Dr Rob Harris is a former Director of the Australian Centre for Event Management, at the University of Technology Sydney where he also co-ordinated the Master of Management (Event Management). After leaving UTS in 2017 he established Event Training Australia which delivers event management education and training programs in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Rob is a co-author of the texts Festival and Special Event Management and Event Management. He has acted as a consultant for a variety of organisations associated with the events field including Arts ACT, Events Tasmania, Events NSW and the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Rob was a foundation director of the Festivals and Events Association of Australia, and presently serves on the editorial boards of the academic journals Event Management and the International Journal of Event and Festival Management.