Meetings & Events Australia (MEA) has unveiled the 2022 MEA Mentor Program, which will connect event professionals across the country to share and enhance skills, expertise and career progression prospects.
Designed to assist the industry’s up and comers growth as event professionals, mentees will be matched with industry stalwart mentors who’ll provide counsel and learning opportunities over a three-month period.
An online hosted platform will again be used this year to ensure a premium level of interaction, tracking and valuable resources is provided for participants. The programme is supported by Tourism Australi
Robin Mack, executive general manager, commercial & Business Events Australia at Tourism Australia, said: “Business Events Australia is proud to once again be the major partner of the MEA Mentor Program for 2022.
With Australia reopening its borders to quarantine-free travel from February 21, it is critical to continue to support the future development of our industry, to ensure Australia continues to deliver high calibre business events and remains a competitive business events destination internationally.”
Eligibility to participate as a mentee is restricted to MEA members (either Corporate or Individual). The programme will run from April 2022 to June 2022. Events sector professionals interested in being either a mentee or mentor should email an expression of interest to MEA via cwatson@mea.org.au before March 21, 2022.
