SYDNEY ON CLOUD NINE AFTER SECURING OPENSTACK BUSINESS EVENT

Sydney has secured another major business-events win with the first Openstack summit in the Southern Hemisphere to be held at the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC) in 2017.

NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said Openstack will be the first major international ICT event to be held in the new convention centre and will allow ICC Sydney to showcase its state-of-the-art technology.

“Openstack has found a great partner in Sydney, we have a global reputation for supporting innovation, the biggest start-up ecosystem in Australia and a strong open source community,” Mr Ayres said.

“The summit will be worth over $16 million in direct expenditure to the State, which is additional to the benefits it will bring to the NSW innovation and the ICT sector.

“It’s expected to attract 5,000 delegates to Sydney over five days, including developers, users and administrators of Openstack Cloud Software.

“I commend Business Events Sydney for securing major events in the professional services and technology sector that are worth an estimated $71.6 million direct expenditure to the state of NSW.”