The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) is the Asia Pacific’s leading industry meeting place for festival management personnel who deliver quality music, arts & culture, food & drink, ideas and sporting festivals. AFIC will take place across 30 - 31 August 2023 at Luna Park, Sydney. AFIC’s aim is to service the thousands of professionals that make up today’s Australian festival landscape, spanning across: - Music festivals - Arts & cultural festivals: including comedy, film, writing, photography, visual art, performing arts, multi-cultural, etc. - Food & drink festivals: including wine, beer, cider, spirits, non-alcoholic, etc - Intellectual & ideas festivals: i.e. TEDx, All About Women, etc. Also includes sustainability festivals. - Sporting festivals AFIC provides industry professionals with a conference-style platform to: - Discuss and form a “collective voice” key issues facing the industry - Learn about the latest innovative developments and best-practices - Exchange information, ideas and case studies from festivals occurring across Australia - Become empowered to further develop the quality of Australian festivals - Network with fellow industry professionals Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from some of the industry’s most experienced and successful professionals on topics such as: - Legislative changes - Operational developments (i.e. site planning, traffic management) - Marketing - Technological event management advancements - Human resource & volunteer management strategies - Destination management strategies And more…