years of human ingenuity – we are rising to meet them. This session is proudly sponsored by Destinations International 

Dr Angus Hervey, Tane Hunter and Will Tate
Are you feeling negative about the state of the world in 2018? Is the news getting you down?... More
Dr Angus Hervey, Tane Hunter and Will Tate
Are you feeling negative about the state of the world in 2018? Is the news getting you down? Have you had enough of people arguing on your Facebook feed? The Future Crunch team might be able to help. Showcasing their infectious brand of musically inspired, intelligent optimism, this is a story about the human race you've never heard before. Diseases are being eradicated, war is decreasing, millions are being lifted out of poverty and billions are gaining access to the greatest information resource humanity has ever known. We can control robots with our minds, use machines to translate any language, cut and paste our own DNA, and we’re taking brave new steps into space. We're just not hearing a lot about it. We know the challenges we face, here in Australia and around the world. This is the story of how – with boldness, creativity, and and revolutionary technologies that build on thousands of years of human ingenuity – we are rising to meet them. Dr Angus Hervey is a political economist and a journalist specialising in the impact of disruptive technologies on society. Co-founder of Future Crunch, a platform for intelligent thinking about the future of science and technology, and former manager of Random Hacks of Kindness, a global initiative from Google, IBM, Microsoft, NASA and the World Bank to create open-source technology solutions to social challenges. Former manager of Global Policy, one of the world's leading international political journals. He holds a PhD in Government and a Masters in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, where he was also the Ralph Miliband Scholar from 2009 to 2012. Tane Hunter is a cancer researcher, bio informatician, and science communicator. He works with big data in the biological realm. In 2004 Tane won a US national mountain biking title and was heading for a career as a professional cyclist. Unfortunately, an injury in 2006 brought Tané’s cycling career to an end and he refocused on science, statistics, and viticulture. Tané is the co-founder of Future Crunch and Lighthouse Data Science. His interest in medical genomics, big data, and evolutionary biology eventually led him to the University of Melbourne where he completed a Masters in Bioinformatics in 2013. He has worked for the Royal Children’s Hospital diagnosing rare genetic diseases in children and is currently completing his PhD at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, using molecular biomarkers and artificial intelligence to better understand, diagnose and improve treatment for people suffering from cancer. He is also an avid sailor, and participates in races around the world. Will Tait is an MC, musician and presenter with a talent for inspiring wonder and empowerment. He is motivated by the sense that our modern global culture is reaching out for a new story about the workings of the world, a story in which we see ourselves as integrally connected to each other and our universe. Using music, drama, humour and joy Will creates moments of magical, mythical experience that help make this new story tangible and trustworthy. He is an educational presenter and the founder of Our Planet Enterprises, producing and delivering sustainability-focussed school and festival performance throughout Melbourne and Victoria. He is also the lead singer for 8Foot Felix, a theatrical multi-genre festival band.
45 mins
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9:15 AM |
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Resolving our BE Challenges

Lynne Schinella
Lynne Schinella is the ideal MC to facilitate the AACB 2017 conference. With a tag line of... More
Lynne Schinella
Lynne Schinella is the ideal MC to facilitate the AACB 2017 conference. With a tag line of Respect.Connect.Thrive she is a passionate advocate of diversity for growth – whether in people, products, thinking or ideas. A sought after business speaker and facilitator, Lynne is an old face to many in the business events industry, having run her own award winning conference and incentive company for 10 years, before she tired of tying tiny bows on tiny things at midnight. But working with incentives taught her that the most successful teams were the most diverse, able to acknowledge their differences and leverage their strengths. So when Lynne established Ripe Learning in 2001, it was natural her work had a strong message of understanding and celebrating our differences. Creator of the RIPE Personality Profiling System and author of Bite Me! and other do’s and don’ts of dealing with our differences, Lynne’s real gift as a facilitator is in her practical down to earth approach, her relaxed conversational style and a talent for making the complex simple and relevant. Lynne is also a MICE tragic who can't let go. Working under the guise of creating better workplace cultures, she misses her role as a buyer and has never adapted to the lack of invitation to AIME, first class upgrades and Moet on arrival in her hotel room.

