Due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, the organisers of foodpro2021 have postponed the event to 10-13 October, 2021. With the event due to start in just four weeks, foodpro event manager Melissa Clendinen said the recent developments and ongoing uncertainty, forced the difficult decision.
Foodpro2021 was due to run at Sydney Showground from 25-28 July, after being cancelled last year due to the pandemic. Usually held every three years, it is the food and beverage manufacturing sector’s largest opportunity to come together to collaborate, launch new products, showcase the latest technology, and attend specialist seminars.
“The COVID-19 situation in New South Wales and Sydney is rapidly unfolding. The health and safety of our community and limiting the threat of exposure was our greatest consideration,” Clendinen said in an email to exhibitors earlier today.
The decision was not made lightly but had to be made as exhibitors started to ramp up their own event planning timelines.
“We are deeply aware of the importance of the event to the industry and believe that postponement is the most appropriate action to set the event up for success and deliver return on investment for our exhibitors and sponsors,” she said.
The event organisers have given exhibitors and sponsors a range of options:
a) transferring stand booking to the foodpro event later in the year;
b) moving stand booking to foodpro 2023; or
c) providing bespoke solutions tailored to your needs.
Existing exhibitors are being contacted directly with more detailed information on these options.
In the meantime, we bring you the Food & Drink Business Foodpro Lockdown Special. Formerly known merely as the bumper foodpro preview feature in our just released June issue, you can now read all about what to look forward to in October as well as what some of Australia's leading food and beverage manufacturing companies are bringing to the industry table. You can read it all here.
