The Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games – What's in it for business?

Join us to hear about the opportunities for Australian business to capitalise on the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games – before, during and beyond

By Ai Group

Date and time

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The Australian Industry Group and AustralianSuper invite you to a special webinar to mark the 10-year countdown to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The webinar will focus on the program to prepare the city and the state for this major event and the opportunities for Australian businesses to capitalise on the games before, during and beyond.

The speakers

Mike Kaiser

Mike Kaiser is Director-General of the Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning. He leads the department which oversees the Queensland Government's agenda to drive economic growth and enhance the state's lifestyle through good infrastructure and planning outcomes. This includes much of the work to ensure the facilities and infrastructure is in place for the Games. Mike has broad experience across the private and public sector, including as chief of staff to premiers in Queensland and New South Wales, Director-General of the Queensland Department of Resources and as a partner with KPMG.

Mike will outline the body of work being undertake by the Queensland Government to stage the games and provide insights into how business can interact with the process.

John Aitken

John Aitken is Managing Director of Inspiring Cities, specialising in economic development of globally competitive cities, inspiring precincts, destinations, tourism and major events. He previously spent almost a decade as CEO of Brisbane’s Economic Development Agency (then known as Brisbane Marketing). John is Chair of OnTalent and sits on the board of the Tourism Transport Forum (TTF) and Millovate.

John will discuss learnings from previous major events, including the G20 world leaders meeting, which Brisbane hosted in 2014. He will focus on the opportunities for Brisbane and South-East Queensland to use the 2032 event to attract investment, establish infrastructure and build awareness of what Queensland, and Australia, has to offer.

Our partners

This event is presented in partnership with AustralianSuper. AustralianSuper Head of Property Bevan Towning will conclude the event with a summary of major learnings.

Organised by

Ai Group

The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) is Australia's peak industry association. Acting on behalf of business for 150 years, we are the country's only truly national employers' organisation.

Ai Group represents the interests of more than 60,000 businesses employing more than 1 million staff. Our longstanding involvement with diverse industry sectors including manufacturing, construction, transport, labour hire, mining services, defence, airlines and ICT means we are genuinely representative of Australian industry.

With more than 250 staff in offices across NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA, we have the resources and the expertise to meet the changing needs of our members. We provide the practical information, advice and assistance you need to run your business more effectively.

Ai Group also offers members a voice at all levels of government through our policy leadership and influence. Our deep experience of industrial relations and workplace law positions Ai Group as the leading advocate on behalf of enterprises large and small across Australia.

We intrinsically appreciate the challenges facing industry and remain at the cutting edge of policy debate and legislative change – and strategic business management.

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