Monday 24 June

• Registration & Ice Breaker Cocktail Function

Tuesday 25 June

• Day 1 of conference
• Raymond Dart Lecture

Wednesday 26 June

• Day 2 of conference
• Conference Dinner

Thursday 27 June

• Day 3 of conference and conference close

APCHE aims to bring together experts working on all aspects of human evolution in the broader Asian and Pacific regions. The conference will consist of three days of general sessions including papers on palaeoanthropology, biological anthropology, genomics and palaeogenomics, primatology, as well as the disciplines engaged in understanding the environment and site-specific contexts of human evolution, human behaviour and art.

Travel grants to the amount of $1,000 will be available for researchers and students from low-income countries towards the travel and accommodation costs. Successful applicants will have their registration fees waived.

Travel Grant Application

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be from an institution which is not located in one of the countries listed below
• Applicants must be first named author and presenting a paper OR poster at the conference

Non-eligible countries:

Based on listings from the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, we define a low income country as all countries except the following: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, China-Hong Kong SAR, China-Macao SAR, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Closing date for applications: 28 February 2019, Brisbane time. Late applications will not be considered.

Please forward your applications by the closing date to: apche@griffith.edu.au

Abstract deadline: 31 March 2019.

Please download and use this file as a template for a one-page abstract to be submitted to the APCHE 2019. The template margins are 25 mm to the left, 19 mm to the right, and 25.4 mm to the top and bottom. The abstract should be written in English, prepared using this MS Word template, and no longer than 300 words. References in the abstract will not be supported.

Use Arial 12 point font and single line spacing throughout the text of the abstract. Paragraphs should be avoided, but if absolutely necessary they should be separated by an empty line. The use of an English character set is highly recommended in authors’ names, email addresses, and affiliations in order to avoid possible citation difficulties.

Abstract Template

Please name your Word document using one of the following formats to distinct poster and oral presentation: "SurnameName _Poster " or "SurnameName _Oral ".

Please email abstracts as an attachment to apche@griffith.edu.au before the abstract deadline.

Oral presentations

Each oral presentation (Powerpoint or PDF) will be 15 mins in total (12 mins + 3 mins for Q&A). Please ensure your presentation does not exceed these time limits.

Poster presentations

Each poster must be in A1 PORTRAIT format (594 mm width x 841 mm height).