Engaging trade professionals with the International Trade Network
Australia set to shine at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai
Australia is participating in the next World Expo in Osaka, Japan. This unmissable mega event will bring together more than 150 nations for six months from April to October 2025. We are offering Australian organisations an unparalleled chance to leverage this unique global platform and partner with us.
Australia Pavilion Partnership Opportunities “We are looking for extraordinary organisations to help us shine on the world stage and we invite you to join us as an Australian Pavilion sponsoring partner.” Australian Pavilion sponsoring
The Australian Government will showcase the best of Australian business, innovation, exports, sport and culture to a highly influential global audience. Expo organisers expect over 28 million visitors, including 3.5 million from overseas. Leading Australia’s participation is Nancy Gordon, Commissioner General for Australia at Expo 2025 Osaka. “Our purpose-built pavilion will host an extensive program of events and a unique visitor experience designed to provide an unforgettable Australian experience and advance our national interests with one of Australia’s closest partners,” says Ms Gordon.
As a valued partner, you will participate in networking opportunities across your sector, in collaboration with corporate leaders, government officials, decision makers, investors and entrepreneurs from Japan and other major trading partners. An international event of this scale, with its influential visitor profile, offers an invaluable platform for Australian businesses to stand out from the crowd and extend their position as a global leader in this important market. Partnerships Expressions of Interest are open now. For more information on this extraordinary opportunity, visit dfat.gov.au/trade/expo-2025- osaka
partnerships offer a unique commercial and promotional opportunity for Australian businesses to harness this
The International Trade Network (ITN) is a new platform for trade professionals to connect in Australia. Established by DFAT, ITN membership is open to current and aspiring trade professionals in Australia from government, the private sector, thinktanks, academia and the diplomatic corps.
exceptional global platform and lead the conversation in their sector, engage with investors, build relationships with government, non-government organisations and corporations, and achieve high growth ambitions.
By providing opportunities to engage and learn, the ITN will enhance dialogue and collaboration on international trade and investment policy issues, with linkages to foreign and domestic policy. The ITN was officially launched in July 2023 with a panel discussion between US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and DFAT Secretary Jan Adams, moderated by Emeritus Professor Peter Drysdale (ANU). The discussion focused on economic engagement in the Indo- Pacific, covering policy issues like climate change and geopolitical shifts, the role of the global trading system and effective bilateral engagement to build resilience and promote regional economic security.
Momentum has been building following the launch, with growing membership and a line-up of trade and investment policy discussions. A recent First Nations trade panel event showcased how the Australian Government is working in partnership with Australia’s First Nations business sector to deliver trade and investment outcomes. More topical events are planned before the end of the year, with upcoming panel sessions on climate change and trade and digital trade. ITN membership is open to trade professionals in Australia at all stages of their career – sign up to DFAT’s International Trade Network to receive invitations to ITN events and other information relating to Australia’s trade and investment policies: dfat.gov.au/trade-and-investment/ international-trade-network
Jan Adams, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with Caroline Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Australia and moderator Professor Peter Drysdale, Emeritus Professor of Economics and the Head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and East Asia Forum at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University at DFAT, RG Casey Building, Canberra, Australia on 13 July 2023.
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