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Events Just for You

We’re excited to offer two exclusive extra events surrounding AutomotiveUI 2025 – to enrich your conference experience with both social connections and advanced technology. Whether you’re looking to relax and connect beforehand or dive deeper into autonomous vehicle innovation afterward, we’ve got you covered!

🐨 Pre-Conference Social & Tour

Get ready to mingle and experience wildlife close-up the day before the conference begins! Join us for a guided Social Event & Tour to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the world’s oldest and largest koala sanctuary, established in 1927 in Brisbane. Enjoy immersive encounters with Australia’s iconic marsupials and kangaroos among the 18 ha of natural surroundings—ideal for informal networking and making new connections.

🚗 Post-Conference Launch & Adventure

Cap off your conference experience with an action-packed day at the ARC Training Centre AVR3 Launch, hosted at the RACQ Mobility Centre in Mount Cotton, just south of Brisbane. Explore pioneering automated vehicle research in rural settings, tour the labs, witness live vehicle demos and 4WD trials, savor an Aussie BBQ, and even spot wallabies on the grounds—all on the sprawling 45-acre research and driver-testing campus.

Nocturnal Wildlife Experience

REGISTER HERE when you’re ready to sign up for the conference!

Experience Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary as it transitions from day to night with the Nocturnal Twilight and Night Tours, offering unique insights into Australia’s remarkable nocturnal animals and their after-dark behaviours.

(Lone Pine event comes at an additional cost, not included in registration fee)

📆 Sunday, September 21 · 5 – 9:30pm AEST

Social Event & Tour to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Here’s what’s included:

★ Encounter iconic Australian wildlife: including koalas, echidnas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, tree kangaroos, and small macropods like potoroos, bettongs, and pademelons.

★ Observe nocturnal animals: in their natural behaviours as they forage, explore, and interact during twilight and nighttime hours.

★ Engage in unique feeding experiences: observe the Tasmanian devils during their feeding time, and assist our guides in scattering feed for the mini macropods.

★ Gain insights from expert guides: who share fascinating facts and stories about Australia’s unique nocturnal creatures.

The AVR3 Official Launch

REGISTER HERE when you’re ready to sign up for the conference!

Join us at the RACQ Mobility Centre for an exciting Australiana experience, where we will showcase our advanced driving systems and technologies, and hear about our plans for deploying vehicle automation in Australia’s rural and remote regions, as well as training the future workforce.

Mark your calendars and be prepared for an unforgettable day at the AVR3 Official Launch 2025!

📆 Friday, 26 Sep 2025 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM AEST