Please read the below information carefully before submitting your application.

Application forms are contained within each section, or you can download them here:

In keeping with past practice, the congress organisers are offering the opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students to attend the congress under the Congress Youth Program.

Numbers will be limited, but the actual number will depend to a certain extent on the level of demand and the number that can be effectively supervised in a proposed post congress tour.

Successful applicants will be required to present a paper in a special session at the congress. Abstracts must be submitted by 7 September 2007.

In keeping with the program’s “youth” title, it is suggested that applicants should not be more than 30 years of age.

The Congress organisation will meet the following costs:

• Fulltime congress registration fee
• Accommodation during the congress (up to six nights in private university/college style accommodation with shared bathroom facilities)
• Post congress tour (includes meals, transport and twin share accommodation) – Saturday 5 July to Wednesday 9 July 2008

Please note that participants will be required to meet their own travel costs to and from Brisbane. Applicants should thus seek sponsorship funding for their travel from their own organisations, from the local branch of WPSA or from other sources. Proof of travel funding must be submitted with applications.

Congress registration will include access to all sessions, access to the trade exhibition, the welcome reception, the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as lunches and morning and afternoon teas. Participants will be accommodated in university/college style accommodation (private rooms, however with shared bathroom facilities) at a location not far from the congress venue. A number of interesting activities have been planned during the week of the congress and a blend of interesting professional and exciting recreational activities have been planned for the post congress tour, commencing on Saturday 5 July, returning to Brisbane on Wednesday 9 July.

Confirmed post congress tour details, including a full itinerary, will be forwarded to all successful applicants closer to the time.

We strongly recommend all potential participants investigate visa requirements for travel to Australia – processing times can be long, so the earlier the application the better. For more information, contact your nearest Australian Embassy/Consulate or view the Australian Department of Immigration website www.immi.gov.au/eta Visa applications will be the individual’s responsibility.

Congress organisers are offering the opportunity for fifteen (15) young scientists from developing countries to attend the congress under the Young Scientist Program.

Numbers are necessarily limited to fifteen as the program will cover the cost of air fares to and from Brisbane as well as accommodation expenses in Brisbane.

Successful applicants will be required to submit an abstract and make an oral or poster presentation in the scientific and technical program at the congress. Abstracts must be submitted by 7 September 2007.

In keeping with the program’s “young” title, applicants should not be more than 35 years of age.
The congress organisation will meet the following costs:

• Return economy air fare
• Fulltime congress registration fee
• Accommodation (up to six nights in private university/college style accommodation with shared bathroom facilities)

Registration at the congress will include access to all sessions, access to the trade exhibition, the welcome reception, the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as lunches and morning and afternoon teas. Participants will be accommodated in university/college style accommodation (private rooms, however with shared bathroom facilities) at a location not far from the congress venue.

We strongly recommend all potential participants investigate visa requirements for travel to Australia – processing times can be long, so the earlier the application the better. For more information, contact your nearest Australian Embassy/Consulate or view the Australian Department of Immigration website www.immi.gov.au/eta. Visa applications will be the individual’s responsibility.

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