Meet some Ambassadors


Ambassadors are leaders in their field of expertise and work closely with Business Events Sydney (BESydney) to secure events for the city. They are a vital part of raising the profile of Sydney as an international event destination.


Ambassadors are chosen from a wide range of disciplines including the medicine, science, agriculture, arts, business, university and government sectors.


Read our Ambassador profiles by clicking on their name below.

  • Ms Johanna Adriaanse – Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney
    International Working Group on Women and Sport, 2010
  • Professor Mark Baker – Professor of Proteomics, Macquarie University
    9th Annual World Congress of the Human Proteome Organisation, 2010
  • Dr Noel Barton AM – Managing Director, Sunoba Pty Ltd
    International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2003
  • Dr Graeme Batley – Chief Research Scientist, Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO
    5th World Congress of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2008
  • Professor David Black AO – Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of New South Wales
    International Congress on Heterocyclic Chemistry for Sydney, 2007
  • Mr Bill Bowtell AO – Pacific Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
    4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
  • Professor John Boyages – Director, Macquarie Cancer Institute and Professor of Breast Oncology
    Sydney International Breast Cancer Congress 2012
  • Professor William Carroll – Head of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
    18th World Congress of Neurology, 2005
  • Mr Joe Catanzariti – Partner, Clayton Utz
    World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, 2009
    International Bar Association (IBA), 2017
  • Professor Ian Caterson AM – Boden Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Sydney
    International Congress on Obesity, 2006
  • Professor Jeremy Chapman OAM – Director, Renal and Urology Unit, Westmead Hospital
    XXII International Congress of the Transplantation Society, 2008
    12th Congress of the International Society for Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP)
    9th International Donor Registry Conference 2012
  • Mr Fred Chilton – Partner, Emil Ford Lawyers
    International Bar Association (IBA), 2017
  • Mr Sean Clancy – CEO, Transfusion Limited
    Global Leadership Conference of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) and World Presidents Organisation (WPO), 2008
  • Scientia Professor David Cooper AO – Director, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales
    International AIDS Society Congress on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 2007
  • Professor John Daly – Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte – CEO, National Information and Communications Technology Australia (NICTA)
    Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) Conference, 2012
  • Dr Elizabeth Farrell AM – Head of the Menopause Unit, Monash Medical Centre
    4th Scientific Meeting of the Asia Pacific Menopause Federation, 2010
  • Professor John FletcherAssociate Dean of Surgical Sciences, University of Sydney
    World Congress of the International Union of Angiology 2014
  • Dr Elliot Gilbert FRSA RPMProject Leader, Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
    XV International Conference on Small Angle Scattering, 2012
  • Mr Paul Harcombe – Chief Surveyor, Land and Property Management Authority, New South Wales
    International Federation of Surveyors Congress, 2010 
  • Dr Caroline Hong – CEO, SME Association of Australia
    12th World Congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 2009
  • Mr Jon Hutchison AM – Business Events and Tourism Consultant, Dyland Pty Ltd
  • Professor Levon Khachigian – Director, Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales
    XX Congress of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2005 and the International Vascular Biology Meeting, 2008
  • Mr Hael Kobayashi – Creative Industries Innovation Centre, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Mr Paul Levins – President, Intellectual Ventures Australia and New Zealand
    Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Meeting 35, 2009
  • Dr William Lynch – Urologist, St George Medical Centre
    Congress Organising Committee, Societe Internationale D’Urologie
  • Mr Luc MaeneDirector General, International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA)
    International Fertilizer Association Annual Conference, 2015
  • Professor Peter Maitz AM – Medical Director, Burns Unit, Concord Hospital
    Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries
  • Professor Ron McCallum AO – Professor Emeritus, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
    XIX World Congress of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law, 2009 
  • Mr Ian McDonnell – Former Senior Lecturer, School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, University of Technology, Sydney
    Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, 2007 
  • Professor Paul Munroe – Director, Electron Microscope Unit (EMU), University of New South Wales
    International Microscopy Congress
  • Dr Ian Oppermann – Director, Digital Productivity and Services Flagship, CSIRO
  • Mr Barry J Palmer AM – Chair of Local Host Committee, Lions Australia
    Lions International Convention, 2010 
  • Scientia Professor Deo Prasad – Program Director, Master of Built Environment, University of New South Wales
    Asia Pacific Regional International Solar Energy Society Conference, 2008 
  • Professor Simon Ringer Director, Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney
    International Microscopy Congress
  • Professor Farzad Safaei – Professor of Telecommunications Engineering and Managing Director of ICT Research Institute, University of Wollongong
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Communications, 2014
  • Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla – Director, Sustainable Materials Research and Technology at the University of New South Wales
    International Symposium on Sustainable Ironmaking, 2006
  • Dr David Schell – Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, The Westmead Children's Hospital
    World Congress of Pediatric Critical Care, 2011
  • Professor Erik Schlögl – Director, Quantitative Finance Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney
    World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society, 2012 
  • Professor Susan Scott – Deaprtment of Quantum Science, Australian National University
    18th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation and the 7th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves
  • Dr Diane Sheehan – Australian Veterinary Association
  • Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons – Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre for Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, University of New South Wales
  • Dr Bruce Spivey – President, International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
  • Sarah StewartInternational Business Development Manager, Touch Media Shanghai
  • Professor Ron Trent – Director, Department of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    Human Genome Meeting, 2012
  • Mr Panos Tzivanidis – Head of Travel and Conferences, Union of European Football Association (UEFA)
  • Mr Timothy Walker AM – Chief Executive and Artistic Director, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Professor Gordon Wallace – Executive Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
  • Professor Richard Walsh – Adjunct Associate Professor Anaesthesia, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, 1996
  • Dr Ian Watson – Australian Society of Orthodontists
    Scientific Program Committee, 7th International Orthodontic Congress, 2010
  • Mr Ben Watts – Chairman of the World Sheep and Wool Council
    World Wool and Sheep Congress
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