Traditionally, the newspaper production conference is held in September or October; however organisers say there was often difficulty finding suitable venues around this time. Next year’s conference is due to be held in Albury NSW.

Bob Lockley, president of SWUG says, “The continuing popularity of the SWUG conference has made it increasingly difficult to find suitable accommodation packages and conference venues so we decided it would be better for everybody to move it to a time of year when we can choose from the best available options for our delegates.”

Lockley adds, “By moving the conference to March, there will be no clashes with football grand finals, school holidays or other industry events such as the PANPA conference or IFRA expo.”

In another break from tradition, the 2009 conference will also be the first held at a non-newspaper site with the hosts being the Norske Skog paper mill at Albury in NSW.

The conference itself will be held at the nearby Albury Convention and Performing Arts Centre from March 13-16, 2009.

Conference registration packs as well as details about the annual SWUG Awards will be available later in the year. A site visit to Border Mail Printing will also be on the agenda.

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