Australasian Proteomics Society - The 15th Annual Proteomics Symposium

Registration

REGISTRATION
Registration for 2010 has now closed. .

2010 registration fees were:

Registration Type	Price
Full Member Registration plus APS Renewal	$410.00
Full Member Early Registration plus APS Renewal	$350.00
Full Non-Member Registration	$520.00
Full Non-Member Early Registration	$470.00
Student Non-Member Registration	$305.00
Student Member Registration plus APS Renewal	$250.00
Student Early Member Registration plus APS Renewal	$220.00
Day Registration	$210.00
Complimentary Invited Speaker Registration	$0.00
Included Trade Pass	$0.00
Additional Trade Pass	$235.00

Social Functions	Cost
Additional Welcome BBQ Dinner ticket (Thursday 4 February)	$55.00
Additional Conference Dinner ticket (Friday 5 February)	$80.00
Pre Lorne Workshop - Student	$25.00
Pre-Lorne Workshop non-member	$50.00
Transfer Royal Parade then Melb Airport to Erskine Mantra Resort on 04/02/2010 11:00	$35.00
Transfer Erskine Resort to Melb Airport then Royal Parade on 07/02/2010 2:00	$35.00

Payment and Acknowledgement
All booking details will be acknowledged by email. After processing, the delegate will be sent a tax invoice by email and, when payment is completed, a participation record. Payments may be made by sending a cheque to the conference secretariat or by providing credit card details. Space for these details is provided on your tax invoice.

EARLY BIRD RATE PAYMENTS - If your registration was made before the early bird deadline expiry, but the payment was not made at the time and has not been received by Monday 7th December, the early bird discount will be removed.

National delegates – Cheques are to be made payable to the “Australasian Proteomics Society”. MasterCard, Visa or Bankcard are accepted.

International delegates – Payment may be made by credit card (MasterCard, Visa or Bankcard) or by bank cheque in Australian dollars drawn on an Australian Bank and made payable to the “Lorne Proteomics Conference”.

Any changes to the booking details should be directed to the conference secretariat who will endeavor to accommodate the request.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations will incur a cancellation fee of A$100 if made in writing before 1st January 2010. No refund is payable after that date but registrations can be transferred to substitute delegates without penalty.

Accommodation/Venue

The accommodation for the conference was at:
ERSKINE MANTRA RESORT, 4.5 star, The Conference Venue
(please note the old style guest house rooms no longer exist)
ASN has secured special discounted conference rates for your stay.

Room Type	Price Per Night
Heritage Room ((king bed or two single beds- single/double or twinshare)	$150.00
Resort Room ((king bed or two single beds- single/double or twin share)	$180.00
One Bedroom Apartment	$210.00

      *Sharing Rooms - Sharing rooms does not result in any increase in tariff and is an effective means of reducing the cost of attending the meeting. Please indicate on your registration form the room style you require and, if known, the names of other delegates with whom you wish to share. Only one person should book the room online, but in a separate email you can ask us to split the tariff between yourself and those sharing with you. Full payment for your stay can also be made.

    *Extended Bookings - If staying for more than one conference, you should book all your accommodation on the first conference you register for, so you will not have to change rooms as each conference begins.

    *Arrival and Departure Times - rooms are not guaranteed available until 2pm on each day though can be made available earlier in the day at the discretion of the hotel itself. NOTE: Delegates are required to check out of their rooms by 10.00am on the morning of their departure. Should any person fail to do so, a $95.00 late departure fee will apply.

    *Cancellation Policy - Accommodation deposits are fully refundable until 30 days before the conference, after which no refunds will be made.

Less than 30 days prior to the arrival date of the conference, any cancelled accommodation will incur a cancellation fee equal to 100% of the total planned stay, as per your original booking

RENTING A HOUSE
If you would like to arrange to rent a property in Lorne, the properties available for the coming summer can be viewed on line at www.gorac.com.au

A useful site for accommodation is http://www.accommodationguide.com.au/sitemap/racv/Great-Ocean-Road-lorne.shtm

CARAVAN PARKS & CABINS
There are a number of Caravan parks in Lorne.

Venue
Mantra Erskine Beach Resort is located on absolute beachfront, in the historic seaside town of Lorne along the famous Great Ocean Road. Under two hours' drive from Melbourne, the resort is nestled between the crystal clear water of Louttit Bay and the Otway Hinterland.

Travel & VISA

TRAVEL

Buses are being arranged between Melbourne Airport and the city (Royal Parade outside Walter & Eliza Hall Institute) and the conference centre at Lorne. Seats must be reserved in advance on the registration form. Those booking a bus will be sent an email confirming arrangements shortly before the conference. You should include your mobile number in your registration personal details. The schedule is:

Thursday 4th February - Melbourne to Lorne
The bus leaves Royal Parade then on to Melbourne Airport before heading to Erskine Mantra Resort, 11:00am

Sunday 7th February - Lorne to Melbourne
The bus leaves Erskine Resort then on to Melbourne Airport then heads for Royal Parade, 2:00pm

If you are flying into Melbourne or flying out of Melbourne and wish to catch the conference bus, please allow enough time:
- to get through customs / baggage collection after your flight lands
- before your flight for possible transfer delays

IF THE BUS TRANSFERS DO NOT SUIT YOU....
There is a bus from the airport to Geelong railway station using Gull Buses. Your ticket and timetable can be organised online from
http://www.gull.com.au/ If they cannot help you with a direct transfer directly to Lorne, then another bus can be caught on the Apollo Bay route from the Geelong Railway station. Online details can be found at the MetLink Melbourne Website. You will need to check but the second bus is a regular service and you may not need to book your ticket in advance, simply get on the bus.