Oscar Cerezales
Oscar Cerezales, born in Barcelona (Spain), has been working in the meetings industry for more... More
Oscar Cerezales
Oscar Cerezales, born in Barcelona (Spain), has been working in the meetings industry for more than 25 years. Currently, he is a member of the Board Trustees for PCMA as well as Member of the Scientific Board for the Latin American Association of Convention Bureaus. He also is curator and Chair of a number of industry conferences including www.smf2018.org Oscar has also been a member of the Board of European chapters of MPI International, Board of Directors of PCMA as well as a Board Member for SITE Latin America.
Oscar currently works at MCI Group, a company with 61 offices in 31 counties and 2,100 talents. MCI Group is dedicated to the organization of congresses and corporate events, consulting and strategic management for companies and associations. MCI Group organizes more than 7,000 projects annually with a turnover of more than $510 million. After managing MCI Spain, Oscar moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil to manage MCI throughout the Americas region. Beforehand Oscar had executive positions at Convention Centre Management Companies (like GL events) and consulting and marketing organizations
Oscar currently resides in Singapore and manages the Asia-Pacific region. Oscar has been a professor at universities in Barcelona, London, Singapore and Milan. In addition to collaborating with various industry publications. Oscar is the father of three children and loves endurance sports.
45 mins
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10:00 AM |
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Business Events Australia update
Monica Armesto
With a background in corporate communications, product development, and destination marketing,... More
Monica Armesto
With a background in corporate communications, product development, and destination marketing, Monica has worked for internationally recognised organisations including the Sydney Opera House, Tourism New Zealand and Tourism Australia. Her current role as Marketing Communications Manager Business Events at Tourism Australia leads the delivery of work across both the incentive and associations sectors, raising Australia’s profile through a strategy spanning brand communications, PR, and content creation.
20 mins
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10:20 AM |
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AACB Scholarship Presentation: Is your CRM working for you?
After attending the Simpleview Summit in Arizona, I will be sharing what knowledge I received from the summit and how this can assist our bureau, staff and members. The main focus of this presentation will be on what are you and your bureau getting out of your CRM and what can be implemented to get the maximum benefit for the bureau, staff, members and clients.

Leah Muir
Leah has 13 years’ experience in the business events and hospitality industries, currently... More
Leah Muir
Leah has 13 years’ experience in the business events and hospitality industries, currently working as Business Development Manager with Business Events Tasmania (BET). Born and raised in Australia’s naturally beautiful island state of Tasmania, Leah is passionate about selling the destination to conference organisers worldwide. Her role at BET sees her representing Tasmania at in-market events, sales call and tradeshows throughout Australia. Leah has led the organisation’s transition to Simpleview over the last 18 months, including the development of a structured lead generation program for BET’s Business Development team. Leah lives with her partner Nic on a farm about a 30-minute drive from Tasmania’s capital city Hobart. They have horses, ducks, chickens, cats, dogs and a goat. Leah enjoys cooking with farm grown produce from their hothouse and extensive vegetable shed.
10 mins
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10:30 AM |
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11:00 AM |
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Tame the Tiger: The Art of Negotiation
As China is now the world’s largest economy, and a key driver of Australia’s tourism and business events industry, it is crucial for you to understand how to best conduct business and communicate with your Chinese clients. Conducting business with Chinese people means having some knowledge of the Chinese negotiating culture, and it is this knowledge that will be your greatest asset. In negotiations and daily communication most Chinese people know and unconsciously use the 36 Chinese Strategies derived from Sun Tzu’s - The Art of War. From this presentation you will learn about how the 36 Chinese Strategies are used, and therefore understand the motives of the Chinese people with whom you are conducting business. This session is proudly sponsored by AIME 
Leonie McKeon
Leonie McKeon is an Australian China-educated strategist and author who teaches the fundamental... More
Leonie McKeon
Leonie McKeon is an Australian China-educated strategist and author who teaches the fundamental rules that drive business success in the massive China market. She has worked and travelled in the Greater China Region for several years where she learnt Mandarin, and through these hands-on experiences discovered that “everything is negotiable”. It became clear to Leonie that a crucial part of understanding Chinese negotiation tactics is to have some knowledge of the 36 Chinese Strategies which are derived from ‘The Art of War’. Chinese people know and unconsciously use these strategies to negotiate on a daily basis. Leonie is a conference speaker and workshop presenter, enabling her audiences to understand Chinese negotiation tactics, feel confident when conducting a deal, and therefore enjoy being part of the game of negotiation in any environment.
45 mins
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Finding your Destination Story: And Bringing Industry on the Journey
Mark will share insights from across the globe on how destinations are finding their authentic stories and turning them into high value visitor experiences that build a brand and position a destination for success. Following a short presentation of the learnings from around the globe, Mark will work with participants to define their unique story using the Storytelling Toolkit he developed with Tourism and Events Queensland in a fun and educational hands-on experience.
Mark Olsen
Mark has spent nearly 25 years developing world-leading and sustainable tourism projects,... More
Mark Olsen
Mark has spent nearly 25 years developing world-leading and sustainable tourism projects, working in over 70 countries working with destinations like Ireland, Iceland, Mexico and across Asia to find their unique experience and deliver it. Having recently joined as the Head of Property and Tourism Investment at Brisbane Marketing, Mark is responsible to bringing forward investment in vital tourism infrastructure to deliver the experiences that will position Brisbane as a New World City.
45 mins
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11:45 AM |
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Using the right digital channels to reach and engage a Chinese audience
Australia is already the fourth most desirable destination for Chinese tourists, leaping up the bucket list from tenth position in just two years. This increasing popularity as a travel destination also opens up an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen Australia’s standing as a destination for exceptional business events and conventions – a place where Chinese travellers can build and expand their trade relationships while enjoying the great experiences and lifestyle we have to offer. Learn how to capitalise on this opportunity by leveraging China’s unique digital ecosystem to reach and engage with Chinese audiences. This session is proudly sponsored by AIME 

