ANZCA ASM 2026

W02 - ThoRAX - Thoracic anaesthesia: Extend and refresh

Cardiac Thoraic Vascular and Perfusion | Clinical Skills Centre (CSC), Auckland City Hospital | NZ$400

• Facilitators: Dr Kelly Byrne, Dunedin, NZ, Dr George Christodoulides, Dr Joel Daubney, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Jenna Donaldson, Auckland, NZ, Dr Romilla Franks, Wellington, NZ, Dr Phil Garbutt, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Amanda Gimblett, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Kate Goldstone, Hamilton, NZ, Dr Katia Hayes, Auckland, NZ, Dr Vincent Lecluyse, Canada, Dr Anthony Qureshi, Auckland, NZ, Dr Dilraj Thind

W01 - EPIC workshop breakout room #1

507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$380

W01 - EPIC workshop breakout room #2

502 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$380

W01 - EPIC workshop breakout room #3

513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$380

W01 - Effective peri-procedural communication (EPIC) workshop

Paediatric | 505 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$380

• Facilitators: Dr John Burnett, Parnell, Auckland, NZ, Dr David Linscott, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Caroline Mann, Whangerei, NZ, Dr Rebecca McIntyre, Vic, AU, Dr Mary Newmarch, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jessica Radovanovich, NZ, Dawn White, NZ

W04 - Virtual CICO

Emergency Response | Online workshop | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Dr Jane Dang, Vic, AU, Dr Katie Fitzsimons, Vic, AU, Dr Irfan Ul Hassan, Vic, AU, Dr Hamish Woonton, Vic, AU

OA1. Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei marae hikoi

Leave from NZICC

W05 - Virtual CICO

Emergency Response | Online workshop | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Dr Jane Dang, Vic, AU, Dr Katie Fitzsimons, Vic, AU, Dr Irfan Ul Hassan, Vic, AU, Dr Hamish Woonton, Vic, AU

FPM W02 - Acute severe behavioural disturbance (ASBD)

Emergency Response | 516 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$80

• Facilitators: Dr Kim Jamieson, Auckland, NZ, Dr Paul Vroegop, Auckland, NZ

FPM W01 - Practical approach to functional neurological disorders

Pain Medicine | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$85

• Facilitator: Dr Kiri Brickell, Auckland, NZ

FPM W03 - Acute severe behavioural disturbance (ASBD)

Emergency Response | 516 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$80

• Facilitators: Dr Kim Jamieson, Auckland, NZ, Dr Paul Vroegop, Auckland, NZ

OA3. Harbour Sailing Cruise

Leaves from Viaduct Harbour

OA2 Ka Whawhai Tonu movie screening

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Saana Taylor, Auckland, NZ

W24 - Infant CICO and eFONA

Emergency Response | 518 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$250

• Facilitators: Dr Anita Flynn, Qld, AU, Dr KC Law, Auckland, NZ, Dr Alexis Oosthuizen, Qld, AU, Dr Lorna Rankin, Auckland, NZ, Dr Priya Sreedharan, Qld, AU, Dr Arkar Thein, Mount Eden, NZ

OA4. Mountain Bike in Woodhill

Woodhill Mountain Bike Park

W16 - Serious Games: Trauma

Critical Care | 503 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Andrew Simons, Vic, AU

W23 - GASTRICUS gastric ultrasound workshop

Ultrasound | 515 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$695

• Co-facilitators: Dr Daniel Chiou, Vic, AU, Dr Timothy Crampton, Vic, AU, Dr Laletha Velayutham, NZ, Dr Sam Wall, NZ
• Facilitator: Dr Nav Sidhu, Auckland, NZ

SGD01 - Continuing professional development (CPD) - General session

ANZCA Education | Hauraki, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Facilitators: Dr Michelle Castro, NSW, AU, Dr Debra Devonshire, Vic, AU

W06 - Exploring unconscious bias and the possibility we may all have it!

Wellbeing | 101 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$150

• Facilitator: Dr Liz Crowe, Qld, AU

W07 - Shared decision making for the everyday anaesthetist

Communication | 102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Jo Coates, Whangarei, NZ

W08 - Upper limb regional anaesthesia

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3A - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Michelle Chong, Vic, AU, Dr Aidan McGrinder, Auckland, NZ, Dr Elitza Sardareva, Auckland, NZ

W09 - Truncal blocks/chest trauma workshop

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3B - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Nick Harrison, Rotorua, NZ, Dr Samantha Kransingh, Timaru, NZ, Dr Lora Pencheva, Auckland, NZ

W10 - Paediatric updates

Paediatric | 502 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Mullion Atkins, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Ezra Ritchie, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Matthew Taylor, Qld, AU, Dr Nicole Toy, Auckland, NZ, Dr Savini Wijesingha, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Annie Yau, Christchurch, NZ

W11 - Malignant hyperthermia

Emergency Response | Ariki Hall 3D - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr. Alice Hickey, Auckland, NZ, Dr Anthony Qureshi, Auckland, NZ

W12 - How to read the BIS / Sedline / processed EEG

Neuroanaesthesia | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Christopher Wong, Maunu, Whangarei, NZ

