Media Arrangements For This Week’s (Sep 2-4) “Africa Down Under” Conference In Perth

The 2015 Africa Down Under conference – the annual pivotal point for assessing business links between Australia and Africa’s resources sector – commences on Wednesday this week (September 2, 2015) for three days in Perth.

Africa Down Under has grown over the past 12 years to be not only one of Australia’s largest mining talkfests and international mine networking forums, but the largest business forum on Africa globally outside of that continent.

The 2015 three-day program (attached) will see the main plenary sessions and the conference media room hosted on the mezzanine floor of the Novotel Hotel. The Conference exhibition and Ministerial meeting rooms will be hosted in the Pan Pacific Hotel opposite.

Keynote speakers in order of the schedule include:

WA Premier, Mr Colin Barnett 0850am Wed Sept 2

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Tania Plibersek 1355pm Wed Sept 2

World ebola expert Prof David Heymann(*) 1110am Thur Sept 3

(*) His video address will be part of a special panel on health risks for the mining sector

Foreign Affairs Minister, Julie Bishop 0900 am Fri Sept 4

Woodside CEO Peter Coleman will address the invite-only Ministerial dinner at the Perth Town Hall on Wednesday evening. Other speakers include more than 15 African mining ministers.

MEDIA ROOM: Open 6.00am until late – All three days / Located mezzanine level –

Novotel Hotel / Full WiFi / Full complimentary catering from Paydirt

MEDIA ROOM: Kevin Skinner Field Public Relations +61 414 822 631

Sean Whittington Field Public Relations +61 412 591 520

MEDIA PASSES: These will be available at no registration cost at the ADU Help Desk on the

ground floor of the Novotel only (not the Pan Pacific desk). They will be

essential for accessing the media conference room & main auditorium.

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