National Executive and Council

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National Executive and Council

• National Executive

• National Council

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ACCREDITATION and
RECOGNITION
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ACCREDITATION

• Accredited Meetings Manager (AMM)
• Accredited In-House Meetings Manager (AIMM)
• Accredited Meetings Management Company (AMMC)

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Accreditation and Recognition NEW LOGOS
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Accreditation and Recognition SPONSOR
Proudly supported by
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

• SA
• Alison Causby SAPMEA - Young Industry
  Professional
• VIC
• Jennifer Davis - Student - Swinburne Institute of
  TAFE
• Lili Khanbashi from MCVB - Young Industry
  Professional
• ACT
• Briohny Frost - Student - Canberra Institute of
  Technology

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

• NSW
• Felicia Jahja - Young Industry Professional -
  Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre
• Emma Hillier Student - Brookvale TAFE, now
  employed with Exhibition Hire Services
• QLD
• Erin Millar - Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove - MIAA
  Qld Industry Development Scholarship

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Contributing to RESEARCH

• National Business Events Study
• Meeting Event Trend Analysis

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META Report July 2002 June 2003

• Data Collection
• Meetings Managers through Amlink Technologies
  software
• Data Analysis by Southern Cross University
• Vivienne McCabe (Chief Researcher) and
• Margaret Rolfe (Statistician)
• Data Characteristics
• 80 Events
• 25,464 Delegates
• 33 million - Total Conference Exhibition
  Income

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Some Findings

• 27 of events - Medical Sciences
• 50 of conferences accompanied by exhibition
• May and September most popular months 30 of
  all events
• 318 Delegates, 13 Accompanying Persons attended
  conference (average)
• Queensland attracted highest average delegate
  income per conference

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• 2 days - Average length of time for conference
• 21 conferences use only one hotel, with 34
  using 2-4 hotels
• Over 2/3 delegates conference registration paid
  by credit card
• 46 delegates register up to one month prior to
  event

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Registration Patterns
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Orders taken at the conference ½ price
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Government Relations

• White Paper
• Taxation treatment of incentive conferences
• Business Events Council of Australia
• National Tourism Alliance