The successful event has set the bench-mark for all future conferences
The Indigenous “Welcome to County” and Smoking Ceremony set a unique tone for the event
Over 80 oral presentations were delivered during the three day conference by Australian and international speakers
170 of the delegates were first-time conference attendees and it was believed that the destination appeal and the strong Indigenous content of the conference programme
Survey results from the 2015 conference highlighted the value of the event to the delegates’ bottom line, with attendees reporting an average increase in turnover of 19% attributed with attending the conference.
The conference has been held on the Gold Coast for five consecutive years and the 10th anniversary will be held on the Gold Coast in 2016
The program incorporated eight streams to meet the diverse industry sector including educational programs on eBay, Facebook, SEO, digital marketing and website development
AUSVEG, the industry representative body for vegetable and potato growers teamed up with Apple and Pear Australia Limited (APAL) to host the biggest and most successful Convention in Australian horticultural history
The Convention received extensive media coverage of its program that covered emerging trends and technology impacting the industry
Featured the largest ever tradeshow with over 70 leading agricultural companies
Two key highlights were the Melbourne Declaration and the AIDS 2014 Legacy Statement signifying Australia’s health ministers to a commitment to see the virtual elimination of new HIV infections by 2020.
Delivered $80 million economic contribution to Victoria
More than 80% of the 11,742 delegates were international visitors representing 173 countries
Melbourne delivered the largest city-wide activation in the history of the International AIDS Conference
KDD15 opened new opportunities to significantly boost Australia’s data innovation, economy and education and raise the profile of local industry representatives from UTS and its Advanced Analytics Institute (AAi), and the International Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA).
Largest technical program ever, featuring 43 technical sessions, 228 paper presentations, four keynote speakers, 11 industry and government talks, 15 workshops and 12 tutorials
Highest level of sponsorship ever achieved from 27 organisations such as Google and Facebook, and the greatest support ever received from local government
Largest number of student travel awards (89 students)
Over 50 organising committee members and 120 volunteers involved in the preparation and arrangements of KDD2015
The biggest and longest running blogging conference in Australia
The 714 delegates, with excess of 26 million blog readers and over 22 million social followers, reached 6.3 million of their Twitter and Instagram audience with over 19,000 posts on the #pbevent hashtag alone resulting in 170,000 likes, comments and retweets
The conference venue staff were called on stage to receive a standing ovation by the delegates as they loved everything about the venue, food and service
The first time these conferences were staged consecutively in the same destination and also the first time the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Viral Hepatitis was held
The Indigenous “Welcome to County” and Smoking Ceremony set a unique tone for the event
The conferences jointly contributed over A$1.6 million to the Alice Springs regional community
An off-site dinner held at ‘The Quarry’, located at the foot of the East MacDonnell Ranges and just a short coach journey from the heart of town.
Eclipsed delegate targets by over 2,000 people with 19,653 attendees participating in the four-day program
Delegates helped raise $120,000 for the global eradication of polio
Customised welcome signage throughout the airport, Darling Harbour and Sydney Olympic Park and a dedicated light installation as part of the Vivid Sydney Festival
At the official opening The Australian Government pledged $100 million over five years to assist Rotary in its End Polio Now campaign
Delegates visited important South Australian industry hubs on the Eyre Peninsula including Oyster, Abalone, Yellowtail Kingfish and Tuna operations in Port Lincoln and surrounding areas
Strong emphasis on sessions relating to environmental and social responsibility demonstrating the industry’s commitment to long term sustainable growth
High quality presentations from experienced speakers, industry representatives, early career scientist and students
Extremely healthy level of networking amongst industry and research and between Australian and overseas delegates
For five full days experts, representing nearly every industrial nation, convened to showcase theirnewest research, services and applications in an environment dedicated to learning and expanding global communications knowledge
Delegates came from over 80 countries, attracting large contingents from both North America and China
Over 2,600 technical and workshop papers submitted from 72 countries
The conference was held across two Sydney hotels providing the opportunity for Sydney’s venues and suppliers to showcase their flexibility and ability to collaborate
The World Cancer Congress resulted in two major announcements: The World Health Organisation in partnership with the UICC utlised the event to launch a new guide to prevent and control cervical cancer, while Cancer Council Australia in partnership with Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and UICC launched new draft guidelines for Prostate-Specific Antigen testing
Delivered $8.1 million economic contribution to Victoria
The 2,700 delegates were from 105 countries
Melbourne delivered the largest city-wide activation in the history of the International AIDS Conference
Delegates were able to visit Melbourne’s world-leading cancer research and treatment facilities including the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
The IDF and the Fred Hollows Foundation announced a ten-year partnership to tackle diabetic retinopathy - one of the most common diabetes complications - seeking to strengthen advocacy, the workforce and technology development
Delivered $63 million economic contribution to Victoria
The 10,273 delegates were from 170 countries
Melbourne was able to showcase its acclaimed medical institutions and academic strengths in the field of diabetes
Members of more than 50 parliaments committed themselves to tackling the worldwide diabetes pandemic at the first-ever Parliamentary Champions For Diabetes Forum.
The 2012 Congress marked the first time that this global consortium has met in the southern hemisphere in over ten years
The 2012 Congress incorporated a forum to discuss several initiatives related to environmental humanities, medical humanities, and religion, secularism and political belonging.
As these initiatives are of such a large scale and are of global relevance, each of the initiatives will be networked across at least three continents over the next three to four years, with major nodes being formed by clusters of Humanities Centres.