Volunteer at the Conference

ABA Australia welcomes any CURRENT MEMBER to volunteer at our conference. Volunteering at the conference is a great way to give back to the ABA Australia community and SAVE MONEY!

Want to volunteer? Here’s how it works:

  • Must be a current member of ABA Australia at the time of the conference.

  • Register online by clicking the button at the bottle of the page or following the link in your email confirming your conference registration. 

  • Attend an online 1-hr training in mid July 2026, dates will be announced in June 2026.

  • You will need to work 2, 4-hour shifts (1/2 day each) at the conference and 100% of your registration fee will be refunded.

  • The refund will be processed within 10-business days, post-conference.

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  • Volunteer assignments occur throughout all days of the conference. Duties include but are not limited to: Staffing of registration area, assisting delegates with picking up their lanyard and name tag, assisting delegates with finding location of conference activities, sanitising the area, replenishing supplies and answering questions.

  • Volunteer assignments occur throughout all days of the conference. Duties include but are not limited to: Assisting delegates with finding seats in sessions, closing sessions when capacity is reached, ensuring additional delegates do not enter a closed session, assisting delegates in choosing alternate sessions when a room has reached capacity, assisting presenters as needed, assisting delegates earning ABA Australia PDU or BACB CEUs with their check-in and check-out process, submitting a head-count for session to conference staff, providing assistance with audio-visual equipment, and providing other assistance as needed.

  • Volunteer assignments occur throughout the conference. Duties include keeping track of time during presentations, holding up cards to presenters to indicate how much time remains, and notifying presenters when time is up. 

  • Volunteer assignment occurs late Saturday afternoon. Duties include, but are not limited to, assisting poster presenters with setup, assisting attendees with locating the poster session, and helping attendees enter the session.

These will be online training sessions held via Google Meet.

The training dates are as follows:

  • Tuesday, 7 July 2026 12pm - 1pm

  • Thursday 16 July 2026 7pm - 8pm

All approved volunteers will receive an email in June asking which training they will attend.

Volunteer Application

Thank you for volunteering! We could not do this without you!!

PLEASE NOTE: The number of shifts available is limited. Priority is given on a first-come, first-served basis. All volunteers must complete a short online orientation before the conference and check in and out for each shift.

ABA Australia expects that selected volunteers will commit to completing all scheduled shifts and the duties assigned to them. If a volunteer does not complete any assigned shifts, they will be ineligible for a refund of the conference registration fee.