The Alderaan Refugee Conference was a diplomatic conference held by members of the Galactic Senate on the planet Alderaan during the Clone Wars. The conference was held to address the growing number of refugees who were displaced by the Galactic Republic's war against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. During the conference, bounty hunter Aurra Sing—under contract from the aligned Separatist Ziro the Hutt fo— in revenge for his failure to Count Dooku and for his imprisonment; attempted to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala. The bounty hunter was stopped by Padawan Ahsoka Tano and arrested before she could kill the Senator.