FACT SHEET FACT ASSOCIATION adelaide diabetes and mental health. Studies currently delivering vertical tail fins for the F-35 Joint underway include research on irritable bowel Strike Fighter program, and Levett syndrome pain conducted by Australian and Engineering manufactures other key F-35 USA researchers that could lead to the components. development of novel treatments. FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS BIOSCIENCE One of the world’s most Thebarton Bioscience Precinct is one sustainable food and wine growing adelaide of Australia’s largest commercial environments, globally renowned for its bioscience precincts and is home to around safety, quality and product integrity, South 100 bioscience companies with specialisations Australia produces 62 per cent of Australia’s in biotherapeutics, gene based diagnostics, wine exports. Also located in South molecular plant breeding and genomics, Australia is The Waite Research Institute, The city of Adelaide, known for stem-cell research and livestock productivity. home to more than 60 per cent of Adelaide Integrated Bioscience Laboratories Australia’s wine and grape research its vibrant food and wine scene, has 22 facilities across the city - a gateway to capability and is Australia’s leading research, is located in close proximity the latest instrumentation and specialised education and commercialisation precinct for agricultural science. to wine regions, magnificent research capabilities. beaches and ancient outback ADVANCED MANUFACTURING RESOURCES AND ENERGY Adelaide has a critical mass of South Australia has the largest mountain ranges. aerospace companies, mining and production and reserves of equipment companies, and emerging uranium in Australia, and 25 per cent of the At the centre of the city is the new technologies like photonics, nanotechnology, world’s reserves. It also contributes 41 per Riverbank Precinct, an integrated additive manufacturing, advanced materials cent of Australia’s wind energy generation, and robotics and digital technology. The making it the largest producer of wind biomedical, educational, entertainment AUD120 million Tonsley development is a new energy in Australia. The Institute for and cultural area that places the Adelaide model for Advanced Manufacturing, focusing Mineral and Energy Resources (IMER) at the Convention Centre at the heart of a on biomedical devices, sustainable energy and University of Adelaide is an award winning thriving ecosystem of creativity, research clean technology. Tonsley’s tenants include research institute addressing key global and and development. Siemens, a major provider of medical imaging resource challenges. IMER has developed a equipment to South Australia’s public health Genetic Algorithm based optimisation system and one of the world’s largest providers method to provide optimal design solutions of energy and resource efficient technologies. for on-shore wind farms. Key Industry Sectors DEFENCE AND AEROSPACE WATER HEALTH AND MEDICINE South Australia is Australia’s ‘Defence South Australia has emerged as a The South Australian Health and State’, a hub for airborne maritime world-class, export oriented hub for Medical Research Institute surveillance and weapon system test and water technology and planning services. It is (SAHMRI) is attracting hundreds of evaluation. Cobham Aviation Services manage also home to the Water Industry Alliance, a researchers across the state’s three from their Adelaide headquarters Project globally recognised hub of water expertise universities and health system. The institute Sentinel, the world’s largest outsourced and research, made up of around 150 is practicing and producing world-leading maritime surveillance operation which water-related organisations who are medical and technological approaches to provides surveillance of Australia’s maritime focused on sharing South Australia’s water major health issues including chronic exclusive economic zone. Local companies BAE expertise with the world. disease, obesity, cardiovascular disease, Systems Australia and RUAG Australia are ASSOCIATION FACT SHEET Event expertise Adelaide has an excellent track record for attracting and hosting prestigious international conferences, such as: > World Aquaculture 2014 > MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer 2016 > Asia Oceania Conference on Obesity 2017 > 68th International Astronautical Congress 2017 > INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering) International adelaide convention centre Symposium 2017 Exhibition space: 20,000 sqm Largest tiered theatre capacity: 3,500 people > International Conference of Young Meeting rooms: 27 Total capacity: 5,000 people Research on Advanced Materials 2018 BioMed City Key attractions Adelaide will soon be home to the largest Adelaide offers superb cuisine and celebrated Biomedical research