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About AST
AST was formed in 1992 to provide a
service to Association and Companies
who were planning to hold
Conferences, Meetings or Trade
Shows.
Over the years we have worked with a
range of companies and organisations
including Mercedes Benz, The
Department of Integrated Mental
Health, Royal Australian Planning
Institute, Franchise Council
Australia, Speech Pathology Aust,
Qld Environmental Law Assoc,
Institute of Australian
Psychiatrists, CNN and News Ltd ...
to name a few.
 From creating on-line registration
and information services for
specific conferences, to building
innovative programs... we provide a
full secretariat and registration
solution to conference and event
organisers. Our comprehensive range
of conference service packages are
specifically designed to support you
or your committee.
We provide experienced service in
the Planning, Management,
Registration and financial services,
Design & Marketing of Conferences
and Events. From Accommodation &
Registration, Pre and Post tours,
Themed Events or Trade Show
Sponsorship & Management, we have a
long list... designed to take the
burden from your in house
coordinators or committee.
The
management Team are experienced
professionals with backgrounds in
the International Hotel, Airline
and Association & Corporate Events
industries.
Key People
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Peter Sugg AMM,
PCODIR
Managing Director
Peter
is a former board member of
the Brisbane Convention
Bureau, he is currently;
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The Qld Councillor for
the Professional
Conferences Organisers
Association Australia
and New Zealand.
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An accredited Meeting
Manager with Meetings &
Events Australia.
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The
joint MD of the
Australian Conference
and Events Bureau.
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A Director of the Asia
Pacific Association
Executives Congress.
He
has been active in
Conference and Event
Management for twenty years. |
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Jan Marquardt – PCODIR
Director -
Sponsorship, Exhibition and
Accounts Manager.
Jan has been organising
events for over 20 years and
specialises in the
procurement of seed funding,
sponsorship, exhibition
sales and conference
accounting and financial
reconciliation. She has been
with AST since 1995. |
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Liz Symmons –
PCOAM
Senior Event Manager
Liz has a Bachelor of
Business in Tourism &
Hospitality Management and
has managed events in ten
countries. Attracting
sponsorship and working
closely with organising
committees to ensure
successful a conference is
her forte. She is a former
manager with Qantas who
specialises in logistics and
conference management
systems. |
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Sophie Secombe – PCOAM
Event Manager
Sophie has a Diploma of
Event Management and manages
all facets of conference and
event planning and
administration, including
processing registrations and
invoicing for Sessions and
Social Events, collation of
abstract submissions for
dissemination to the
committee, monitoring
budgets, coordination of
speakers and exhibitors, and
sourcing and managing
accommodation bookings. |
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Sarah Hoekwater - PCOAMM
Association Support
Sarah as a dual Diploma
of Event Management and
Business.
Sarah provides Associations
with administrative support
including registrations,
meetings minutes, delegate
accounts, web data
processing, venue finding,
email campaigns, banking,
credit card processing and
reconciliation and event
co-ordination. |
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Rob Bass - IT Manager -
Bachelor of Information
Technology
Rob manages IT systems,
internet security and
financial database
administration, data mining
and site integration. He has
eight years experience in
Conference and Event
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The team at
AST will ensure you exceed your
objectives... experience counts.
“To
further underpin the positive
feedback you will receive about AST.
I have known and worked with them
for over 15 years. Very
professional, highly regarded,
commercial and from a client
perspective an excellent ‘partner’
in delivering the event.
This
last piece sets AST apart from the
crowd because of their commitment to
delivering success for you.
I
continue to work with AST because of
the level of excellence delivered –
I like to associate with success.
AST
is also very highly regarded by
their peers in the sector. Hard to
maintain in a competitive
environment but AST consistently is
seen as a sector leader.”
Michael Donovan,
CEO
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