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Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo comes to Toowoomba
THE SURAT Basin Energy and Mining Expo is being staged on June 22-23 at the Toowoomba Showgrounds. It will be the biggest trade event ever held in Toowoomba, with more than 400 sites booked and delegates attending from Nigeria, the United States, Asia and New Zealand plus Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia.
The expo is a very timely event that should help to connect business and communities in the region, while promoting Toowoomba's key role in the Surat Basin's development, especially in mining and resources support
services.
Surat Basin is widely regarded as having the richest resources cache yet discovered in Australia, ranging from minerals to oil, coal and coal seam gas for liquefied natural gas production.
"Never before has a trade event of this size been run in Toowoomba," said a Toowoomba Regional Council spokesman. "The spin-off, in terms of local support is conservatively estimated at over $6million."
Toowoomba Regional Council expects the benefits will flow through to accommodation houses, restaurants, taxi and bus services along with other service and retail industries.
"Real estate is also likely to get a boost, with people from out of town discovering the region for the first time," the
spokesman said.
Surat Basin Expo organisers, Australian Events, have had to draw from over 25 years experience in the events management industry to bring this vast inaugural event together.
Surat Basin Expo organiser, Bob Carroll said, "The Surat Basin Energy and Mining Expo has been well supported by the industry and by those wishing to do business with the energy and mining sectors.
"The event has taken considerable planning, starting with serving breakfast for over 700 exhibitors at the Mayoral Breakfast through to making sure that the large number of visitors get all the information that they need and benefit from the event."
The Surat Basin Conference and meeting programs are also filling rapidly with plenty of interest in these facilities.
Platinum sponsor of the event, Easternwell has expressed great satisfaction in the marketing and professional way in which the event has been constructed, receiving several positive comments from staff and suppliers congratulating them on their involvement.
Gold sponsors, Hutchinson Builders, On Site Rental Group and Protector Alsafe have also offered plenty of assistance including designing and building a special entrance way into the expo.
Silver sponsors, Southern Queensland TAFE, Finlease, Wild Desert, University of Southern Queensland, Coffey, On Site Gas and Ironclad have all contributed towards making this event a great success, Mr Carroll said.
"The biggest opportunity to come to this region is also catered for, and that is, employment," Mr Carroll said.
"Exhibitors SQI T and USQ offer a number of courses for those wanting to be involved in the future of energy and mining and a number of recruitment companies are also represented, and they offer terrific opportunities within the industry for all levels of education, " he said.
"The first step is to register to attend. It's free and takes only a few minutes, so log on today and see for yourself. "
Pre-registration online is free, but registration on site at the event costs $10.
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