Registration Information

The Congress Committee

The Congress Committee members are representatives of the four host organisations
Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA)
Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM)
Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA)
Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)

Helen Keleher (PHAA)
Michael Moore (PHAA)
Suzanne Gleeson (AHPA)
Jenny Philip-Harbutt (AHPA)
Tony McBride (Conference Convenor)
Leigh Blizzard (AEA)
Leena Gupta (AFPHM)
Keith Merchant (AFPHM)

Supported by:
Wendy Ealey (Administrative Assistant)
Conference Co-ordinators (Congress Managers)


Adelaide the Host City

Adelaide is one of Australia’s most delightful cities.  The climate has been described as Mediterranean, with popular sandy beaches only 20 minutes away and coffee shops and wine bars dotting the streets at the East-end of the city and some of the nation’s best restaurants. The relaxed and informal atmosphere is the hallmark of this cosmopolitan capital of South Australia.

The architecture of Adelaide is spectacular. Beautifully restored and renovated historic buildings line the major avenues and memorials, statues and plaques are among the highlights of North Terrace.  Modern art is part of the streetscape and contemporary sculptures are a feature of the elegant promenades and walkways.

South Australia is world famous for its excellent food and wine.  The Barossa Valley is one of Australia’s most well-known wine producing districts and the Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale and Clare Valley are also high-quality wine areas within an easy drive of the city centre.


The Congress Venue, Access and Parking

The Adelaide Convention Centre is located on North Terrace in the heart of the city overlooking the Torrens River.  The world-class facility is one of the largest multi-purpose built convention and banquet facilities in Australia.  It is close to many hotels of various standards and styles as well as a host of popular high-quality restaurants.

The Adelaide Convention Centre operates two convenient on-site car parks. The Riverbank car park is accessible from Festival Drive and the North Terrace car park is accessible from North Terrace.

Their location directly under the Centre means that attending events is fast, efficient and easy.

The following rates are applicable to each car park and all prices are inclusive of GST.

Early Bird is $11.00 (available 7 days for entry between 5am and 9:30am and exit by 6:30pm).

Beyond 6:30pm casual parking charges will apply as below to a maximum of $24.00 for 24 hours inclusive of early bird parking time.

Casual rates are $4.00 per hour for the first 3 hours, and then an additional $1.00 per hour to a maximum of 24 hours.

Who Should Attend

The Population Health Congress 2012 will build on the highly popular and successful inaugural Congress in 2008, and this year’s event will again have lots to offer for every population health professional. The Congress will be Australia and New Zealand’s major population health event over this four-year period and will include speakers, papers, workshops, posters and events covering the full spectrum of population health topics.  It will be the major event in 2012 for people with an interest in all disciplines of public health.  The five Congress themes will attract people interested in: global health, climate and environment; changing demographics and their implications; complex systems thinking as a way to facilitate change; translating research into practice; and social determinants. Additionally there will be papers, workshops and posters on the entire range of current population health research and practice, something to inform and stimulate you, no matter what your special area of interest.

With around 1300 people expected to attend this second Congress, there will be professional networking opportunities in population health on a scale not normally possible in Australia and New Zealand on an annual basis. This Congress is about bringing the four population health professional organisations, their members and the rest of the population health field together for a major four yearly event, and your attendance will be a vote of support for the continued collaboration of these organisations in the future.

Congress Themes

The overall theme of the Congress will be ‘Population health in a changing world’ to reflect the dynamic environment in which the broad public health field needs to, and does, operate. Within that here are five sub-themes this year and the Congress will have at least nine well-known and stimulating keynote speakers addressing these themes. They will include three international public health figures, and key Australian or New Zealand leaders in public health policy, research and practice. The five sub-themes are:

Global health, climate and economics: what is the impact of change?
How are changes in the global economy,climatic conditions and the environment, and population growth impacting on health within and across countries? How can we monitor this? What responses are emerging from communities, governments, non-government sector, health systems, environmental groups and business, and what is their impact?

Changing demographics in Australia and New Zealand - the social and health impacts.
What new insights are we gaining about generations, changing ethnic and religious diversity, work patterns, ageing, evolving burdens of disease, current distribution of wealth across the economy and population, and changing social and sexual norms and practices? How is knowledge about these changes being measured?What does this mean for public health practice?

Complex systems thinking - changing contexts for action and advocacy on population health.
What new approaches to population health policy and practice are emerging? How do we navigate complex systems at multiple levels? What does that mean for research, evaluation and advocacy? What are the impacts and possibilities of new technologies? What new ethical issues are emerging in these contexts? 

