G20 Heads To Brisbane in November 2014

                                             Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (Wikimedia)

G20 leaders head to Brisbane, Queensland Australia next month for the G20 Leaders’ meeting. From the 15-16 November 2014 leaders and 3,000 delegates from 19 countries and the European Union will meet to discuss a variety of issues important to the world economics (except climate change). The Brisbane Leaders’ Summit is the culmination of Australia’s 2014 presidency of the G20. During the year several sub-conferences were held leading up to Brisbane 2014.

The Leader’s Summit has been held eight times since 2008. The organization has met since 1999, and now welcomes some countries as observers.

Australia’s agenda for 2014 included a focus on:

• Promoting stronger economic growth
• Making the global economy more resilient to deal with future shocks

 The G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, and is seen as a chance to showcase Brisbane as a world city. Extensive preparations have been made for the event to include tight security during the time of the event.

 G20 2014:

https://www.g20.org/sites/default/files/documents/factsheets/Fact%20sheet-G20%20Leaders%20Summit.pdf