W14 - The big burn injury - An approach for the non-burn anaesthetist

Critical Care | 401 - Level 4 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Dean Bunbury, Qld, AU, Dr David Heather, Auckland, NZ, Dr Francois Stapelberg, The Gardens, NZ, Dr Matt Taylor, Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ

W15 - Navigating training for First Nations doctors

Cultural Safety | 302 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$100

• Facilitator: Dr Linden Martyr, Qld, AU

W17 - Serious Games: Sustainability

Environment & Sustainability | 504 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Emily Balmaks, Vic, AU

W18 - Perioperative management of cardiac lesions in pregnancy

Obstetric Anaesthesia | 505 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Allan Brown, Auckland, NZ, Dr Clive Fernando, Auckland, NZ

W19 - Humanising harm

Communication | 507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$85

• Facilitator: Dr Jo Wailling, Wellington, NZ

W20 - Menopause for working anaesthetists: A hot topic

Wellbeing | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Andrea Binks, NSW, AU

W80 - New supervisors of training (SOT) workshop

ANZCA Education | Waitematā, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Co-facilitator: Mrs Kristi Mungure, Vic, AU
• Facilitator: Dr Suzanne Bertrand, Qld, AU

OA5A. Kayak with Fergs - North Head Adventure

Leaves from 12 Tamaki Drive, Orakei, Auckland

W22 - ANZCA heads of department education and network workshop

Leadership & Management | 516 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$150

• Facilitator: Dr Mark Priestley, NSW, AU

W86 - Hot debriefs in action: Practical skills for everyday clinical practice

Communication | Clinical Skills Centre (CSC), Auckland City Hospital | NZ$200

• Facilitators: Mr Andy Barr, Auckland, NZ, Stephanie Clark, Auckland, NZ, Iris Fontanilla, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jaime O'Loughlin, Auckland, NZ

W87 - Simulation based anaphylaxis workshop

Emergency Response | Clinical Skills Centre (CSC), Auckland City Hospital | NZ$250

• Facilitators: Vee Alaelua, Fe Casquejo, Preet Dhillon, Ina Fesili, Georgia Gibson, Dr Andrew Good, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nikki Hill, Auckland, NZ, Dr Alistair Ineson, Auckland, NZ, Dr Katy Konrad, Auckland, NZ, Chelsey Mayson, Anthony Pasibi, Martin Turberville Smith, Nicole Xue, Stella Zhang

SGD02 - Continuing professional development (CPD) – Practice without direct patient care

ANZCA Education | Hauraki, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Facilitators: Dr Michelle Castro, NSW, AU, Dr Debra Devonshire, Vic, AU

W25 - WELI: From imposter to intentional - empowering women to communicate consciously

Wellbeing | 101 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$150

• Facilitator: Dr Liz Crowe, Qld, AU

W26 - Shared decision making for the everyday anaesthetist

Communication | 102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Jo Coates, Whangarei, NZ

W27 - Lower limb regional anaesthesia

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3A - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Elizabeth Maxwell, Auckland, NZ, Dr Aidan McGrinder, Auckland, NZ, Dr Elitza Sardareva, Auckland, NZ

W28 - Masterclass upper limb and lower limb regional anaesthesia

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3B - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Alexander Brederode, Whangarei, NZ, Dr Elmar Helmich, Whangarei, NZ

W29 - Paediatric updates

Paediatric | 502 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Mullion Atkins, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Ezra Ritchie, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Matthew Taylor, Qld, AU, Dr Nicole Toy, Auckland, NZ, Dr Savini Wijesingha, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Annie Yau, Christchurch, NZ

W30 - How to read the BIS / Sedline / processed EEG

Neuroanaesthesia | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Christopher Wong, Maunu, Whangarei, NZ

W31 - He Ara Whiria – the woven pathway in action

Cultural Safety | 302 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$100

• Facilitator: Tarati Blair-Hunt, Auckland, NZ

W32 - Nitrous oxide mitigation

Environment & Sustainability | 401 - Level 4 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Paul Currant, Christchuch, NZ, Dr Rebecca McIntyre, Vic, AU, Dr Archana Shrivathsa, WA, AU, Dr Matt Taylor, Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ

W34 - Serious Escape: Trauma

Critical Care | 503 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Andrew Simons, Vic, AU

W35 - Serious Games: Sustainability

Environment & Sustainability | 504 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Emily Balmaks, Vic, AU

W36 - Perioperative management of cardiac lesions in pregnancy

Obstetric Anaesthesia | 505 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Allan Brown, Auckland, NZ, Dr Clive Fernando, Auckland, NZ

W37 - Humanising harm

Communication | 507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$85

• Facilitator: Dr Jo Wailling, Wellington, NZ

W38 - Designing a pilot or feasibility study

Education & Research | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Doug Campbell, Auckland, NZ, Dr Carolyn Deng, Auckland, NZ, Ms Paige Druce, Vic, AU, Dr Daniel Frei, Wellington, NZ, Prof David Scott, Vic, AU

W39 - How to implement NRFit in your hospital

Quality & Safety | 301 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Matthew Drake, Cambridge, NZ

W81 - EMAC supervisors and instructors workshop

ANZCA Education | Waitematā, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Facilitators: Mrs Kristi Mungure, Vic, AU, Dr Jane Torrie, Greenlane, NZ

