WELCOME TO THE REGISTRATION PORTAL for #PIACongress26

Social Ticket Registrations

Welcome to the social ticket registration portal for PIA's upcoming Planning Congress

to be held in National Convention Centre, Canberra, from the 20th - 22nd of May 2026. 

PIA looks forward to welcoming those travelling to join us in Canberra!

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Please fill in your details below and click "Next" to continue. You will be able to edit your information in the Summary page, if needed.

• If you are registering on behalf of another person, please make sure you enter the details of the delegate attending the Congress. You can add in your email address in "Additional Emails" section if you would also like to receive emails from the secretariat.
• Photos uploads are optional and are linked to your profile for the Congress App. You may skip this process now, and update when you have downloaded the app 2 weeks prior to the Congress.

Additional Information

To assist PIA in continuing to understand and plan better for our audiences in the future, please fill in the details below:

Social Function Tickets

If you would like to purchase tickets to the following social functions, please advise below:

• National Awards for Planning Excellence and Congress Welcome Reception
• Planners Take Over Verity Lane

If social functions are sold out and you would like to request to join the waitlist for a function, please email congress@planning.org.au. 

Guest Special Requirements

If you have purchased guest tickets and need to advise us of any special requirements (e.g. wheelchair access) for the guest/s, please advise below. Your guests' dietary or special requirements will not be accommodated if you have not advised prior.

We are pleased to announce that tickets for masterclass, workshops and walking concurrent sessions are now available.

If you would like to book a masterclass, workshop or a walkshop session, please click the links for further information. You can then register your preferences below.

Masterclass/Workshops/Walkshops are delivered during concurrent session streams. You don't need to register for Plenary sessions or other concurrent sessions, only masterclass, workshops and walkshops concurrent sessions due to limited places available. We encourage you to pre-register for these sessions to avoid disappointment. 

Due to the limited spaces available for the masterclass/workshops/walkshop sessions, if you are no longer needing the tickets, please email congress@planning.org.au to cancel, to provide more opportunities to other attendees.

Thursday 29 May 2025 

• Walkshop 1: The Heart Foundation Walkshop (11:00AM - 12:30PM)
• Exclusive Masterclass with Ellen Dunham-Jones: Hands-on Exercises to Identify Good (and Bad) Urban Design (11:00AM - 12:30PM)
• Exclusive Masterclass with Ika Trijsburg: Disinformation in the City: developing a three-phase response (3:30PM - 5:00PM)

Friday 30 May 2025 

• Workshop 1: Delivering great communities: housing, resilience, connectivity and infrastructure(11:00AM - 12:30PM)
• Walkshop 2: The Heart Foundation Walkshop (11:00AM - 12:30PM)
• Workshop 2: The Future of Planning Education in a time of change (1:30PM - 3:00PM)

*Please be mindful when selecting a masterclass, workshop or walkshop sessions, of the days and times each session is on. Please do not select to attend all due to multiple sessions which are running at the same times.

Once booked out, if you would like to request to join the waitlist for a session, please email congress@planning.org.au