Australia’s conference for event professionals, Evolve, will take place in Melbourne, 1 July, Melbourne supported by major partners, Melbourne Convention Bureau, Accor and EventsAIR. The conference theme this year is ‘ Building Confidence through Best Practice’ and content has been developed, organisers said, from feedback taken from an industry survey conducted by MEA in December 2020. Now in its 37th year, the Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) industry association’s one-day event will be hosted at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins and include 18 plenary and concurrent sessions, including a welcome networking function the evening prior. Satellite venues will support in Sydney and Brisbane, along with a virtual hub through the