W40 - Infant CICO and eFONA

Emergency Response | 518 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$250

• Facilitators: Dr Anita Flynn, Qld, AU, Dr KC Law, Auckland, NZ, Dr Alexis Oosthuizen, Qld, AU, Dr Lorna Rankin, Auckland, NZ, Dr Priya Sreedharan, Qld, AU, Dr Arkar Thein, Mount Eden, NZ

W91 - Online ASBD

Emergency Response | Online workshop | NZ$80

• Facilitator: Dr Galina Gaidamaka, Qld, AU

SA01. SIMG Networking Luncheon

Sudima Hotel Auckland City

W49 - Cardiac arrest

Emergency Response | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Dr Olivia Albert, Auckland, NZ, Dr Carolyn Deng, Auckland, NZ, Dr Emma Foster, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Kim Heus, Auckland, NZ, Dr Amiria Howie, Auckland, NZ, Dr William Law, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicola McCarthy, Lower Hutt, NZ, Dr Maha Naguib, Nelson, NZ, Dr Sarah Nicolson, Auckland, NZ

W59 - GASTRICUS gastric ultrasound workshop

Ultrasound | 515 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$695

• Co-facilitators: Dr Timothy Crampton, Vic, AU, Dr Richard Oliver, WA, AU, Dr Laletha Velayutham, NZ
• Facilitator: Dr Nav Sidhu, Auckland, NZ

W92 - Online ASBD

Emergency Response | Online workshop | NZ$80

• Facilitator: Dr Galina Gaidamaka, Qld, AU

W42 - Hypnotic communication for the busy anaesthetist

Communication | 102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Allan Cyna, SA, AU, Dr Andrew Watson, ACT, AU

W43 - Upper limb regional anaesthesia

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3A - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Marilyn Boampomaa, Vic, AU, Dr Kelly Byrne, Dunedin, NZ, Dr Michelle Chong, Vic, AU

W44 - Truncal blocks/chest trauma workshop

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3B - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Nick Harrison, Rotorua, NZ, Dr Samantha Kransingh, Timaru, NZ, Dr Lora Pencheva, Auckland, NZ

W45 - Eye blocks - where virtual reality and 3D printing meet

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3C - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$200

• Facilitator: Dr David Fung, Qld, AU

W46 - Massive haemorrhage pathway workshop

Emergency Response | Ariki Hall 3D - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Katia Hayes, Auckland, NZ

W47 - TIVA masterclass – new models for propofol, remifentanil and dexmedetomidine

Neuroanaesthesia | 301 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Robyn Billing, SA, AU, Dr Tanya Przybylko, SA, AU, Hon Professor Timothy Short, Auckland, NZ, Dr Keta Thakkar, NSW, AU

W48 - He Ara Whiria – the woven pathway in action

Cultural Safety | 302 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$100

• Facilitator: Tarati Blair-Hunt, Auckland, NZ

W50 - Greener theatres: Getting started in theatre sustainability

Environment & Sustainability | 401 - Level 4 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Justin Hii, WA, AU, Dr Eunmaro Ju, NT, AU, Professor Emeritus Alan Merry, Auckland, NZ, Dr Archana Shrivathsa, WA, AU

W52 - Serious Escape: Trauma

Critical Care | 503 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Andrew Simons, Vic, AU

W53 - Serious Games: Obstetrics

Obstetric Anaesthesia | 504 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Adele MacMillan, Vic, AU

W54 - Management of perioperative anaphylaxis

Emergency Response | 505 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Greta Pearce, Auckland, NZ, Dr Lucinda Wahlers, Remuera, NZ

W55 - Principles of investigating for learning from healthcare-associated harm

Quality & Safety | 507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Mark O'Carroll, Auckland, NZ

W56 - An introduction to observational research

Education & Research | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Luke Boyle, Auckland, NZ, Dr Doug Campbell, Auckland, NZ, Dr Matthew Moore, Auckland, NZ, Dr Benjamin Moran, NSW, AU

W57 - How to read the BIS / Sedline / processed EEG

Neuroanaesthesia | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Christopher Wong, Maunu, Whangarei, NZ

W58 - How to have a difficult conversation with colleagues, bosses and trainees

Leadership & Management | 516 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Mark Priestley, NSW, AU

W78 - Fundamentals of exam success for supervisors

ANZCA Education | Hauraki, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Facilitator: Dr Julia Coldrey, SA, AU

W83 - Beyond Google - making the most of your ANZCA Library

ANZCA Education | Waitematā, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Facilitator: Mr John Prentice, Vic, AU

W89 - Hot debriefs in action: Practical skills for everyday clinical practice

Communication | Clinical Skills Centre (CSC), Auckland City Hospital | NZ$200

• Facilitators: Mr Andy Barr, Auckland, NZ, Stephanie Clark, Auckland, NZ, Iris Fontanilla, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jaime O'Loughlin, Auckland, NZ

W90 - Simulation based anaphylaxis workshop

Emergency Response | Clinical Skills Centre (CSC), Auckland City Hospital | NZ$250

