Melbourne has won a further eight major congresses, one national and seven international business events, that are set to attract around 7000 delegates to Victoria over the next five years. The congresses are:
- International Conference on Care and Housing for the Ageing (IAHSA) 2013
- IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE) – ECCE ASIA 2013
- Inaugural Broadband World Congress 2013
- The MHS 2013 (The Mental Health Services Conference)
- International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications – ISITA 2014
- International Congress on Noise Control Engineering (INTERNOISE) 201
- Congress of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Coloproctology 2015
- AFMC International Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (AIMECS) 2017.
Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher said the wins followed the recent announcement that Melbourne will host the prestigious International AIDS Conference in 2014, the largest medical conference ever to be held in Australia.
"I congratulate the Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau for securing these business events for Victoria and for all their hard work throughout 2011," Ms Asher said.
(Source: Tourism Victoria Industry News #93)
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