Chairman’s Report

The Learning Event of the Year (LEOTY) or otherwise known as the SSAA Online Conference, was live streamed on March 9th and 10th 2021 from a studio in Melbourne. The event was very well attended and brought together a variety of speakers who are all experts in their field, to provide insight for Australian and New Zealand members.

The event was held over two days with delegates hearing from experts in the self storage industry, revealing innovative methods to market your facility, adopt new software and technology systems, all to help

Ivor Morgan, Chairman SSAA

with the smooth running of your facility. For those who are building or expanding their facilities, there was a wide range of design and construction companies that also provided expert advice and practical solutions.

The session with Storman, Storage King and Steel Storage was interesting as they talked about new access control solutions, and recent state of the art facilities incorporating mobile technology to make life easier for their facility and the storer.

The traditional facility tour that normally requires a full half day was able to be covered in less than half an hour with Jonathon Layton from Storco taking us on a virtual facility tour.

I have attended over twenty SSAA Conventions and it is my belief that if you only implement one or two of the things you take away from an event like this then it has been well worth it.

Due to the event being held online reducing the time commitment and cost of attending being dramatically reduced, this opened the door for some members to attend that may have otherwise not had the opportunity. From the comfort of your own home or office you could even visit suppliers at their virtual booths. The highlight for me, apart from the excellent content being delivered, was seeing how things came together behind the scenes and how well the team worked together to deliver the first ever online event of this scale.

That being said, I would like to congratulate Susan Phillips and the SSAA team for putting on such a fantastic and informative event for the benefit of all members, sponsors and service providers. l

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