Eligibility Categories

Military Eligibility

To be eligible, the attendee must be a serving member of the active or reserve military, including air forces, armies, navies, special forces, coast guards, marines, gendarmerie or similar security/armed forces.

The attendee must have a rank and should register with a military email address. For verification purposes, applicants may be required to supply military ID.

Government / Public Sector Eligibility

To be eligible, the attendee must be a civilian meeting one or more of the following criteria:

• employed by a ministry or department of defence
• employed by a national government
• employed by an organisation owned or operated by the government
• employed in the public sector
• employed in public administration
• The attendee should register using a government or public sector organisation email address.

Industry Eligibility

To be eligible, the attendee must be a professional operating in the defence and security sectors.

The attendee should register using a company email address.

Press Eligibility

To be eligible, the attendee must be an accredited member of the press – print media, radio or news agency – with a proven track record of reporting on matters relating to defence and security.

The attendee may be required to supply media accreditation and relevant examples of previous work as well.

Academia Eligibility

To be eligible, the attendee must be a lecturer, professor, postgraduate/PhD student or work within research and development.

The attendee should register using a university or educational establishment email address.

Student Eligibility

To be eligible, the attendee must be enrolled on a course relevant to the defence and security industry.  You may be asked supply a confirmation letter of your course enrolment from the university registrar.