PIF members to 2024 Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry and Section of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Conference

Eligible PIF members from Australia and New Zealand are invited to apply for a sponsorship to attend the 2024 Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry and Section of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry Conference, held at the Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast in Queensland from Wednesday 9 October to Saturday 12 October 2024.

Eligible PIF members must be:

medical students or postgraduate year 1 and 2 doctors or postgraduate year 3+ doctors excluding those who are trainees and Fellows of another speciality; and
residing in Australia or New Zealand.

Up to twenty-five (25) sponsorships are on offer and include:

Full conference registration including welcome reception.
Travel support*, including flights or road travel costs, as well as accommodation for eligible PIF scholars:

Reimbursement of up to $400 for QLD-based PIF scholars, outside a 200km radius of conference location.
Reimbursement of up to $1000 for PIF scholars outside of QLD or travelling from north QLD.

Opportunity to attend an exclusive networking event, hosted by the Committee on evening of Tuesday 8 October (optional)

*The travel grant will be supported for eligible applicants travelling from others states outside QLD or who are travelling from north QLD or are QLD-based but reside 200km outside radius of conference location, and reimbursed post conference attendance, upon the provision of supporting receipts/tax invoices.

Sponsorship recipients must attend the full program from Wednesday 9 October to Saturday 12 October 2024.

Meals outside of the conference program are not included in this sponsorship.

Please read the Terms and Conditions before submitting your online application.

Applications close on Tuesday 6 August.

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Terms & Conditions

Photography and recording

Images and/or voices of attendees may be recorded during the conference for use in RANZCP website, communications and media, including social media. If you do not wish for your image or voice to be publicised, please email pif@ranzcp.org.

Evaluation

Sponsorship recipients will be required to submit a short reflection on their attendance at the event.

Conference Cancellation

If we are required to make any changes or cancellations to our conference due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to Acts of God, terrorism, war, strikes or industrial action, fire, explosion, inevitable accident, breakdown of property, changes in law, or pandemics or global health crises, delegates will be notified by email.

Delegate Cancellation - Medical

The health and safety of conference attendees is our highest priority. The RANZCP is mindful of the health risks posed by COVID-19, and the importance of following official medical advice with respect to social distancing, practicing good hygiene and staying at home when unwell. The RANZCP requests that any delegate who is feeling unwell or has cold or flu like symptoms, or who may have been in contact with someone with COVID-19, not attend the conference.

If, on medical grounds, you are unable to attend the conference, you must contact the PIF Team in writing by email to pif@ranzcp.org.

Health and Safety

All participants at the conference will be required to comply with the Health and Safety Guidelines and protocols in place with the venue/s and the conference which will be aligned and compliant with all relevant Commonwealth and state government health advice at that time. By registering for this event, the RANZCP reserves the right to provide your contact details to authorities for the purposes of contact tracing and any other relevant government requirements. Details of any relevant protocols and requirements will be communicated to delegates who will be bound by these requirements.

Insurance

Participants are strongly advised to secure appropriate travel and health insurance. The sponsorship and delegate registration fee do not provide any such insurance coverage. The RANZCP PIF, Organising Committee and the Conference Office accept no responsibility for any loss in this regard.

Funding

This opportunity is made available by the RANZCP's Bi-national Committee of Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry. Two (2) New Zealand scholarships are supported by PIF New Zealand Program.

The RANZCP has received Commonwealth Government funding under the Psychiatry Workforce Program to deliver the PIF program.

The RANZCP will only collect personal information from individuals when it is reasonably necessary for the activities of the RANZCP, and all such collection will be subject to the RANZCP Privacy Policy and any other notifications