How are translational research and knowledge transfer shaping the future of population health?
Where is health promotion and public health policy and practice heading in the next 15 years, here and internationally? What new processes do we need to systematically implement translational research and knowledge transfer? What new workforce as well as skills, policy, training, resources and infrastructure will be needed? What role is there for the four partner organisations?

Inequalities and social determinants - how are these being addressed and with what effect?
How is our understanding of social determinants evolving? How is this affecting practice and government action, here or internationally? What is the latest picture of Indigenous health, in response to changing conditions and public health practice? Progress appears halting at best, so what is working and what not? What is there to learn from international experience?


Important Dates

Breakfast Sessions

Breakfast Sessions will be $45 each and must be pre booked as numbers will be limited.

Tuesday

Oral health care for all - What next? Responding to the Report of the National Advisory Council on Dental Health
PHAA Oral Health SIG and the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health

The recent National Advisory Council on Dental Report to the Minister of Health highlighted the many shortcomings of the current dental system and strongly recommended a long-term goal of universal access for both children and adults.The Council’s report highlighted the many systemic barriers to universal access for all and proposes foundational steps, long term aspirational goals and short and longer term service delivery options to reform oral health care in Australia.

The workshop will include brief presentations, Q&A and suggestions on future directions for advocacy.

Evidence-informed public health: Accessing, appraising and applying research findings to inform decision-making and practice
McCaughey Centre (University of Melbourne), Cochrane Public Health Group, VicHealth

This workshop will provide an overview of evidence-informed public health and its relevance to policy & practice, and assist participants to:

• Identify types of evidence, how to search and find data & evidence quickly & easily
• Share tools for appraising the applicability & transferability of research evidence to local contexts
• Introduce knowledge translation concepts, and to brainstorm facilitators for using evidence in practice
• Discuss approaches to evaluation and their contribution to the evidence-informed process.

Wednesday

Adequate calcium intakes in Australian children – is this a public health issue?
Sponsored by Dairy Australia

Latest data from the 2007 Australian National Children’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey identified calcium as the key micronutrient most lacking in children’s diets. With the risk of bone fractures and osteoporosis increasing with inadequate calcium intakes, should the dietary intake of calcium during childhood be a concern? Are there other health benefits of adequate calcium and dairy food consumption? And what potential healthcare savings could be generated? Speakers include Dr Malcolm Riley (CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences) and Prof Leonie Segal (University of South Australia) with Prof Jane Scott (Flinders University) as Chair. We have pleasure in inviting delegates of the Congress to participate in the discussion over a calcium-rich breakfast.

This workshop aims to make authors and reviewers more familiar with the current production of peer-reviewed public health journals in Australia. Editors from each journal will present a brief overview of how their editorial processes work. They will also outline recent developments in journal publishing, the ethical dilemmas editors face and the relationship with corporate publishers.

The main aim is to open the floor for participants to ask questions, make comments or discuss troublesome issues. These may include guidance for first-time authors, how best to review papers, and suggestions for effective revision of papers after review.We invite all editors and publisher representatives at the conference to come and participate in the discussion.

Prescription opioid and benzodiazepine misuse problems in Australia: Harms, dilemmas and responses
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University, and five others

In recent years Australia has seen a substantial per-capita increase in the use of prescription opioids and a slight per-capita increase in benzodiazepine use. This workshop will focus on enhancing the awareness of participants concerning the ways in which the poor quality use and inadvertent and deliberate misuse of these medicines is adversely impacting on the health of Australians. Specifically, the workshop will focus on research into harms such as fatal and non- fatal overdoses, emergency department visits, morbidity associated with the injection of oral medicines and sub-optimal treatment outcomes for conditions such as persistent pain, anxiety and sleeping disorders. It will examine both Australian and international trends in this area. I dont think we need to alert the already registered to this do we - only a handful affeccted?

Lunch Sessions

Lunch time session will be Free of Charge, but must be pre booked as numbers will be limited.

Monday

Twenty years of workplace-based training in population health in Australia: developing careers in population health
Five key organisations & government departments offering workplace training

Global Health Curriculum
The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

A Global Health Curriculum has just been drafted to guide Fellows seeking to gain competence in a range of different areas prior to working in global health settings. This workshop follows on from one held at the 2011 RACP Darwin Congress, and it will discuss ways of moving forward with the curriculum focus.

