FAQ's

The SOAC Conference is being held 9-12 December at P Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus

The HDR Symposium is being held 7-9 December at P Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus

The SOAC Conference and HDR Symposium is being held at P Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus

If you require specific access requirements, please notify the organisers by indicating your requirements on the registration form. Click here to view a campus accessibility map

Name badges will be collected from the registration desk at the conference. Information will be provided in a pre-event email to all attendees. Name badges must be worn at all times and are not transferable at any time. 

On advice from the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs who issue visas, the Event Organisers do not provide Letters of Invitation for accepted presenters as part of the Call for Abstracts process. Their advice is that, if you meet the entry requirements for a visa, your program notification of acceptance and registration confirmation letter and paid tax invoice (received once you complete your conference registration including payment) will be sufficient evidence of your attendance at the conference. The event organiser can supply your attendee information as a PDF document on request.
Further information can be found at Department of Home Affairs – https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-finder/visit.

Registration is available to be purchased via the registration page of this website

Full details of the registration fees for the SOAC Conference and PhD/ECR Symposium are available on the Registration page of this website

Payment can be made by EFT / Bank Transfer or credit card (American Express, Mastercard or Visa). Please note a credit card surcharge is applicable to credit card payments. The online payment link for credit card payments is provided in the tax invoice email sent to attendees.

No refunds will be offered for non-attendance and any unpaid registration fees will still be payable. If you are unable to attend, you can transfer your registration to a colleague.

Registrations may be transferred to another employee in your company and requests for transfers of registration must be made to the SOAC Conference organisers via email (soac@absoluteevents.com.au)

The conference is unable to provide funding for registration and travel costs.

ACRN have limited travel grants available for accepted student presenters. You can indicate your interest within the online registration form and ACRN will receive your details and be in touch with further information. Please note that registration must be paid to be eligible for the grant and payments will be provided to those accepted for the grant post conference.

Conference program is available from 25 July on this website.

Refer to the presentation allocation email sent to the accepted presenter for full details

A conference branded PowerPoint template will be provided to confirmed speakers to use if you wish. This is not mandatory. If you would like to use your own template or alternate presentation programme, we would recommend using a 16:9 ratio for your slides. The template will be provided to confirmed speakers (whose registration has been received) after 1 September.

Sponsorship opportunities are available and click here to receive a copy of the prospectus.