In Melbourne at the end of November there will be an expo for "world music" -
http://www.awme.com.au/
I've always been interested in the disparity between "world music" and lokal musik in Melanesia. Another way of putting this might be the difference between what people in Australia want to listen to in terms of music from the region, and what most Melanesians actually listen to. Perhaps this expo is a forum to explore that. I know Placid Walekwate Jr from the Solomon Islands Music Federation is going, and hope other musicians from the region attend.