ACOTS 2024

AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON TRAUMATIC STRESS

7 - 9 NOVEMBER 2024, MELBOURNE

Proudly brought to you by Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and Phoenix Australia, this year’s program will explore the latest advancements in traumatic stress studies with keynote presentations from world-leading experts, opportunities to participate in insightful workshops and engaging discussions, and networking with peers and colleagues. 


Moving through trauma: pathways to transformation

This year’s theme recognises the dynamic nature of recovery, emphasising the integration of mind and body approaches, and exploring the evolving understanding of trauma's impact on individuals and communities.

Created specifically for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and service leaders, ACOTS offers a curated scientific program led by esteemed international and local experts to enrich your understanding of traumatic stress.

Held over two days, the conference program comprises keynote addresses, panel discussions, interactive masterclass sessions and workshops, poster sessions, a welcome reception and conference dinner.

WORKSHOP AND Keynote speakerS


Professor Grete Dyb, MD, PhD


Laura Fischer 

Professor Grete Dyb, MD, PhD

Professor Dyb is a global expert in supporting children and adolescents following exposure to terrorism. She was central to the Norwegian psychosocial response to the terror attack in 2011 where 77 people were killed, most of them young people at a Norwegian Youth summer camp. She lead a 13 year longitudinal study following young people exposed to this trauma which provides many insights about the long term needs of children exposed to this trauma. She is currently vice-dean at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo and research professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway.

Laura Fischer 

Laura E. Fischer is the Founder & CEO of Traumascapes, a survivor-led organisation dedicated to changing the ecosystem of trauma and creating new horizons for survivors through art and science. Laura is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London and she serves on the Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee for ATTUNE at the University of Oxford and the Editorial Advisory Board of The Lancet Psychiatry. Currently, Laura is leading a Wellcome-funded Lancet Psychiatry Commission on lived experience in mental health research.



IMPORTANT DATES 

Call for Abstracts: Monday 4 March 2024

Registration Opens: Tuesday 2 April 2024

Super Early Registration Deadline: CLOSED

Late Breaking Poster Deadline: CLOSED

Early Bird Registration Deadline: CLOSED

Accommodation Deadline: Tuesday 1 October 2024

Registration Cancellation Deadline: Friday 20 September 2024


Registration Pricing

REGISTRATION TYPESUPER EARLYEARLY      STANDARD
ASTSS Member$795.00$945.00$1,095.00
Non-ASTSS Member$945.00$1,095.00$1,295.00
ASTSS Student or Volunteer Peer Workers$645.00$795.00$895.00
Non-ASTSS Student or Volunteer Peer Workers
$745.00$895.00$995.00
Workshop Pass (If Purchased with Full Conference Pass)$295.00--
Workshop Pass Only
$495.00--


For Group Registrations (greater than 5 delegates), please contact us via acots@icms.com.au



ABOUT THE HOST

The ACOTS Conference is a collaboration between ASTSS (the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) and Phoenix Australia. The conference is of interest to a broad range of people interested in trauma, including practitioners, researchers, consumers, service developers and policy makers.


acknowledgmentS

The Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and Phoenix Australia respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land in which we meet, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present.

We recognise and honour the strength and courage of those with lived and living experience of trauma and mental ill health, and feel privileged to be working alongside and for those individuals, their carers and kin. 

                                

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