The ASE 2020 Project
Great events take people on a journey. But what about the journey that the people involved in our industry have taken? During the 2020-21 lockdown I’m chatting with people who have made a career in our industry and asking them to share their story. Subscribe to the series via your favourite podcast app or you can come to this page for the next episode. Visit https://www.specialevents.com.au for more interviews, news and opinion about the Australian event industry. You might enjoy each episode with a cup of coffee and for the price of that cup of coffee you can support this podcast series - just go to https://www.specialevents.com.au/support
The ASE 2020 Project
Ep 4: Ian Stuart - Business Events Sydney
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Trevor Connell / Ian Stuart
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Season 1
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Episode 4
Ian Stuart recalls busking in northern England following university - then a job which eventually brought him to Australia.
Reconnecting with Bryan Holliday, who Ian had met in England, the pair setup a business (Sound Information) that provided audio recordings of conferences - on cassette.
Ian and Brian bought into ICMS Australia and built it into one the foremost conference organisers in the country.
Ian shares some behind the scenes stories of a couple of those rather interesting conferences.
Today Ian is a consultant to Business Events Sydney and still enjoys strumming his guitar - but no busking.