Fees / Costs
Fees / Costs
SIA SubSTEC8 Conference 2026 - Conference Fees
|
Registration Fees (inclusive of GST) |
Full Price |
Discount |
SIA |
Submariners/ |
ImarEST Members |
|
Two Day Conference Fee (2 days) |
$1700 | $1020 | $680 | $425 | $1275 |
| Single Day Conference (Day 1 or Day 2) | $1020 | $612 | $408 | $255 | $765 |
| Opening Reception | $120 | $120 | $120 | $120 | $120 |
| Dinner | $180 | $180 | $180 | $180 | $180 |
| Full Conference | $2000 | $1320 | $980 | $725 | $1575 |
* To qualify for the SIA Member rate, you must have joined the SIA before Friday 1 March 2026 and have subscriptions valid to 30 June 2027 ( or later) by 1800 on 05 April 2026.
Members who bring their subscriptions up to date before 31 July 2026 will be eligible for registration at the Defence/Small Business rate.
Thereafter, member subscriptions are treated as lapsed and SIA member discounts will not be available, even if subscription status is restored.
Please note that joining the SIA after 1 March 2026 will not provide access to the SIA Member rate.
Discount Rate
The SIA offers discounted registration as follows:
| SIA members who were members before 1 March 2026 and whose subscriptions were paid up to 30/6/2027 before 06 April 2026 | 6 digit SIA membership number (SIA-XXXXXX) |
| Existing SIA members who bring their subscriptions up to date between 06 April and 31 July 2026 |
SIA-XXXXXX |
| People with a defence.gov.au email address AND a PMKeyS number | DEFENCE |
| Employees of Australian-owned Small-Medium Enterprises (turnover <$A50m, 1-200 employees) | SMALLBUSINESS |
| Academic Staff with an active educational (.edu) email address | ACADEMIC |
| Members of IMarEST; |
ImarEST |
Please note: Discounts apply to conference registration fees only. Social events are available at the standard rate.
To apply the relvant discount to your confrence tickets, please select social event as separate tickets during registration. Both conference and social event tickets can be purchased in the same transaction.
A 10% Early Bird discount will apply to Conference Fees until 06 July 2026.
Cost-Recovery Rate
A special cost-recovery registration rate is offered to:
| Serving Australian submariners; |
SUBMARINES |
| Defence members and contractors employed in Australian Government submarine organisations (e.g. Australian Submarine Agency) |
SUBMARINES |
|
Full-time students who are not otherwise employed with an active educational (.Edu) email address and provide an active student identification number. |
STUDENT |
|
Retired people |
RETIRED |
Speakers: Presenters of Papers accepted following the Call for Presentations are entitled to complimentary registration. Attendance at social events will be charged at the normal rate.
SIA Membership: Delegates who register for two days of the Conference are entitled to complimentary joining fees for membership of the SIA (standard subscriptions apply after 30 June 2027). Application needs to be made before 31 December 2026.
To join the SIA click here and then click 'Applications'.