Ray James Memorial Award Presentation and Launch of the AHPA SA 2012 Storybook
The Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA)

Ray James Memorial Award Presentation: AHPA established the Ray James Memorial Award to honour the memory and contribution of Dr Ray James for his outstanding and distinguished service to health promotion in Australia. Dr Ray James died in 2008. He was a founding member of AHPA, a founding editor of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia, and the inaugural chair of the planning committee for the AHPA conference.

The Ray James Memorial Award is a prize of $1000 to an author (or first author where multiple authors) who is an individual member of AHPA and whose paper is chosen as an outstanding article in the previous year’s HPJA (Health Promotion Journal of Australia).

Presentation of SA's Story Book: ase studies on Aboriginal health promotion programs: The Health Promotion 'Storybook' is an icon of the AHPA SA Branch, providing an opportunity to showcase local work and share learnings.

This year the Storybook, in partnership with SA Health, has been written around the theme of 'capacity building and the health promotion workforce', which includes professionalising health promotion. Join us for the launch of the 2012 Storybook and gain a snapshot of the current workforce-related issues of the cross-sectoral health promotion workforce in South Australia, and to hear some of the strategies used to build health promotion workforce capacity. The capacity building and workforce issues theme was selected in light of significant state and national activity regarding the health promotion workforce. The Storybook will be available at the launch.

WHO in Crisis: Is it already too late?
PHAA International Health and Political Economy of Health SIGs and People’s Health Movement

The workshop will give participants an understanding of the crisis affecting the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the current reform process, the Australian position and its implications for health development globally. Can WHO be saved? Participants will explore ways in which public health practitioners and organisations in Australia might engage in the discussions about the reform process. 

Child and family sensitive practice, an idea whose time has come
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction and Australian Centre for Child Protection

This workshop will examine the integrated child and family welfare policy context in Australia, identify their implications for their organisation and explore ways of responding to parenting and child needs at policy and practice levels.

The prevention and reduction of maltreatment is not simple and solutions require a skilled workforce of service professionals. These professionals practice in a range of disciplines, some child and some adult focussed. It is critical that they have the skills to identify where support is needed and be able to work with other professionals to support the provision of effective and responsive services to their client in the context of their family situation.

Tuesday

What is the potential for Medicare Locals to contribute to tackling the social determinants of health and health equity?
PHAA Primary Health Care SIG

As part of Medicare Locals’strategic planning processes, they are required to undertake a Health Needs Assessment to identify potential opportunities to improve the health of their population. This includes indentifying where opportunities exist to improve health through non-health activities to address the social determinants of health.

This interactive workshop will:

• Scope issues around Medicare Locals, social determinants of health and health equity;
• Explore how Medicare Locals could work with non-health organisations to meet the needs of the hard-to-reach and marginalised populations; and
• Explore how Medicare Locals could mobilise resources to support improvements in the social determinants of health and health equity.

Meet The Examiners
The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

This represents an unmissable opportunity for Public Health Fellows and Trainees to meet and/or reconnect, with a focus on the all-important Final Oral Examination (to be held this year in Sydney in November). At this interactive and friendly session, AFPHM’s appointed Examiners will speak with the trainees on the process, format, and expectations of the upcoming examination period. The informal setting helps to ‘humanise’ the Examiners, and allows time for the Examiners and trainees/candidates to discuss any questions or concerns in a relaxed atmosphere. These sessions have been held at past congresses and have proven to be a highly valuable educational tool, as well as an excellent networking opportunity for all participants. All AFPHM trainees, especially those who plan to sit the exam in 2012, are strongly encouraged to attend.

AEA AGM
Australasian Epidemiological Association

All members are encouraged to attend for this annual meeting

Children’s exposure to ‘unhealthy’ food and beverage marketing – what is the evidence, impact and policy response?
Australian National Preventive Health Agency, SA Dept Health and Ageing, University of Sydney and Obesity Policy Coalition

This workshop will update participants about recent work undertaken to monitor and limit the exposure of children to ‘unhealthy’ (energy-dense, nutrient-poor) food and beverage marketing. During the workshop participants will:

• Be provided with the results of recent monitoring and an overview of current policy discussions between government, health and industry groups.
• Gain a better understanding of the current monitoring across a broad range of food marketing platforms and the complexity behind defining regulatory specifications.
• Gain an insight into the operation of complaint processes and how self-regulation of marketing by the food industry works.
• Have an opportunity to discuss the current situation and potential future directions, including research priorities.

