Features & Benefits
Maintenance and reliability practitioners in the know have come to rely on MAINSTREAM as the place to keep up with new strategies, solutions, tools and technologies. MAINSTREAM 2008 featured hands-on professionals from a wide range of organisations giving participants powerful solutions and a plan of action demonstrating that what you learn is possible!
Having celebrated its 13th year of commitment to your industry,
Mainstream is the most popular gathering place for the Australian maintenance and asset management community:
- REFERENCE POINT for maintenance best practice and performance improvement and the SOURCE OF INNOVATION
- ANNUAL NETWORKING AND CASE STUDY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION HELD IN AUSTRALIA to embrace the aims and aspirations of professionals across Australia
- Effective STRATEGIES, METHODOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES to fuel success in maintenance and asset management
- DESIGNED BY PRACTITIONERS FOR PRACTITIONERS in the quest for excellence and outstanding results
- industry meeting place that STIMULATES DIALOGUE, NETWORKING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING like no other
- WARTS AND ALL' CONFERENCE PROGRAM of leading edge learning and 'war stories' presented by practitioners prepared to share their real life experiences and discoveries
- INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION SHOWCASING BEST-OF-BREED solutions, systems and technologies to power performance, progress and practice
- VALUABLE MAINTENANCE MARKETPLACE OF ACTION AND TRANSACTION sponsored and supported by market leaders
- SOCIAL HIGHLIGHT on the maintenance calendar where delegates relax, relate and have fun
- FORWARD FOCUSED 'COMPASS' showing where the industry is heading. Helping you plan and navigate your future course of action and initiative.
Networking
“Mainstream” is the meeting place for Maintenance and Reliability decision makers, experts and solution providers eager to share common challenges, experiences and success stories.
Like-minded managers and professionals with one thing in common: making the most out of your
Maintenance business for the good of the team, the organisation, customers and community. There is much interaction and exchange:
Pre-conference drinks on Sunday to break the ice and get the show on the road. To get a feel of the event, the people and what you're in for. To rub shoulder with fellow delegates, experts and speakers.
Networking Cocktail Party on Monday evening where the ideas, food and fun flow. Where you meet and share. Where you catch up with familiar faces. Where new friendships and alliances are formed.
Connecting at lunches and teas all served on site alongside the exhibition for maximum contact and close proximity to what counts: the solutions, tools and services you can discover, debate and decide.
Complimentary meeting rooms are popular meeting points for getting the right people together and doing business. They are available to you to have meetings with your team, solutions providers, customers or consultants.
Speakers Corner, a place to gather round and pick the brains of the experts. Discuss your challenges. Ask the difficult questions. Hear at first hand what the speakers think. Enjoy the interchange in casual conversation.
Insights, Inspiration & Innovation
Insights
Insightful learning, ideas and know how are at the heart of MAINSTREAM. Conference content is developed under the experienced eye and valuable input of an Advisory Committee, convened by Eventful Management with these imperatives:
- Committee members - seasoned practitioners and professionals selected for their area of specialty and experience
- Qualifications - insights and knowledge of specialists who know who's who, what’s happening, what's working and what's not
- Feedback - the collective wisdom of the committee is amplified by insights from industry focus groups undertaken by Eventful Management across Australia
- Evaluations - insights from the comments and evaluations sought from every MAINSTREAM participant
Through this thorough and dedicated process, you are assured of content that is topical, informative, at the leading edge and up to the minute - year after year. Every ‘MAINSTREAMER’ gets the very latest in trends, technologies and solutions to help drive their business and bottom line.
Inspiration
Maintenance Professionals who know and experience the spirit and passion of MAINSTREAM will tell you about the inspiration they have received. Inspiration is the dynamic ‘DNA’ of MAINSTREAM and it is generated by:
- Visionary keynote speakers
- Path finding presentations
- Revealing, candid case studies
- Peer-to-peer networking
Innovation
Innovation is the driver of continuous improvement and advancement of sustainable performance. Innovation enabling you to make the most of your resources and energies - and do more with less. That is why innovation is a powerful current that runs right through the bloodstream of MAINSTREAM. These are the MAINSTREAM ‘assets’ that build and motivate its pre-eminent position; why MAINSTREAM consistently achieves extremely enthusiastic scores in evaluations by delegates; why practitioners return year after year to be recharged and enthused.
