The Adelaide Convention Bureau in South Australia, has been promoting the city’s appeal as one of the world’s best Health Sciences and Medical conferencing destinations with its 4th annual Biomed Showcase. This year’s event coincided with the opening of the newest building within Adelaide’s Biomed city, the University of South Australia’s Cancer Research Institute. It sits adjacent the Adelaide University’s Health and Medical Sciences building, the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and the new world-class Royal Adelaide Hospital. Adelaide’s Biomed city is the largest Health Sciences and Medical precinct in the southern hemisphere. As the showcase guests attending the familiarisation tour experienced first-hand, the Biomed City is located adjacent the newly upgraded Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) at the western end of the Adelaide Riverbank, a vibrant meetings, entertainment, sport and leisure precinct running parallel to North Terrace which in turn houses hotels providing 3,500 beds. The visitors heard presentations by the Deans and CEOs of the respective institutions and, at the ACC, heard first-hand about the launch a new series of healthy menus prepared in consultation with the nutrition research team based (across the road) at the SAHMRI. No familiarisation visit would be complete with checking out the local food and wine and the guests started their day at a local chocolatier, Bracegirdles 10 minutes from the city. A 20-minute trip to the glorious Adelaide Hills for morning tea at The Haus in the township of Hahndorf was followed by lunch with views from the veranda of The Lane winery. The day concluded with a tour and tasting at the Penfolds winery before guests headed back to the airport. Damien Kitto (pictured), ACC CEO, said the bureau’s focus on Health Sciences events since the announcement of the construction of the Biomed city had paid dividends, with over 40% of all events won by Adelaide fitting this genre.
“Our strong relationships with the individual heads of the universities, the hospital and various pillars of research within SAHMI as well as the relevant Government Departments and our Team Adelaide approach to securing these events will continue to return the results,” he said.
International conferences in the Adelaide pipeline up to the end of the year include:
- 11th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference 2018 (August)
- The Mental Health Services of Australia & New Zealand (THEMHS) 2018 Conference (August)
- 43rd ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting and the 24th Annual Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference 2018 (October)
- 2018 International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (October)
- RANZCO (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists) 50th Scientific Congress 2018 (November)
