Indo Pacific 2025

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I​​​​​​​n November Sydney’s International Convention Centre will host Australia’s own major international defence and commercial maritime exposition, highlighting major naval programs and how Australian industry can provide maritime capability for the Royal Australian Navy and wider defence force. 

The 2025 Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition (Indo Pacific 2025), set for 4-6 November, will combine the Royal Australian Navy’s own Sea Power Conference, plus around 90 maritime conferences, symposia and presentations and more than 800 industry exhibitors from more than 20 nations, in the largest event of its type in the region. 

In a packed three-day program, the conference and industry exhibition will address key topics in defence, industry collaboration and innovation, from changing regional relationships to strengthening sovereign supply chains, advances in ship design and maintenance, small-boat operations, helicopters and autonomous air and sea vehicles, and the thousands of technologies that allow Defence to train, operate and support its equipment and personnel at sea and on land. 

Indo Pacific has become Australia’s largest and most effective platform for engagement between industry, government, academia and navy. More than an exhibition, it is a meeting of the international civil and defence maritime community, in the national interest.  

Indo Pacific 2023 saw 176 industry, defence and academic delegations from 46 nations, with 48 Chiefs of Navy, Counterparts or Representatives.

The Royal Australian Navy is a key stakeholder in Indo Pacific 2025, hosting its signature Sea Power Conference, as well as using the event to connect with industry and promote recruitment.

“What I really like about Indo Pacific is the opportunity to talk to our industry partners, to introduce them to the men and women of the Royal Australian Navy and to find opportunities to strengthen our Navy’s capability, which ultimately means we’ve got a stronger Navy and a much stronger nation,” said Chief of Navy Australia, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, during the 2023 event.

An internationally respected conference, Sea Power will feature presentations by an extremely high calibre of industry leaders, academics and defence officials from Australia and around the world, and will attract visitors from across the globe. 

The theme of this year’s Royal Australian Navy Sea Power conference, “Strength at Sea equals Security and Prosperity at Home”, underscores the Royal Australian Navy’s mission, borne from Australia’s dependence on the sea. 

“From defending Australia’s shores to securing our access to the sea and the security of vital infrastructure in the maritime domain, our Navy is critical to our nation’s security and economic success,” said Navy in a statement. 

“As we finalise plans to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy next year, we honour the generations of sailors who have protected our way of life and strengthened global relationships.” 

The Royal Australian Navy will also once again host its Navy Enlisted Leadership Conference, widely known as “The Sailors Forum”. This all-ranks event has a focus on deck plate leadership, recognising the importance of leadership at all levels and how it shapes our Navy. 

For industry, Indo Pacific 2023 is a chance to spend three days surrounded by the key players in the region’s maritime community, and to take advantage of an event specifically crafted to help them promote their products and services. 

The combination of Navy, Defence, industry and civil programs attracts and engages personnel at all levels, from Chief of Navy and chief executive officers of major prime contractors to ministers, government agency personnel, uniformed and civil technical specialists, acquisition program personnel, those who conceive and build today’s cutting-edge technologies, and those who may one day operate them. It has proven the drawcard that brings defence, industry, government and academia together as a community of knowledge-sharing agencies, in the national interest. 

The 2025 Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition will run from 4-6 November at the International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Free trade visitor registration and more information are available at www.indopacificexpo.com.au.