Terrain CEO Dr Allan Dale delivered a paper 'Sustainable Regions' at the 2009 St. George Bank State of the Region Summit at JCU in Cairns.

Other papers included:

• Demographic Trends, Alison Taylor, Principal Demographer, PIFE Qld

• Environment Trends, Emeritus Professor Bob Miles, CQU

• Repositioning TNQ, Bill Calderwood, Ayre Group

• Cairns Region Business Sectors Analysis and Confidence Report, Simon Pomfret, JCU/IRIS

• An Event Driven Recovery, Michael Denton, Queensland Events Corporation

• Roomitism - Tourism panel discussion

• From Adversity to Diversity - Mayors panel

Watch for comment in local press, particularly Cairns Post and Weekend Post first week of June.