This Is Where G20 Will Meet In Brisbane
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre is selected as the hosting venue for the 2014 G-20 Australia summit.
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre is selected as the hosting venue for the 2014 G-20 Australia summit.
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) is selected as the hosting venue for the 2014 G-20 Australia summit. Up to 4,000 delegates are expected to attend with around 2,500 media representatives.
The building cost $170 million and was completed in May 1995. The design of an expansion to BCEC on Grey Street was approved in 2007. It cost $140 million and was funded by the Queensland Government. The five-level expansion has 25,000m? of floorspace and includes two auditoria for 400 and 600 with accompanying foyer space, speakers¡¯ facilities, and private boardrooms.
The building is 450 metres in length, 120 m wide and 24 m high. The complex roof design is based on five hyperbolic paraboloids. The building is stabilised by concrete shear walls and clad in steel.
BCEC hosts events such as the Brisbane International Boat Show, graduation ceremonies for Griffith University and Southbank Institute of Technology, art shows, charity events, The Annual Stefan Hair Fashion Spectacular and the International Water Congress.
The BCEC and Brisbane will also host The International Conference for Tropical Medicine and Malaria in 2016 which is set to attract 3000 delegates and is estimated to bring $9 million into the economy.