AIME has revealed details of the 2025 show’s Knowledge Program under the slogan “We Matter” with business events impresario El Kwang as host.
The Knowledge Program will kickstart the three-day Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event on February 10, 2025 with keynote speakers from AIME’s speaker bureau partners. They will be joined by industry leaders and other business event professionals who will address many of the 1,600 attendees expected at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
“As the program takes shape with the theme We Matter!, we are filled with optimism and anticipation for the outstanding speaker contributions that will emerge in the coming months,” Kwang said.
“Together, we are creating a platform that not only reflects our collective strength but also propels our industry forward with purpose and confidence,” he said.
Guiding the development of the Knowledge Program topics and speakers under the 2025 theme is the Knowledge Program Advisory Committee, which consists of eight leaders from the Asia Pacific meetings and events industry, who together guide the curation of the Knowledge Program.
The 2025 Advisory Committee comprises: Head of Events & Connections, Workplace Experience at Atlassian Paul Boustani; Charter Hall Events Manager Ashleigh Cooper; MCI Australia Account Director Maggie Diasinos, and Events Travel Asia Group Founder and CEO Max Jantasuwan.
Joining them are Business Events Strategist at Think Event By Think Tank Productions Ronald Lim; ICMS CEO Sarah Markey-Hamm; Australian Dental Industry Association Director of Events Denise Sorrell and Felicity Zadro, Founder and Managing Director of Zadro.
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AIME Event Director Silke Calder said feedback from the business events community showed that the Knowledge Program had become an integral part of the AIME experience.
“We are thrilled to once again collaborate with El Kwang and his talented content curators at BEAM, who have brought together this year’s esteemed content advisory committee of industry leaders,” Calder said.
“My team and I are profoundly grateful to share a vision of delivering meaningful content with such distinguished experts, all made possible by the generosity of our partners.”
The Knowledge Program is a ticketed event for Hosted Buyers, Hosted Media and Exhibitors. Visitor Buyers may purchase an upgrade to attend this program.
AIME 2025 organisers expect more than 600 exhibitors, 650 hosted buyers and the 20,000 meetings on the showfloor during the February 10-12 event.
For the first time, the global exhibitions association UFI will co-locate its 2025 Asia-Pacific Conference with AIME, with its event to follow AIME on February 13-14, 2025.
AIME 2025 Knowledge Program speaker Expressions of Interest are now open
