Regional tourism organisation West by North West has scored a major guest speaker for their upcoming Virtual Cafe event - the chairwoman of $100 billion tech company Tesla, Robyn Denholm.
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Tasmanians are invited to join in the session, where Ms Denholm will share a presentation and answer questions about her expertise.
WxNW chief executive, Tom Wootton, said the company was thrilled to have the opportunity to hear from the significant guest speaker.
"I think even we've been surprised by the calibre of speakers we've managed to attract, but Robyn Denholm takes things to a whole new level," he said.
"In the business world, it doesn't get much bigger."
Tesla are most well-known for their electric cars and clean energy, including South Australia's "big battery" -notoriously promised to be delivered within 100 days of getting the contract or it would be free.
Robyn Denholm is an Australian-born business executive, with a career leading a range of global technology companies including Telstra, Juniper Networks and Sun Microsystems.
She has been the chairwoman of Tesla Inc since 2018.
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Ms Denholm also has personal connections here in Tasmania, the catalyst for her presentation at next week's webinar.
The event is one of a series of Virtual Cafés, hosted by WxNW during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Since the lockdown began in March, these forums have become a great connector for our region's tourism industry" Mr Wootton said.
"We've heard from a variety of great speakers over the journey and I see no reason to stop now that restrictions have eased. It's likely we'll continue to schedule Virtual Cafés, on a semi-regular basis".
To date the Virtual Café sessions have attracted speakers including psychologist Dr Melanie Irons, TT-Line boss Bernard Dwyer and Collingwood Football Club CEO, Mark Anderson.
The webinar is scheduled for 11am on Wednesday, June 17, and registrations are open at wxnw.com.au
