ABC13 acknowledges the Turrbal and Yugara as the First Nations owners of the lands where this meeting will take place (QUT Gardens Point). We pay respect to their Elders, lores, customs and creation spirits. We recognise that these lands have always been places of teaching, research and learning. ABC13 acknowledges the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people play within the scientific community.

Important Presentation details: 

All individual oral presentations are 8 minutes in length plus two (2) minutes for Questions and Answers. We anticipate that these sessions will spark lively discussion and audience participation. There will be a session chair who will advise you of the time remaining during your presentation, and we ask that you kindly observe the time restrictions out of respect for other presenters.

The meeting room will be equipped with a:

• Projector and screen (please use 16:9 slide ratio)
• Lectern microphone
• Laser pointer and slide advancer

Please bring your presentation on a USB, as you will be asked to upload your slides on the meeting room computer to ensure smooth and prompt transitions between speakers. We strongly advise for you to test your presentation in advance of your session to ensure that all slides/images/videos are working properly.

All poster presentations will be done on digital poster platforms. All poster presentaters should have receieved an email with specific instructions. If you have not received this, please contact the organisers via email (abc13@qut.edu.au). 

Workshop registration

We are pleased to announce the following workshops that will be run in conjunction with the ABC13 conference. Details can be found in the 'Workshops' section of the website (registration details will be sent out to delegates in coming weeks).

• Logemas - Vicon 3D motion analysis workshops

Vicon Basic Training ​​(Morning session)

Vicon Advanced Training (Afternoon session)

• Materialise - Mimics Innovation Suite Workshop

Beginner Session ​​(Morning session)

Advanced Session (Afternoon session)

• Australia-New Zealand Clinical Motion Analysis Group Workshop

Implementing new technologies into clinical practice: The reward outweighs the challenges (Afternoon Session)

Early and Mid-Career Researcher Retreat

We welcome all ANZSB members who identify as an Early and Mid-Career Researchers to attend our Retreat aimed at building meaningful collaborations within our EMCR community. There will be an EMCR dinner the night before the conference opening followed by -

• Research workshop (Sunday 8.30am – 10.30am)
• Teaching workshop (Sunday 11am – 1pm)

Further information can be found on the 'Workshops' section of the website.

Abstract Submissions and Acceptance

We had over 82 abstracts submitted and approved for presentation. If you are a speaker, please ensure you have registered by October 10th. If you are yet to receieve a confirmation email, please contact the conference organisers.

Further invited speakers announced 

We are pleased to announce that Michelle Hall (Melbourne University), Jeff Bischoff (Zimmer Biomet) and Luca Modenese (University of New South Wales) will be giving invited presentations, supported by our wonderful sponsors. 

Keynote speakers announced

We are pleased to announce that A/Prof Elizabeth Clarke and Prof Dario Farina have accepted invitations to give keynote presentations at ABC13.

More details can be found in the Scientific Program and Keynotes page.