Sustainability keynote

CLIMATE change expert, explorer and conservationist, Professor Tim Flannery has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at the upcoming Travel Daily Sustainability Summit on 30 Apr (TD special alert).

No stranger to travel, the founder of the Australian Climate Council and 2007 Australian of the Year has been described by Sir David Attenborough as being “in the league of the world’s alltime great explorers”.

He has led many travel enthusiasts into Melanesia having hosted expedition adventures with brands including World Expeditions through Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in 2017 and in Sep 2019 he’ll return once again to Papua New Guinea aboard a Heritage Expeditions cruise.

Earlier this year he was appointed to a new role at the Australian Museum as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow, focused on researching the impacts of climate change and raising awareness of the issues.

He previously spent 15 years at the museum between 1984-1999 as Head of Mammalian Biology.

The one-day Travel Daily Sustainability Summit will take place at Sydney’s Primus Hotel and includes the inaugural Travel Daily Travel & Tourism Sustainability Awards.

Earlybird tickets are still available - CLICK HERE for details.

For more info about the event, see sustainabilitysummit.com.au.