Nick Bartlett is a professional Host, MC and facilitator who has worked across Australia and overseas. Throughout his career he’s Zumba’d with Dame Edna, cycled with Cadel Evans, made 10,000 friends at the Colour Run and hosted everything from conferences to awards nights to product launches for some of Australia’s biggest brands.

Patrizia has been the Managing Director of AIM Congress Dept of AIM Group International for the past 16 years and she is actually Vice-President for AIM Group International.

She has been President of IAPCO and a member of the IAPCO Training Academy and she also teaches tourism management and marketing at the Universities of Economics of Rome and Milan. She also serves as co-Chair of INCON. (Global Partnership also in Conferences and Events). The medical-scientific world has always been the focal point of Patrizia, nevertheless the Group diversification into other market segments has reached new heights. The full management of congresses, meetings and events on behalf of associations, corporations and institutions is the Group’s core business which employs more than 350 permanent staff in 17 cities worldwide.

As a volunteer leader Patrizia is Secretary General of Fimac, the International Foundation Doctors for Central Africa, which is a non profit organization that aims to improve the health conditions of people in Central Africa through cooperative humanitarian projects.

Dr. Vanessa Findlay is a highly experienced and well-respected professional within government, the public and private sectors. She is Principal at BGE, and is Counsel House’s service partner. Vanessa has been a Ministerial Chief of Staff in the Turnbull Government in the trade, tourism and international education portfolios.

She has a history of almost 20 years in the Australian Public Service including as Division Head looking after trade and market access in the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. She was a lead negotiator for Australia’s agriculture exports, the Australian Government’s Chief Biosecurity Officer, and media spokesman on biosecurity. Vanessa has a PhD in immunology.