More room to move at RadioComms Connect

This year’s RadioComms Connect will be bigger and better than ever with more room at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre.

At a glance …
Where: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
When: 4-5 December
Time: Day One - 9 am to 4.30 pm; Day Two - 9.30 am to 4.00 pm
Exhibition-only passes are available and are free for end users if registered before the event.

We’ve been growing and growing for the last five years and now we’ve finally decided to leave our old home at the Etihad Stadium and move so that our 70 exhibitors and 115 stands can show all the latest technology in radio communications at RadioComms Connect.

So this year you will find us at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre where there will be not only systems and components on show, but delegates will be able to take part in the many technical papers being presented.

This year’s theme will be ‘The Future of Professional Radio Communications in Australia’, which will explore the rapidly changing environment of the radio communications industry. There will be a great range of speakers at the conference, held in conjunction with the exhibition.

This theme will also run throughout the conference where the streams will include training and education, utilities, networks and infrastructure, mining and resources, and public safety. Keynote speakers will include Prof Hugh Bradlow, chief technology officer of Telstra, and Peter Clemons from Quixoticity.

In his presentation, Clemons will be asking, “Is critical communications vital for our very future on this planet?” He will also discuss developing winning strategies for critical communications in a time of rapid technological change.

A changing technological landscape is a significant topic, and this will be covered in a paper by Dr Irena Atov, technology manager of Reliability Engineering Group at Telstra. She will look at the diversity of perspectives for success in the current environment.

Marta Fontecha, transport area manager at Teltronic, will discuss how to achieve sustainable railway projects by selecting the right wireless technologies and Brendan Woods, manager of EME Design and Engineering at UGL will cover the important topic of communications compliance and safety in his presentation.

Personal security communications and incident detection and management will be discussed by Dietmar Shcops, director of international sales at Funkwerk Security Communications, and Des Bahr, CEO of APCO Australasia, will talk about how to integrate conventional radio and LTE in the public safety sector.

Two presentations will look at professional mobile radio. John Yaldwyn, chief technology officer of 4RF Communications, will speak about the future of PMR in Australia and the data communication system manager of QR National, Alvin D’Mello, will discuss how to understand and secure PMR’s vulnerabilities.

The Country Fire Authority’s radio replacement project will be featured in a presentation by Doug Booth, project director, about the challenges of technology change in a complex operational environment.

Other speakers at the conference will include representatives from Codan, Tait, Auria Wireless, RMIT, Simoco and Motorola. A series of workshops will also run on various topics, with one being ‘IP for Land Mobile Radio Technicians’.

The ARCIA gala dinner will also move from the Crown Casino to the MCEC. Over 500 guests are expected to attend, where awards will be presented to members of the industry.

The prestigious awards that will be given out on the night will be the Sir Angus Tait Memorial Scholarship, Life Member of ARCIA, the Peter Wallace Award and, of course, the Jonathan Livingston Seagull Award.

The event is organised by Westwick-Farrow Media in conjunction with the Australian Radio Communication Industry Association (ARCIA) and has partnered with Auria Wireless.

For more information on RadioComms Connect, please email lcrossley@westwick-farrow.com.au. For more information on the annual gala dinner, please contact info@arcia.org.au.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the show!

Venue details
The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre is the first and only ‘six star green star’ environmentally rated convention centre in the world, located on the banks of the Yarra River. It is a short walk from Melbourne’s central business district and 20 minutes from Melbourne Airport.
The MCEC features 52 meeting rooms, a grand banquet room and a plenary that can be divided into three self-contained, acoustically separate theatres. The exhibition centre features 30,000 m² of purpose-built clear-span exhibition space, meeting rooms, a 466-seat auditorium and the Clarendon Room with views over the Yarra River.
For more information please visit http://www.mcec.com.au/company-info/.