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Asia Pacific Activities
The Asia Pacific Section holds Conventions, Symposia and Regional Meetings for all members plus the IBD has created a network system for "Young Members" which organises separate activities for these members.
Conventions
Conventions are held every two years. During recent years the conventions have been held in Perth Western Australia (1998), twice in Singapore (1996 & 2000), Adelaide (2002), Hanoi, North Vietnam in 2004,and in Hobart in March 2006. Delegates who attend enjoy a comprehensive technical programme of papers and posters, an exhibition of suppliers services and goods, technical tours and an outstanding social programme. Delegates come from all over the world and the Conventions provide a great opportunity for brewers and suppliers to network with a wide cross-section of the International brewing community. Conventions are open to members and non-members of the IBD.
The next Convention will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from 6–11 April 2008 at Sky City Convention Centre. Further details available from the Convention Website
Proceedings of these Conventions are published and a CD-Rom of the full Proceedings is distributed to all members of the Section and Convention attendees. Subsequent to the Convention they are available to be viewed on this Website in the Proceedings section.
Regional Symposia
Since 1997 the Section has held regional symposia generally being two-day sessions. They have been held every two years since then in the "off year" of the Convention and are designed to provide up to date information on the state of technology in the industry to those members who are not able to attend the conventions. They have normally been offered in two or three venues throughout the Section. Thus in 1999 they were held in Auckland, Queensland’s Gold Coast, Hanoi & Shanghai. In 2001 presentations were made in Auckland, Melbourne and Ho Chi Min City. 2003 saw symposia in Auckland, Sydney and Bangkok.
In 2005 a series of two-day symposia on "Hygiene in the Brewing Industry" were held in Auckland, Brisbane and Melbourne and these were a great success, being very well attended with very positive feedback.
In 2006 the Section initiated a mini-symposium on "Malting" in Melbourne during the Australian International Beer Awards and the success of this saw this concept expanded, in April 2007 to 3 hour sessions in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth with presentations from members of the Hops industry making presentations on "Hops in the Brewing Industry".
Regional Meetings
Each state has a Regional organisation that is responsible for arranging regular meetings for local members. These meetings are designed to enable members to get together and often take advantage of visitors from various parts of the industry to present on a technical topic as well as enabling members to meet in a semi-formal environment or to meet socially. The programme for anticipated meetings for the various regions can be found in the Calendar Section of this Website.
Young Members Network.
Young Members are defined as those who are under 35 years of age and are members of the IBD. The network has been created to provide specific opportunities for the newer/younger members of the industry to meet, exchange ideas and organise events/training opportunities that are of interest.
The Asia Pacific Section is currently offering a prize of a trip to the IBD Conference in Manchester in October 2007 to the Young Member who writes the best paper on "The future strategic direction over 5 years of the Asia Pacific Section of the IBD". As well there is currently an offer of an award to attend Brau Convention in Europe in 2008, further details will be available shortly.
Details of events in the various regions are published in the Calendar Section of this Website as they become available.
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