Nicolas Chu
A global digital thought-leader, Nicolas Chu has been building and managing technology and... More
Nicolas Chu
A global digital thought-leader, Nicolas Chu has been building and managing technology and online businesses in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific for the past 20 years. He is the CEO and founder of Sinorbis, an international company that has revolutionised the way western organisations do digital marketing in China through an innovative cloud-based marketing software. Prior to founding Sinorbis, Nicolas was the global President of HotelClub and Ebookers, two leading global online companies operating in more than 30 markets with an annual turnover of US$2.5 billion. HotelClub and Ebookers were part of Orbitz Worldwide, which was acquired in 2015 by Expedia Inc. for US1.6bn. Nicolas also spent eight years at Expedia, holding executive positions in Europe and Asia Pacific. For several years he led the APAC retail and product strategy for the group and then was the Managing Director of Expedia Australia and New Zealand. Under his leadership, the company became the leading online travel agency in the region. He began his career by launching a business incubator in Europe, helping many online ventures to get set up, and was responsible for numerous online projects including for the French Ministry of Education and several French universities before joining Amadeus to take charge of their online and e-commerce projects in France. Nicolas is a frequent keynote speaker at global conferences, is the author of the book “How to Succeed in an online Project” (6th Edition), and for seven years was an adjunct professor at the Diderot University of Paris. He holds an MBA from AGSM – UNSW Business School (Sydney), a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Denis Diderot University (Paris) and a Maîtrise in History from the Sorbonne University (Paris). He also attended Harvard Business School’s Presidents Program. Coming from an international background, Nicolas lives in Sydney and has French, British, Italian, Canadian, German and Chinese roots. He enjoys good food and wine, travelling and spending time with his wife and two young daughters. A global digital thought-leader, Nicolas Chu has been building and managing technology and online businesses in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific for the past 20 years. He is the CEO and founder of Sinorbis, an international company that has revolutionised the way western organisations do digital marketing in China through an innovative cloud-based marketing software. Prior to founding Sinorbis, Nicolas was the global President of HotelClub and Ebookers, two leading global online companies operating in more than 30 markets with an annual turnover of US$2.5 billion. HotelClub and Ebookers were part of Orbitz Worldwide, which was acquired in 2015 by Expedia Inc. for US1.6bn. Nicolas also spent eight years at Expedia, holding executive positions in Europe and Asia Pacific. For several years he led the APAC retail and product strategy for the group and then was the Managing Director of Expedia Australia and New Zealand. Under his leadership, the company became the leading online travel agency in the region. He began his career by launching a business incubator in Europe, helping many online ventures to get set up, and was responsible for numerous online projects including for the French Ministry of Education and several French universities before joining Amadeus to take charge of their online and e-commerce projects in France. Nicolas is a frequent keynote speaker at global conferences, is the author of the book “How to Succeed in an online Project” (6th Edition), and for seven years was an adjunct professor at the Diderot University of Paris. He holds an MBA from AGSM – UNSW Business School (Sydney), a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Denis Diderot University (Paris) and a Maîtrise in History from the Sorbonne University (Paris). He also attended Harvard Business School’s Presidents Program. Coming from an international background, Nicolas lives in Sydney and has French, British, Italian, Canadian, German and Chinese roots. He enjoys good food and wine, travelling and spending time with his wife and two young daughters. Twitter : @nicolas_chu Web: www.sinorbis.com
30 mins
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Measuring the Delegate Experience
“(I can’t get no) Satisfaction” was released by the Rolling Stones in 1965 meeting with both outrage and incredible sales success. They read the pulse of human truths in a changing world. This session looks at the fuzzy concept satisfaction. Why do we need to know about satisfaction and how do we measure it? In this session you’ll be challenged to prove that satisfaction, as measured by surveying, is a useful predictor of future customer loyalty and actions. Does relying on simple measures of customer satisfaction lead to “satisficing’ or the creation of innovative approaches to enhancing customer experiences and ROI? Come along and be prepared to challenge the norms.

