Upcoming Conference

2025 - University of Queensland - Brisbane, QLD

Past Conferences

2024 - University of Western Australia - Perth, WA (116 attendees, 6 online)
Conference program

2023 - University of Adelaide - Adelaide, SA (140 attendees).
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2022 - Australian National University - Canberra, ACT (212 attendees, 23 online)
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2021 - Monash University - Melbourne, VIC (102 attendees, 112 online).
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2020 - University of Melbourne - Online only due to COVID-19 pandemic (151 attendees).
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2019 - University of New South Wales - Sydney, NSW (240 attendees).
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2017 - Australasian Evolution Society and Phylomania Combined Meeting - Hobart, TAS

2015 - No AES conference. Joint with Behaviour Meeting in Cairns, QLD.

2013 - Deakin University - Geelong Conference Centre, VIC. (150 attendees)
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2011 - James Cook University - Townsville, QLD

2009 - Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

2007 - University of New South Wales - Sydney, NSW.

2005 - University of Western Australia - Fremantle, WA.
2005 Newsletter

2004 - Australian National University - Canberra, ACT. Joint meeting with the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour.

2001 - University of Melbourne - Melbourne, VIC. Joint conference with the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists.

1999 - University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD. Inaugural conference

It all started with a question by Diana Fisher, Kate Arnold, Ian Owens, and Simone Blomberg at the University of Queensland:

“Wouldn’t it be good to go to a conference in a society I’m interested in seeing every talk?!”

Special thanks to previous AES Presidents A/Prof Matt Symonds and Prof Leigh Simmons for helping reconstruct this timeline in 2024.