• Facilitators: Vee Alaelua, Fe Casquejo, Preet Dhillon, Ina Fesili, Georgia Gibson, Dr Andrew Good, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nikki Hill, Auckland, NZ, Dr Alistair Ineson, Auckland, NZ, Dr Katy Konrad, Auckland, NZ, Chelsey Mayson, Anthony Pasibi, Martin Turberville Smith, Nicole Xue, Stella Zhang

W60 - Infant CICO and eFONA

Emergency Response | 518 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$250

• Facilitators: Dr Anita Flynn, Qld, AU, Dr KC Law, Auckland, NZ, Dr Alexis Oosthuizen, Qld, AU, Dr Lorna Rankin, Auckland, NZ, Dr Priya Sreedharan, Qld, AU, Dr Arkar Thein, Mount Eden, NZ

W85 - Oxygenation strategies for shared airway surgery

Airway Management | Simulation Centre for Patient Safety (SCPS), University of Auckland | NZ$200

• Facilitators: Dr Joanna Eller, Auckland, NZ, Dr Tomoko Hara, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jeanette Scott, Auckland, NZ, Dr Tim Skinner, Auckland, NZ, Richard Taylor, Auckland, NZ, Dr David Vokes, Auckland, NZ

W61 - From the water to the OR: Mastering performance in high pressure environments

Communication | 101 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$150

• Facilitator: Mr Joseph Sullivan, Tauranga, NZ

W62 - The Wellbeing Deck

Wellbeing | 102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$120

• Facilitator: Dr Joanna Sinclair, One Tree Hill, NZ

W63 - Lower limb regional anaesthesia

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3A - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Marilyn Boampomaa, Vic, AU, Dr Michelle Chong, Vic, AU, Dr Elizabeth Maxwell, Auckland, NZ

W64 - Masterclass upper limb and lower limb regional anaesthesia

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3B - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Alexander Brederode, Whangarei, NZ, Dr Elmar Helmich, Whangarei, NZ

W65 - Eye blocks - where virtual reality and 3D printing meet

Regional Anaesthesia | Ariki Hall 3C - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$200

• Facilitator: Dr David Fung, Qld, AU

W66 - Massive haemorrhage pathway workshop

Emergency Response | Ariki Hall 3D - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Katia Hayes, Auckland, NZ

W67 - TIVA masterclass – new models for propofol, remifentanil and dexmedetomidine

Neuroanaesthesia | 301 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Robyn Billing, SA, AU, Dr Tanya Przybylko, SA, AU, Hon Professor Timothy Short, Auckland, NZ, Dr Keta Thakkar, NSW, AU

W68 - He Ara Whiria – the woven pathway in action

Cultural Safety | 302 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$100

• Facilitator: Tarati Blair-Hunt, Auckland, NZ

W70 - Greener systems: Net zero leadership

Environment & Sustainability | 401 - Level 4 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Justin Hii, WA, AU, Dr Eunmaro Ju, NT, AU, Professor Emeritus Alan Merry, Auckland, NZ, Dr Archana Shrivathsa, WA, AU

W72 - Serious Games: Obstetrics

Obstetric Anaesthesia | 504 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Adele MacMillan, Vic, AU

W73 - Management of perioperative anaphylaxis

Emergency Response | 505 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Greta Pearce, Auckland, NZ, Dr Lucinda Wahlers, Remuera, NZ

W74 - Principles of investigating for learning from healthcare-associated harm

Quality & Safety | 507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Mark O'Carroll, Auckland, NZ

W75 - Meet the editors - how to get published

Education & Research | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Prof Brian Anderson, Auckland, NZ, Prof Andrew Davidson, Vic, AU, A/Prof Lis Evered, Vic, AU, Prof Kate Leslie AO, Vic, AU, Mr John Prentice, Vic, AU

W77 - How to have a difficult conversation with colleagues, bosses and trainees

Leadership & Management | 516 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Dr Mark Priestley, NSW, AU

W79 - Final exam myths and tips: Preparing candidates for the final exam

ANZCA Education | Hauraki, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Facilitator: Dr Kelly Byrne, Dunedin, NZ

W82 - Elevate the way you educate: AEP snapshot workshop

ANZCA Education | Waitematā, Level 10 (Sudima Hotels) | Complimentary

• Co-facilitator: Dr Shardha Chandrasekharan, New Plymouth, NZ
• Facilitator: Mrs Kristi Mungure, Vic, AU

W69 - Cardiac arrest

Emergency Response | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Dr Olivia Albert, Auckland, NZ, Dr Carolyn Deng, Auckland, NZ, Dr Emma Foster, Christchurch, NZ, Dr Kim Heus, Auckland, NZ, Dr Amiria Howie, Auckland, NZ, Dr William Law, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicola McCarthy, Lower Hutt, NZ, Dr Maha Naguib, Nelson, NZ, Dr Sarah Nicolson, Auckland, NZ

W71 - Serious Games: Trauma

Critical Care | 503 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitator: Dr Andrew Simons, Vic, AU

OA6. All Blacks Experience

Level 5/88 Federal Street, Auckland Central

OA7. Cocktail Making with the Cocktail Guy

518 - Level 5 (NZICC)

OA5B. Kayak with Fergs - Sunset over the Harbour

Leaves from 12 Tamaki Drive, Orakei, Auckland

Thank you drinks for all ASM and FPM Symposium contributors

502 - Level 5 (NZICC)