The Challenges of adherence to guidelines. The workshop will present illustrations from the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health and encourage suggestions on guideline development and revision and related issues.
Researchers conducting Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and the Health in Men’s Study

Using data from two Australian longitudinal studies, data will be presented on the substantial diversity in levels of adherence in the Australian population to guidelines related to use of tobacco and alcohol, diet, physical activity, weight, and health screening. The workshop will challenge participants to consider the evidence underpinning public health guidelines and their feasibility from a population perspective. Participants will be encouraged to consider which guidelines work and which don’t in their own areas of expertise and how adherence might be improved. This is highly relevant to chronic disease prevention and management, men’s health and women’s health.

NHMRC Population Health Research Translation: A forum (NHMRC)
The Population Health Research Translation Faculty (PRT Faculty) will be a forum through which the community of public health researchers funded by the NHMRC can help the NHMRC meet its statutory responsibility “to raise the standard of individual and public health throughout Australia” by effectively translating the results of health and medical research. It will be one of three proposed research translation faculties which will draw upon the expertise and experience of key researchers within the NHMRC community.

The PRT Faculty will function as a social network and communicate primarily through an online social networking platform, email and a dedicated web site, supported by senior Office of NHMRC staff.Faculty members will hold semi-structured dialogues around specific topics arising from the NHMRC Strategic Plan and the National Health Priority Areas, and develop documents based on these dialogues to communicate key issues to NHMRC Council and the CEO through the relevant Principal Committee. In particular, NHMRC will be seeking advice on the evidence –practice gaps in the implementation of research in the Australian context, in both policy and practice.

The main aim of the session is to seek feedback, ideas and suggestions from participants on the proposed framework of the PRT Faculty.

Wednesday

Lunch: Meet the AFPHM President and Councillors
The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

The AFPHM lunch will be an opportunity for the newly elected AFPHM President to address the Fellows and Trainees of the Faculty. Dr Charles Guest will introduce himself and the Councillors at the lunch, and provide an update on the Faculty as a whole. The session will cover AFPHM achievements, as well as priorities over the next two years. The lunch will be a valuable networking activity, and an excellent opportunity for Faculty stakeholders to meet the Council. This will also be an opportunity for Trainees and Fellows to farewell the outgoing Councillors.

PHAA AGM
Public Health Association of Australia

The Annual General Meeting is open to members of the Association.The meeting is an opportunity for members to discuss the strategic direction taken by the Board and to examine and raise questions on the Annual Report, the audited financial statements of the Association and the conduct of all aspects of the PHAA. There will be some proposed changes to the Constitution including the incorporation of a statement on health equity.

The President and Vice-Presidents of the Association present their reports to the members at the Annual General Meeting. Additionally, the Annual General Meeting of the Association is where final decisions are made regarding the adoption, modification or rejection of new or revised policies. There is also the opportunity for members to raise other issues - provided written notice of that business is given to members by the Branch Secretary at least 21 days before the Annual General Meeting.

Building and measuring community capacity
Flinders University and South Australian Health Research Unit

The workshop is designed to help participants to understand how to build and measure community capacity and how to visually represent the findings using an innovative and field-tested approach.

What is new about the approach used in the workshop is that it provides a pre-determined focus through nine fully researched ‘operational domains’. The approach goes beyond the measurement of community capacity to also provide a focus for strategic planning and action. By the end of the workshop the participants will have an overview of how to build community capacity as a process (using the nine distinct domains), how to measure the process of capacity building and how to visually represent the measurement using an innovative and field tested methodology.

The workshop will appeal to practitioners who work with communities, especially socially marginalized and emerging communities,  to address broader inequalities and the social determinants.

Indigenous Public Health Core Competencies: How to Make Indigenous Public Health Curricula Content Industry Relevant
Public Health Indigenous Leadership in Education (PHILE) Network

The PHILE Network is currently reviewing the integration of Indigenous public health core competencies, included in the Foundation Competencies for Master of Public Health Graduatesin Australia, within Master of Public Health (MPH) curricula nationally. One of the preliminary findings of the reviews is that academics would benefit from a pool of practical examples of Indigenous health content for inclusion in MPH curricula. As experienced practitioners in the field, many Congress attendees will have firsthand experience and understanding of public health workforce needs. This workshop aims to gain industry input on course content that will meet these workforce needs in order to help strengthen MPH curricula.

