AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Member of the Export Council of Australia 2003 Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Launch May 2003

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Agenda Highlights of 2002 Program 2003 Program Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Highlights in Record 99 entries+ 24.0% - Record 670 launch participants+ 36.6% - Record 575 Awards Guests+ 14.0% - Record 5 National Winners % Highest level of Media Coverage EVER

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Objectives for Entries Launch Participants Award Guests550 - National Winners4

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Objectives for and beat bl..dy Queensland

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Key Category Targets - Arts & Entertainment - Services - Information & Communications Technology - Regional - Inbound Tourism

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Four good reasons to enter….

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Recognition

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Reward

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Review

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Results

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards All Resmed staff, from its 150 research engineers, through production operators, to senior management, are committed to maintain world leadership in technology, and to advance sales in export markets in 60 countries Receipt of the Australian Exporter of the Year award for 2002 was a welcome and satisfying recognition of their achievements. It has been a reassurance to our customers, and a stimulus to future marketing efforts” Dr Chris Roberts, Executive Director Resmed

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards  Agribusiness  Arts & Entertainment  Education  Emerging Exporter  Information & Communications Technology  Inbound Tourism  Regional Exporter  Large Advanced Manufacturer  Minerals & Energy  Services  Small to Medium Manufacturer Categories for all types of Business

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Special Awards for New South Wales  NSW Asian Exporter of the Year  Highest Growth in Exports through Sydney Ports  Excellence in Food Export Marketing  Excellence in Exporting to Britain  NSW Best Application of R&D in Export  NSW Young Exporter of the Year  Australian Institute of Export UPS Scholarship

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Typical Questions  What about confidentiality ?  Do I have to be big to win ?  What are the judges looking for ?  Who will be judging ?

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Timetable  Entries open today  Regional “road show” June - July  Entries close 29th August  Judging September  Presentation dinner 23rd October

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Enquiries  Edwina ‘hot line’  …all information can be obtained electronically

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Summary Recognition, for your region,industry, business & export Reward, your staff, your customers Review, your business Results, to build your export business …and for export service providers, Make your clients winners!!!

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Thank you to our sponsors for your support of export

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards  NSW Department of State & Regional Development  Austrade  AusIndustry  Australian Business Limited  Australia Post  NSW Department of Commerce  Export Finance & Insurance Corporation - National Food Industry Strategy  HSBC  P & O Nedlloyd  Sydney Ports Corporation  Tourism NSW  Tuckwells Trade Logistics Personnel  UPS  Welsh Development Agency  Westpac Our Awards Sponsors

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Our Corporate Partners  Air & Sea Freight Councils of NSW  AQIS  Norton White  Exportise  Palamedia  State Chamber of Commerce (NSW)  Tradegate ECA

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF EXPORT …Driving Export Excellence Premier’s NSW Exporter of the Year Awards Thank you and Good Luck