New Minister for Tourism and Major Events awards Club Melbourne Ambassadors
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Club Melbourne Ambassadors were awarded for securing 11 international conferences in 2014 – worth an
estimated $24 million for Victoria – at the program’s annual awards ceremony held at Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) last night.
Speaking at his first Club Melbourne event as the new Victorian Minister for Tourism and Major Events, The
Honourable John Eren presented Ambassadors with awards and acknowledged their achievements.
“Club Melbourne has a fine reputation for promoting Melbourne to the global professional community and I
congratulate Ambassadors for the great contribution they make bringing conferences to Victoria,” Minister
Eren said.
MCEC’s Chief Executive Peter King said: “We are incredibly proud of our Ambassadors who volunteer their
time and expertise, working with our team and partners to lead and deliver major international conferences.
“This year our world-leading Club Melbourne Ambassador Program celebrates 10 years – a huge milestone for
an initiative that has secured 95 international conferences and contributed more than $580 million to the state.
“Melbourne has led the growth of the business events industry globally for the last decade and with the world
investing in this sector in a big way, business is becoming incredibly competitive globally.
“Club Melbourne is such a valuable asset to Victoria and we’ll continue to invest in the program to secure more
conferences for the city in collaboration with our ‘Team Melbourne’ partners.
The Melbourne Convention Bureau’s Chief Executive Officer, Karen Bolinger said: “As indicated by the
achievements of our award recipients, our Club Melbourne Ambassadors play a crucial role in the extensive
bidding process and our city’s success in securing major international conferences.
“I would like to thank our Ambassadors for their tireless commitment to winning these events for Melbourne,
which not only drive economic contribution, but profile our city and state globally as a knowledge hub and
centre of excellence in research and development.”
The 11 international conferences secured by Ambassadors over the past year cover a broad range of fields
including sport, engineering, medicine and science and will be held in Melbourne over the next five years:
Ambassador-secured conferences to be held at MCEC in 2015 include:
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Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress – September 2015
Agricultural Bioscience International Conference – September 2015
ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management – October 2015
SPLISS Conference – November 2015
From 30 original Club Melbourne Ambassadors in 2005, the program now includes 129 leaders from a diverse
range of fields who contribute to Victoria’s economic growth and international reputation.
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Club Melbourne is owned and led by MCEC with support and collaboration from the Melbourne Convention
Bureau and Victorian State Government.
-endsClub Melbourne Ambassador award recipients:
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Dr Patrick Greene – International Association of Museum Facility Administrators 27th Annual
Conference 2017
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Professor Yousef Ibrahim – IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics 2017
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Dr Horace King – International Conference on Information Communication and Signal Processing 2017
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Professor Bruce Mann – World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer 2015
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Professor Ian Meredith – 13th Asian Interventional Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2017
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Dr Dean Morris – Joint Accelerator Conferences Website Team Meeting 2015
Asia Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research 2015
International Particle Accelerator Conference 2019
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Dr Andrew Ngu – 17th World Congress of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2019
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Event embargoed for 2018
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Professor Hans Westerbeek SPLISS Conference 2015
Contact: Kendall Munns, Communications Manager,
T +61 3 9235 8216 | M +61 410 220578 | E [email protected]
www.mcec.com.au
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