Our Disclosures

Our complete terms and conditions are contained below, but some important points for you to know are set out below: We will handle your personal information in accordance with our privacy policy, available at https://auaba.com.au/ABAA-Documents. Our liability under these Terms is limited to the Conference Fees, and we will not be liable for Consequential Loss. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you are not entitled to a refund of any part of the Conference Fees. We may cancel the Conference for any reason at any time upon written notice to you.  We may amend the details of the Conference (including date, location, time, presentations and workshops) and to the maximum extent permitted by law, you will not be entitled to a refund of any part of the Conference Fees for such an amendment.  Nothing in these terms limit your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.

Definitions and Interpretation

1. The term ‘Annual Conference’, or the ‘Conference’ means the Association of Behaviour Analysis Australia 10th Annual Conference.

2. The term ‘Conference Organiser’ or the ‘Conference Committee’ refers to the ABA Australia volunteer group that manages the 10th Annual Conference logistics, including registration, accommodation and sponsorship bookings, and is the appointed data custodian for all personal data collected by ABA Australia for the purposes of promoting the 10th Annual Conference.

3. The terms ‘Participant’, ‘Attendee’, ‘Delegate’ or ‘Registrant’ refer to any person who registers and/or attends or is invited to attend the Conference – including but not limited to Speakers, Sponsors, Vendors, Media Representatives and Contractors.

4. The term ‘Speaker’ or ‘Presenter’ refers to any presenter or co-presenter, session chair, panellist, session moderator, session discussant, session facilitator or moderator who is participating at a conference session.

5. The term ‘Sponsor’ includes any person, firm, company or corporation and its employees and agents identified in the booking form or other written request for a sponsorship item.

Introduction

1. These terms and conditions (Terms) are entered into between ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS AUSTRALIA LIMITED ACN 165 099 392 (ABA Australia, we, us, or our) and you, together the Parties and each a Party. 

2. We are hosting ABA Australia’s 10^th Annual Conference (Conference) and you wish to attend the Conference, the details of which are further particularised on our website (Site).   

3. In these Terms, you means the person or entity who has purchased (or initiated a ticket purchase) to attend the Conference as a delegate. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of your employer or a business entity, you, in your individual capacity, represent and warrant that you are authorised to act on behalf of your employer or the business entity and to bind the entity and the entity’s personnel to these Terms.

   You accept these Terms by clicking “I accept” or paying any part of the Conference Fees to us. 

Conference Fees

1. Once you complete the registration process this is an indication that you will attend the conference. You agree to pay us the Conference Fees in accordance with the payment terms and method set out on the Site. All amounts are stated in Australian dollars and are exclusive of GST (unless otherwise stated). We may offer payment through a third-party provider, for example, Stripe. 

2. If payment is made by direct debit, by providing your bank account details and accepting these Terms, you authorise our nominated third party payment processor to debit your account in accordance with these Terms and you certify that you are either an account holder or an authorised signatory on the account for which you provide details.
   

   ABA  Australia members must login to their ABA Australia account. Failure to do so will result in the individual being charged a non-member rate.

3. Individuals are responsible for ensuring that their registration is confirmed before making arrangements to attend. ABA Australia Australia bears no responsibility for any costs incurred (such as flights, accommodation, travel expenses) or loss of income.

 Eligibility for discounted registrations

1. Flash Sale: To qualify for flash sale discount, the registration must be received by 31 January 2025 by 11:59 pm.

2. Early Bird: To qualify for early bird discount, the registration must be received by 30 April 2025 by 11:59 pm.

3. ABA Australia Member: Applies to registrants who have active membership in one of the following categories: CBA, CBAU, Professional, Affiliate, Student, or Supporter of ABA Australia. They must maintain their membership until the conference ends. These conference registrations receive complimentary ABA Australia PDUs and BACB CEUs

4. Non-Member: Applies to registrants who do not possess an active ABA Australia membership at time of registration. This registration type does not include BACB CEUs. 

5. Presenter: Applies to an individual who has been approved to present at the conference. This also applies to any session facilitators, chairs, panellists, moderators and/or session discussants. Presenters must purchase their own conference ticket at their current membership level for the ‘Flash Sale’ rate prior to presenting. If you are a non-member presenter you will be charged a discounted rate of $400. An invoice will be issued after notification of acceptance of the presentation.

Cancellation

1. Other than in accordance with clause 10, if you do not attend the Conference, you acknowledge and agree that you will not be entitled to a refund of any part of the Conference Fees and you are still responsible for any unpaid conference fees. 

2. You may be entitled to transfer your Conference ticket to a third party, subject to the following:

   1. you provide us notice in writing by 21 July 2025 that you intend to transfer your ticket to a third party (Transfer); and 

   2. we agree to the Transfer in writing. 