Debate: Should the wearing of bicycle helmets be compulsory?
PHAA Injury Prevention SIG, Australian Injury Prevention Network, World Safety Organization Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

This workshop is focused on exploring the issues around the wearing of bicycle helmets (including the benefits, risks and unintended consequences) through a debate on the issue of ‘compulsory wearing of bicycle helmets’. This entertaining format will use two debating teams from Adelaide high schools in a traditional debating format, followed by some expert summary of evidence and a snapshot of future directions around research, policy and practice. At the end of the session the participants in the workshop should be aware of the issues, as well as the views and attitudes of the students involved.

Australian Health Promotion Associations 's (AHPA) members' meeting
An opportunity for members to contribute to AHPA's 2013 - 2016 strategic directions

AHPA's current Strategic Directions http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/about-us/strategic-priorities covers 2009-2012.  The lunch time meeting is one part of the consultation development process to determine AHPA's priorities over the next four years.  All memers are welcome and are encouraged to be part of this important discussion.

Social Activities

One ticket to the following is included with a full registration, tickets can be purchased for day delegates, student delegates and guests.

SUNDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
Welcome Reception
Adelaide Convention Centre
6.00pm-7.30pm

No Charge for full registered delegates
$44.00 for day delegates and guests

TUESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER
Congress Dinner
Adelaide Convention Centre
7.00pm-11.00pm

No Charge for full registered delegates
$120.00 for day delegates and guests



Registration Fees

*Student Registration Fees
You must be a full time student to qualify for the student rate.  Your registration form must be submitted with a signed letter confirming your full time student status on your educational institution’s letterhead by your lecturer or student administrator.
NOTE: The Student registration rate does not include the Conference dinner.

Full Registration Includes

1. Attendance at all Congress sessions (excludes Sunday workshops and breakfast sessions which are additional)
2. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea as per the Congress program
3. One ticket to the Welcome Reception (Sunday)
4. One ticket to the Congress Dinner (Tuesday)
5. Congress satchel and materials

Day Registration Includes

1. Attendance at all Congress sessions on the day of registration (excludes Sunday workshops and breakfast sessions which are additional)
2. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea as per the Congress program on that day
3. Congress satchel and materials

Student Registration includes

• Attendance at all Conference sessions (excludes Sunday workshops and breakfast sessions which are additional)
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea as per the Congress program
• One ticket to the Welcome Reception (Sunday)
• Congress satchel and materials

 
Payment Procedures

Payment can be made by:

1. Electronic Funds Transfer: Bank: Westpac Branch: Woden BSB No: 032 713 Account No: 280 408
   NOTE If paying via EFT you must quote your transaction reference number on the registration form.
2. Cheque made payable to Population Health Partnership
3. Credit card – MasterCard or Visa

Cancellation Policy

All alterations or cancellations to your registration must be made in writing and will be acknowledged by post, facsimile or email. Notification should be sent to:

Conference Co-ordinators
PO Box 139,
CALWELL ACT 2905

Facsimile  (02) 6292 9002
E-mail congress2012@confco.com.au

An administration charge of $110.00 will be made to any participant cancelling before 15 June 2012. Cancellations received on or after 15 June 2012 will be required to pay full registration fees. However, if you are unable to attend, substitutes are welcome at no additional cost.

By submitting your registration you agree to the terms of the cancellation policy.

Privacy Disclosure

In accordance with the Privacy Act 2000, you are advised that the information provided in completing the registration form will be held by the Congress Secretariat for the purpose of managing the Congress.  It is the intention to use the information to provide a list of delegates to the Planning Committee, fellow delegates and sponsors.  Your contact details may be used to inform you of future conferences on a similar topic.  If you consent to the Population Health Congress using your contact information in this way please tick the appropriate box on the registration form.

Liability

In the event of industrial disruption or other unforeseen circumstances, The Public Health Association of Australia, The Australian Health Promotion Association, The Australasian Epidemiological Association, The Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine and Conference Co-ordinators, accept no responsibility for loss of monies incurred by delay.

Congress Enquiries
Conference Co-ordinators
PO Box 139
CALWELL ACT 2905

Tel: +61 2 6292 9000
Fax: +61 2 6292 9002

Congress2012@confco.com.au

Accommodation

To book your accommodation at the rates listed below complete the appropriate section of the registration form. Bookings are subject to availability and should be made prior to 10 August 2012.

All cancellations or amendments must be made in writing to Conference Co-ordinators and will be acknowledged by facsimile. Please note your credit card details are required to guarantee your room. Neither Conference Co-ordinators nor the hotel will make any charges against your credit card unless you fail to give at least 21 days notice in writing of your cancellation or if less than 21 days prior to arrival your booking is reduced or cancelled in which case full payment will be required unless the room(s) can be resold. Full payment of your account will be required at the time of your departure.  NOTE: Some hotels may do a pre-authorisation to ensure the validity of the card supplied.