Pōwhiri and opening plenary

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chairs: Dr Dilip Kapur, SA, AU, Prof Dave Story, Vic, AU

• Ellis Gillespie Lecture: The science of consciousness – Prof Irene Tracey, UK
• Edward Shipton Lecture: Evidence-based pain management - fact or fiction? – Prof Lesley Colvin, UK

Morning tea - Saturday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

Fast take session 1 - Wellbeing and ethics

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Joanna Sinclair, One Tree Hill, NZ

• How old is too old to be on-call? A pilot study evaluating fatigue. – Dr John Morris, Vic, AU
• Operationalising Dignity in Complex and High-Risk Surgery: A Bioethical Multidisciplinary Framework for Complex Perioperative Decisions – Dr Elizabeth Hu, Vic, AU
• Is day-of-surgery (DOS) consent acceptable for anaesthesia research? Patient perspectives on pre-admission clinic (PAC) versus DOS consent for high and low-risk studies – Dr Jonathan Tran, Vic, AU

Plenary session two

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Marta Seretny, Auckland, NZ

• Douglas Joseph Professor Lecture: The CSAR model of preeclampsia – from curiosity to consolidation – Prof Alicia Dennis, Vic, AU
• Anesthesia for the infant vulnerable brain – Prof Mary Ellen McCann, USA
• Pharmacological prevention and treatment of delirium in the perioperative and critical care setting: Are we any closer to evidence-based practice? – Prof Timothy Walsh, UK

W97 - Videolaryngoscopy, flexible bronchoscopy and awake intubation

Airway Management | Simulation Centre for Patient Safety (SCPS), University of Auckland | NZ$200

• Facilitators: Dr Paul Baker, Auckland, NZ, Dr Rose Cameron, Onehunga, NZ, Dr Annick Depuydt, Auckland, NZ, Dr Joanna Eller, Auckland, NZ, Dr Paul Gardiner, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jeanette Scott, Auckland, NZ

FPM1 - Te huringa o te mamae. The pain continuum: Acute to persistent transition

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Tipu Aamir, Auckland, NZ

• Shifting focus: Transitioning from an acute to chronic model of care – Mr Michael Carpenter, Auckland, NZ
• Prediction of persistent postoperative pain: Where are we now? – Prof David Rice, Auckland, NZ
• An EPPiC idea- from theory to practice – Dr Michal Kluger, Auckland, NZ

Lunch - Saturday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

SA02. FPM trainee and new fellow lunch

502 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Mohnish Jain, Qld, AU

• FPM Update – Dr Dilip Kapur, SA, AU
• FPM Update – Adj Prof Michael Veltman, WA, AU

ePoster Prize session 1 - Perioperative medicine, obstetric anaesthesia and intensive care

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Prof Kirsty Forrest, Qld, AU

• Weekend Effect on Outcomes After Elective Surgery in the Oldest-Old: A Matched Multicentre ICU Cohort Study – Dr Je Min Suh, Vic, AU
• Predictors of engagement with multidisciplinary pre-anaesthetic assessment services – a single tertiary centre audit. – Dr Nicholas Chatman, WA, AU
• Guideline constrained prompting improves large language model concordance in perioperative cardiac risk assessment – Dr James Goldsmith, NSW, AU
• Frailty Shapes Postoperative Survival in Extreme Old Age; multicentre retrospective study – Dr Je Min Suh, Vic, AU
• Body Mass Index as a Predictor of Post-Caesarean Analgesic Outcomes – Dr Chanelle Ren, Qld, AU
• The Environmental and Financial Cost of Intravenous Paracetamol Use in Critical Care – Dr Mathushan Thevaraja, NSW, AU

W93 - Can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate (CICO)

Emergency Response | 101/102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Oliver Ball, Grafton, NZ, Dr Thomas Cope, Auckland, NZ, Dr Ralph Fuchs, Whangarei, NZ, Dr Paul Gardiner, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kate Hudig, Auckland, NZ, Dr Gemma Malpas, Auckland, NZ, Dr Caroline Mann, Whangerei, NZ, Dr Tim Skinner, Auckland, NZ, Dr Samuel Wall, Auckland, NZ, Dr Duncan Wood, Auckland, NZ

W95 - Cardiac arrest

Emergency Response | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Mr Andy Barr, Auckland, NZ, Dr Bridget Bishop, Vic, AU, Dr Stephanie Clark, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kerry English, Auckland, NZ, Dr Daniel Faulke, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kim Heus, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jee-Young Kim, Auckland, NZ, Dr James King, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicholas Lightfoot, Auckland, NZ, Dr Amy Pollard, Hamilton, NZ, Dr Anna Rainey, Auckland, NZ

CS01 - CTN late Breaking trials

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Prof Tomas Corcoran, WA, AU
• Co-chair: Dr Kate Drummond, SA, AU

• TRIGS: Tranexamic acid to reduce infection after gastrointestinal surgery - results – Professsor Paul Myles, Vic, AU
• Sugammadex, neostigmine and postoperative pulmonary complications (the SNaPP study) results – Prof Kate Leslie AO, Vic, AU
• IV iron for the treatment of Anaemia before cardiac surgery (ITACS) results – Professsor Paul Myles, Vic, AU

