Adelaide Convention Centre attracted a record number of delegates for Land Forces 2016, with 13,451 global delegates coming through the doors of the Centre over three days (September 6 – 8).
The Land Forces attendance record saw defence industry representatives from 23 countries converging on Adelaide for the nation’s premier land defence exhibition.
Twenty-two of the world’s armies were also represented through attendance at the Chiefs of Armies Exercise, with 16 countries sending their Chiefs of Army or Senior Army Commander.
The biennial event took over the entire Centre with the bump-in of the largest exhibition ever held at the venue requiring 155 semi-trailers and trucks to deliver the state-of-the-art land warfare exhibits and technologies.
More than 500 exhibitors from 23 countries were represented at the international trade exhibition which occupied the Centre’s entire ground floor and foyers.
Land Forces 2016 is expected to have injected more than $16 million into the state’s economy and showcased South Australia’s defence sector.
Visitors and conference delegates spent more than 3,000 bed nights at local Adelaide hotels.
