ARCS Conferences

General Information

OUR VENUE

The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre is located in Darling Harbour. Located on the waterfront within walking distance of the heart of the city, the area offers all that visitors love about Sydney – from great restaurants and live entertainment to beautiful gardens and fantastic attractions.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre is located close to many forms of transport. You can arrive by monorail, bus, train and light rail. For more information on how to access the venue the green-friendly way, visit www.131500.com.au.

PARKING

The Exhibition Centre car park is conveniently located off Darling Drive, underneath the Centre’s five exhibition halls.

ARCS’ CONTRIBUTION TO REDUCING THE CONGRESS’ CARBON FOOTPRINT

In the last two years ARCS has raised $1,098, with 330 delegates kindly contributing an extra $3.30 on top of their conference registration to offset the carbon from their conference attendance. From the contributions collected, 330 trees were planted on behalf of the ARCS Annual Conference in Tumut NSW, west of Canberra, at a site called ‘Humes Crossing’. ARCS is again encouraging delegates to donate an extra $3.40 when registering to contribute to offsetting their carbon footprint for this event through the planting of a tree in a carbon sink forest. Proceeds will be donated to Greenfleet who are a not for profit forestry offset organisation who will plant these trees on our behalf.

Session handouts available online: Where speakers consent, ARCS will make all speaker presentations available online again in 2012. Upon registration a secure link will be emailed to registered delegates giving easy access before, during, and after the event, to download and print the required presentations. The links to the presentations will be populated to this page as they become available.

REGISTRATION DESK

The Registration Desk will be located in the main foyer and will be open from 8.00am to 5.00pm each day. Upon arrival on your first day, please report to the Registration Desk to receive your delegate satchel, name badge and social event ticket/s.

NAME BADGES

All delegates will be given a name badge at registration. This badge will be the official pass to sessions, teas, lunches and official social functions. It is necessary for delegates to wear their name badges at all times when on-site.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) POINTS

Name badges will be scanned as you enter each session to enable CPD points to be added to your record – please ensure you are wearing the correct name badge! See the Registration Desk for assistance.

COFFEE CART 

Due to popular demand two Coffee Cart will now be operating within the Exhibition Hall where professional baristas will make you coffee just the way you like it. This will be open the same hours as the Trade Exhibition.

INTERNET CAFE 

The Internet Café will run in the Exhibition Hall for you to use to keep up to date with work, family and friends whilst at Congress. This will be open the same hours as the Trade Exhibition.

DRESS

Smart business casual attire is appropriate for conference sessions. Join the ARCS Board and Business Office and dress up for the Gala Dinner – theme to be advised.

FLIGHTS

If you are travelling from interstate we recommend you visit the domestic airline websites of Qantas, JetStar and Virgin Blue. These carriers often have sale fares which could make your trip to Congress all the more affordable.

ACCOMMODATION

ARCS will negotiate a special rate a local hotel. We will advise you of rates as they become available.