The Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Business Advantage International have confirmed that they will be hosting Innovative PNG 2023 on November in Port Moresby to bring in innovative solutions to problems experienced in the country. The event was first hosted in 2019 but was not staged the following years due to the COVID pandemic. This year will be the first time after three years to be hosted again. Innovation PNG will be the international standard event bringing the best of new technology, creating solutions and innovative thinking to PNG. Mr. Andrew Wilkins, the Publishing Director of Business Advantage International, said the event is all about presenting and discovering new innovative solutions, whether it be new technologies or innovations in other areas created by individuals or organizations. “The idea was to create a day of celebration, a day of positivity in PNG,” Mr. Wilkins said. “We have a lot of focus, understandably on the challenges we face in the community, in the business house with foreign exchange or energy, or all the things that we need to deal with every day.” However, he stated that maybe what everyone don’t spend enough time on, is focusing on those organizations and people who are doing amazing things in coming up with solutions to issues face in the country, whether it be in agriculture, SMEs, finance, education and health, etc. “This event is about identifying those solutions, it’s about celebrating those achieving where they occur, and it’s about sharing the skills and know how amongst ourselves on how we can develop innovative culture in PNG.” Meanwhile, the event will include discussion panels, case studies of local innovators in PNG, workshops and there will be an expo as well on the day. Experts in the field of innovation will be in the country as well for the event on November 10th at the APEC Haus. The event will be preceded by an awards night on the 09th of November, also at the APEC Haus.