Held in Sydney for the third time since its inception, SIBOS, the key financial services conference and exhibition was presented at the International Convention Centre, Sydney from 22 to 25 October. Celebrating 40 years of innovation in 2018, the event attracted over 7500 delegates from around the globe.
The overarching theme was ‘Enabling the digital economy’ and the programme canvassed topics such as how data, AI and robotics are driving service innovation and business model renewal; new paradigms and technologies for information sharing to tackle financial crime; tackling the widening cyber security challenge in the digital economy and adapting to evolving geopolitical and regulatory priorities.
ExpoNet, the official supplier to SIBOS, was selected to deliver premium design, project management and build services at the conference and exhibition. Amongst the myriad of products and services provided, ExpoNet successfully implemented furniture and styling, exhibition design and build, staging, flooring, custom stand design and build, rigging, graphic design and signage production and feature areas build.
The convention and exhibition occupied the entire facilities at ICC Sydney heavily utilising Level 1 and Level 4’s dedicated exhibition space. Over 215 exhibitors imprinted upon the event floor plan at SIBOS. Custom stands featured prominently on the exhibition floor. ExpoNet’s in-house teams delivered a range of custom solutions for key brands and organisations such as Hewlett-Packard, Finextra, Banco Safra, BNP Paribas, Nelito, Premium Technology, Red Hat, i-exceed technology solutions, MUFG - Bank of Tokyo, Raiffeisen, SMBC and the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Working with SIBOS’s event branding elements, a significant aspect of the delivery was the provision of custom build throughout both exhibition floors, such as the Connect Garden, Discover Zone and others.
The team behind the exhibition and venue fit out solutions for major international conventions events such as the G20 Leaders’ Summit and ASEAN-Australia Special Summit have here delivered SIBOS to an extremely high level prompting positive reports from the client.