Registration Fees
Registration to open 17th August.
| EARLY BIRD – until 30 September | |
| Full Symposium Attendance – Early Bird | 6 200,00 |
| STUDENT/RETIREE Full Symposium Attendance – Early Bird | 4 500,00 |
| One Day Attendance – Early Bird | 2 500,00 |
| One Health Special Session | 4 000,00 |
| STANDARD – 01 October to 05 November | |
| Full Symposium Attendance – Standard Rate | 8 250,00 |
| STUDENT Full Symposium Attendance – Standard Rate | 6 500,00 |
| One Day Attendance – Standard Rate | 3 500,00 |
| One Health Special Session | 4 000,00 |
Registration Fee Inclusions & Exclusions
Full Symposium Registration:
FEES INCLUDE:
- Access to all Symposium Sessions.
- Welcome Reception on Sunday, 05 November which includes a braai dinner.
- Gala dinner on Wednesday, 08 November.
- Lunch and tea breaks Monday, 06 to Friday, 10 November.
FEES EXCLUDE:
- Accommodation is excluded and should be arranged and paid for by the delegate
Dinner on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening are excluded from the registration fee. The Wild Coast Sun have a variety of options onsite (click here to read more) or you may wish to join the River Cruise on Tuesday or Thursday evening and arrange your own social braai with fellow delegates – for your own account. - Field trips are excluded from the registration fee and should be booked when registering online.
One Day Attendee Registration:
FEES INCLUDE:
- Access to all Symposium Sessions for the specific day registered for.
- Lunch and tea breaks for the specific day registered for.
FEES EXCLUDE:
- Accommodation is excluded and should be arranged and paid for by the delegate
- Welcome Reception on Sunday, 05 November (a ticket can be purchased at R380.00).
- Gala dinner on Wednesday, 08 November (a ticket can be purchased at R400.00).
- Access to any sessions that do not take place on the day registered for.
- Field Trips.
- Access to any in-person sessions, social events or field trips.
One Health Special Session Registration:
FEES INCLUDE:
- Access to the One Health Special Session only (2.5 days)
- Lunch and tea breaks for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
FEES EXCLUDE:
- Accommodation is excluded and should be arranged and paid for by the delegate
- Welcome Reception on Sunday, 05 November (a ticket can be purchased at R380.00).
- Gala dinner on Wednesday, 08 November (a ticket can be purchased at R400.00).
- Field Trips.
- Access to any social events or field trips.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- Payment of the Early Bird registration must be received by The Conservation Symposium by no later than 30 September 2023.
- Payments that have not been received by 30 September will result in the Early Bird booking being converted to the standard registration fee.
- Students Registrations: Apart from detailing student numbers and tertiary information upon registration, delegates that have registered as students, must be a current student in 2023.
- Retiree Registrations: Should be of 60 years or older and you are no longer full time employed.
- Participants who cancel before 30 September 2023 will be entitled to a 50% refund of their registration fee. No refunds are possible for cancellations received after 30 September 2023.
- A participant who cancels may ask the Symposium Secretariat to transfer the registration to a colleague. A fee of 10% of the registration fee is charged for the replacements/transfers.
- Cancellations must be submitted in writing to the Symposium Secretariat, c/o The Conference Company (kimera@confco.co.za), in order to receive any possible reimbursement.
- 15% VAT is included in the fee.
- Any bank charges for international transfers shall be borne by the delegates.
- Refunds will be processed after the conference accounts have been reconciled and on receipt of a written request sent to the Symposium Secretariat (kimera@confco.co.za).
- Refunds for no-shows are not possible.
- Until payment has been received, registration for the Symposium and any of its associated events cannot be confirmed and without confirmed registration, participants will not be listed in the programme or in the list of participants.
