Two Large Business events come to Sydney

Recent Major Sydney Event Bid wins:

Sydney International Breast Cancer Congress (SIBCC)

Date: October 2012
Delegates: 1,400 delegates over 4 days
Estimated value: $3.7 million

The Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, headed by a Business Events Sydney (BESydney) Ambassador, will host this event.

This lead came as a result of discussions with a BESydney Ambassador in 2010. The discussions identified a need to create a World Cancer Forum. The aim was to create an umbrella event that would include different cancer-related conference, and engage a number of different Australasian and International Groups working in the field.

BESydney investigated conferences that could be combined or be held concurrently, and facilitated introductions that brought several potential interest groups to the table.

The SIBCC will be a multidisciplinary conference bringing together Australian health professionals and international registrants. Groups that have shown interest in the 2012 event include: BreastSurg ANZ, the Australasian Society for Breast Disease, the Australian New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, Cancer Australia, the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia and the McGrath Foundation.

The SIBCC has also successfully attracted the 8th International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN), a conference held since 1997 and coordinated by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI). Day two of the conference will be planned with the ICSN and is to include the issues of epidemiology, screening and the world burden of breast disease. NCI is interested in Australia as a platform for engaging Asian countries.

In addition, Breast Cancer Network Australia (a consumer focus group) will be holding a concurrent consumer conference on the last two days of the congress, with one combined plenary session on Friday afternoon, 26 October.

The congress will be held during Breast Cancer Awareness Month from Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 October 2012 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

BESydney will continue to assist arinex, the PCO, to maximise exposure of the event.

24th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) 2013

Date: 2013
Delegates: 800 delegates over 3 days
Estimated value: $2.2 million

Arabidopsis is a small plant that belongs to the Brassicaceae (mustard or crucifer) family. This plant, due to its small size, rapid life cycle, small simple genome, prolific seed production and the availability of numerous mutations, has become the focus of a genome project to understand the biology of a flowering plant at the molecular level.

The client advised in 2009 that the event was scheduled for Australia in 2013, with the host city yet to be confirmed.

In early 2010, Business Events Sydney (BESydney) identified an academic based in the University of Sydney who communicated to the local committee that she is supportive of the event coming to Sydney.

BESydney met with the client in Canberra putting Sydney's case forward, detailing the destination benefits such as attracting international delegates, direct flights and a range of venue options. This information was provided to the client for deliberation at their committee meeting.

Sally Jay, the appointed PCO announced that the Conference will be held in Sydney at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

If you are seeking accommodation for either of the two above business events, Metro Hotels offer various nearby accommodation options.