Registration Details, Terms & Conditions

Conference Registration
Conference registrations must be made via the AVCAL website, as the information you provide is downloaded directly into our registration software. This ensures that your information is entered exactly as you provide it, and that all registration & payment details are kept confidential. 

***Registration Procedure***

1) To register for the AVCAL conference, you must be a registered user of AVCAL. Click here to become a registered user now, or continue if you have an existing username.

2) Select the "AVCAL 2007 Annual Conference" from the calendar and select "Register Online Now!"
Enter your username and password on the Login screen. If you forgot your pasword, select "Send password to my e-mail"

3) Register your interest to attend AVCAL 2007 via the online registration form. All registrations must be made individually to ensure that all specific requests are recorded.

4) Your registration application will be verified by AVCAL secretariat

5) You will receive confirmation/approval of your registration and a tax invoice/receipt via email
(within 5 working days).

6) Your registration is only completely confirmed upon receipt of full payment and in accordance with the cancellation terms and conditions.

7) AVCAL Annual Membership must also be renewed and paid for the 2007 – 2008 Financial Year in order to attend.

Registration to AVCAL 2007 includes:

A) Conference & Dinner Registration: $1645 (incl GST)

• Full access to all conference sessions
• 1 ticket to the Cocktail Party, Wednesday evening
• 1 ticket to the Annual AVCAL Awards Dinner, Thursday evening
• Morning and Afternoon Teas and Luncheons (Wednesday & Thursday)
• Breakfast Briefing on Thursday

Or

B) Conference Only Registration: $1495 (incl. GST)

• Full access to all conference sessions
• 1 ticket to the Cocktail Party, Wednesday evening
• Morning and Afternoon Teas and Luncheons (Wednesday & Thursday)
• Breakfast Briefing on Thursday

Fees do NOT include accommodation or travel expenses. Please see Travel and Accommodation section for further details.

Conference registration is subject to the conditions below.

• Delegates must be financial members of AVCAL as defined by the constitution.
• Delegates agree not to stage competing events such as golf, dinners, luncheons etc during the conference.
• Registration is restricted to paid up members of AVCAL for the 2007/2008 financial year.
• Regional Corporate, Organisation, Angel, Institutional Investor, Incubator membership allows two nominated member representatives to attend.
• National Corporate, Private Equity and Venture Capital Firms membership allows ten nominated member representatives to attend
• Substitutions may only be made in favour of people from the same member firm.
• Substitutions for individual or student members of AVCAL are not permissable.
• In the event that the conference is over subscribed, AVCAL reserves the right to allocate  places on the wait-list in its sole discretion.

Refusal of Registration
AVCAL reserves the right to refuse any registration at its sole discretion.

Cancellations, Substitutions and Refunds
All cancellations and substitutions must be received via email.

Delegates who send notification of cancellation before close of business on Monday 27^th August 2007 will receive a refund minus a $200 admin fee. This policy applies to all notifications cancelling conference registration.

Cancellations received after Monday 27^th August 2007 will incur a 100% cancellation fee.

AVCAL can not be held liable for any costs or expenses, of whatever nature (such as hotel and transportation costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the conference for any participant who is prevented from attending for any reason (such as, but not limited to, illness).

There will be no fee for substitutions or changes to registrations received prior to Monday 27^th August 2007. Substitutions or changes to registrations received after this date will incur an admin fee of $200.

No substitutions or changes will be accepted after Wednesday 12 September 2007.

Substitutions can only be made in favour of people from the same member firm. Attendance at the conference is restricted to members only.

Payment
All fees and charges stated in the registration form include GST.

Payment for registration may be made by:

• Cheque:
  Payable to "Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Limited"
• Credit Card:
  Visa, MasterCard or AMEX
• Direct Deposit:
  Account Name: Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Ltd
  Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia , George & Markets St , Sydney
  BSB No.: 06 2005 Account No. 1005 2480

Registrations will not be completely confirmed until payment is received.

AVCAL reserves the right to cancel any applications/registrations in the event that payment is not received within 28 days from the date of your tax invoice.

A tax invoice will be issued via email within 5 working days of registration. Please contact AVCAL on (02) 8243 7004 if you have not received confirmation and your invoice within this time.

Recommended Dress
Business Sessions & Cocktail Party: Smart Casual
Awards Dinner: Business Casual

Climate
The Gold Coast region enjoys a comfortable sub-tropical climate all-year round. In early Spring, temperature averages are 15-25°C (59-77°F) with sunny days followed by balmy evenings

Special Assistance
Assistance is available to delegates with special requirements. If you have particular dietary, mobility or other needs, please make mention of this in the special needs section of the registration page.

Speakers
AVCAL reserves the right to alter the program and / or speakers as necessary.

Conference Presentations
Conference presentations provided by speakers will be made available on the AVCAL website at the conclusion of the conference.

Privacy
A soft copy of the delegate list (including all contact details) will be available to Conference Sponsors. A delegate list (without contact details) will also be made available to all attendees. The delegate list will be made available upon registration at the conference and will NOT be made available to attendees prior to the event.