David Gration
David is the Director of Events Tourism Associates, a company established to provide high... More
David Gration
David is the Director of Events Tourism Associates, a company established to provide high quality industry relevant workshops, seminars and event planning services in the fields of events and tourism. David is an experienced arts manager, university researcher, lecturer, and mentor in the fields of conference & venue management, tourism, festivals & events, marketing, arts management, project management and sponsorship. He has extensive industry experience working with government, private sector, and community stakeholders to deliver productive and balanced regional development outcomes through event, tourism, and arts related activities, in Queensland (Brisbane, Townsville & Sunshine Coast), NSW, Tasmania and the ACT. David is a life member of the Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (APACA) and helped to established both that association and the Northern Australian Performing Arts Centres Association (NARPACA). David was a founding member of the Business Events Sunshine Coast and a member of MEA, PCOA and CAUTHE. Current research interests include events tourism, public sector decision making, sustainable event development and event evaluation. David established the Business Events course at the University of the Sunshine Coast and in 2018 will deliver courses in Event Evaluation, Conferences and Conventions (Nathan campus) and Project Management for Events (Hong Kong) for Griffith University.
30 mins
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12:15 PM |
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1:00 PM |
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Future Perspectives - Association, Corporate and PCO
Understanding the future needs of association and corporate markets, as well as professional conference organisers, is critical to the demand side of the business events industry. In order to exceed tomorrow’s expectations, we need to get a better understanding of future client needs, trends and insights. Panellist presentations will be followed by an in-depth Q&A session.

Noor Ahmad Hamid
Noor has been the Regional Director Asia Pacific of ICCA since 2009. Prior to joining ICCA,... More
Noor Ahmad Hamid
Noor has been the Regional Director Asia Pacific of ICCA since 2009. Prior to joining ICCA, he began his career in tourism marketing with the national tourist authority - Tourism Malaysia where he has handled and overseen the international & domestic tourism promotion, media hospitality, meeting and incentive projects and event organising. In 1989, he was posted to Los Angeles and high-jumped to the meetings and incentive side for 5 years when the sales responsibility was incorporated into his portfolio. After 16 years with Tourism Malaysia, he joined the business sector in event management, sponsorship and innovative tourism projects, a background that uniquely helps him understand ICCA members’ vast range of business cultures and working environments. Under Noor’s leadership, ICCA Asia Pacific Office has seen a major expansion in terms of size with the establishment of a Global Research Centre, and it paved the way for more comprehensive research projects undertaken by Kuala Lumpur-based research team for the benefit of members and the association community worldwide. In his current role as Regional Director Asia Pacific, Noor continues to be a vital ambassador for ICCA and represents ICCA in numerous talks in the region at national and regional meetings forums. In addition, he provides training workshops and leads educational seminars in bidding & marketing. He also sits on the Founding Advisory Board and serves as Ambassador for the ASAE Great Ideas in Association Management Conference Asia Pacific. His aim is to help grow the international meetings industry in the Asia Pacific region.

