ONOC to host 43rd Annual General Assembly and Step Up Oceania Conference in Brisbane
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) will host their 43rd Annual General Assembly and a week-long of associated events in Brisbane, Australia, from 17 to 21 April 2023 at the Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel.
The event is jointly coordinated by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), as ONOC member and host National Olympic Committee (NOC).
Ian Chesterman, the AOC President, said, “We are honoured to host our colleagues from ONOC and across the Oceania region in Brisbane for their annual meetings and conference.”
“This gathering will provide an opportunity for the AOC to further strengthen its ties with its neighbours in Oceania,” Chesterman added.
“Step Up Oceania” Conference
A prominent feature for the week will be the “Step Up Oceania” Conference, which will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 April.
A part of “Creating the Home Games Advantage”, the conference objective is to inspire key stakeholders from the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and Australia, across National Olympic Committees (NOCs), National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), regional sport federations, and critical stakeholders from government, tertiary institutions, high performance centres, and potential partners and supporters.
”Step Up Oceania” will bring together over 250 delegates in an important communication and engagement platform to explore key issues, good practises, and the latest innovations across high performance, coaching, sport science, and talent identification, with a view to transforming Oceania’s athletic performances on the road to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Dr. Robin Mitchell, President of ONOC and President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), said that the conference serves as an important forum to engage with leading high-performance experts, build strong alliances, and create key strategic actions to help create the”Home Games Advantage” on the road to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games for Oceania.
“ONOC strongly believes that Brisbane 2032 must go beyond inspiration and must be remembered as the Games that gave the Pacific Islands a new way of thinking, a new level of outcomes, and a new level of performance that had never been seen before,” President Mitchell said.
The inaugural conference will see participation from 17 NOCs from Oceania (15 from the Pacific Island nations), five associate members, international and regional sports federations, host National Olympic and Paralympic committees, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Olympic Solidarity, ANOC, Commonwealth Sports and Commonwealth Games Australia, the Pacific Games Council, international and regional partners and agencies, South East Queensland academic institutions, and many others.
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