CS02 - Regional anaesthesia

Ariki Hall 3 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Elizabeth Maxwell, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Lora Pencheva, Auckland, NZ

• Outcomes in regional anaesthesia research: what really matters? – Prof Kariem El-Boghdadly, UK
• Basal, Bolus, or Both? A Network Meta-Analysis of Peripheral Nerve Catheter Delivery Strategies – Dr William Law, Auckland, NZ
• Ensuring equitable access to regional anaesthesia training globally – Dr Becki Marsh, UK

CS03 - Beyond job satisfaction: The science of professional fulfilment

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Tom Fernandez, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Joanna Sinclair, One Tree Hill, NZ

• Thriving at work - insights from organisational psychology for career fulfilment – Dr Nola Ng, Auckland, NZ
• Imagine sisyphus happy – Dr Amber Chisholm, Auckland, NZ
• The music of kindness – Prof Catherine Crock AM, Vic, AU

CS04 - Day Care Anaesthesia SIG: Home to home the same day

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Reginald Edward, Vic, AU
• Co-chair: Dr Ken Sleeman, Qld, AU

• Mobile anaesthesia the New Zealand way – Dr Yvonne Wagner, Waiuku, Auckland, NZ
• Toward safer office-based dental anaesthesia for Australian children – Dr Reginald Edward, Vic, AU
• Development of mobile anaesthesia as a section of the Day Care Anaesthesia SIG – Dr Ken Sleeman, Qld, AU

FPM2 - Te mamae o te hope me te whānautanga: Reframing pelvic and obstetric pain

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Brigitte Gertoberens, Auckland, NZ

• Reframing pelvic pain: Centring the patient, not the lesion – Dr Karen Joseph, Christchurch, NZ
• Observations on antenatal pain: Pregnancy can be a pain in the... – Dr Nicholas Walker, Auckland, NZ
• Updates on obstetric analgesia – Dr Sophie Gormack, Auckland, NZ

Afternoon tea - Saturday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

W94 - Can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate (CICO)

Emergency Response | 101/102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Oliver Ball, Grafton, NZ, Dr Thomas Cope, Auckland, NZ, Dr Ralph Fuchs, Whangarei, NZ, Dr Paul Gardiner, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kate Hudig, Auckland, NZ, Dr Gemma Malpas, Auckland, NZ, Dr Caroline Mann, Whangerei, NZ, Dr Tim Skinner, Auckland, NZ, Dr Samuel Wall, Auckland, NZ, Dr Duncan Wood, Auckland, NZ

Fast take session 2 - Environment and sustainability

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Archana Shrivathsa, WA, AU

• Quantifying the Carbon Footprint of Anaesthesia: A Way Forward – Dr Abhishek Gururaj Deshpande, India
• Sleep. Waste. Repeat: Propofol discarded during a normal operating week – Dr Dijay Dave, Qld, AU
• From Measurement to System Change: Decommissioning Nitrous Oxide Pipelines in a Large Quaternary Paediatric Hospital – Ms Natarsha Vukalovich, NSW, AU
• Utilising nitrous oxide catalytic cracking technology to reduce ambient nitrous oxide levels in obstetric analgesia – Dr Elizabeth Hu, Vic, AU

CS05 - Achieving equity in perioperative care: In partnership with Tāngata whenua

Ariki Hall 3 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Amiria Howie, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Jack Hill, Auckland, NZ

• He iti, he pounamu: Māori Anaesthetist Network of Aotearoa and equity – Dr Jack Hill, Auckland, NZ
• Whiria Te Aka Matua: the challenge of getting things right – Nina Scott, Auckland, NZ
• He Ara Whiria - An indigenous framework designed to identify and activate the obligations to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and ensuring equitable services for Māori – Tarati Blair-Hunt, Auckland, NZ

CS06 - You’ll do it now only better: Where anaesthesia leadership can take a career

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr William Law, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Vanessa Beavis, Auckland, NZ

• Next time.. – Dr Leona Wilson, Wellington, NZ
• Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Adventurers – Prof Simon Mitchell, Auckland, NZ
• More than kale smoothies and yoga sessions: Redefining being well – Dr Nola Ng, Auckland, NZ
• From the operating room to the boardroom - the transferable skills I learnt as an anaesthetist – A/Prof Nicole Phillips, NSW, AU

CS07 - Open Science Prize session

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr David Sidebotham, Auckland, NZ

• First, Last, or Random?: The Overlooked Bias in Selecting Observations from Repeat Patients in Surgical Research – Dr Matthew Moore, Auckland, NZ
• Early epidural analgesia does not impact mode of delivery – Dr Chanelle Ren, Qld, AU
• Preoperative inflammatory biomarkers identify dexamethasone responders in cardiac surgery: A post hoc analysis of the DECS trial – A/Prof Stefan Dieleman, NSW, AU
• Association of postoperative elevation in markers of neural injury in blood with postoperative neurocognitive disorders in adults receiving general anaesthesia: a systematic review. – Dr Michael Boules, Qld, AU
• Leukocytosis and Outcomes in Older ICU Patients After Ischemic Stroke: A Binational Multicenter Cohort Study – Dr Je Min Suh, Vic, AU