There is also a bus from the Avalon Airport to Lorne using Avalon Airport Shuttle. The cost is $65.00 per person. Transfers can be booked on line and it is a door to door service.

Their details are: Avalon Airport Shuttle
                          Tel #: 03 5278 8788
                          Fax #: 03 5278 6712
                          Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
                          Website: www.avalonairportshuttle.com.au

DOMESTIC AIR DISCOUNTS
Travellers should use the following links if they wish to secure a discounted flight!
VIRGIN BLUE www.virginblue.com.au
QANTAS www.qantas.com.au

OVERSEAS DELEGATE VISA INFORMATION

Please note that all travellers to Australia must have a valid visa before boarding their plane. Travellers to Australia cannot apply for a visa on arrival. For many countries, the visa is paperless and added automatically to your air ticket. Check with your travel agent if uncertain or use the following website links.

Information about attending an event in Australia can be found at http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/index.htm (Visa Arrangements for Events, Conferences and Meetings in Australia)

You can apply for an ETA (an ETA is an electronically stored authority for travel to Australia) directly through the following link https://www.eta.immi.gov.au/ETA/ETAInput.jsp;jsessionid=3F691177972E95B4EF9F56E5517CCD6C For more details about ETA or to find out if your nationality is included in this easy system please visit; www.eta.immi.gov.au

Details for contacting the appropriate visa office closest to the applicant's place of residence can be found at http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/overseas/index.htm

Program

PROGRAM

To view the 2010 program please Click Here

Abstracts

ABSTRACTS
Abstract submission has now closed.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts for all Conference presentations will be published as the Proceedings of the Conference. The Program Committee will select some presentations for the oral program from the submitted abstracts and will notify those authors. Other submissions will be offered a poster presentation.

GENERAL INFORMATION
By clicking on the link, you will be taken to a web page where you can cut and paste your abstract in several simple steps. The benefits of this system are many but include:

i. Allowing you to preview your abstract and make modifications to your satisfaction.

ii. Ensuring you know your lodgement is completed as you will receive an immediate email confirmation

iii. Ensuring accurate indexing of all authors in the abstract book

iv. Ensuring consistent presentation of all abstracts in the proceedings (overarching formatting is imposed).

Before You Start

* Are you using one of the following browsers

   INTERNET EXPLORER (ver 5.5 or newer)

   NETSCAPE (ver 7.4 or newer) or

   MOZILLA (ver 1.3 or newer)

If not the screen will tell you if it detects you are using the wrong software and you would be better to change to a computer with one of them installed.

* Is your abstract text less than 300 words – it will not allow you to paste larger submissions. The word count does NOT include your title, authoring or cited references

* Have you got your abstract open and running on your own computer? – you need to be able to cut and paste it onto the web.

* Have you got an image in your abstract? If you have, you must have saved it as it's own image file on your computer first. (It should be a .tif .gif .png or .jpg file)

* Have you got a table in your abstract? If you have, it may copy and paste straight into the submission. This is likely if you have used the Times New Roman font and it is not physically large (try and keep it less than 12 cm wide on an A4 sheet). Otherwise you should save a copy of your table as an image file on your own computer first and upload that. (It should be a .tif .gif .png or .jpg file)

THE PROCESS
Firstly you will need to complete your personal details. Importantly on the first page you must let us know if you are not the actual person who will be going to the meeting to present the work. If this is the case, you need to know the presenting person's email address.

There is a preliminary page of questions, this is where you are asked about your presentation preference, the category your work falls into, and so on.

When you get to the final confirmation page, you will be invited to go on and register. If you do it at this stage, you will not have to enter your personal details again.

WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED THE SUBMISSION
As long as you haven't incorrectly filled your own email address, you will get an immediate confirmation which includes a .pdf copy of your submission for your records. On the last screen of the lodgement page

YES - YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED!!
Your confirmation email will have instructions on how to go back and edit your work or make small changes. This will remain open and possible until the program committee allocates your work to the program.

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION
Notification of programming decisions will come from the secretariat shortly after the expiry of deadlines and the working program will be posted to the web site. The notification will include specific presentation instructions but in the interim, those preparing posters should note the maximum size allowed is 100cm wide by 120cm deep. Velcro will be available to fix the poster to the boards. Computer data projection is the preferred presentation method for orals.

WEB PUBLISHING
A couple of weeks before the meeting, the final program will be published to this web page along with hyperlinks to the abstracts.