The biannual International Biometric Society Australasian Region Conference will be held at the Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff which is located just south of the Gold Coast in Australia. An all female keynote speaker line-up makes this conference a historic occasion. Keynote speakers are Prof Elisabetta Carfagna (U Bologna, Italy), Prof Di Cook (Monash, Australia), Prof Sonja Greven (LMU Munich, Germany), Prof Louise Ryan (UTS, Australia), Prof Jean Yang (U Sydney, Australia), A/Prof Rachel Fewster (U Auckland, New Zealand)