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Australian Festival Industry Conference releases call for speakers

Australian Festival Industry Conference releases call for speakers
January 22, 2025

The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) is inviting expressions of interest (EOIs) from speakers for this year’s event in Brisbane – being held on 8th and 9th September.

The EOIs are being welcomed from experts, practitioners, researchers and leaders in relevant fields to present at this year’s event.

Advising that this will be the first time that the conference is implementing a formal application process behind its speaker recruitment, Event Director, Carlina Ericson stated “we’re trialling a new approach to speaker and program curation this year.

“Late last year, we went out to the industry with an open invitation to seek their feedback on what topics they’d like to see covered at this year’s event.

“The industry has since responded with their feedback and so we’ve put together a shortlist of key topics and are now welcoming EOIs from potential experts in those areas and against those topics.”

While the conference program will be formally in the coming months, AFIC 2025 will include:

  • Keynotes
  • A special Question and Answer with Greg Cavanagh, Chief Executive, Gympie Music Muster
  • Panel discussions
  • Presentations by four new cutting-edge products and services to hit the Australian market
  • Two networking functions
  • Trade exhibition

The deadline for EOIs is Friday 7th February.

Click here for more information on the event and/or to submit an EOI.

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