From local content discussions in the final session to a look at international bus and coach trends, the BIC Conference in Hobart last week provided a comprehensive wrap for the industry.
A busy three days saw the annual national conference of the Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) discuss a range of pressing talking points and introduce an international flavour to topics.
Held last week at Hobart’s Hotel Grand Chancellor, the conference program officially kicked off on Thursday following a range of meetings held the day prior.
In the aftermath of Wednesday night’s Volvo Welcome Reception, attendees were greeted by the BIC auction bus and car out the front of the hotel, with the Volvo/Irizar bus gleaming in the Hobart sun while the BYD Dolphin 6 also enticed many.
The official conference opening saw BIC Chair Tony Hopkins introduce the attendees before Simon Kuestenmacher of The Demographics Group provided an interesting data driven insight into the habits of public transport passengers in Australia…
