Students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) will put their best foot forward during the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Conference and Exhibition at Darling Harbour in Sydney from Tuesday 19 July. The biennial event is hailed as a significant one for the film and television industries across the South East Asian region. “Staff and students from the Bachelor of Arts (Television Production) program have become increasingly involved in this event over the years,” said Mr Patrick Sproule from the School of Communication and Creative Industries at CSU in Wagga Wagga. “Over 80 television production students from Charles Sturt University will attend and work at the event this year. Our Outside Broadcast (OB) vehicle will be parked in the Sydney Exhibition Hall and set up as a working exhibit. Students will use the van to cover the event, feeding into local venue audio visual services as well as generating internet content for promotion. Furthermore, students will be assisting with the overall operation of the conference and exhibition. Our involvement is significant in a very professional and public arena. One of the first things that attendees will see is video screens with content produced by our crew.”