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Bee Gees Way: The Tech of the Tribute to the Gibbs
ICT PROFILE By Jason Allen Queensland’s Moreton Bay Council is very proud of three of their favourite sons, Robin, Maurice and Barry, who went from their humble origins in Redcliffe to become one of the most successful pop acts in history. To celebrate their lives and links to the area, Council and Barry Gibb have…
Read MoreConverged IT and AV Show unveils unique education program
The inaugural ICTech Roadshow, the only trade show of its kind in Australia addressing the convergence of AV and IT in a unique and innovative roadshow format, has today announced details of its educational program. The program will deliver hands-on product, software and issue-based seminars from leading industry practitioners in five cities across Australia in…
Read More20 Questions: James ‘Oysters’ Kilpatrick, FOH sound engineer
James ‘Oysters’ Kilpatrick is one of Australia’s most experienced FOH engineers and has mixed for a who’s who of Australian music: Midnight Oil, Eskimo Joe, Delta Goodrem, Rogue Traders, Yothu Yindi, The Living End, Slim Dusty …….. the list is endless. 1. What are the three best things about your job? The crews that work…
Read MoreWHS Guidelines Project: CX supports this!
Roderick Van Gelder is a professional event safety consultant. Several years ago he attempted to establish Event Safety Alliance Australia, an initiative to get an Australian version of the UK Purple Guide. But the industry is not keen on associating. Over in New Zealand they have ETNZ – while Australia has not managed to get…
Read MoreENTECH NZ a winner for all
At presstime we were just finished ENTECH NZ and it was a fabulous tour. A week before our first one day event in Auckland I knew we were on track for a success. We did some specific promotions around the final date in Christchurch and that paid off with the right number and spread of…
Read MoreCX goes Digital Free
CX was one the only fully paid circulation trade mags in the world until this month when we went digital free. It was a decision made some time ago and timed for the inflection point where advertising revenue fell below a trigger. This sounds illogical. Wouldn’t we be chasing every dollar, especially readership money, to…
Read MoreNSW Govt selloff: Aust Tech Park to close. EXCLUSIVE
UPDATED AT END: The Sydney events industry has been served a blow after the NSW Government sold off Australian Technology Park in Eveleigh. The ATP Conference Centre, which has been running since 1998, is due to close on 30 June 2017. The closure of the Conference Centre follows the sale of ATP to a Mirvac-led…
Read MoreFrom today CX is DIGITAL FREE
We are one of the only trade magazines that charges for subscriptions but from today digital access becomes free at www.cxnetwork.com.au – where (after registering free) you can read and download ALL our editions back to 2012. Soon we will have the whole archive, indexed, spanning 26 years. If you currently have a paid digital…
Read MoreNW and Haycom merge
(Main picture: Haycom founder, Allan Hay) NW Group has expanded with the acquisition via merger of Haycom, a leading supplier of corporate audio visual services across Eastern Australia. Haycom contributes a significant corporate customer roster, and additional abilities to NW Group which started as an audio company in the early 1990’s. Haycom has three main…
Read MoreENTECH NZ additional EVENTS added: starts next week
ENTECH NZ hits the road last week of July, day one is Tuesday July 26 at the AOTEA Centre, followed by Thursday July 28 at Shed 6 Wellington and Monday August 1st at the Airforce Museum in Christchurch. Opening at 11am you’ll meet 70+ product experts from 23 exhibitor firms and if you pre-register HERE…
Read MoreNorthern Sound System Trains the Next Generation of Road Hog 4 Warriors
The City of Playford north of Adelaide, South Australia, which encompasses suburbs such as Elizabeth and Munno Parra, has a solid musical heritage. Jimmy Barnes, Glenn Shorrock and John Swan are all alumni of its streets, and AC/DC cut their teeth in its venues. In 2007, the city opened a ground-breaking facility, Northern Sound System,…
Read MoreStaging Connections brings Studio 54 to life in Sydney
For one of the first fully styled gala events at the new Four Points by Sheraton Sydney on Friday 1 July 2016, Staging Connections delighted guests with a Studio 54 theme for the Toyota Material Handling Australia Sales & Service Championships Awards. The 210 guests partied the night away on a stylised black and white…
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