Imagining Home Conference

The Imagining Home conference

• Wednesday to Thursday, 20-21 May 2026

• Hotel Realm Canberra

Join us in Canberra as we imagine home for a family member with disability.

Please read the ticket options below carefully before you register.

Registration for in-person attendance is now closed

If you haven’t secured your tickets and are still keen to join us in person at Hotel Realm, please contact Anne Keep at anne@imaginemore.org.au or call the office on 0491 645 816.

Livestream tickets will remain available throughout the conference.

More information about the conference is available on our website here.

Conference details

• The 2-day conference on Wednesday, 20 May, to Thursday, 21 May, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm AEST on both days

• Optional networking event from 5:00 - 7:00 pm AEST on Wednesday, 20 May

• Hotel Realm Canberra

Understanding your ticket category

Please read these options carefully before you register. If you have any questions about ticket pricing, please contact Anne at anne@imaginemore.org.au

There are three categories of tickets available.

• People with disability and their family members: People who are attending to imagine home for themselves, or a family member with disability.

• Professionals: Anyone attending this conference for the purpose of their work. This category will include education and service professionals, support workers, service providers, government representatives, and people who are attending as employees of other organisations.

• Everyone else: This category is for allies and friends of people with disability, students, Circle of Support members, and community members.

People with disability and family members

To ensure the price is no barrier to attendance at this conference, we invite people with disability and their family members to attend the conference at no cost.

Free tickets are strictly available to people with disability and members of their families only.

• In-person conference ticket – $0.00

• Livestream conference ticket (includes main conference room) – $0.00

Professionals

This pricing is for support workers, teachers, service providers, government representatives, etc.

Early Bird tickets are available until 5:00 pm on 3 April

• Early Bird In-person conference ticket – $195

• Early Bird Livestream conference ticket (includes main conference room) – $195

• In-person conference ticket (includes pre-conference webinar) – $350

• Livestream conference ticket (includes main conference room) – $350

Everyone else

This category is for allies and friends of people with disability, students, Circle of support members, community members, and anyone else who doesn’t fit into the previous categories.

Early Bird tickets are available until 5:00 pm on 3 April

• Early Bird In-person conference ticket – $100

• Early Bird Livestream conference ticket (includes main conference room) – $100

• In-person conference ticket – $175

• Livestream conference ticket (includes main conference room) – $175

This is a fully catered event with limited places. No matter which category of ticket you have purchased, we ask that you give us as much notice as possible if you are unable to attend. You can read our refund policy here.

We have been able to keep the ticket prices low (and free for people with disability and their family members) thanks to funding from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

See our main conference page for additional information about the conference speakers and program.