3. You acknowledge that if we agree to a Transfer request, it is your sole responsibility to organise payment of the fees for the Transfer by the third party to you, and we will not be involved in any transaction between you and such third party. 

4. Any request for a ticket transfer received after 21 July 2025 will be at the discretion of ABA Australia and made on an individual basis. 

5. Conference or workshop cancellations

   1. If you have registered for the conference or workshop:

      1. You are entitled to a refund of the outstanding balance minus the administrative fee if the cancellation is received on or before 30 June 2025 by 5pm AEST. The administrative fee is 25% of the ticket purchased. 

      2. Any request for a cancellation received after 30 June 2025 will be at the discretion of ABA Australia and made on an individual basis. 

6. The Conference Fees are only refundable and cancellable in accordance with your Consumer Law Rights and these Terms.

Conduct 

1. By registering for the Conference, you agree: 

   1. you will comply with these Terms, our reasonable requests and requirements and all applicable laws; 

   2. to comply with the venue rules where the Conference is hosted; 

   3. to inform us of your dietary requirements on the Site when registering for the Conference. You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to provide us with your dietary requirements by 4 July 2025, you will be deemed to have no dietary requirements; 

   4. While all care is taken in relation to food allergies and intolerances, ABA Australia Australia cannot guarantee completely allergy free meals, nor be held responsible for any adverse reaction.

   5. to inform us of your accessibility requirements when registering for the conference. You acknowledge and agree that if you fail to provide us with your accessibility requirements, you will be deemed to have no accessibility requirements, This information will be forwarded to third parties/venues as required;

   6. Registrants are not permitted to record or reproduce content in any format

   7. you are only entitled to receive one conference tote bag; 

   8. we do not guarantee that you will have a place at every presentation, workshop or other conference event and if you fail to attend the relevant event on time, you may be required to attend another event instead;  

   9. if the conference sells out then the waitlist policy will take effect;

   10. you will be considerate and respectful to all Conference attendees, volunteers, and staff at the Conference and at related social events; 

   11. we do not tolerate harassment, bullying or any other unacceptable behaviour;

   12. you will not consume excessive amounts of alcohol or be under the influence of non-prescription drugs;

   13. to hold all necessary insurances for your attendance of the Conference, including travel insurance; and

   14. to not do anything that may put us, our business, our brand, or the Conference into disrepute.

   15. You acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right to remove you from the Conference if we consider, in our sole discretion, that your behaviour constitutes a breach of this clause 5 or a breach of any other provision of these Terms.

Intellectual Property

1. We own all Intellectual Property Rights in Our Materials and nothing in these Terms constitutes a transfer or assignment of any Intellectual Property Rights in Our Materials.

2. We grant you a non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide, non-sublicensable and non-transferable right and licence to use any materials that we provide to you solely for your enjoyment of the Conference and for the purposes set out in this clause 6. 

3. You must not, without our prior written consent:

   1. copy, in whole or in part, Our Materials; or

   2. reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any of Our Materials to any third party, except as permitted in this clause 6.

4. Nothing in the above clause restricts your ability to publish, post or repost the materials that we provide you during the Conference on your social media pages or website, provided that:

   1. you do not assert that you are the owner of Our Materials;

   2. unless explicitly agreed by us in writing, you do not assert that you are endorsed or approved by us; 

   3. you do not damage or take advantage of our reputation, including in a manner that is illegal, unfair, misleading or deceptive; and 

   4. you comply with all other terms of these Terms.

5. This clause will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms.

Conference Platform

1. We may provide you with access to our Conference platform which enables you to organise your schedule at the Conference, ask questions during Presentations and interact with other Conference attendees (ABA Platform). 

2. If you create an account, or otherwise use the ABA Platform, you agree that you will not do, or attempt to do anything, that is unlawful or inappropriate, including: 

   1. anything that would constitute a breach of an individual’s privacy or any other legal rights; 

   2. use the ABA Platform to defame, harass, threaten, menace or offend any person; 

   3. use the ABA Platform for unlawful purposes; 

   4. tamper with or modify the ABA Platform (including by transmitting viruses and using trojan horses); 

   5. use the ABA Platform for any other purpose other than for the reasons listed in this clause; and/or 

   6. facilitating or assisting a third party to do any of the above acts. 

Australian Consumer Law 

1. Certain legislation, including the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010(Cth), and similar consumer protection laws and regulations, may confer you with rights, warranties, guarantees and remedies relating to the provision of the Conference by us to you which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (Consumer Law Rights). 

