Australian Canvas and Synthetic Products Association

The Victorian Member meeting has been rescheduled and is now due to take place on Thursday 22 April 2010. Please mark this date in your calendar and keep an eye out for further details as the date approaches.

The QLD Member meeting has been rescheduled and is now due to take place on Tuesday 20 April 2010.  Please mark this date in your diary. Further details will be available closer to the date.

The NSW Member meeting has been rescheduled and is now due to take place Monday 19 April 2010 at TAFE NSW Ultimo Campus. This is a great opportunity not only to meet others who do what you do but also to take a look a the training facilites on offer for trainees is textile fabrication.

TAFE WA Balga Campus now has a completely purpose built facility for training in textile fabrication. Come and see the new facility, tour the premises and find out more about trainining in the industry. 

The tour is due to take place in the morning on November 18 2009 - further details to follow soon.  this event is open to Members, non Members, trainees and students.

LSAA 2009 Conference and Design Awards

“Technology and Sustainability Applications in Lightweight Structures”A two day Conference which highlights the advances and practical use of newtechnologies, materials and sustainability principles for Lightweight Structures.

Thursday/Friday October 29/30 2009The Arts Centre100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria

For further information go to  http://www.lsaa.org

This year's Perth Member meting will be taking place at the All Seasons Hotel, 15 Robinson Ave, Northbridge.

The format has changes slightly this year with the meeting starting at 8.30am over breakfast and finishin just after lunch at 1.30pm.

Our speaker for this meeting is Roger Stapleford from Small Business Solutions. Come along and hear Roger speak about Business planning - who, why, when and what's in it.

Date of meeting: Tuesday 4th august 2009

Time: 8.30am to 1.30pm

Where: All Seasons Hotel, 15 Robinson Ave, Northbridge

Please confirm your attendance by phoning the ACASPA office on 03 9593 9733 or by downloading the fax form and after completing return to the ACASPA office

All Members are invited to attend the Adelaide Member meeting taking place this year at the Mercure Grand hotel in Adelaide on Monday 3rd August 2009.

A slight change to this years meeting time will enable all Members to start the day with a networkign breakfast before hearing Anne McCutcheon from Enterprise Care speak about some of the issues facing small businesses today - tax, employment, marketing and customer contact.

Meeting time: 8.30am to 1.30pm

Where: Mercure Grand Hotel, 125 North Tce, Adelaide

To confirm your attendance please contac the ACASPA office or complete the fax confirmation form and return tot he ACASPA office.

WORLD FLAG CONGRESS July 2009, Yokohama Japan For further details phone Ron Strachan (National Flags, Darwin) on 08 8981 6343

An ACASPA and TTNA joint Industry Briefing – Monday 1st June 2009 1.30pm – 3.30pm

You Yangs Room at Melbourne Convention Centre Cnr Spencer and Flinders Streets Melbourne

This joint industry briefing is an opportunity to meet

and hear one of Australia’s most highly esteemed

speakers on the subject of innovation.

With thanks to RMIT for arranging Dr Powe and to the International

Fibre Centre, we are proud to present Dr Marcus Powe – Entrepreneur

in Residence at RMIT University (Melbourne) who will speak on

Innovation: A Critical Part of the Business Mix

Marcus will present some powerful creativity tools and pragmatic

innovation and enterprise strategies he has developed and implemented

which have created sustainable businesses, organisations and communities.

This is also an opportunity to see the ACASPA Trade Expo which is the

ultimate event to source ideas, information and expertise on a range of

canvas and synthetic products and their innovative applications.

Free for TTNA & ACASPA Members $66 for non-members

For further details download the program and registration form