Welcome to Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne is Victoria’s capital city and the business, administrative, cultural and recreational hub of the state. This sophisticated world city in the south-east corner of mainland Australia inspires a deep passion in those who live here.

Melbournians love the city's vibrant energy, restaurants, fashion boutiques, café-filled laneways, cool bars, unbeatable galleries, spacious parks and village-like inner suburbs, each with its own special character. Melbourne is less than 200 years old and never sits still. Modern, cutting-edge designs add to the fascinating mix of heritage architecture and ensure the skyline is constantly changing.

Melbourne is very much about lifestyle. It is no huge surprise to residents that their city has been ranked as one of the world’s most liveable cities.

Melbourne at a glance:
The City of Melbourne's city centre covers 37.6sq km and has a residential population of around 89,759. Each day, about 716,000 people use the city and Melbourne hosts over a million international visitors each year.

All of these residents, workers, shoppers and travellers can take a break on one of the nearly 140,000 cafe or restaurant seats, or walk through some of its 567.8 hectares of parkland. They can visit Melbourne's tallest building, the 300m high Eureka Tower, or its oldest building, the Mitre Tavern, built in 1837.

The entire Melbourne metropolitan area, which takes in eleven suburbs, covers 8,806 sq km and has a population of 3.9 million.

The people of Melbourne
Melbourne's population is made up of many groups of people of all ages and from many different cultures. City residents include young professionals, international students and couples looking to enjoy everything the city has to offer now that the kids have grown up and left home.

PMI Global Congress 2010—Asia Pacific to be held at:

Melbourne Convention Centre
1 Convention Centre Place
South Wharf Victoria 3006

Get directions to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Superbly located right in the heart of Melbourne on the edge of the Yarra River is the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), comprising of the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and Melbourne's latest offering in architectural ingenuity - the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Stretching half a kilometre along the Yarra River, the Melbourne Exhibition Centre offers an unrivalled 30,000 sqm (323,000 sq ft) of clear span floor space. The exhibition area transforms into smaller sections using four movable walls positioned at 13 locations, allowing exhibitions of any size to be staged in up to five separate bays. A variety of meeting rooms, organiser’s offices, hospitality suites and a 493-seat auditorium complement the centre’s exhibition space.