ADX Sydney Update

We currently have 6051 delegate registrations (4324 at the same time in 2020)

(NSW: 79%, VIC: 8%, QLD: 6%, Other: 7%) and 191 exhibitors confirmed for ADX Sydney.

Severe Weather and Flooding Support for Small Businesses

New South Wales:

Assistance is being provided to the following 45 local government areas in NSW through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA):

• Armidale, Bayside, Ballina, Bega, Bellingen, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Byron, Camden, Campbelltown, Clarence Valley, Canterbury-Bankstown, Central Coast, Coffs Harbour, Eurobodalla, Fairfield, Georges River, Glen Innes Severn, Hastings, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Inner West, Kempsey, Kiama, Ku-rin-gai, Kyogle, Lismore, Liverpool, Mid Coast, Nambucca, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Parramatta, Penrith, Port Macquarie/Hastings, Richmond, Ryde, Shellharbour, Sutherland, Tenterfield, The Hills,Tweed, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly and Wollongong.

Queensland:

The payments are being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) for eligible applicants in the 19 local government areas of:

• Brisbane, Fraser Coast, Gladstone, Gold Coast, Goondiwindi, Gympie, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Moreton Bay, Noosa, North Burnett, Redland, Scenic Rim, Somerset, South Burnett, Southern Downs, Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba

The support package includes:

• $50,000 grants to assist small business and not-for-profit organisations that have suffered direct damage from the event.

Latest NSW COVID-19 News - a boost to consumer confidence

• Working from home orders will be scrapped and left to “employer’s discretion”
• QR Code check-ins will only be required for nightclubs and music festivals with more than 1000 attendees
• Density limits in hospitality settings will be lifted
• Singing and dancing will be allowed at all venues

• Face masks will only be compulsory on public transport, planes, airports, hospitals, prisons, and disability and aged care facilities. Masks will still be recommended for other indoor settings.
• The 20,000-person capacity of music festivals will be removed, with singing and dancing permitted

Seeing the stabilisation of COVID cases over the last couple of weeks indicates to the public that we are tracking well and should see a further boost in confidence.

COVID Safe Preparation for ADX Sydney 2022

ADIA will notify ADX Sydney attendees that:

• They will not be admitted to ADX Sydney if they have any COVID symptoms
• They should reconsider their attendance at ADX Sydney if they fall into any of the high-risk groupings of age over 85, obesity, diabetes and cardio-respiratory diseases.

Anyone attending ADX Sydney in any capacity will need to fill out a declaration that:

• They are double-vaccinated
• They have no COVID symptoms
• If they become a close contact or develop COVID symptoms, they will immediately report to the ADX Sydney organisers (ADIA)

ADIA will Supply Rapid Antigen Tests to all ADX Sydney exhibitors:

• ADIA is sending each exhibitor sufficient Rapid Antigen Tests so that each registered exhibition staff member can test themselves each day that they are going to be on-site
• Tests will be sent out over the next two weeks
• Please ensure that you have registered all of your staff via the exhibitor portal by Friday 25th February, so that we can issue the correct number of tests to your company
• We highly recommend exhibitor staff complete the test daily at home or in their hotel room, before entering the exhibition

ADIA will Implement internal control measures that comply with current NSW government control measures:

• Hand washing guidelines will be published in handwashing areas
• Hand sanitiser stations will be installed throughout the hall - thanks to Whiteley
• Masks are recommended for indoor settings but are not compulsory. ADIA is providing free face masks - thanks to Medicom, for those who wish to wear them
• Maintain physical distancing in small, enclosed spaces
• Exhibitors are encouraged to disinfect benches and flat surfaces (including any touch screens) regularly
• ADIA and venue staff will be attending to surfaces such as registrations screes and flat surfaces in shared areas like the cafes

NSW Government guidelines are subject to change and precautions will be updated accordingly

ADX Sydney 2022

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