Victorian Minister
for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher yesterday
announced, ahead of Business
Events Week to be held 25 February to 1 March,
that Melbourne has won six major conferences which
will inject an estimated $12.7 million into the Victorian economy.
These
international conferences will attract approximately 3550
delegates to Melbourne over the next three years and include:
•
World
Congress on Biosensors, 2014;
•
SME
Enterprise Software Technology and IT Solutions (SESTECH), 2014;
•
Asia-Pacific
Diabetic Limb Problems Meeting, 2014;
•
Ninth
International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena
(TSPF-9), 2015;
•
Annual
Conference and Exhibition of the Asia-Pacific Professional Leaders in
Education (APPLE), 2015; and
•
Asia-Pacific
Orthopaedic Association Congress (APOA), 2016.
Ms Asher said
these conferences highlight the economic value of business
events to the Victorian economy.
“The
inaugural Business Events Week will give the wider
community an insight into the positive impact events like these have
on the economy, our local industries and Melbourne’s international
profile,” Ms Asher said.
“Winning conferences such
as these is extremely important to Victoria as we continue to compete
against other states to attract these valuable
international conferences to Melbourne, which also support
Victoria’s $15.9 billion tourism industry.”
