About Informa

Informa Australia is the nations leading conference organiser and specialist trade publisher. Our conferences allow delegates to learn from leading Australian and International experts as well as providing unique networking experiences. Conferences are held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide, as well as a number of regional conferences.

Conferences:

The company consists of three conference divisions specialising in the provision of must have business information in the following sectors:

Resources, Mining and Energy conferences
Maritime and Transport conferences
Finance, ICT, Healthcare, Education, Defence, Environment, Facility Design, Food, Skilling & Training, Indigenous Affairs; Infrastructure/PPP; Government & Social Policy; Legal; Media & Sports conferences

Conferences are often produced with market sector leading associations and publishers such as:

Informa Australia produces large scale annual conferences which attract a huge loyalty and following within their specialist sectors including:

Publishing:

Informa Australia publishes five trade magazines. Lloyd's List DCN is the sister paper of the London based Lloyd's List, the world's oldest newspaper. It offers news and analysis on the maritime and transport sector. Rail Express is both a quarterly magazine and an online product giving strategic insight into the burgeoning Australasian rail industry. The Australian Journal of Mining covers the latest developments and technologies in Australias largest export industry. The Australian Bulk Handling Review is a specialist magazine covering the technical issues surrounding bulk and powder handling. The Earthmover and Civil Contractor is Australias leading civil construction magazine and is the official magazine of the Civil Contractors Federation.

Informa Australia also has a sister company IIR Conferences and a training business, IIR Executive Development.

Awards:

Informa Australia organise awards in the shipping and transport and bulk handling sectors. These established industry events are the focal points in their respective industry calendars:

Internationally:

Informa Australia is part of the Informa group of companies. Based in over 70 countries employing over 10,000 staff worldwide, Informa is the largest publicly-owned organiser of conferences and courses in the world with the output of over 10,000 events annually. Informa also publish 40,000 book titles and 2,000 subscription based services.

Taylor and Francis are an academic publishing group with an Australian office based in Melbourne. Globally they produce 1000 journals and around 1,800 new books each year, with a books backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles.

Reports:

Informa has other sister companies in Australia, including several management reports businesses. Datamonitor is the worlds leading provider of online data, analytic and forecasting platforms for key vertical sectors and has an Australian office in Sydney. Ovum provides information on telecoms, IT services and software industries across the world and has offices in Melbourne whilst the Butler Group specialise in the IT end user.

Performance Improvement:

Informa's performance improvement (PI) companies provide organisations with a total learning solution. Starting with upfront consulting and assessment through training, mentoring and reinforcement. Companies in Australia include: AchieveGlobal; Communispond; ESI International; Huthwaite; Omega Performance; The Forum Corporation.

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