goPassport Covid Safe International and Domestic Travel Seminar and Business and Government meetings – Canberra 16-17 June 2021

Introduction

On 16th June in Canberra, goPassport organised and conducted a seminar with 150 in-person and online attendees to present and discuss the key issues associated with opening up borders to Covid Safe international, domestic and ‘bubble’ travel.

The seminar allowed leaders in science, industry, and technology the opportunity to discuss current issues impacting the safe restart of international travel, the need for a clear framework of reopening policies and longer-term thinking with a particular focus on the Australian setting. Speakers highlighted the latest lessons learnt, recent developments in technology with a focus on what can be done in the short and longer terms.

The Australian travel industry was strongly represented and stressed the need to re-establish predictability into travel. This was a key requirement for sustainable tourism and business travel. They saw that a major feature of future international travel will be digital platforms that inform and guide travellers through a potentially confusing and frequently changing regulatory landscape.

Key Findings

Travel across borders – and domestically – is a highly complex, confusing and ever-changing, ‘no notice’ environment. Digital technology can provide significant risk mitigation to traveller journey pre-travel, at the border and in destination.

Solutions like goPassport move the burden of clearance for travel to before journey commencement, and then continuously update the traveller throughout their journey – including any return home requirements. Read the full report from the session via the link below.

Panel of Presenters