• FRDC Marquee in prime position at Festival site on Harbour Day for promotion situated on the lower deck area overlooking the Harbour. Infrastructure provided includes a 3x3m marquee, trestle tables and power.
• Branding at event - highly visible to all 5,000+ patrons
• Online Festival Program Guide
• Website profile with links to website and socials
• Logo representation on all posters, flyers, program and website as a festival partner
• Reference to your brand in a paid social media campaign
• Acknowledgement from festival MCs Richard Cornish and Hilary McNevin as festival partner
• Rights to use Apollo Bay Seafood Festival logo on all promotions
• Branding exposure at the main festival entry (signage & flags - sponsor to provide) plus across numerous places around the festival site
• Education centre in-situ plus the availability of any FRDC branded products
• Poster artwork for release in Melbourne to include FRDC logo, plus social media posts
• Logo credit on pull-up banner which will be situated at the entrance to the Festival (or side of stage) plus will be in-situ at the Conversations event on the Sunday.
• FRDC will have access for future publicity purposes to a range of photos taken by our freelance professional photographer.

HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES:

1. 2 x VIP invitations to launch Friday 17th & 2 invites to VIP Closing Event Sunday 19th February
2. 10 x entry passes to Harbour Day for staff and friends

Two levels of bursary will be provided. The main bursary will fund the full attendance costs of emerging leaders (excluding some opt-in activities), with a smaller bursary to support the attendance of existing leaders.

Pre-Conference social gathering and networking:
Conference mentors will create a private social media group with successful applicants to begin introductions and create a casual ‘hub’ for contact and socialising. Mentors will initiate and prompt engagement within the group to build rapport. Closer to the conference, the group will meet online prior for a more formal introduction, led by mentors. In this meeting, attendees will:
-Will briefly introduce themselves (ideally with a recent brag photo/clip) and give an overview of their rec fishing environment, including an example of a conference theme they think they/their area do well and another they see as needing improvement.
-Identify keynote speakers or high-profile conference attendees that they would particularly like to engage with.
-Discuss how they can make the most of the conference, both individually and as a group. This will include developing strategies to maximise group coverage of the conference, means of comparing notes (OneNote etc) and the kind of outputs they think would benefit the broader rec fishing community.
-work with mentors to develop a conference action plan, encompassing all the above discussion.

This will be used by mentors and organizers to frame up attendee activities and help facilitate networking events during the conference.

During conference
Delegates will be tasked broadly with:
-Participating in the program and associated events and meetings (following pre-conference co-development with mentors as above).
-Completing pre-work assigned by mentors to ensure they get the most out of participation.
-Demonstrate initiative to grow their networks by directly engaging key conference delegates.
-Collaboratively recording insights from participation for use in developing key outputs (see Post conference below).
-Develop/extend communications outputs to help those not able to attend the event to understand key insights.

Post conference
Delegates will
-Reflect on pre-conference expectations and goals, and identify future actions for further professional growth.
-Contribute towards development of a shared formal synthesis report, that summarises key insights, opportunities for adoption in an Australian context, and strategic gaps.
-Meet with ARFF/FRDC Research subcommittee to share insights and inform future prioritisation discussions.
-Evaluate results from extension of communication outputs developed and disseminated by the group.