Program Overview
DAY 1: Thursday 24th October, 2019
7:30am CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS OPEN
8:45am Opening & welcome
9:00am Keynote Address: The Future of Festivals – Where to From Here?
9:35am Adelaide Fringe’s Digital Transformation – a Case Study
10:10am Morning Tea
10:40am Changes to Regulation of Music Festivals in NSW
11:15am Industry Panel: Pre-Hospital Health & Medical Safety at Festivals
12:45pm Lunch
1:45pm Measuring Success: Tracking Event & Destination Visitation
2:20pm Crowd Safety Management – Current Best Practice, Trends & Challenges
2:55pm Afternoon tea
3:25pm Engaging your Local Indigenous Community to Kick-start a Festival – a Case Study
4:00pm Building an Event Destination Profile: Coffs Coast – a Case Study
4:35pm Closing day remarks
6:30pm-late Cocktail Party
DAY 2: Friday 25th October, 2019
8:30am Registrations open
09:00am (Stream 1) Famil departs – mystery tour of the Coffs area with local event organisers
9:00am (Stream 2) Workshop 1 Crowd Management & Site Planning (1 hr + 15 mins)
9:00am (Stream 2) Workshop 2 NSW Funding Opportunities for Festival Organisers & Artists (1 hr + 15 mins)
10:15am Morning Tea (30mins)
10:45am (Stream 2) Workshop 3 Campaign Planning 101 + Event App Development (1 hr + 15 mins)
10:45am (Stream 2) Workshop 4 Federal Funding Opportunities for Festival Org’s & Artists (1 hr + 15 mins)
1:00pm Famil returns
1:00pm CONFERENCE CLOSE
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