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21 August, 2024

Day 2 of the 2024 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference featured top speakers from across government and business, including Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape, state-owned enterprises such as Air Niugini and PNG Ports and business chamber presidents. It also saw the unveiling of PNG’s newest bank and plans for Port Moresby’s next major hotel and resort.   PM Marape: Government 'not detached' from business The Papua New Guinea government is “not detached or divorced from business,” Prime Minister James Marape said in a speech delivered via live video call to the conference. In his speech, Marape said PNG was “still rebounding” from the impact of Covid-19, and that it had applied fiscal policy “to ensure the economy remains on track for growth.” “In...

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21 August, 2024

Day 1 of the 2024 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference featured top speakers from across the business sector, including Kumul Petroleum Holdings’ Wapu Sonk, Bank of Papua New Guinea Chairman David Toua and the IMF’s Sohrab Rafiq, who spoke of the positive impact of the central bank’s new approach to managing foreign exchange. Jet fuel import facility to be online by 2025 Kumul Petroleum Holdings (KPHL) expects its new jet fuel import facility at Motukea Port to come into operation by the first quarter of 2025, KPHL Managing Director Wapu Sonk told the conference. “We were targeting December this year, but it’s been pushed back because we had to find a solution on how to work within an operating wharf area,” he said. The...

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27 May, 2024

Futurist Chris Riddell, former Chief Digital Officer at Mars will deliver the keynote address at the Papua New Guinea Investment Conference 2024 on 12 & 13 August at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Chris is a recognised trend spotter, frequent media commentator, and digital expert with unparalleled insights into emerging trends and human behaviour. Driven by the real world, by humanity, and by ‘the now’, Chris makes sense of the uncomfortable and challenging world of ‘the future’ and makes the case for excitement, motivation and optimism. This obsession with the future—and ‘the now’ that shapes it—has powered Chris’ thinking, and his career, for 15 years. Having lived across the globe and working for some of the largest and influential businesses and brands...

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22 January, 2024

We’re excited to announce that the 2024 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference and Expo will held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 August 2024. Hosted by Papua New Guinea’s leading business media, the conference will once more promote business and investment opportunities in PNG, showcasing a wide range of industry sectors right across the economy. Held over two days at BCEC’s premium Plaza Auditorium on Brisbane’s Southbank, the conference will have an all-new program, building on our highly successful 2023 conference at the same venue. The 2024 conference will feature international keynotes panel discussions case studies audio-video presentations interactive sessions a social program, and a full Expo all run in a relaxed and conducive environment. Most importantly, this professionally-curated event...

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31 May, 2023

Registrations are now officially open for the 2023 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference. The conference will take place in Brisbane, 10 and 11 August, at the premium Boulevard Auditorium at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane. On Day 1, the respected financial commentator and broadcaster Alan Kohler will deliver the keynote address. On Day 2, Steven Matainaho, Secretary, Department of Information and Communications Technology, and Danny Chew, CEO of Vodafone PNG, will lead a discussion on PNG's innovation economy. This year’s event will also feature a bonus Pacific Islands Business Briefing, with updates on neighbouring economies such as Fiji and the Solomon Islands. 'This year's conference occurs just as PNG is shaping up for a transformational decade of investment across resources, infrastructure...

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4 May, 2023

The draft program for this year’s PNG Investment Conference, to be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, on 10 & 11 August 2023 is now available here. Day One will include a keynote address by respected financial commentator and broadcaster, Alan Kohler (pictured above), while Day Two will have a strong focus on infrastructure and transport. As ever, a bonus Pacific Islands Business Briefing will provide updates on some of PNG’s neighbouring economies. To keep up to date with the program or register your interest in attending click here. To register your interest in sponsoring, exhibiting, speaking at, or partnering with, this prestigious event email [email protected]. Registrations will open at the end of May....

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31 January, 2023

We're excited to announce that the 2023 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference and Expo will held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 August 2023. Hosted by Papua New Guinea's leading business media, the conference will once more promote business and investment opportunities in PNG, showcasing a wide range of industry sectors right across the economy. Held over two days at BCEC's premium Boulevard Auditorium on Brisbane's Southbank, the conference will have an all-new program, building on our highly successful 2023 conference at the same venue. The 2023 conference will feature international keynotes panel discussions case studies audio-video presentations interactive sessions a social program, and a full Expo all run in a relaxed and conducive environment. Most importantly, this...

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8 June, 2022

Registrations are now officially open for the 2022 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference. The conference will take place on 15 & 16 August, at the premium Boulevard Auditorium at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The keynote address on Day 1 will be provided by one of Australia’s best-known business commentators, Saul Eslake. He will appear in person in Brisbane to consider the outlook for PNG in the context of a volatile geopolitical climate, and provide insights into how companies and investors can navigate these uncertain times. This year’s event will also feature a bonus Pacific Islands Business Briefing, with updates on neighbouring economies such as Fiji and Solomon Islands. 'As an economy, PNG is bouncing back after two quiet years and is...

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1 March, 2022

The 2022 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference will held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 August. Hosted by PNG's leading business media, the conference will promote business and investment opportunities in PNG, showcasing a wide range of industry sectors right across the economy. It will also include a Conference Expo, an engaging social program and bonus satellite events. Held over two days at the premium Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on Brisbane's iconic South Bank, the 2022 conference will have a similar program to our previous acclaimed investment events. It will feature international keynotes, panel discussions, case studies, audio-video presentations and interactive sessions, all run in a relaxed and conducive environment. Most importantly, this professionally-curated event will provide investors and business...

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30 September, 2021

With over high-calibre 40 speakers and hundreds of delegates over the three days of the event, the 2021 PNG Investment Conference was a great success. Our thanks to all our speakers for giving of their time, and to our conference sponsors and event partners, who helped make it possible. On-demand tickets are available to those who didn’t attend the event. This will give you access to all the conference content, slides and videos. You can purchase tickets here.   Here’s some early feedback: ‘Well done on the conference, I really enjoyed it. Good spread of presenters.’ — Craig Lennon, Director, Highlands Pacific Limited   ‘Great conference, thanks – it’s always great to share lessons learned and help others to get faster success. I’d encourage anyone from the conference to reach out...