29 September – 3 October 2025
Two governments. One week.
IAC 2025 brought more than 7,500 delegates from 99 countries to Darling Harbour. APD Global was represented with both New South Wales and Western Australia.
The NSW Government pavilion hosted the APD Global stand. Marie Lize Richard and the booth team represented the firm on the floor that week.
Quokkanaut is the Western Australian story. APD Space launched it on a HAPS balloon to 35 km from Northam Airport, Western Australia, with IAC branding, before the congress opened. The recoverable plaque was then shown at the Sydney stand. Invest and Trade WA, not New South Wales, is the Western Australian partner.
The pairing says something about how the firm works. The day job is high-voltage design, grid connection and power system studies - the engineering that gets generation and storage onto the network. APD Space is the same house pointed upward: a HAPS balloon, a recoverable plaque carried to 35 km, and a Western Australian launch site at Northam Airport.
The plaque's journey framed the week. Launched with IAC branding before the congress opened, recovered, and then shown on the stand at Darling Harbour - a Western Australian object on a New South Wales pavilion floor, in front of more than 7,500 delegates from 99 countries. Two governments, one firm, one week.
