Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.
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AIME Event Director, Silke Calder takes a deep dive into AI As the AIME Event Director, I am constantly immersed in the world of large-scale event planning and conferences. It seems that AI is the buzzword that never fades away, with claims of revolutionising our industry. At AIME we were pioneers to use AI when developing our bespoke meeting matching platform. Early on, our team recognised the power and …
October 31, 2023
An exclusively female technology team from Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre produced the Chief Executive Women (CEW) Leadership Summit, which was held at the venue last month. According to the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, women make up only 6% of the global audio visual (AV) industry. The underrepresentation of women in the AV industry highlights the significance of an all-female tech team leading such a prominent event at …
October 20, 2023
30 years after he founded ENTECH, now a national touring roadshow for the audio visual industry, Julius Grafton has branched out offering PCO services along with roadshow management for others. Entering the industry in 1973 offering psychedelic lightshows, Grafton forged a career on the road working with iconic rock bands in the 70’s and 80’s, before establishing a series of businesses servicing technical production supply and events. Grafton is …
June 14, 2023
Technical Direction Company has a newly focused training and support initiative to support students and graduates of the VET (Diploma of Live Production and Technical Services) and BFA (Technical Theatre and Stage Management) courses at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. Students and graduates are given practical experience with a variety of today’s video technologies and entertainment industry best practice. “TDC is one of NIDA’s major …
September 16, 2022
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SxSW opens this weekend and it is getting plenty of hype.
So some observations. There are four streams – Tech & Innovation, Games, Music and Screen. From the point of view of an event industry veteran what would these streams offer me? The Tech & Innovation stream promises “Discover and explore the ground-breaking technologies and ideas that are changing the way we live our lives at SXSW Sydney. Throw yourself into a wide variety of programming, including keynotes, panels, presentations, …