ASF Limited is the not-for-profit company behind the Australian Science Festival. The organisation's mission is to stage events that, through education and entertainment, attract national and international visitors, engage locals and make science accessible to all.
The Australian Science Festival is a storehouse of creativity and event-management expertise. With 40 percent of the ACT workforce in science engineering and technology-based careers of the management of them, the festival has formed strong alliances with hundreds of business, government and industry partners and networks to promote science research and the commercialisation of science.
Australian Science Festival has an 18 year unblemished reputation for excellence, and has an unparalleled depth of corporate knowledge relating to the presentation of science and innovation to society. We constantly maintain and improve partnerships with dozens of key stakeholders throughout Australia and the world that strive to continually improve the organisation's many events.
We are a leader of science communication and delivering science events to large audiences, and in 2010 will deliver its 18th Australian Science Festival.
We have an exceptional track record of improving the delivery of the Australian Science Festival, in measurable proportions.
An annual snapshot of average statistics for the festivals 2002 to 2009, shows that the Festival has:
- An economic impact of $8 million
- $1 million worth of Media Coverage
- An 80 percent rate of awareness in the ACT
- 120 events on average each year
- An audience averaging 100,000