Intercontinental
120 North Terrace, Adelaide
The Intercontinental Hotel Adelaide (formerly the Hyatt Regency) is situated adjacent to the Convention Centre and has a 24 hour reception, room service, a gymnasium and a restaurant and bar. Each spacious room is equipped with individually controlled air-conditioning, high-speed Internet (for a fee), writing desk, marble bathroom and separate shower.

Superior Rooms - $215.00 per room per night

Sebel Playford Hotel
120 North Terrace
Situated opposite the Convention Centre the Sebel Playford Hotel is Adelaide’s most awarded 5 star boutique hotel. The rooms all have Juliette balconies and air conditioning.  All guests have access to the gym, pool, spa and sauna.  The hotel also has a restaurant and lounge.

The Deluxe Guestrooms have a more spacious bedroom and a small lounge area.

Playford Guestrooms - $199.00 per room per night
Deluxe Guestrooms - $229.00 per room per night

The Oaks Embassy Apartment Hotel
96 North Terrace
Conveniently located opposite the Convention Centre, the Embassy Apartment Hotel has spacious one and two bedroom apartments.  Each apartment contains full kitchen and laundry facilities.  The hotel’s facilities include indoor heated lap pool, sauna, plunge pool, steam room, gym and restaurant.

1 Bedroom Apartments - $205.00 per apartment per night
2 Bedroom Apartments - $275.00 per apartment per night

Oaks Horizons Apartment Hotel
104 North Terrace
The Oaks Horizons is directly across the road from the Convention Centre. The apartment style hotel has a gymnasium, on-site café and indoor swimming pool. The apartments are all fitted with full kitchen facilities, separate lounge area, laundry facilities, individual climate controlled air conditioning, and a private balcony.

1 Bedroom Apartments - $200.00 per apartment per night
2 Bedroom Apartments - $265.00 per apartment per night

Oaks Precinct
185 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Oaks Precinct is the newest of the Oaks properties opening in 2009, it is a self-contained apartment hotel which has both one and two bedroom apartments available. All rooms contain full kitchen and laundry facilities, private balconies and individually controlled air conditioning. This hotel is located only 15 minutes from the Convention Centre and has a 24 hour reception, a swimming pool, spa and sauna.

The Oaks Precinct does not have an on-site restaurant, however there are restaurants in close proximity to the hotel.

1 Bedroom Apartments - $200.00 per apartment per night
2 Bedroom Apartments - $265.00 per apartment per night

Stamford Plaza Adelaide
150 North Terrace
Located a short 5 minute walk from the Convention Centre, the Stamford’s facilities include a heated pool, gymnasium, 24 hour reception, 24 hour room service and undercover parking.  The hotel has 3 restaurants and a cocktail bar, making it a great place for a relaxed drink.

Superior City - $185.00 per room per night

Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley
65 Hindley Street, Adelaide
Hotel Grand Chancellor is a 4 star hotel, situated only 10 minutes from the Convention Centre. The rooms have individually controlled air conditioning, mini bar, tea and coffee making facilities and in room pay per view movies. The hotel has 24 hour reception, dry cleaning and laundry services, business centre and onsite restaurant and bar.

Deluxe Room - $145.00 per room per night
Executive Room - $165.00 per room per night

Rockford Adelaide Hotel
164 Hindley Street, Adelaide
The Rockford is a modern boutique-style hotel which is only a 10-15 minute walk from the Convention Centre. The hotel offers 24 hour reception and room service with each room featuring mini-bar, tea and coffee making facilities, air conditioning and complementary wireless internet (superior king rooms only). Guests also have access to the heated roof top pool and sauna.

Superior Rooms - $169.00 per room per night

Mercure Grosvenor Adelaide Hotel
125 North Terrace, Adelaide
Only a 5 minute walk from the Convention Centre, this hotel has a 24 hour reception, a restaurant and bar, dry cleaning and laundry services. Mercure Grosvenor offers 3 room types:

• Economy (compact 3 star rooms at the rear of the hotel)
• Standard (4 star rooms with stylish contemporary furnishing) and
• Deluxe (more spacious rooms than the standard).

Each room has tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryers, pay to view movies and broadband or WiFi internet (for a fee).

Economy Rooms - $120.00 per room per night
Standard Rooms - $165.00 per room per night
Deluxe Rooms - $195.00 per room per night