Registration Fees (AUD, incl. GST)
Regular Delegate: $1,265
HILT Delegate (Affiliate, Key and Core Partners*): $1,115
Student: $660
HILT Student*: $510
*HILT CRC voucher code is required to access HILT Delegate and HILT Student rates.
Speaker File Submission
We appreciate you submitting your final presentation slides ahead of the event to assist our AV technicians. If you need to make any changes to your presentation on the day, please see the conference AV technician, who will be available to receive updated files on the morning of your presentation.
Posters
Poster size: A1 or A0 posters.
Poster drop-off: Please bring your printed poster and drop it off at the registration/reception desk upon arrival. We recommend arriving at around 8:40 am on Day 1 to allow time for us to assist with setting up your poster.
Poster awards: We are pleased to present two awards at the conclusion of Day 2 to recognise outstanding poster presentations:
The Best Poster Award (PhD)
The Best Poster Award (ECR)
Poster collection: The poster exhibition and voting will conclude on Day 1. Please collect your poster after the evening function at 9:00pm.
HILT CRC ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR MEMBERS
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER TO FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2026
Posters and Oral Presentations
Researchers are invited to submit an extended abstract for review for either oral presentation or posters, with prizes awarded at the conference for best contributions in both categories. All contributors will also be invited to submit full papers for review soon after the conference within a Special Issue.
*Special Issue details will be published soon.
Key Dates
Extended Abstract Submission Deadline (extended): 30 July 2026
Extended Abstract Acceptance Notification: 11 September 2026
Presenter Registration Deadline (Oral & Poster): 21 September 2026
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 21 September 2026
Abstracts for presentation are invited under the following themes:
Policy, Finance and System Drivers
Global and national drivers for industrial decarbonisation
Finance, policy and regulation for iron and steel – synthesis of emerging directions
Energy infrastructure: overcoming deployment barriers
Industrial hubs and their role in lowering transition costs
Technology and Process Innovation
Electrification of hitemp processes (calcination, reduction, reheating
and related operations)
Beneficiation and recovery: upgrading, co-products and circularity
Exemplars in high-temperature industrial decarbonisation
Sector Pathways
Iron and steel: prospective transition pathways
Alumina and critical minerals: prospective transition pathways
Cement and lime: prospective transition pathways