WELCOME TO GLADSTONE!
The Gladstone Engineering Alliance Inc. (GEA) welcomes visitors to our website.
We are pleased to advise members and visitors of some important upcoming events.
The GEA is pleased to advise that we will now be hosting two significant conference events annually. In addition to the highly successful Golding Industry Conference - now in its sixth year, we will be presenting the inaugural 'Women Shaping Industry' Conference and Dinner in April 2010 - please see below for further information on both of these key events on the Gladstone Region calendar.
Golding Industry Conference 2009
The Golding Industry Conference 2009 will be held at Central Queensland University Gladstone campus on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 October 2009.
Please click the above picture to download the 2009 sponsorship prospectus.
Please contact 49 729 060 if you require any further information.
2009 Conference Theme: "Major Industry: Opportunities"
The Gladstone Engineering Alliance Inc. (GEA) is proud to host the Region's premier engineering event, the two day Golding Industry Conference 2009, to be held on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 October 2009.
The conference will be held daily at the Central Queensland University - Gladstone campus from 9:00am - 4:00pm. Central Queensland University is a top rating university networked internationally, nationally and regionally with the Gladstone campus making a significant contribution to local industry through its research centre and environmental monitoring.
In addition to the formal conference program which will provide delegates with unsurpassed opportunities to access critical relevant information on opportunities which will be provided by major industry into the future. The GEA is this year pleased to introduce additional valuable networking and professional interaction opportunities with the introduction on Tuesday 13 October of an exclusive conducted tour of Gladstone industrial sites. The tour will enable visiting delegates which the Region has successfully integrated major industry into a sub tropical coastal lifestyle, whilst also offering a platform for networking and professional interaction between speakers, sponsors and delegates.
For the first time, the GEA will host an exclusive Speakers and Sponsors Cruise on Gladstone's magnificent harbour on Wednesday evening 14 October. This event will provide further important opportunities for conference sponsors and speakers to mingle in an informal setting whilst providing a different perspective of the scope of industrial operations within Gladstone.
At the conclusion of the conference, the GEA will once again host a formal post conference dinner, on Thursday evening 15 October.
The conference provides a forum for major industry proponents to showcase their project quantum, timelines and contacts, thus providing information on business opportunities in Central Queensland for GEA members and other Queensland businesses into the future. This year's event is specifically targeted at identifying opportunities for business.
Speakers at this years conference will be a representative of the regions major industry, infrastructure (providers and planners), and the minerals processing and mining industry.
Conference delegates will benefit through:
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Knowledge of future regional projects to assist in planning and business development
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Gaining key contacts within industry and business
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Exposure to trends in addressing labour and skill needs in the future
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Opportunities available to local businesses as major industry expands and diversifies in the Gladstone region
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Challenges facing the Gladstone region as the industrial landscape alters with the emergence of new and diversified industries
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Research project updates and results
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Explore opportunities available into the future.
Why your organisation should be involved
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Establish or increase your company's profile
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Instantly reach an estimated 200 industry delegates
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Highlight your place in the industry
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Network and develop new partnerships
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Reinforce company profile and establish brand recognition
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Past sponsors continue to sponsor important event as they see it as a beneficial and worthwhile exercise which provides great value for money
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Coverage in the leading industry media - print, TV, radio.
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Official conference dinner and exclusive sponsor and speaker only networking events, providing opportunities to speak with the sectors key decision makers.
Conference Promotion
The GEA will vigorously promote the conference, and our sponsorship partners, extensively throughout all media streams. Methods of promotion include:
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Print media advertising
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Distribution of regular and informative media releases
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Distribution of regular and informative newsletters - widely distributed through all available channels
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Radio advertising
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Television advertising
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Distribution of information via all available networking channels
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Networking "launch" function will be held to promote the conference and our sponsors.
DATE CLAIMER - WOMEN SHAPING INDUSTRY CONFERENCE AND DINNER 2010
The inaugural 'Women Shaping Industry' conference and dinner will be held on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 April 2010.
Conference speakers will include high profile women who have contributed significantly to industry across a broad range of roles.
Delegates will be invited from existing and future industry as well as university students looking to industry related careers.
The conference will provide speakers and delegates with the following opportunities:
- Strategic Networking
- Professional Development
- Exposure to career pathways to Industry
The conference will provide a number of benefits:
- Raise the profile of Women in Industry
- Encourage women to take up meaningful careers in industry and leadership roles in the community
- Raise the profile of the Gladstone Region nationally as a region of opportunity.