Adelaide is hosting its largest international business event since COVID-19 this week, with the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE 2022) currently underway at Adelaide Convention Centre, on the lands of the Kaurna Nation.
Running 26-30 September, WIPCE 2022 is the largest and most diverse Indigenous education forum in the world, attracting 2.300 delegates from 17 countries, and is expected to deliver more than $11.3 million in economic benefit to South Australia.
Originally scheduled to take place in Adelaide in 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic, the conference has run as a hybrid event with more than 2,000 people opting to travel to the city to attend in-person.
For more than 30 years, WIPCE has grown to become a major international event in the Indigenous education movement, drawing Indigenous representatives from across the world to share successes and strategies for culturally grounded education.
This year’s event offers an exciting Indigenous education program featuring eight keynote presentations and more than 300 interactive workshops, along with networking, yarning circles, master classes and an associated rich and diverse cultural program.
In addition, those attending in person will have opportunity to sample a fantastic array of South Australian produce, with Adelaide Convention Centre’s kitchen team creating a bespoke menu highlighting local native Australian foods.
Adelaide Convention Centre general manager Martin Radcliffe said the Centre was very proud to be chosen as the host venue for this important event.
“WIPCE 2022 is the perfect event to herald the return of major international conventions to Adelaide. Not only will it deliver significant benefit to our community and economy, it is also a major platform from which to showcase South Australia’s rich Indigenous heritage, culture and knowledge with a global audience of Indigenous citizens,” Radcliffe said.
WIPCE 2022 is just one of 71 major conferences secured at Adelaide Convention Centre for the 2022-23 financial year to date. Collectively, these events are forecast to bring an estimated 36,780 interstate and international visitors to Adelaide, injecting more than $205 million in economic benefit into the local economy—a record for the Adelaide Convention Centre.
WIPCE 2022 is supported by the South Australian Government and hosted by the Tauondi Aboriginal College and the South Australian Aboriginal Education and Training Consultative Council (SAAETCC).
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