APEC 2007 LEADERS WEEK

Category	Booths	Receivers	Microphones	Multiple areas	Remote Interpreting	Dome Camera	Days	Location	Date
APEC – Japanese Press Conference	1	200					1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Leaders Retreat 1 Opera House	11	30	30			4	1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Leaders Retreat 2 Govt House	11	30	30		1	1	1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Business Summit Opera House	11	700			1		1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Australian Russian PM Press Conference	1	50			1		1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Australian Russian PM Lunch	1	50			1		1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Vietnamese Press Conference	1	200					1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Australian Chinese PM Lunch	1	420					1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC Press Conference			26				1	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Foreign Ministers	8	300	30		1	1	3	Sydney	Sep-07
APEC – Press Centre	1	50	8				10	Sydney	Sep-07

Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Meeting (APEC) – Sydney 2007

Highlighting below just the Leaders and Foreign Ministers meetings.

Sydney 2 – 9 Sept 2007

The Sydney Opera House – Leaders Retreat 1 & Business Summit

21 Leaders at the start of the meeting. Each leader had a dedicated Conference Microphone (Bosch Next Generation DCN_DISD. 4 x Dome Cameras (Bosch Auto Dome G4 Series Domes) located within housings in each corner of the room. 2x fixed (Bosch Dinion) cameras provided overviews of the room. Coverage of the room was achieved with 4x radiators (Bosch 25 Watts) located in the roofing area.


When an economy is given the “floor”, the operator selects the economy and the pre-selected dome camera with it’s pre-position is AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED.

Each leader had a personalized attendant call pad that was linked to the viewing room to allow their assistants to be called as required. These call pads were customized for each country and had a single button to call an attendant. Although only a single button was required the system allows multiple buttons if required.

Interpretation for the Leaders Retreat 1

The Interpreters were located in a separate location (main rehearsal room) within the Opera House. The Interpreters provided interpretation for both the business summit (6 Languages) and for the leaders meeting (11 languages)

Interpreters were provided

Key Technology Issues

Government House – Leaders Retreat 2

Leaders gathered in the ballroom of government house at the start of Leaders Retreat 2.
Each leader has a long stem microphone thereby providing high quality audio whilst seated in lounges.

Key Technology Issues

Remote interpreting

The heritage listed house had limited room available for interpretation booths and equipment. Custom made booths were designed and built to fit the space available.

3 Camera shots were provided for interpreters For this event, the latest Bosch 32 Channel Interpreter desk was installed.

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre – Senior Official meeting, Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting and Trade Ministers meeting.

The convention centre was the main venue for the APEC business meetings and housed the International Press Centre

This meeting required 8 Booths with remote interpretation.
Broadcast quality cameras were used to transmit the video signals from the Retreat to an adjacent room where interpreters were located.

Interpreters were provided

APEC Week other meetings

In addition to the meetings highlighted above, there were a number of other meetings held in other venues throughout APEC week.

Summary

This APEC week was a technically and logistically challenging week. The security arrangements imposed, led to precise planning of deliveries, install’s and bump outs ensuring that equipment was in the right place at the right time.

The amount of equipment used throughout the week was extensive.