Communications event returns to Melbourne next month

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Where: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
When: 1 Dec (pre-conference workshops), 2–3 Dec (conference and exhibition)
Web: comms-connect.com.au
Register today!

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Comms Connect Melbourne, Australia’s leading converged communications and radio event, will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1–3 December 2015.

This year, 80-plus expert speakers, 90-plus exhibitors and over 1400 professionals — from first responders to mining professionals, from utilities providers to enterprise end users, from manufacturers to developers — are expected to take part in this highly targeted and energised event.

Topics to be covered include: public safety mobile broadband, body worn video and biometrics, situational awareness, push-to-talk, defence communications, spectrum sharing, Next-Gen Triple Zero, government radio networks, research and development and security and cyber attacks.

In addition, there will be sessions covering strategic developments, information management, IT and operational convergence, big data and virtualisation, GIS systems, disruptive technologies and smart cities.

Technologies covered will include LTE, TETRA, 400 MHz, satellite comms, SCADA and DMR.

Expert speakers

The organisers have lined up a stellar cast of local and international speakers from the top echelons of the communications field. The full list of speakers is available on the Comms Connect website (melbourne.comms-connect.com.au).

Workshops

Pre-conference training workshops will be held on 1 December, the day before the main conference begins. The topics will be:

• Advanced Radio over IP
• Dispelling the myths of microwave radio
• Evolutionary paths from 2G PMR to critical LTE
• Public safety mobile broadband: governance, operating models and funding
• How does DMR fit into today’s market?

These workshops tend to fill up quickly, so make sure you get your registration in as soon as possible.

Registration packages

Different registration packages are available to suit different needs. There are group discounts (register three delegates and get a fourth registration free); single-day and two-day conference packages; half-day workshop registrations; and free exhibition passes are available for dealers, consultants, radio users and those responsible for organisations’ radiocommunications system (for a small fee you can have lunch thrown in too).

Volunteers have not been forgotten. Discounted rates apply to volunteers from these organisations: rural/country fire services, SES, ambulance services, NSW Volunteer Rescue Association, land management services, Coast Guard, surf lifesaving, Australian Red Cross and St John Ambulance.