Synergy Unleashed: Celebrating the Conclusion of a Successful Journey
The RIMPA community has further blossomed this year at the convention held on the gorgeous Gold Coast at one of my favourite venues the RACV Royal Pines Resort.
Over 500 people were in attendance over the 4 days where we really unraveled the synergy between information, records and data management not just for government-based organisations but also the playing field within the private sector.
With over 116 sessions to choose from in the program provided more than enough education content for all attendees to sink their teeth in to gaining insightful, thought provoking and occasionally controversial futuristic processes that some in attendance may have had difficulty digesting.
For the first time in the 38-year history of RIMPA’s annual convention, we introduced a new segment into the program which I am sure will now be seen as one of the best starts to a convention with all of our sponsors and exhibitors going head-to-head in a one-minute showdown in our Pitch Perfect Vendor Showcase! This stimulated attendees to gravitate towards to the vendors during the first break of day one!! Kapish emerged as the triumphant winner (refer to the attached photo) and are set to create history as the inaugural name engraved on the perpetual trophy, marking a historic achievement.
Gus Balbontin was our Wednesday opening keynote, who delivered a futuristic and realistic perspective on how we are being pulled into the future and that we needed to be prepared if not open to what is ahead of us!
The Black-Tie Gala Dinner and Company awards night was truly spectacular! The awards ceremony was magnificent with us celebrating the achievements of our 2022, 2023 award winners as well as the induction of 3 legends into the Hall of Fame. It was a night to remember, and we will bring you more highlights from this in the iQ magazine.
Our relationships with our global connects spiraled into another realm with special guests Michael Haley, Tricia Smith, Ryan Zilm and other international visitors from Archive360 and Preservica discovering the vibe and pride that we have as a community here at RIMPA Global.
From the chatter within the convention space, we managed to not only align our learning with the theme of the convention Success Through Synergy but we were also able to achieve so much more with almost everyone in agreeance from sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and delegates – that THIS convention was truly the BEST ever yet!!
With over 1476 business cards exchanged over the convention, the entire team here at RIMPA Global are so proud of the community that has grown over the last few years. The pride, recognition and sense of achievements and championing of one another whether you are new to the industry, or a seasoned professional was awe inspiring.
To top this all off ‘Otto the Owl’ made an appearance throughout the convention and made sure that everyone was having a good time!!
We can not wait to bring you the 39th convention next year!! New dates 3-6 September in Adelaide! Mark these dates in your calendar and speak to your boss today about making sure that the convention is in your departments budget for 2024!!!
If you missed the highlights of each day make sure you watch the reels from each day!
To check out all of the fun from the BEST Convention ever view the photos taken here.
A HUGE shout out to all of our sponsors, who without their support we would not be able to put on such an incredible event to showcase our industry experts, talent and thought leaders and of course YOU our members, attendees and special guests!
For those who missed it, check out the closing speech from Karen Andrews below:
See you next year!