Regional Conferencing

Adam Bannister - Pyrus Event Services

After an international career delivering events for some of the world's biggest brands, Adam Bannister has set out to develop and grow the production management industry in regional Australia.

Adam is a champion of living and working regionally and founded Pyrus Event Services from his home in Wagga in 2016. Pyrus is a specialised event agency that offers event technology consultancy as well as production management services.

As strong proponents for inclusion, Pyrus is dedicated to ensuring ease of access for all participants at events. Pyrus has also recently launched a new product, Pyrus Connect, that better connects access technologies to virtual, hybrid & live events.

The accessibility course Adam refers to can be found here - https://aarts.net.au/accessible-festivals-and-events/

You can get in touch with Adam here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bannister-83ab4a58/

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Event Sustainability - Cameron Little

Solar panel run ice cream and popcorn machines, worm farms and the importance of policy and working with local stakeholders…we cover a lot of ground in this episode with Cameron Little.

Cameron Little is the Principal of Sustainability Systems & Services, a specialist sustainability consulting and service provider. He has over two decades of experience within the environment, sustainability and corporate social responsibility sector.

Cameron lectures and provides training through numerous educational bodies. He is also a practitioner in the field and provides numerous sustainability-related resources and services to events throughout the year from small Council run events to iconic events such as the Sydney Festival, New Year’s Eve in the Sydney Botanic Gardens and Australian Fashion Week.

Cameron has recently been elected as President of the Sustainable Event Alliance (SEA) - a global guild of events professionals, events organisers and sustainable suppliers.

You can connect with Cam here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronlittle1/?originalSubdomain=au

You can find out more about SEA and their free membership here - https://sustainable-event-alliance.org/

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Bill Hauritz - Woodford Folk Festival

Bill Hauritz AM is the Founder & Executive Director of the internationally acclaimed Woodford Folk Festival. The festival is one of the largest folk festivals in the world and has been described as one of our nation’s major cultural assets. It is acclaimed for its inclusivity, optimism and exploration of ideas.

Bill has been the recipient of many awards including being appointed as a member of the Order of Australia (AM), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Queensland Music industry and been appointed an Honorary Senior Fellow at The Sunshine Coast University.

Bill was a keynote speaker at the inaugural Regional Events Conference in Wagga Wagga in 2016.

You can find out more about the Festival here - https://woodfordfolkfestival.com/

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Regional Conferencing

My guest today was given advice from a school careers counsellor to consider entering politics or tourism…luckily for us she chose tourism.

With over 20 years practical experience within the Visitor Economy, Rebecca Morley has been responsible for developing, promoting, marketing and securing business for Port Stephens as well as the broader Hunter Region and North Coast.

Currently Beck is employed as Business Executive for Destination North Coast driving overnight visitation through targeted campaigns.

Beck runs her own business; Beck Morley Consulting, that assists businesses in the speciality areas of grant writing, marketing, business development, project and event management across a range of industries.

This episode covers regional conferencing and business events.

You can find out more about Destination North Coast (and their business events) here https://dncnsw.com/ and https://dncnsw.com/north-coast-famils/

Reach out to Beck here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckmorley/?originalSubdomain=au

Find out more about regional conferencing here - https://www.meetinnsw.com.au/

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Peter Jones AM

Peter Jones AM is one of Australia’s leading event producers, creating and designing special events for over thirty years.

Based in Melbourne, Peter has been the recipient of countless awards and recognitions throughout his career. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia at the Australia Day Honours for significant service to the tourism and hospitality sector in 2018.

Peter has continually dedicated a great deal of time to representing and supporting the industry at many levels. He is a previous Chairman of the Victoria Events Industry Council and as a member of the Victoria Tourism Industry Council. He was also a board member of Destination Melbourne, past President of the Melbourne chapter of the International Special Events Society and on the Tourism Australia Business Events Advisory Panel.

Peter was a keynote speaker at the 2019 Regional Events Conference in Dubbo and it was a delight to have him on this episode of the Eventualities podcast. 

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