Social program

Icebreaker

Tuesday 28 July, 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm
Hadley’s Orient Hotel, 34 Murray Street, Hobart city centre

Join fellow Forum attendees for drinks and canapes in a hotel built by convict labour in 1834 and boasting strong links with Hobart’s Antarctic history.  In 1911 Antarctic explorer Dr Douglas Mawson briefed his fellow expeditioners at a lunch at Hadley’s prior to departure for Antarctica.  Then in 1912 Norwegian Polar explorer Roald Amundsen bunkered in at Hadley’s immediately after his return from his ground breaking journey to the South Pole.

Delegate tickets are included in registration.  Guest tickets available at a cost of $60 for the icebreaker and $100 for the dinner.

Forum Dinner

Wednesday 29 July, 7.00 pm
Hobart Function & Conference Centre, Elizabeth Street Pier, Hobart waterfront

Join delegates in this venue, situated on Elizabeth Street Pier, spanning 100m out over the River Derwent in the centre of Hobart’s bustling waterfront community.

Delegate tickets are included in registration.  Guest tickets available at a cost of $100.