AUSTRALASIA – Business Events Tasmania, the Australian island’s convention bureau, has won its bid to host the 4th Lead Authors Meeting of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Some 200 international climate change scientists are expected to attend the event at Wrest Point in Tasmania’s capital, Hobart, 14-19 January 2013.
The win was made possible with the help of Business Events Ambassador for the Antarctic Sector, Dr Tony Press.
The Minister for Climate Change, Cassy O’Connor, said it was a great privilege for Tasmania to be selected to host the Fourth Lead Authors Meeting for the IPCC, and a credit to the quality and integrity of Tasmania’s internationally-recognised scientific community.
“The IPCC’s assessment reports guide governments and policy makers around the world and are the scientific foundation for Tasmania’s Wedges Report.
“To host this important meeting here in Hobart is a real honour for Tasmania and for the Tasmanian scientists who are significant contributors to the IPCC process,” she said.
The Chief Executive of Business Events Tasmania, Stuart Nettlefold, said the attraction of international events was a priority for the organisation.
It’s been a successful year for Business Events Tasmania, which has secured four other international conferences apart from IPCC: the 40th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques 2013; AMWAY India 2012 Diamond Group; 10th International Conference of Emergency Nurses 2012; World Dendro 2014 Pre Conference Field Week.
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