precinct in the wines, with over 200 cellar doors within an Southern Hemisphere. Currently under hour’s drive of the city. It also has a vibrant construction, the precinct is located festivals and events calendar and offers more directly adjacent to the city’s convention attractions just a short trip from the city. and entertainment hub and will provide Some of Adelaide’s key attractions include: delegates the opportunity to interact with > Guided by a local food expert, take leading researchers and clinicans. a gourmet walking tour through the Adelaide Central Market. Interact with stallholders, taste produce and experience Planning & Logistics the exciting buzz of the largest fresh food ACCESS > The Adelaide Convention Centre has market in the Southern Hemisphere. Adelaide Airport is located just 15 minutes opened its new East Building, expanding > Time your meeting around one from the city and services seven international the centre’s footprint to 20,000sqm of of Adelaide’s festivals and events airlines, including direct flights from Dubai, multi-purpose space. The AUD397 million like the Adelaide Fringe, Australia’s Singapore, Hong Kong and Auckland. The redevelopment features a 3,000sqm largest arts festival showcasing city’s position in Australia also provides Plenary Hall, which provides tiered seating the best global and homegrown convenient access to the rest of the country. for 3,500 people, and boasts the world’s talent, or OzAsia, a celebration of largest rotating seating drums that are ACCOMMODATION the city’s creative links with Asia. capable of seating 320 people each. Adelaide has more than 5,000 beds within > Visit one of the many wineries in the close walking distance of the city, with > The AUD300 million expansion of SKYCITY surrounding wine regions of McLaren a further 2,000 in the greater Adelaide Adelaide Casino will commence at the end Vale, Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills. area. Accommodation needs can be met of 2017. The expansion, which is part of the For a unique experience, taste a vintage with a selection of premium hotels and redevelopment of the Adelaide Riverbank Tawny from your birth year straight from resorts, guaranteed to suit every budget. the barrel at Seppeltsfield Winery. precinct, will include a 5-star hotel and UPCOMING KEY DEVELOPMENTS entertainment and retail offering. > Experience the ancient landscape of the Flinders Ranges, including the natural > The AUD6 billion redevelopment of the amphitheatre, Wilpena Pound, by plane, Adelaide Riverbank precinct will see all hot air balloon or four-wheel drive. Riverbank facilities within a five minutes’ walk of the Adelaide Convention Centre. > Fly 30 minutes to Kangaroo Island The precinct includes the BioMed City, and visit Seal Bay Conservation Park Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide where you can get up close to the Oval and the Festival Plaza development. local sea lion colony, or cuddle a koala at Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park. > Tour a working opal mine in Coober WEATHER Pedy, a mining town where houses, hotels, and museums have been Adelaide has a mild, Mediterranean climate. Average maximum temperature: built underground. Before you leave, Month JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC stop at the Kangaroo Orphanage Temperature °C 29° 29° 26° 23° 19° 16° 15° 17° 19° 22° 25° 27° to pet and care for young joeys. Temperature °F 84° 84° 79° 73° 66° 61° 59° 63° 66° 72° 77° 81° ASSOCIATION FACT SHEET FACT SHEET FACT ASSOCIATION BRISBANE FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS Key Industry Sectors Recognised as a producer of high-quality, safe and clean food, Queensland has more than 1,400 Australian HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES and international food companies with The city is acknowledged as a established processing facilities. The sector centre of excellence in bio- is supported by organisations like the Brisbane medical, biopharmaceutical and human Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and therapeutics, diagnostics and clinical trials. Food Innovation at University of Brisbane also has a string of leading Queensland — soon to be a part of research institutes, including Australia’s Australia’s first dedicated Health and Food largest medical research institute and the Sciences Precinct. country’s first initiative of ‘bench to bedside’ medical research — the Translational ADVANCED MANUFACTURING Brisbane is a vibrant, river city Research Institute — along with the AND LOGISTICS world-leading QIMR Berghofer Medical Brisbane is increasingly attracting that enjoys year-round sunny Research Institute. a diverse range of high-value, knowledge- days and is located within intensive manufacturers that are utilising technology and human ingenuity as key close proximity to the Asia ENVIRONMENTAL