Comms Connect coming to Melbourne
The 2024 edition of Comms Connect Melbourne, taking place at MCEC on 16–17 October, is set to be the largest in the show’s 16-year history. The event will feature expert critical communications leaders from Qld Police, NSW Fire & Emergency, NZ Police and Surf Life Saving NSW, who will join a host of international speakers from the USA, Hong Kong, the UK and Finland.
The two-day program is divided into three streams — Public Safety, Critical Comms and Industry — with a series of pre-conference workshops to be presented by the event’s Association Partner, ARCIA, and Supporting Partner, ACCF. These will be held on 15 October.
Confirmed headline speakers for the conference include FirstNet USA Chief Richard Carrizzo; NIST USA representatives Ellen Ryan, Monika Bochert and Stephanie Layman; the Project 25 Technology Interest Group’s Cheryl Giggetts; GSMA’s IoT and AI leader, Terence Wong; Critical Comms Finland’s Tero Pesonen; Hourua’s Lincoln McKay and Vaughan Matthews; NGCC leads Callum Noon and Nicola Wright; and NSW Telco’s MD, Kylie De Courteney and CTO, James Pickens.
For the full conference program, as well as early-bird and group discount packages, visit: melbourne.comms-connect.com.au. Early-bird registration closes on 13 September.
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