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Conference case studies


Winning the bid to host a business meeting in Sydney is lucrative and rewarding for both the association’s or organisation’s local branch and Sydney as a whole. But it requires time, effort, professional knowledge and teamwork across a number of industries and organisations.


Bid win case studies


To give you a better idea of how it’s done, we’ve profiled some of our wins:


World Conference on Lung Cancer, 2013


Sydney won the right to host the 2013 World Conference on Lung Cancer in 2008 following almost eight years of campaigning by Business Events Sydney (BESydney). This achievement for Sydney demonstrated that a united industry, government and stakeholder approach could and would pay dividends.

 


International AIDS Society Conference, 2007


Sydney hosted the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in 2007, four years after BESydney won the bid. More than 6,500 people from 150 countries participated in the four-day conference, more than double the original estimate, making it Sydney’s biggest business event of the year and injecting AU$14.6 million into the local economy.

 


Joint Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH) and International Federation of Societies of Hand Therapists (IFSHT), 2007


In March 2007, for the first time in history, hand surgeons and hand therapists met at the same time. More than 2,000 participants came to Sydney for the five-day conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, which included more than 750 live scientific presentations, poster sessions and a trade exhibition of more than 40 stands.

 


SWIFT International Banking Operations Society Conference, 2006


In October 2006, Sydney hosted more than 7000 delegates who converged on Sydney for the prestigious SWIFT International Banking Operations Society (Sibos) Conference. Sydney won the right to host the conference over a determined bid by Boston, and credits lobbying by BESydney, government support and our city’s superb congress infrastructure with the win.

 


World Congress of Neurology, 2005


Sydney hosted the 18th World Congress of Neurology in 2005, bringing more than 5,200 delegates to the city including 500 speakers, staying in more than 30 of our top hotels. Dr Bill Carroll, Congress Organising Committee President, said the choice of Sydney as the host destination increased delegate numbers by as much as 10 to 15%. “Sydney is a unique and exciting destination and people want to go there,” Dr Carroll said.

 

 
IFSSH and IFSHT Congress, 2007 logo  

IFSSH and IFSHT Congress, 2007

In 2007 Sydney hosted 2,000 hand surgeons and therapists for a five-day conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.