This page has been set up to provide you with help throughout the Oceania Stata Conference. This page includes information which can help you get more out of the conference.
The simplest way to register is by visiting the conference website home page using the link below and clicking the register button in the top menu.
Register for conferenceAs the conference is a virtual conference we have decided to waive the fee. To register for free click on this button.
Register for conferenceThe conference is on Thursday 5 Feburary 2026. The conference starts at 9:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) and runs through to 5:00 PM AEST. This is equivalent to 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM AEDT.
The conference is being held in the Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). This time zone is UTC + 10 (or GMT + 10). We have created a World Clock Meeting Planner so you can check the timings for your location.
No. Survey Design and Analysis Services (SDAS) as conference organiser will record only the sessions where the speaker has provided explicit approval for their session to be recorded. The recordings will then be made available to registered conference attendees via the SDAS YouTube site. We will notify registered conference attendees when we have made them available.
Due to the very full schedule of this year’s conference, we have not scheduled any designated breaks. We also know conference participants are joining us from a variety of time zones, so we invite you to step away and grab lunch or a coffee whenever is appropriate for your time zone.
StataCorp has distributors all around the world selling Stata and Stata Press books. If you are in the UK, Portugal or Brazil please contact Timberlake consulting at www.timberlake.co.uk, they will be able to handle your requirements. If you are in Scandinavia, the Baltic states or Russia then you should contact Metrika at statanordic.com. If you are in Malaysia or Singapore then you should contact Columbia CP at columbiacp.com/. If you are somewhere else you can find details of your local distributor at stata.com/worldwide.
If the presenter gives us permission to do so, we will share any do-files on the archive page of oceaniastataconference.net for 2026.
Depending on what the presenters allow us to share, any resources will be made available on the archive page of oceaniastataconference.net for 2026. Certain presenters may allow us to share the do-files used in their presentation, or the recording of their presentation either publicly or privately via our YouTube channel @sdas_anz.
Feel free to contact us about any other issues you may have before, during or after the conference either by emailing sales@surveydesign.com.au (Australia), salesmsia@columbiacp.com (Malaysia) or sgpsales@columbiacp.com (Singapore). Alternatively, give us a call on 02 6247 0177 (Australia), 09 889 2231 (New Zealand), 021 5085 1406 (Indonesia), 6012-235 4575 (Malaysia) or 65-9642 4722 (Singapore).
You access the conference via Zoom. We will share the link for the Zoom meeting the day before the conference. When you click on the link you may be prompted to enter your name. Please use your full name. You will then be taken to the conference welcome screen. The conference host will then let you into the conference.
Once you are in Zoom you will be able to see the Zoom navigation bar. This bar has all the buttons that you need to interact with the conference.
If you have tried refreshing your email and it has not appeared, try checking your junk folder. If it is not there, give us a call on +61 2 6247 0177 so we can confirm your email address and resend the email.
Zoom is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for users of Zoom. As a part of protecting your information and the integrity of their platform Zoom have made a decision to only allow up-to-date versions of Zoom to connect into meetings. You can download the latest version of Zoom by visiting Zoom download centre.
If you drop off the Zoom for any reason, you can reaccess the Zoom meeting using the same link we will have already sent you.
The easiest way to ask a question during the conference is to place it in the Zoom chat. The conference facilitator will select some questions from the chat to pose to the presenter. At the discretion of the conference facilitator some audience members may be invited to ask their questions live. To use chat go to the Zoom navigation bar click on the chat icon or the more button and select "Chat". Please note your message will only be visible in the Room you are currently in.
A second way to ask a question is to use the "raise your hand" option in Zoom. We will be monitoring for these throughout the day and a conference host will contact you via chat.
When you first enter the Zoom meeting a pop-up may appear prompting you to connect your audio by clicking a button. If your audio is still not working, this could be for a variety of reasons including your headphones are not properly connected, the wrong audio output is selected, or your sound or volume setting need adjusting. For an in-depth guide to troubleshooting visit the Zoom Support guide linked here. If you are still unable to resolve the problem, you are welcome to call us on +61 2 6247 0177.
To help those with auditory impairment or if you just like to read the subtitles we have activated the Zoom transcript for the meeting. To access this yourself please click on the button at the bottom of your Zoom screen called "Show Captions". This may be found under the “More” button.
If you need to change the way that the subtitles are shown please select the option "Caption settings". You can make the subtitles bigger or smaller. Please note that this does not impact the subtitles for other Zoom meeting participants. Only English subtitles are available for this conference. Please do not attempt to change the language of the subtitles.
You are unable to directly message panellists. However, you are welcome to use the general Zoom Chat to ask questions. Click on the Chat button at the bottom of the Zoom screen. Private direct messages have been disabled for this meeting. Please note your message will only be visible in the Room you are currently in.
To provide a helpful and respectful webinar there are a few protocols that we follow, namely:
If you get the error message shown below, simply press OK. Then, click join in browser at the very bottom of the screen to open zoom in your browser rather than in the zoom client.
This year we will have three different rooms where participants can explore different talks and content. The Stata Room is the main room where participants first enter the Zoom which will have presentations running all day. The Research Room will open at 1:25 PM and have more applied presentations running at the same time as the Stata Room. The Learning Room will open at 10:10 AM and is designed for those new to Stata. This room will show a series of videos covering Stata basics and features. You can move freely between Rooms throughout the conference.
The Stata Room is the main room in the Zoom that you will enter immediately after being admitted from the waiting room. To join the Research Room or Learning Room click the button at the bottom of your Zoom screen “Join Breakout Room”. You may need to click on “More” to find this button.
You can then select “Join” on the Room you would like to visit.
This screen should then appear.
To swap rooms click “Join Breakout Room” again and follow the same steps. To go back to the Stata Room see below.
To return to the Stata room from one of the other Rooms click “Leave room” then “Leave breakout room”.
If you accidently click “Leave meeting” you can re-join using the same Zoom link.
The following screen should appear.