FPM3 - Acute pain SIG

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Engin Ahmed, Auckland, NZ

• Buprenorphine for acute pain and how to manage acute pain in those patients who are taking it long-term – A/Prof Kok-Eng Khor, NSW, AU
• Lidocaine and LAST - increasing risk and new insights into management – Dr Jordan Wood, Christchurch, NZ
• Prolonging regional blockade and the emergence of cryoanalgesia as an extended regional thoracic technique – A/Prof Jennifer Stevens, NSW, AU
• Methadone for acute pain – Dr Rachel Sara, Northcote Point, NZ

W96 - Cardiac arrest

Emergency Response | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Mr Andy Barr, Auckland, NZ, Dr Bridget Bishop, Vic, AU, Dr Stephanie Clark, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kerry English, Auckland, NZ, Dr Daniel Faulke, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kim Heus, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jee-Young Kim, Auckland, NZ, Dr James King, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicholas Lightfoot, Auckland, NZ, Dr Amy Pollard, Hamilton, NZ, Dr Anna Rainey, Auckland, NZ

SA03. College Ceremony

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• ‘Backwards and Forwards' – Prof Simon Mitchell, Auckland, NZ

SA04. Welcome Reception

Te Waha, Level 5 (NZICC)

OA8. Fun Run and Walk

New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC)

BS01 - Breakfast session proudly supported by CSL

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Katia Hayes, Auckland, NZ

• Goal directed coagulation therapy – Prof Keyvan Karkouti, Canada

Plenary session three

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chairs: Dr Dilip Kapur, SA, AU, Prof Dave Story, Vic, AU

• Mary Burnell Lecture: Personalised management of anaemia with red blood cell transfusions - new insights from recent trials – Prof Timothy Walsh, UK
• Michael Cousins Lecture: Neuroimmunology of pain - nanomedicine reveals novel sex-specific mechanisms – A/Prof Jelena Janjic, USA
• Clinical research excellence and leadership – Prof Irene Tracey, UK

Morning tea - Sunday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

W103 - Bring your kids to work

Wellbeing | Clinical Skills Centre (CSC), Auckland City Hospital | NZ$40

• Facilitators: Dr Amber Chisholm, Auckland, NZ, Dr Tom Fernandez, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nola Ng, Auckland, NZ

MS01 - Morning tea session proudly supported by AFT Pharmaceuticals

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Mr Thomas Gumbley, NSW, AU

• Opioid sparing strategies in anaesthesia – Dr Neel Desai, UK

CS08 - Cardiac for everyone

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Sara Allen, Auckland, NZ

• What's current and what's new: Pulmonary emboli - guidelines, trials, PERT and ECMO – Dr Holger Kuehne, Auckland, NZ
• Arrhythmias: what’s current and what’s new – Dr Anthony Qureshi, Auckland, NZ
• Echocardiography in the OR - Friend or foe? – Dr Jo Irons, NSW, AU

CS09 - Cautiously circling oblivion: Some conundrums concerning unconsciousness and anaesthesia

Ariki Hall 3 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Amy Gaskell, Hamilton, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Mikaela Garland, Auckland, NZ

• Anaesthesia and disconnected consciousness – Prof Robert Sanders, NSW, AU
• Are we underdosing female patients? – Prof Jamie Sleigh, Hamilton, NZ
• Same receptor, different stories: Xenon, ketamine and nitrous oxide anaesthesia – Dr Steven McGuigan, Vic, AU

CS10 - Obstetric anaesthesia: Supporting safe passage

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr James Griffiths, Vic, AU
• Co-chair: Dr Caroline Ariaens, Hamilton, NZ

• Pain at caesarean section – Dr Morgan Edwards, Auckland, NZ
• How Wāhine Māori and their whānau engage in tino rangatiratanga during caesarean births – Mrs Felicia Lawrie, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi, NZ
• Critical emergencies in obstetric anaesthesia – Prof Alicia Dennis, Vic, AU

CS11 - Neuroanaesthesia SIG: Physiological targets in brain surgery

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Doug Campbell, Auckland, NZ

• How low can you go? Cerebral perfusion pressure in the neonate and infant – Prof Mary Ellen McCann, USA
• Blood pressure targets in brain surgery – Dr Doug Campbell, Auckland, NZ
• Physiological targets in brain surgery – Dr Jignal Bhagvandas, Auckland, NZ

CS12 - Trainee Academic Prize Session

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Nina Civil, Hamilton, NZ

• Intravenous fluids during colonoscopy - a systematic review and meta-analysis – Dr Jeffrey Zhou, NSW, AU
• What makes a cognitive aid effective? A comparison of two cognitive aids for ROTEM interpretation – Dr Esther Zhou, NSW, AU
• Impact of antithrombotic medications on perioperative management and outcomes in elderly chronic subdural haematoma patients – Dr Nicholas Piper, NT, AU
• From Emergence Delirium to Central Anticholinergic Syndrome (CAS) Differential: Case Report and Quality Improvement to Implement Physostigmine Access – Dr Joseph Faithfull, Epsom, NZ
• An audit of neurosurgical case-mix, care delivery and outcomes in the State Trauma Centre for Western Australia. – Dr Julie Isbill, WA, AU
• Emergency hip fracture surgery outcomes at a single-centre site in regional Queensland, Australia – Dr Victoria Liu, Qld, AU

