Social Functions

Authors' Breakfasts

Cairns Convention Centre
Paper presenters must attend the Author's breakfast at the Cairns Convention Centre at 0730 hours on the day of their session. At this breakfast, session chairs will gather biographical information and final arrangements for sessions will be discussed. Included for presenting authors only.

Lunches

Cairns Convention Centre
A light lunch is included for fulltime delegates on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Awards Luncheon is also included for fulltime delegates. Additional tickets: AUD$17 per person; Thursday luncheon tickets: AUD$45 per person.

Sunday 23 June 2002
Welcoming Reception

Cairns Convention Centre
1730 - 1900 hours
Enjoy a warm, bright and typically Queensland welcome to the Conference at the Cairns Convention Centre. Catch up with colleagues and friends and enjoy Australia's hospitality at its best. Delegates will be entertained by a solo didgeridoo performance and afterwards will have the chance to play this ancient instrument. Dress: Smart casual. Included for fulltime delegates and registered partners. Additional tickets: AUD$55 per person. Includes canapés, beverages and entertainment.

Monday 24 June 2002
Music Recital

Hilton Cairns
1800 - 1930 hours
Be uplifted by the professional piano performance of your fellow delegate Vincente Salas, Power Electronics Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Vincente will join professional flautist Manuel Gordillo to perform some well-known classics. The performance is preceded by canapés and beverages. Included for full time delegates and registered partners. Additional tickets: AUD$25. Includes light canapés and beverages.

Wednesday 26 June 2002
Conference Dinner

Cairns Convention Centre
1930 - 2330 hours
Always the highlight of the conference, join fellow delegates, colleagues and friends at the conference dinner. Experience a tribal celebration as dancers from the Djenji Buai (Shark Clan) perform traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dances to the accompaniment of the didgeridoo, clap sticks and island drums. This high-energy performance is not to be missed! Dress: Smart casual. Included for full time delegates. Additional tickets: AUD$98. Includes food, beverages and entertainment.

Thursday 27 June 2002
Awards Luncheon

Cairns Convention Centre
1230 - 1400 hours
Included for full time delegates. Additional tickets: AUD$45.

Friday 28 June 2002
Quicksilver Outer Barrier Reef Cruise

0930 - 1800 hours
Optional at additional cost
Travel to Agincourt Reef on Quicksilver's modern wavepiercing catamarans cruise to the reef activity platforms moored in protective lagoons on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef. Passengers can explore the reef for the comfort of a semi-submersible, an underwater observatory, or snorkel and dive in a unique underwater world. The Outer Reef Day includes activities for swimmers and non-swimmers, such as snorkelling (assisted and supervised by qualified snorkelling safety officers), semi-submersible, underwater observatory and marine biologist presentation. A range of optional activities is provided to assist passengers to enjoy the reef in more ways - including the following:

Quicksilver is the 1999 Australian Tourism Award Winner and has advanced Ecotourism accreditation.

Quicksilver Outer Barrier Reef Cruise cost: AUD$166; child 4-14 years AUD$85.50. Includes hotel transfers, morning and afternoon tea, tropical smorgasbord lunch, snorkelling equipment, coral viewing from underwater observatory and semi-sub, marine biologist presentation. Optional extras should be pre-booked on the registration form. Costs are as follows:

Disclaimer

The conference reserves the right to cancel the optional social functions and partners' tours if minimum numbers are not reached. Regrettably, optional social functions and partners' program tickets will not be refunded if participation is cancelled less than 48 hours prior to the activity. The IEEE and Intermedia Convention and Event Management Pty Ltd and its agents act only as organisers of these activities and do not accept responsibility for any act or omission on the part of the service providers. No liability is accepted for any inaccuracy, misdescription, delay, damage, personal injury or death.

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