Economic Futures Queensland 5th December 2001, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane

Following the Queensland Outlook Conference last year, the AECgroup is continuing its effort to promote conferences on the economic future of Queensland.

A key ingredient to success in business today is an understanding of the future. This event is a unique opportunity for your organisation to gain an insight into the economic future, updates on current projects in Queensland and future influences on Queensland's economy.

The major feature of this conference is the caliber of speakers that have will present at this premier event. These include:

• The Hon. Peter Beattie, Queensland Premier (invited) and Ross Rolfe, Director General, Department of State Development
• Peter Ellender, GM, Commerce Queensland
• Nigel Stapledon, Chief Economist, Westpac
• Gerard Bradley, Under Treasurer, Queensland Treasury
• Doug McTaggart, Chief Executive, Queensland Investment Corprotion
• Dr Peter Crossman, Executive Director, IIE Policy Program, Department of Innovation and Information Economy, Sport and Recreation
• David Reynolds, General Manager Qld, Alectus Recruitment (Branch of TMP Worldwide)
• Ray Garrand, Principal, Eco Managers
• Tim Netscher, Queensland Operations Manager, QNI
• Philip Willington, Director Evaluations Queensland, Knight Frank
• Daniel Gschwind, Executive Director, Queensland Tourism Industry Corporation
• Senior Representative, Sinclair Knight Merz

Early bird tickets start at $399 and are strictly limited to 100.

Organisations wishing to showcase their products and/or services to some of the state's key decision makers should should contact us as soon as possible. This opportunity will be your one chance to undoubtedly deliver your organisation with new business and heightened market awareness for your company.

As every sponsoring organisation has different objectives and needs, everything is negotiable and we will always be open to suggestions you may have concerning a sponsorship package. Maybe you want to raise your organisation's profile by sponsoring a lunch or cocktail reception or simply have an opportunity to display your company's promotional material.

For further information on any of the above, please call Yoka Zivanovic or Brendan Duffy direct on (07) 3831 0577. We look forward to hearing from you.

A Future Direction for the Darling Downs & South West

Queensland Region The Darling Downs & South West Queensland Summit gathered government, industry and community leaders when it was held on the 21-22 August at the Dalby RSL.

The aim of the Summit was to look at what is possible for the region's future and for delegates to determine and agree on strategies to aid in the development of the region.

AECgroup Chief Executive Officer, Simon Smith said "The Summit examined what issues and challenges the region is facing and explored solutions for the future of the region."

"Leaders within business and the community need to work together with government to ensure the region continues to prosper."

Speakers such as DR Peter Brain, National Institute of Economic and Industry Research executive director said many towns were dying as infrastructure deteriorated, jobs growth slowed and incomes continued to fall.

The Summit also featured keynote speaker and international futurist Sohail Inayatullah who conducted a planning-visioning workshop to determine what is the possible future for the Darling Downs & South West community.

The two-day conference allowed the delegates to recommend actions to effect positive change and motioned for a steering committee to take on these challenges and to ensure they are followed through. The newly appointed Chairman of the Steering Committee is now Ken Murphy, South West Queensland Regional Chairman, Commerce Queensland.

A copy of speaker's presentations and the recommendations put forward to the new committee is now available on CD Rom for a fee of $299. For further information on this event or future progress please contact the AECgroup on
(07) 3831 0577 or in Toowoomba on (07) 4638 9239.