The full-day conference boasts an impressive and diverse line up of over 15 practitioners and academics. Learn how compassion can be integrated into research, practice, work, and daily life.

trees in a forestPresentation topics include:

  • Mindfulness into compassionate care
  • Perspective taking
  • Moral expansiveness
  • Self-compassion and cancer coping
  • Regulating fears of rejection
  • Compassion and disgust
  • International aid distribution decisions
  • Emotional contagion and prosociality

Full conference programme will be released shortly.

About Compassion Symposium

This cross-disciplinary symposium is designed to bring together academics, clinicians, researchers, and students from different disciplines within The University of Queensland and from the community, to present on how compassion is or could be a part of their research, studies, or practice.

The compassion symposium consists of the free keynote address, and the full-day conference.

About the Event

The School of Psychology at The University of Queensland is delighted to announce the return of the UQ Compassion Symposium for 2024. The ninth iteration of this beloved event, the Symposium will bring together researchers, clinicians and students from a range of disciplines to showcase compassion-based research and practice.

Registration for the Keynote Address and the Compassion Conference is now open. See below for full details and to register.

Key dates

Keynote

Friday 27 September 2024 (commencing at 6pm, pre-drinks and nibbles from 5pm)
Location: Abel Smith Lecture Theatre, St Lucia Campus

Register for the keynote

Note: This is a free event but registration is required

Conference

Saturday 28 September 2024 (registration from 8:30am, 9:00am - 4:00pm)
Location: Oral Health Centre, Herston Campus

Register for the conference

The 2024 full-day format will again include two concurrent streams to provide an array of session options to conference delegates. Presenters will be given a 30-minute time-slot, which includes time for questions and discussion.

Please note this will be an ‘in person’ only event

Ticket information

Early Bird Ticket (29 July-31 August): $99.00
Student Ticket: $99.00
Standard Ticket: $149.00

Please note registrations close on the 20th  of September.

Conference program

Download a copy of the conference program via the button below.

Download the conference program (PDF, 61.3 KB)

Call for presenters

The call for presenters has now ended.

Early bird tickets ($99.00) are 50% of the normal ticket price ($199.00) and are available until 3rd September 2017

Venue

Sir Llew Edwards Building (14)
St Lucia