AANZPA Conference 2024

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The AANZPA 2024 Conference will be held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Conference Venue

Women’s College, College Road, St Lucia, Brisbane. (View Map)

Conference Dates

Conference Opening: 5:00 pm Wednesday, 17 January.
Closing: 3:00 pm Sunday 21 January 2024
AGM Saturday, 20 January 2024

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Pre-Conference Workshops

16-17 January 2024. ‘We Live in the Small Things’, Workshop Leader Hilde Knottenbelt. Fee $477 AUD. Maximum Participants: 14
17 January 2024. ‘How to Play with a Child’, Workshop Leader: Sara Crane. Fee: $244 AUD. Maximum Participants: 16

Post-Conference Workshop

22 – 23 January 2024. ‘Rising up…..again and…..again: sustaining spontaneity in a changing world’, Workshop leaders: Bev Hosking and Martin Putt. Fee: $570 AUD. Maximum Participants: 16

Note: Preference for pre- and post-conference workshops will be given to registrants who have also registered for the Conference.

Upcoming dates

Expressions of Interest for presenters open: 28 July 2023
Registrations open: 18 August 2023
Early bird close: 4 November 2023
Closing date for conference proposals: 30 September 2023

Registration

Conference registrations are open.

Note: On the registration form, click on Payment method* to access workshop enrolment and types of membership fees.

Member Fee: AUD $550
Non-member Fee: AUD $575

Register for the AANZPA Conference 2024.

Conference Policies

Refund and Cancellations Policy

Registration refunds are at the discretion of the Conference Treasurer. Conference fees may be repaid in full for cancellation requests received on or before 12 January 2025. After this date, refunds may be paid minus an administration fee of $25.

All registrations will be processed when payment is received. For specific payment and refund inquiries email: conftreasurer@aanzpa.org

Pre and Post Conference Workshop Policy

Preference for pre and post-conference workshops will be given to registrants who have also registered for the Conference. This means sociometry built during the pre and post-conference workshops has an effect on the conference as a whole. To assist the group process please notify the Conference Registrar as soon as possible if you cannot attend a pre or post conference workshop.

Disability Policy

In the service of inclusion of all members of AANZPA, we accommodate those with a disability at our annual gatherings, as far as possible in communication with those affected. We anticipate that there will be some limitations in meeting all needs. We undertake to not reduce people with a disability to their specific needs or unnecessarily draw attention to their disability, rather, we aspire to relate as one human being with another.

Guidelines

In our conference processes, we aim to strengthen sociometry to enhance the possibility of an encounter between people. We aim to stay spontaneous in the face of exhaustion and role fatigue. There is mutual responsibility whereby the expansion of roles and role reversal is encouraged by all parties.

A Disability Liaison Person/s (DLP) is/are appointed by the Executive for the long term. To maximize full participation of all attendees the conference committee will designate one of their members to work on these matters with their own committee, the venues, with the DLP, with the conference information regarding the limits of venues.

The DLP will keep in touch with the range of people with disabilities and liaise with the conference committee member responsible for implementing this policy. A conference committee member will ensure limitations of access etc., of the venue are communicated in the conference publicity and will liaise with the venues used by the conference anticipating and progressing negotiations on conference attendees’ behalf.