Jana is the Managing Director of Eventeamwork, a company that specialises in providing volunteer management solutions to both public and corporate events. Established in 2011 by Jana and Flavia Fontes, Eventteamwork has worked for many of NSW’s most significant events including Sydney’s New Year’s Eve, Australia Day and the Sun-Herald’s City to Surf. She is…
Andrew is Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Australian Concert and Entertainment Security, one of Australia’s largest risk management and security business’s. He has extensive experience in risk management in public event and major venue settings, as well as in terrorism preparedness. Andrew holds Masters degrees in Commerce and Risk Management, and has recently taken up…
Noel is one of Australia’s leading event management professionals. He has held senior event management roles in a range of events including the Sydney Olympics, Australian Grand Prix, Beef Australia and Summernats, He approaches events from a project management perspective, focusing on the use of tools and strategies to manage people, cost, time and risk…
Andrew has extensive experience creating, directing and managing large-scale events throughout the world. In an extensive career that commenced in Melbourne in the late 1970s, Andrew has been continuously employed in the arts. He has worked for major performing arts companies, toured with international stars and directed hundreds of productions and events. In 1988 he…
Wayne has 30 years’ experience in public venues, events and sport. He has been a Venue Manager, Risk Manager, and Health and Safety Manager for the Australian Sports Commission. Additionally, he has held senior risk management and safety roles for the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Games; and has consulted internationally…
Beth is a speaker, coach, and consultant specializing in helping businesses increase revenue with digital marketing and social media. She is the founder of Digital Marketing Club – a marketing training and coaching business and the author of Drive More Business: a five-step guide to digital marketing for auto dealers. Beth is an entrepreneur who…
Gill is a Sydney based creative director and event producer with over 25 years-experience in festival, event & creative project direction and delivery. Gill started her own company gill minervini creative in 2015 after having been the Creative Director for City of Sydney Events for some 17 years (1999 – 2015). Her recent career highlights…
Meg has spent over twenty years specialising in event management for not-for-profit organisations. During this time, she has worked as an in-house events professional for both the National Trust of (NSW) and Local Government NSW. In these roles Meg has initiated, managed and produced events and conferences from 30 to 1000 people, many in regional…
Rodney is a Director at DELARO which provides strategic event evaluation, planning and bidding expertise for organisers, associations and suppliers globally. Rodney brings over 20 years’ event management experience across five continents – this includes trade exhibitions, conferences and consumer shows with budgets ranging from $250,000 to over S25M. He also has extensive lecturing experience…
Johnny Allen is a former Director of the Australian Centre for Event Management (ACEM), a centre devoted to training and research in event management at the University of Technology Sydney. Johnny is co-author of the texts ‘Festival and Special Event Management’ and ‘The Regional Event Management Handbook’. Prior to joining ACEM, he was Special Events…