All registrations will be acknowledged automatically by email. If you do not receive an email confirmation upon the completion of your online registration, please contact the Conference Secretariat to ensure that your details have been received.
All registration and function payments must be received prior to the Annual Scientific Meeting. Onsite registration will be available and payment must be made at the time of registration.
A Tax Invoice will be issued with the receipt of registration. Unless otherwise requested in writing at the time of sending the registration enrolment form, the Tax Invoice will be in the name of the delegate.
Cancellations must be advised in writing to the Conference Secretariat by 30 June 2021. Cancellations made by 30 June 2021 will receive a refund less a $130 cancellation fee. Refunds after 30 June 2021, will only be issued in exceptional circumstances (less the cancellation fee), but substitute delegates are acceptable.
Refunds will be provided after the Conference.
The Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), the conference organisers and secretariat will not be held liable, nor will a refund be optional if delegates, sponsors, speakers or exhibitors are unable to access, connect or have difficulty with internet connection, sound or visuals when participating in the HGSA 44th ASM. The conference organisers will endeavour to provide information on how to access the ASM, however delegates acknowledge that HGSA, the conference organisers and secretariat are not responsible for their IT connection or any issues caused by settings on devices used to access the HGSA 44th ASM, and delegates will endeavour to solve these issues with advice from their organisations IT support/suppliers of the devices they are using.
If you are unable to view live sessions at the time of the meeting, sessions will be recorded and available on-demand post conference, until 30 November 2021.
The Conference Program and registration information is correct at the time of printing. However, the organisers reserve the right to change the information where necessary without notice.
Registrants attend the conference at their own risk. The Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA), the conference organisers and secretariat are not liable for any losses, damages, expenses, costs, claims or liabilities suffered or incurred by registrants including consequential or indirect losses or loss of profit through registering for the conference, attending the conference, cancellation of the conference, failure of the conference to achieve your expectations, or for any error or omission by HGSA.
The HGSA, the conference organisers and secretariat will not accept liability for the damages of any nature sustained by participants or their accompanying persons or loss or damage to their personal property as a result of the HGSA Conference or related events.
Registration fees do not include insurance of any kind. It is strongly recommended that all delegates take out their own travel and medical insurance prior to coming to the Annual Scientific Meeting. The policy should include loss of fees/deposit through cancellation of your participation in the meeting, or through cancellation of the Annual Scientific Meeting itself, loss of airfares for any reason, medical expenses, loss or damage to personal property, additional expenses and repatriation should travel arrangements have to be altered. The Conference Organisers, HGSA, and the secretariat will take no responsibility for any participant failing to insure. Please speak to your travel agent or airline in regard to this matter.
HGSA and the conference organisers shall not be held liable for any loss caused by the cancellation of the conference where such cancellation is due to Force Majeure. The organisers will use all reasonable efforts to conduct the conference despite the intervention or occurrence of any such cause.
In this clause, Force Majeure means circumstances which are beyond the reasonable control of the all involved parties, and which are reasonably likely to affect the successful delivery of the Event or would make it inadvisable, impracticable, illegal, or impossible for a party to perform its obligations as originally contracted under this Agreement, including: fire, flood, earthquake, extreme adverse weather conditions, failure of electric power, gas, water, or other utility service, collapse of building structures, widespread disease or other public health emergency (including pandemic or epidemic), strike or other industrial action, the outbreak or declaration of war, act of terrorism, revolution or government orders or action (including the declaration of a State of Emergency).
Without prejudice to its obligations HGSA and the conference organises accept no liability and will not be liable for any compensation where the performance of its obligations under this Agreement is affected by Force Majeure.
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