Registrations Open

The APBC 2022 committee is pleased to announce that registrations are now open to attend the 16th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference 2022.

We are pleased to announce that you can now register to attend in-person or virtually.  We would like to encourage our Australian and New Zealand colleagues to attend in-person with borders open.  Our international colleagues can register to attend virtually through a fully interactive and purpose-built platform.  If things change and borders are closed or opened you can change to either in-person or virtual.

* To be eligible for the discounted student rate you will need to provide proof either with a copy of your student id (must say full-time) or a letter of enrolment from your institution.

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The terms and conditions and funding offered for the scholarships may differ between Australian applicants and international applicants.  As it is still uncertain if Australian borders will be open to international guests, the recipient would receive their scholarship for a virtual registration.  Please contact the Conference Secretariat if you have any questions - apbc@apbconference.org.

Equity considerations

Are you a primary carer of children or other a family member? The APBC is an equity focussed conference and will consider your circumstances, based on a brief letter that you can submit with your registration. We are offering a limited number of AUD$500 equity bursaries to help carers attend the conference.  These bursaries can cover some of your registration fees or contribute to costs of getting outside care for your family member, so you can attend the conference.

Application documents:

1. Motivation letter for the equity bursary application including a short description of the current research project(s) and your carer role (max. one A4 page).
2. CV with your name, address of your affiliation, contact details, date of birth, citizenship, educational background, employment history and current position.

Deadline

The deadline for will be announced the equity scholarship will be announced with the finalisation of the program. 

Note:

♦    The submission of an abstract and participation at the APBC is mandatory!
♦    Incomplete or late applications will not be considered by the bursary committee!

Bursary applications

ABPC can offer a limited number of bursaries for graduate, post-graduate and post-doctoral fellows who are below 35 years old, to support them to attend the APBC (assist with travel and accommodation costs up to the maximum value of AUD$750.  Funding provided will be determined on a case by case basis). The decision for the award is undertaken by a bursary committee.

Application documents:

1. Motivation letter for the bursary application including a short description of the current research project(s) (max. one A4 page).
2. CV with your name, address of your affiliation, contact details, date of birth, citizenship, educational background, employment history and current position.
3. Publication list of the applicant.
4. Letter of recommendation of the supervisor or head of department/group of the applicant.
5. Document to confirm the student, PhD or Post-Doc status of the applicant (i.e. matriculation of the university, etc.).

Note:

♦    The submission of an abstract and participation at the APBC is mandatory!
♦    Incomplete or late applications will not be considered by the bursary committee!
♦    All application documents MUST be in English

Deadline for bursary application:

The deadline for will be announced the bursary will be announced with the finalisation of the program. 

There will be a product showcase and poster session on the evening of the first day, and a conference dinner on the last night of the conference. Both the showcase and conference dinner will be held at the conference location, the QT hotel on the Gold Coast.

The cost of these events will be included in the registration. We believe that networking events such as these are essential to encourage collaborative knowledge sharing across disciplines, and we are excited to celebrate APBC 2022.

Additional tickets will be available for purchase for guests and partners when registration opens.