2. If the ACL applies to you as a consumer, nothing in these Terms excludes your Consumer Law Rights as a consumer under the ACL. You agree that our Liability for the Conference provided to an entity defined as a consumer under the ACL is governed solely by the ACL and these Terms.  

3. This clause will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms.

Liability

1. Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law:  

   1. neither Party will be liable for Consequential Loss; 

   2. each Party’s liability for any Liability under these Terms will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the acts or omissions of the other Party or any of that Party’s personnel, including any failure by that Party to mitigate its losses; and

   3. our aggregate liability for any Liability arising from or in connection with these Terms will be limited to the Conference Fees paid by you to us.

2. This clause will survive the termination or expiry of these Terms. 

Termination

1. If we breach these Terms and do not remedy the breach within 5 business days after being notified by you, you may cancel your attendance at the Conference and we will refund you the Conference Fees. 

2. We may cancel the Conference for any reason and at any time upon written notice to you. If we cancel the Conference or your participation in the Conference for convenience, we will refund the Conference Fees you have paid to us. If we cancel your participation in the Conference as a result of your breach of these Terms, you agree that you will not be entitled to a refund of any part of the Conference Fees. 

General 

1. Accommodation: We may recommend a hotel for you to stay at when attending the Conference (Hotel). You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible, and we exclude all liability for any Liability you incur resulting from or in connection with the actions or omissions of the Hotel. You reserve the right to choose to stay with any other accommodation provider while you attend the Conference. 

2. Amendment: We may amend the details of the Conference at any time by providing written notice to you (including, without limitation, the location, date, time, presentations, workshops and speakers), and we may deliver the Conference as a virtual conference in the case of a Force Majeure Event. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree that you will not be entitled to a refund of the Conference Fees where we amend the Conference details as contemplated by this clause.

3. Disputes:  A Party may not commence court proceedings relating to a dispute without first meeting with the other Party to seek (in good faith) to resolve the dispute, failing which the Parties agree to engage a mediator to attempt to resolve the dispute. The costs of the mediation will be shared equally between the Parties. Nothing in this clause will operate to prevent a Party from seeking urgent injunctive or equitable relief from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. 

4. Force Majeure: Neither Party will be liable for any delay or failure to perform their respective obligations under these Terms if such delay or failure is caused or contributed to by a Force Majeure Event, provided the Party seeking to rely on the benefit of this clause, as soon as reasonably practical, notifies the other party in writing about the Force Majeure Event and the extent to which it is unable to perform its obligations and uses reasonable endeavours to minimise the duration and adverse consequences of the Force Majeure Event.

5. Governing law: These Terms are governed by the laws of Tasmania.  Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in Tasmania and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts.  

6. Notices: Any notice given under these Terms must be in writing addressed to us at the details set out below or to you at the details provided in your Account. Any notice may be sent by standard post or email, and will be deemed to have been served on the expiry of 48 hours in the case of post, or at the time of transmission in the case of transmission by email.

7. Publicity: You agree that we may advertise or publicise the fact that you are attending our Conference, including on our website or in our promotional material. 

Definitions 

1. Conference Fees means the fees you must pay us to attend the Conference as further particularised on the Site. 

2. Conference Logo means the logo for the Conference we will provide you for the purposes of promoting the Conference. 

3. Consequential Loss means, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise; any loss or damage that cannot be considered to arise according to the usual course of things from the relevant breach, act or omission, whether or not such loss or damage may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of the Parties at the time they entered into these Terms as the probable results of the relevant breach, act or omission, and/or,  any real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data. The Parties agree that your obligation to pay us the Fee under these Terms will not constitute “Consequential Loss”.

4. Force Majeure Event means any event or circumstance which is beyond a Party’s reasonable control, including a government sanctioned lockdown resulting from COVID-19.

5. Intellectual Property Rights or Intellectual Property means any and all existing and future rights throughout the world conferred by statute, common law, equity or any corresponding law in relation to any copyright, designs, patents or trademarks, domain names, know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets or confidential information, circuit layouts, software, computer programs, databases or source codes, including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the foregoing, whether or not registered or registrable. 

6. Liability means any expense, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, notice, entitlement, investigation, demand, proceeding or judgement (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent and whether involving a third party or a party to these Terms or otherwise.

7. Our Materials includes the Conference Logo and the ABA Platform, and means all work, models, processes, technologies, strategies, materials, information, documentation and services, including in relation to the Conference, and which may contain material which is developed, owned by or licensed to us (or a third party). 

For any questions or notices, please contact us at:

ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS AUSTRALIA LIMITED (ACN 165 099 392) 

Email: admin@auaba.com.au

Last update: 18 October 2024.

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