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AUSTRALIA’S NORTHERN TERRITORY – A MEANINGFUL CONFERENCE JOURNEY Australia’s Northern Territory competes on the world stage and is achieving an enviable rate of success. Interest is coming fromglobal business events planners seeking to address Covid requirements such as open-air venues, uncrowded destinations and nature-based experiences to enhance their event outcomes
relevant to the Northern Territory, where Aboriginal communities make up a signi cant proportion of the population. Showcasing the NT’s exibility, the IFCO conference was originally set for June 2022 but was moved to later in the year to enable increased attendance, with travel restrictions lifting around the globe. Recognising the Northern Territory’s truly unique Aboriginal culture, the 2022 conference logo design was inspired by a young Aboriginal boy whose artwork was based upon stones gathered with his foster mum, plus painted words which represent all that is important in his life. “We’re looking forward to welcoming this conference in 2022, especially at a time when the role of foster carers around the world has never been more crucial,” says Rebecca McCaig, Director of NTBE. “ is conference combines so many elements for which the Northern Territory is so very relevant and we hope every delegate will be personally and professionally enriched from their visit to the NT.”
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he Northern Territory (NT) o ers expansive and pristine landscapes, an inclusive and
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relaxed lifestyle, and the opportunity to connect and engage with an ancient Aboriginal culture that is more than 65,000 years old. Today’s host destinations must deliver genuine exibility and support with challenges such as unexpected date changes, late registrations, uctuations in numbers and changing Covid requirements. In the NT, this capability is enhanced by Northern Territory Business Events (NTBE) engaging with a cohesive local industry and a range of Government agencies.
Strong engagement at a local level has enabled the NT to win the International Foster Carer Organisation (IFCO) Conference, to be staged in September 2022 at the world-class Darwin Convention Centre. Expected to attract 600 delegates, the bid to host the conference in Australia was supported by NTBE and Tourism Australia’s Business Events Bid Fund Program. IFCO is an international organisation that aims to support family-based foster and kinship care for out-of-home children and young people and has partnered with locally-based Foster and Kinship Carers Association of the Northern Territory. e NT conference will be especially signi cant as 2022 is the 40th anniversary of IFCO and the 10th anniversary of the local NT association. e 2022 conference theme: ‘Finding Ways Forward: Celebrating Identity, Culture, Families and Community’ is particularly
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For further nform t on on bus ness events n Austr l ’s Northern Terr tor , v s t www ntbus nessevents com u
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