Saturday 2nd November 8:00am Outback Queensland Tourism Annual General

Meeting Registrations from 8:00am; begins at 8:30am sharp Location: Waltzing Matilda Centre, 50 Elderslie Street

10:00am: Your choice of famil departs from Waltzing

Matilda Centre All famils to return to Winton by 3:30pm

Note: Australian Age of Dinosaurs bus tour departs

8:00am.

6:00pm: Year of Outback Tourism Gala Awards Dinner at

Winton Shire Hall Winton welcome you to the ‘Hollywood of the Outback’ to

walk the red carpet and enjoy a night with the stars.

Dress code: Outback glam

Location: Winton Shire Hall, 75 Vindex Street

Sunday 3rd November 8:00am Farewell Breakfast

Enjoy breakfast from 8:00am until 11:00am before

departing Winton Location: Waltzing Matilda Centre, 50 Elderslie Street

Thursday 31st October 10:00am Tourism and Events Queensland Conversations

with Industry Registrations from 10:00am; Symposium begins at 10:30am

sharp Location: Winton Shire Hall, 75 Vindex Street

1:00pm Tourism and Events Queensland Conversations with Industry One on One Appointments Location: Winton Shire Hall, 75 Vindex Street

6:00pm Poolside welcome drinks and barbeque Dress code: Casual, swimwear welcomed! Location: Winton Pool, 45 Elderslie Street

Friday 1st November 8:00am Outback Queensland Tourism Symposium

Registrations from 8:00am; Symposium begins at 8:30am

sharp Location: Winton Shire Hall, 75 Vindex Street

6:00pm Dinner at the famous North Gregory Hotel Kick back in the hotel’s new beer garden and get a behind

the scenes insight into Winton’s Royal Open Air Theatre.

Dress code: Casual

Location: North Gregory Hotel, 67 Elderslie Street

2019 Outback Queensland Symposium & Awards Program

10:00am Tourism and Events Queensland Conversations with Industry Registration & Morning Tea 10:30am MC Welcome

Leanne Coddington TEQ Tourism and Events Queensland Welcome

Denise Brown OQTA OQTA Welcome Address via video

Jessica Ward TEQ Marketing Update

Kimberley Goulter TEQ Best of Queensland Experience Program Update

12:00pm Networking Lunch

1:00pm Tourism and Events Queensland Outback Conversations with Industry One on One Prescheduled Appointments

4:00pm Finishes

Thursday 31st October Symposium Schedule Winton Shire Hall

8:00am Symposium Registration

8:30am MC Welcome

Session 1 Hannah Schuch & Fiona Maxwell

Pew Charitable Trust & Our Living Outback

Our Living Outback – working for people and nature

Scott Parry Westpac & St George The Future of SME- Growth through Change and Innovation Leanne Arscott Gallagher Navigating a changing insurance market Patrick Bardon Hostplus Maximising the Super opportunity

Natasha Montesalvo QTIC Blown Away! How being CrisisReady can strengthen your business

10:35am Morning Tea Break

Session 2 Richard Barwick Caravan and Motorhome Club of Australia

Don’t let RV tourists drive on by!

Steve Jones REX Airlines “Access in Tourism” Robbie Dalton Neural Digital Location Intelligence for the Outback

Sheetal Basavaraj Kukanur University of Queensland Q&A Domestic Chinese Market Research

12:30pm Lunch Break

Session 3 Peter Evans DITID Outback Tourism Infrastructure: Program Update Cheryl Thomson Trackers Tours Indigenous Tourism in the Outback

Outback on Tour: Learnings from the Paleo Study Mission to North America Panel Hosted by Matt Bron – Tourism and Events Queensland

3:15pm Afternoon Tea Break

Session 4 James Woodward Youcamp Airbnb for Pastoralists – Share Economy Tourism for the Outback

Gina Black Screen Queensland The film industry for Outback Queensland Theresa Famularo Cre8ion “Mining” It’s not always a dirty word!

5:00pm Finishes

Friday 1st November Symposium Schedule Winton Shire Hall