Location

The conference will be held in Cairns, in tropical north Queensland, Australia. Cairns is located on the coast between the tropical rainforest of the Great Dividing Range and the Great Barrier Reef. Cairns has an international airport.

There will be opportunities to explore the beautiful reef and rainforest around Cairns.

The meeting will be held in the conference rooms of the Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort.

Accomodation

Hotel Options:

• Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort (the conference venue)
  20% off the best available rate at the time of booking for conference attendees
  To take advantage of the discounted rate, please book through the hotel’s dedicated site for the conference
• Mercure Cairns (160 m walk from the Novotel)
  10% off the best available rate at the time of booking for conference attendees
  To take advantage of the discounted rate follow this link and insert SCP4477022 as the Business Client with Contract code and IN945FR439 as the Access code
• The Benson (750 m walk)
  10% off the best available rate at the time of booking for conference attendees
  To take advantage of the discounted rate, book from the hotel’s website and enter the promo code IUPAB25
• Cairns Colonial Club Resort (8 minute drive)
  10% off the best available rate at the time of booking for conference attendees
  To take advantage of the discounted rate, book from the hotel’s website and enter the promo code CAMP-IUPAB25
• Pullman Cairns International (950 m walk)
• Crystalbrook Riley (400 m walk)
• Pacific Hotel (850 m walk)
• DoubleTree by Hilton (270 m walk)
• Park Regis / Piermonde (Apartments) (900 m walk)
• Sunshine Tower Hotel (700 m walk)

Backpacker/Hostel Options:

• Gilligan’s Backpackers Hotel and Resort (700m walk)
• Bounce Cairns (500 m walk)

Flight Options

• USA – Direct flights on American Airlines, Qantas, United Airlines and Delta into Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas.
  • From there, domestic flights on either Qantas, Jetstar or Virgin Australia into Cairns – with over 30 daily flights available.
  • Via Fiji – Direct flight from Nadi (Fiji) to Cairns – which links to the Nadi – Dallas-Fort Worth route
• Europe / UK – Emirates or Qantas from Dubai, or Qatar from Doha into Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, then a domestic connection (Qantas, Jetstar or Virgin Australia) into Cairns,
  • OR fly to Singapore and then direct into Cairns,
• Asia – Direct flights from Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong into Cairns.
• New Zealand – Direct flights from Auckland and Christchurch into Cairns.

Transport

Uber and taxis are available for from Cairns International Airport to transport conference attendees to their accommodation. There is also a Shuttle Bus service that runs between the Airport and the Cairns City Centre, Palm Cove or Port Douglas, operated by Exemplar Coaches and Limousines  (more information here). If you are staying in Cairns, it is only about 10 – 15 minutes by car from the airport to the city centre. In this case the shuttle is no cheaper than a taxi, and if you arrive with a colleague and share a taxi, this would be cheaper than taking the shuttle bus.

The Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort is situated approximately a 200 m walk from the Cairns City Bus Station should conference attendees wish to stay longer in Australia and utilise the TransLink Bus Service to visit other locations.