Adeline Kang
As the Regional Strategic Sales and Account Management lead for American Express Meetings &... More
Adeline Kang
As the Regional Strategic Sales and Account Management lead for American Express Meetings & Events in Asia Pacific, Adeline designs, implements and manages strategic meetings programs for key regional clients across Asia Pacific. Adeline has extensive experience designing and implementing strategic meetings management programs in thirteen countries across Asia Pacific, and currently specialises in mining, financial, pharmaceutical and information technology industries. Adeline joined American Express Meetings and Events in January 2015 as Regional Strategic Account Manager. Prior to joining American Express Meetings & Events, Adeline worked for American Express Global Business Travel as Regional Relationship Manager across multiple major regional clients from 2008-2011. Her career highlights include leading the first group air project for one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and spearheading the first group air coordination project for one of the world’s largest IT companies for their annual internal conference. In 2016 and 2017, Adeline completed an impressive implementation of a new Strategic Meetings Management program across 6 countries in Asia Pacific for one of American Express Meetings & Events global customers, with 64 trained staff servicing over 10000 meetings annually. Adeline has been recognised within American Express Global Business Travel for her efforts when she was awarded the internal company-wide Ambassadors award in 2009. Further, in 2015, Adeline also won the American Express Meetings & Events Q2 2015 Impact award (individual), as well as the Innovation Award APAC 2015 for Japan Meetings Services Launch. Recently in 2017, Adeline has been recognized as a winner of the Global Business Travel Pacesetters Award, which is awarded to the top 4% of top performers in the company. Adeline continues to be active in contributing to the developments of the meetings industry by sharing her expertise as a panellist on the Lanyon Corporate/Supplier Summit in Tokyo in 2015 and by representing American Express Global Business Travel as a speaker presenting the American Express Meetings & Events Global Meetings Forecast at the Professional Conference Organisers Association (PCOA) Conference in Adelaide in 2016, and the AIME Conference in Melbourne in 2017 and 2018.

Tamara Kavalec
Tamara is a highly regarded and accomplished leader within the event and exhibition industry and... More
Tamara Kavalec
Tamara is a highly regarded and accomplished leader within the event and exhibition industry and the new CEO of Arinex - one of Australia’s most reputable event management companies. Drawing on 25 years’ experience in project, financial and people management, and backed by a specialist team of event architects, Tamara is well-positioned to preserve Arinex’ solid reputation as a leading event management company and lead the company to greater heights of excellence into the future. Arinex is a full-service event management company that has been delivering inspiring experiences for more than 45 years. The company’s in-house services include professional conference organising, destination management, special events and incentives, housing and accommodation, registration and delegate services, sponsorship and exhibition management, and customised event technology. Arinex manages approximately 80 events per annum and books in excess of 10,000 room nights annually. Tamara understands what it takes to be the best in the business. She is focussed on helping clients to leverage the full benefits of their events and is excited to play a leading role in shaping Arinex’ future.
45 mins
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1:45 PM |
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Engaging Your Audience
We’re already seeing trends of how individuals engage with content, especially in the age of social media and shorter attention spans. As registrations fees increase and people become time poor, how can we better engage our audiences and ensure the continuous improvement of events?
Chad Davis
Chad has had a long, winding and somewhat treacherous path to get to where he is now. In the... More
Chad Davis
Chad has had a long, winding and somewhat treacherous path to get to where he is now. In the 90’s he came ‘this close’ to becoming a Metallurgist at University before taking up extra curricular activities full time. Since that time booking entertainment on campus, he has gone on to build a thriving consultancy in Sydney whose network and projects extend nationwide. Having performed as a DJ and also worked as an entertainment producer for more than 20 years, he has developed a unique lens through which to view every component of the events, meetings and conference industry. With the mantra ‘don’t do normal’, his mission is to redefine the perception of what an audience is and how to reach them in a meaningful way.

