Events

National
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria

IBA Board meeting dates

Nationally

NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’, and its acronym has since become the name of the week itself. NAIDOC Week is held each year in July; visit NAIDOC (external website, new window) for more information about what’s on in 2010.

Australian Capital Territory

17 February 2009, 31 March 2009, 14 May 2009 and 8 December 2009
IBA Board meetings

New South Wales

21 October 2009
IBA Business Conversation – Wollongong
IBA’s third Business Conversation examined the regional economic outlook for the Illawarra and South Coast as well as natural resource management and Indigenous tourism. Download copies of the following Business Conversation presentations:

15 September 2009
IBA Board meeting

21 April 2009
Business Briefing – Coffs Harbour
An IBA Business Briefing that focused on: ’An update on the global economic crisis and opportunities in the carbon economy’. Presenters included representatives from CSIRO, BDO Kendalls, the Department of Climate Change, Carbon Culcha, as well as Dr Kim Houghton and Mr Ram Devagiri.

25 November 2008
Business Briefing – Sydney
IBA Business Briefing that focused on: ”What the global economic crisis means for Australia’s Indigenous businesses and organisations’. Presenters included Mr Darryl Pike (independent analyst), Ms Bernie Connolly and Mr Mark Rider (UBS), Mr Greg Pawson (Westpac) and Mr Richard Facioni, Shearwater Capital Group.

Northern Territory

12 April 2010
Vibe Medina Hotel Launch - Darwin
IBA, Larrakia Development Corporation and Toga Group celebrate their joint venture partnership in the exciting new Darwin City Waterfront Vibe and Medina Hotels. (Invitation only to this event.)

22 March 2010
IBA Business Conversation – Darwin
An IBA Business Briefing that focused on: ‘Getting on with business in the Northern Territory’. Presenters included Cheif Romeo Crow, Gordon Hardlotte and represenatives from Grooyt Eyland Regional Partnership, Larrakia Development Corporation, Centre for Appropriate Technology, and Department of Housing, Local Government and Regional Services.

Queensland

Friday 10 July 2009
IBA NAIDOC Week Breakfast
This year’s NAIDOC theme was ‘Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth’, and the annual IBA Breakfast was held at the Brisbane Conventions and Exhibition Centre.

Friday 10 July 2009
IBA Board meeting

19 March 2010
IBA Business Conversation – Cairns
An IBA Business Briefing that focused on: ’Renewable energy for our changing economy’.  Presenters included Chief Romeo Crow, Dr  Les Edye, Dr Nathalie Ross and representatives from Rural Industries and Mulong Pty Ltd,  .

South Australia

There are currently no IBA events scheduled.

Tasmania

There are currently no IBA events scheduled.

Victoria

There are currently no IBA events scheduled.

IBA Board meeting dates for 2010

Tuesday 16 February 2010 – Canberra
Tuesday 20 April 2010 – Canberra
Friday 9 July 2010 – Melbourne
Tuesday 14 September 2010 – Sydney
Friday 10 December 2010 – Canberra

Further Board meeting dates to be advised.