To all registered participants:

On behalf of the local hosting committee a sincere welcome. We are looking forward to have you as guests of the Faculty of Theology, UP. Most of you are reading a paper and we wish you well in preparing your paper. What an opportunity for all of you to contribute to the research field you are devoted to and are working in! To our visitors: you are as welcome as anyone presenting.

I kindly ask your attention for important detail. Please read this one to the end:

1. As of today no money will be paid back in case of a cancellation. We ordered most of our necessities and can no longer change that;
2. In case you struggle with accommodation, please visit the Website for information or contact Suzanne Potgieter who may be able to help ([email protected]);
3. The student food centre on campus will be open for lunch and two other restaurants will most probably also be open;
4. Access to our campus can be either through the Roper Street or the University Road gates. On day one you will be allowed. For the other days your name tag will be your ticket to the campus. There will be signs to the venue where we register: foyer of the Musaion for those who know our campus. Helpers will direct you to the rooms for the electives;
5. It is holiday and you may find parking. When you enter the Roper Street gate, turn left and you will come across the open parking lot. We also arranged for parking in the parking garage for R5:00 per day. You get the ticket, bring it to me or Ester Steyn and we will give you another ticket to insert when you leave. You can give us the R5:00 per day as you use the facility;
6. There will a table with the name of your Society. Please report at that table for registration. You will help us a lot by bringing your registration form and proof of payment;
7. We will not have photocopy facilities available. In case you want to use hard copies for your presentation, please bring an estimated number of copies. There is a data projector in every room, but you need to bring your own laptop;
8. The program is on the webpage. So are the almost 190 abstracts, sorted by the name of your Society. You will receive a printed copy of the program at registration but not a hard copy of the abstracts.
9. We will try to have one table in the exhibition space for members who want to bring a publication of her/himself. Please make sure that there are contact detail with the publication. We do not have staff to attend to such a table fulltime.

Once again: welcome to our City and University.

Malan Nel

On behalf of the Local Hosting Committee

​For more detail on the speaker and an abstract, click on the name.

Malan Nel

Coordinator

[email protected]

PROGRAMME

Download the conference programme here.

ABSTRACTS 2016

Click on the name of the society to download its abstracts:

• ASRSA abstracts
• ATISCA abstracts
• CHSSA abstracts
• CIRCLE abstracts
• CTSSA abstracts
• NTSSA abstracts
• OTSSA abstracts
• SAMS abstracts
• SASNES abstracts
• SASRF abstracts
• SPIRASA abstracts
• SPTSA abstracts
• TSSA abstracts

CONFERENCE FEE (EXCLUDING ACCOMMODATION): ZAR1300:00 pp.

This fee includes:

• Refreshments at tea and coffee times during Conference;
• One finger dinner;
• Conference admin costs, travelling and housing for one overseas speaker, honoraria, etc.

ACCOMMODATION:

Participants are responsible for their own accommodation arrangements.You can search for accommodation at www.sa-venues.com or www.lekkerslaap.co.za. Start your search:  Pretoria: Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Pretoria East. You may also want to contact Nicky Dawkins who offers her help to us: 

T 012 807 5404;

F 0866 195 802;

M 073 363 2296

E nicky.dawkins@travelcounsellors.co.za

W http://www.travelcounsellors.co.za/nicky.dawkins

SAFETY:

The area where our conference will be hosted is where many thousands of students hang out, and is considered safe. Like in any other country in our world one has to be on the alert and careful. Do not hesitate to contact me directly in case you need more information ([email protected]).

PAYMENT OPTIONS:​ ​

• Electronic payments/transfers – Please see the detail in the registration form. Please show deposit or transfer slips at registration table.
• Please fax or e-mail the registration form and proof of payment to: Fax: +27865245740 or e-mail to [email protected]
• To make a credit card payment, please download UP's credit card payment form.

Transport from the airport to City Lodge Hotel

In the case you will fly into OR Tambo International Airport a very good (and exiting) way to get to Pretoria is by the Gautrain. It departs from inside the Airport Building. The train is safe and fast. You need to buy a travel card and add money for a one-way trip to the Hatfield Station, Pretoria. You change trains for Hatfield Station at Marlborough Station. The current cost for a one-way ticket is R155. For more info visit: www.gautrain.co.za

From the Hatfield Station you may want to take a taxi to your B&B or Hotel. In case you arrive after 19:00 at OR Tambo Int. Airport you need to make alternative transport arrangements. In such a case or in case you prefer private transport from the airport anyway you can also do so by contacting Best Shuttle [email protected]. The last mentioned would give you a good price. In case you are more than one person you pay only a limited amount extra for every additional person. This is a very trustworthy person and service.