Wednesday 6 July - Friday 8 July 2022
Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre, QLD
Present at DNA 2022
An exciting opportunity awaits you at the 2022 Developing Northern Australia Conference.
Stand before like-minded professionals and share insight to achieve better economic, social, and environmental outcomes for the north and its people.
Have your projects, developments, research, or lived-experience lessons heard and discussed by key leaders and decision-makers, and gain invaluable tools to progress your agenda.
Why Present?
You have something to say - so, why not say it loud and proud to an eagerly awaiting crowd? With over 500+ national and international attendees, the Developing Northern Australia Conference provides the perfect opportunity to be heard by your ideal audience.
Make the most of your speaker status by networking with attendees to gain personal connections – emails, names, handshakes, friendships – with well-connected names in the industry, as well as potential clients and client inquiries.
As a conference speaker, you are positioned as an expert in your field, giving your audience the best chance to learn more and engage with your work. Connect with a global audience, build your industry reputation, and get feedback to refine your latest projects.
Collaboration is key to moving forward, so combine your ideas with other speakers, attendees, or exhibitors. The networking and exchange of ideas facilitated at the conference helps to move companies and industries forward – and speakers have a critical role to play in that.
Who Attends?
State and federal government representatives
Industry representatives across communications, finance, mining, energy, food, agriculture, security and defence
Aboriginal community corporations
Academics: Professors, Associate Professors, Lecturers, Researchers and PhD Students
Local councilors
Industry association body members
Public and private company directors, CEOs and managers in social, environment and economic, innovation and technology development
Important Dates
Presenter Submissions Close Friday 18 March 2022
Presenter Acceptances Due Tuesday 5 April 2022
Presenter Registrations Due Friday 8 April 2022
Program Available Thursday 14 April 2022
Early Bird Pricing Ends Friday 20 May 2022
Scholarship Applications Close Friday 27 May 2022
2022 Theme
A Lead on Inclusive Development for the 21st Century
Presentation Topics
- Strategic and economic positioning of the North
- Border protection, military, and defence
- Future threats and opportunities, including space discovery
- The North’s role in humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery
- Visionary new supply chain systems and logistics
- Sustainability and water development
- New market connections and approaches
- Circular agricultural economies
- Renewable, clean energies and sources and export
- Fossil fuels and the future of resource communities
- Renewables and clean energies (hydro, solar, wind) and transmission
- Policy settings for our energy future - mining and the sustainability sector
- Future planning and considerations for the resource industry
- Towards a Northern Australia Infrastructure Audit
- Transformational road, sea and rail freight
- Foundational digital, water and energy infrastructure
- Getting infrastructure funding models right for the North
- Community infrastructure projects/enabling infrastructure (schools, leisure, parks, hospital, health, aged care, IT, connectivity etc)
- Attracting and retaining people post-COVID
- Overcoming employment and liveability challenges including job security, retention, work conditions, education, and seasonality
- Upgrading and delivering infrastructure for social and economic benefits
- Social enterprise innovations and opportunities
- Traditional owner visions for northern development
- Equity partnerships in the development process
- Indigenous leadership and community-based development
- Cost of doing business (policies and subsidies)
- Attracting investment (private sector ROI)
- Regional competitive advantages
- Strategic accessibility and proximity to markets (opportunities with Asia/Pacific)
- Trade relationships and agreements
- International investors and trade (corporate and private sector)
- Diversifying markets for our traditional industries
- Emerging of new industries & innovation in traditional and new industries
- The future of tourism in Northern Australia
- International, national, environmental and cultural tourism
- Hospitality, Tourism and Creative Arts in COVID recovery
- Climate readiness, carbon markets, biodiversity targets
- Planning and protection of ecosystem service markets
- Have your say in the future of northern Australia and the Northern Australia Agenda
- Metrics to guide development outcomes
- What’s your vision?
- Bold challenges, solutions and strategies for Northern Australia
- Suggestions for an agenda refresh
Presentation Styles
Take the stage and present to the audience in a 15 minute speaking session with 5 minutes for questions.
Panel presentations bring together views from a group of presenters into a discussion of innovative ideas, current topics, and relevant issues. Each panel session will run for 80 minutes.
Keep the attention of attendees via engaging, hands-on learning experience in a 80 minute workshop.
20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. Each presenter has approx. 7 minutes to present, with 20 accompanying imagery slides that automatically progress.
Visually showcase your research or services via a printed poster, displayed in the conference exhibition area.