Who Should Attend?

• Nurses
• Transplant coordinators
• Pharmacists
• Dieticians
• Social Workers
• Educators
• Technicians
• Researchers
• Healthcare professionals working with people who have kidney disease

To register for the Forum, please use the online registration form below. Website registration is strongly encouraged. Both credit card and cheque may be used for payment for online registrations. Please read the below terms and conditions before registering.

For those preferring not to register online, you may complete the printable registration form below and return it to the Forum Managers, either by email, fax or mail. Each registrant must fill in a separate form. Remember to send your completed registration form together with payment of your fees. If posting your registration from outside Australia, please use AIRMAIL.

Please note that all persons intending to attend the Conference must register, including presenters.  Please read through this registration brochure carefully before you complete your form.

REGISTRATION FEE (per delegate)

All fees are in Australian Dollars and include the Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST).

* Member registration is available to RSA members, TNA members and Trade RSA members.

Not an RSA member? Why not join as a member as you will be paying the same as you would with the non-member rate, plus you you’ll get all the benefits of RSA membership for 1 year!

Full Registration Entitlements

• Entry to all sessions
• Lunch, morning and afternoon tea (Thursday – Saturday as per the program) in the exhibition area
• Attendance at Welcome Reception
• Subsidised ticket to the Gala Dinner
• Conference satchel
• Entry into the Exhibition
• Final Program and abstracts

Day Registration Entitlements

• Entry to all sessions on the day of registration
• Lunch, morning and afternoon tea on the day of registration (as per the program)
• Entrance into the Exhibition on the day of registration
• Final Program

Day Registration and Trade Catering

Registration fees do not include tickets to the social program. Please book and pay separately on the registration form if you wish to attend social functions

PAYMENT OF FEES

NOTE:  Registrations will not be processed or confirmed until payment in full is received.

Payment may be made by cheque or credit card. Visa and MasterCard are the only credit cards accepted at the Conference. Please note that all transactions by credit card will appear on your statement as payment to ‘The Meeting Planners’.

Cheques should be made payable to ‘RSA 2011/The Meeting Planners’. Your name and full address should be printed clearly on the back of the cheque. Cheque payments from overseas must be a bank cheque in Australian Dollars drawn on an Australian Bank. No other currency will be accepted.

Cheque payments must be received by 25 April 2011.

You may notpay your fees by direct transfer.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Your registration and payment will be acknowledged via email or post with confirmation of your requirements according to your registration form.  Your registration will not be processed or confirmed if payment does not accompany your form.

You will not receive any further publications before the Conference. Your letter of acknowledgment will include any further advice necessary prior to your arrival at the Conference. 

CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY

Cancellations received in writing at the Conference Managers’ Office by 22 April 2011 will be accepted and all fees refunded less $100 administrative fee. Cancellations received after this date cannot be accepted and will not be refunded. However, transfer of your registration to another person is acceptable. The full name and details of the person that will replace you must be advised in writing to the Conference Managers’ Office prior to the Conference. No refunds will be made for non-attendance at the Conference.

Registration Fees (including Pre Conference Workshop fees)

• Before 22 April 2011 will incur $100.00 cancellation fee
• After 22 April 2011 there will be no refund

Registration Fees (including Pre Conference Workshop fees)

• Deposit must be paid or credit card details provided at time of booking to guarantee accommodation
• Deposit is non-refundable at 5 May 2011.

Social

• Payments are non-refundable as of 22 April 2011

ENTRANCE TO CONFERENCE

Each member of the Conference will receive a name badge on registration. The badge will be your official pass and must be worn to obtain entry to all sessions and to social functions.

INSURANCE

Registration fees do not include insurance of any kind. It is strongly recommended that at the time you register for the Conference and book your travel you take out an insurance policy of your choice. The policy should include loss of fees/deposit through cancellation of your participation in the Conference, or through cancellation of the Conference, loss of international/domestic air fares through cancellation for any reason, loss of tour monies through cancellation for any reason including airline or related services strikes within Australia, failure to utilise tours or pre-booked arrangements due to airline delay, Force Majeure or any other reason, medical expenses (including sickness and accident cover), loss or damage to personal property, additional expenses and repatriation should travel arrangements have to be altered. The Conference Managers cannot take any responsibility for any participant failing to arrange their own insurance. This insurance is to be purchased in your country of origin.

PRIVATE TOURING/HOSPITALITY ARRANGEMENTS

Should you have any specialised group requirements for private touring, transportation or hospitality services other than those organised for the official program, please contact the Conference Managers who would be pleased to assist with arrangements.

PRIVATE FUNCTIONS

It is requested that you advise the Conference Managers of any private/corporate functions that might be planned outside of the official program. The Conference Managers would be pleased to assist with arrangements for any of these events.