ASN Events

ASN Events provides Training Conference Education Networking, organising professional conferences, exhibitions and hybrid events across Australia from Melbourne, with more than 35 years in operation and over 1,800 conferences delivered.

• Each year it processes more than 25,000 delegates, manages more than $22 million in client funds and raises over $7 million in sponsorship.
• Certified Event Manager (CEM) company through the Professional Conference Organisers Association of Australia; founder Mike Pickford sits on the Business Events Council of Australia and the PCOA Council.
• Named client work includes the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency annual conference, with 993 participants in 2023, and the World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2024 in Melbourne, with more than 1,250 participants, 200 speakers and 46 sessions.
• A team of 42 staff spans projects, sponsorship, associations, finance and operations, delivering events in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Cairns and the Gold Coast.

Best for: associations, universities and government bodies that need an accredited organiser to run a national conference with education and networking programs end-to-end.

ASN Events also supports Safety Conference Education Networking, managing national conferences for mental health and wellbeing bodies, including Suicide Prevention Australia.

• Delivered the National Suicide Prevention Conference 2025 in Perth for Suicide Prevention Australia, a four-day event with record attendance of more than 900 delegates, under a contract held since 2024.
• Programming included keynote addresses, sector workshops, roundtables, poster sessions and wellness activities.
• Hybrid delivery extends reach; the 2023 TEQSA conference combined 745 in-person attendees with 248 virtual participants.

Best for: peak bodies planning a national safety, wellbeing or suicide prevention conference needing professional organisation and sponsorship management.