Marianne Edmonds
Even the most incredible journeys start with a single step. Following a lifestyle of beer... More
Marianne Edmonds
Even the most incredible journeys start with a single step. Following a lifestyle of beer jugs, a negative bank balance and a temperamental 1972 Toyota Celica, while completing a Business Degree at QUT, Marianne Edmonds found herself pushing bad PR angles for a non respected retail product for a non respected retail company. Over trying tirelessly for page three pictures in the Courier Mail, Marianne approached an event company for the offer of a lowly admin job. It was here she realized she had missed her calling in life. Edmonds continued on to experience a colourful international event practice that provided her with an amazing eight years of unprecedented industry experience throughout South East Asia (oh and a whole lot of bad karaoke nights). However, the insides of dirty airports, long haul cattle class flights and the four walls of glitzy (so she was told) hotel rooms soon lost their sex appeal. So Edmonds started her own free lancing event business in Brisbane, servicing corporates from around the nation including Lexus, Michael Hill Jeweller, Drake Supermarkets, ANZ, ICBC, Nutrimetics, Toyota, Samsung, Mirvac, Global Café and others. But for Marianne, her life altering journey began while trying to “rediscover herself” after a nasty divorce when she escaped to Nicaragua to carry out a little charity work (as you do) in 2004. On returning to Bris Vegas, Marianne teamed up with fellow colleague and long time friend, Helena Marshall to conceive LOUD conferences and events. A venture that started in the back of a garage in surburbia Brisbane but an acorn that grew out of a strong belief that the Queensland corporate event world was set to boom. Following the acquisition of Conference Online Qld – a conference registration tool used by their conference clients, the girls continued to thrive and took over long standing event company, Hedgehog Events in 2008. With an unprecedented passion for creating a whole load of fun (or as her Grandma says – big company BBQ’s), Marianne and Helena now lead an amazing family team of 12. The two work hand in hand bringing conferences and events to life for corporate branding, launching, incentive travel and conferencing.
30 mins
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2:15 PM |
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2:30 PM |
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Designing for the Future in Travel - comes in a pack!
As a design thinking and innovation practitioner across a number of industries: food, agriculture and travel, I can share why ‘working together’ can give a destination marketing in travel the winning edge. Through this narrative I’ll cover the following: - Concept of clustering (working in synergy together).
- Why embracing diversity of thought matters?
- How to make your failures worthwhile?
- Millennial driven shift from marketing products /services to packaging authentic experiences.

Jacqui Wilson-Smith
Jacqui is an innovator, marketer, chair, director and board advisor. As an experienced... More
Jacqui Wilson-Smith
Jacqui is an innovator, marketer, chair, director and board advisor. As an experienced practitioner of 'Design Thinking' she is obsessed with consumers and influences organization's to take time to deeply understand their pain-points and to collaborate to solve them. Jacqui challenges assumptions, pokes and inspires organization's to find new and transformative ways to achieve goals. In 2017 Jacqui was awarded the AgriFutures Queensland Rural Women's Award.
With a focused career in agribusiness, food, beverages since 1995, she's previously held senior Innovation and Marketing positions with Gourmet Garden, Herbs & Spices, (Australia Based), Kraft Foods - Mondelez International, Coffee, (UK based), Matthew Clark - Hardy Wine Company - Constellation Wines (UK Based), and Buderim Ginger (Australia- based).
Jacqui lives with her family in rural Eerwah Vale in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Australia, yet she travels extensively due to her Global Innovation role with McCormick. This travel provides Jacqui with tremendous insight and benchmarking opportunities of food, flavour, agribusiness and retailing trends.
When at home, Jacqui relates to local farmers on matters that matter to rural communities such as, adequate rainfall, good fencing and the price of chicken feed.
Jacqui believes in giving back, feeding creativity, and building knowledge sharing communities in both her corporate life and the communities that she touches. She thinks that open collaboration and creative minds are the keys to fast and amazing innovations of the future.
As the Chairman & a Co-Founder of FAN (Food & Agribusiness Network) a not-for-profit organisation with a vision to actively contribute to doubling the Sunshine Coast regions' food and agribusiness economy by 2030, she hopes to make a positive difference within her sphere of influence.
Jacqui hold a B. Commerce degree (University of Queensland) and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
30 mins
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3:00 PM |
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5:30 PM |
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AIME Gala Dinner @ Spirit House
Experience Sunshine Coast destination dining at its best. Award winning Spirit House Restaurant & Cooking School is renowned for its contemporary Asian cuisine and is set in a tropical oasis surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature. Be prepared for a feast for all of the senses. This venue perfectly aligns with our premium partner and host - AIME - the leading trade event for the meetings and event industry in the Asia Pacific region. AIME is where industry decision makers connect, create and do business across the whole Asia Pacific region. This will be a spectacular evening celebrating our industry and its high achievers. Dress Code: Cocktail - the event is outdoors so please dress accordingly. Jacket or wrap recommended. The Gala Dinner is proudly sponsored by AIME 
4 hours
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9:30 PM |
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10:00 PM |
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After Party @ The Good Bar
Mooloolaba’s coolest little back street bar, The Good Bar Mooloolaba, will be the venue for the post-Gala after party. The Good Bar provides a relaxed, casual Sunshine Coast atmosphere and is located just steps from the Mantra Mooloolaba Beach and The Esplanade. Address: 5/19-23 First Ave Mooloolaba.
1.5 hours
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