FPM4 - FPM Best Free Paper Award Session

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Dilip Kapur, SA, AU

• Epidural analgesia for management of acute postoperative pain following elective Pelvic Exenteration Surgery – Dr Samhita Gutta, Qld, AU
• Automated Collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Pain Management Centre Outpatients – A Quality Improvement Initiative – Dr Wynne Hsing Poon, Singapore
• Modified-release vs. immediate-release opioid use in post-operative lower limb arthroplasty patients: an Australian tertiary centre audit – Ms Jia Yin (Nita) Lu, NSW, AU
• Predictors of Phantom Limb Pain After Amputation: Prospective Cohort Study in a Singaporean Tertiary Centre – Dr Bernard Ong, Singapore
• Investigating brain magnetic resonance imaging correlates of pain and neuroinflammation in people with major depressive disorder. – Mr Ben Moloney

W98 - Think fast, act smart…emergency tracheostomy management

Airway Management | 101/102 - Level 1 (NZICC) | NZ$175

• Facilitators: Dr Rani Chahal, Vic, AU, Dr Andrew Downey, Vic, AU, Dr Richard Lowe, Vic, AU, Dr Marilyn Menezes, Vic, AU, Dr Chad Oughton, Vic, AU, Dr Bhanuka Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, Vic, AU, Dr Christina Tourville, Vic, AU

BM03 - Faculty of Pain Medicine Annual Business Meeting (FPM ABM)

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

Lunch - Sunday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

SA05. ANZCA Trainee Lunch

Te Wharau - Level 3 (room at the back of HCI)

• Chair: Dr Nicole Toy, Auckland, NZ

• Update from the Trainee Committee Chairs – Dr Sarah Dwyer
• Panellist - ANZCA Trainee Lunch – Dr Tanya Selak, NSW, AU
• Panellist - ANZCA Trainee Lunch – Dr Kathryn Hagen, Auckland, NZ
• Panellist - ANZCA Trainee Lunch – Prof Dave Story, Vic, AU
• Panellist - ANZCA Trainee Lunch – Dr Caroline Ariaens, Hamilton, NZ

ePoster Prize session 2 - Safety, quality and research, Allergy and malignant hyperthermia (ANZAAG) and regional anaesthesia

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: A/Prof Stefan Dieleman, NSW, AU

• Improving medication reconciliation at ICU to ward transfer following cardiac surgery: a closed-loop audit – Dr Wassim Merzougui, Qld, AU
• Peri-operative Tranexamic Acid Use in Elective and Emergency Hip Arthroplasty: An Audit of Practice Alignment with ANZCA Supported Recommendations – Dr Thomas Maouris, Qld, AU
• The anaphylactic cross reactivity of neuromuscular blocking drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Ms Emma Hillier, Vic, AU
• Adherence to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines and prescribing of cefazolin for patients with penicillin allergy alerts: a closed loop audit – Dr Conor O'Brien, Qld, AU
• Intertransverse process block to improve quality of recovery and pain management in cardiac surgery: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial – Prof Henry Man-kin Wong, Hong Kong
• Comparative evaluation of superficial and deep serratus anterior plane block for postoperative analgesia following modified radical mastectomy: a randomised controlled study – Prof Hemlata Hemlata, India

LS01 - ANZCA/CICM Dual Training Q&A

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Maggie Wong, Vic, AU
• Co-chair: Prof Peter Morley, Vic, AU

• ANZCA/CICM Dual Training Q&A – Prof Peter Morley, Vic, AU and Dr Maggie Wong, Vic, AU

OA11. 9D Breathwork

502 - Level 5 (NZICC)

W101 - Cardiac arrest

Emergency Response | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Dr Thomas Cope, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kerry English, Auckland, NZ, Dr Daniel Faulke, Auckland, NZ, Dr Amiria Howie, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jee-Young Kim, Auckland, NZ, Dr James King, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicholas Lightfoot, Auckland, NZ, Mr Jiayi Shen, Grafton, NZ, Dr Ann-Marie Stevenson, Auckland, NZ, Martin Turberville Smith, Dr Anna Waylen, Auckland, NZ

CS13 - Roadside to runway – collaborative care beyond the hospital

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr William Law, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Billie Haresnape, Auckland, NZ

• Challenges and solutions in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine in the 'Top End' of Australia – Prof James Hooper, NT, AU
• Around the world in 80 ways – Dr Gareth Richards, Auckland, NZ
• Adding value as an anaesthetist – Dr Kerry Holmes, Auckland, NZ

CS14 - Transplant anaesthesia

Ariki Hall 3 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Daniel Cochrane, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Jaime O'Loughlin, Auckland, NZ

• Thoracic organ transport devices – hospital to hospital – Dr Jaime O'Loughlin, Auckland, NZ
• Home to home – my lung transplant journey – Mrs Amy Ng-Thomson, Auckland, NZ
• Shunt happens: Hepatopulmonary syndrome and liver transplantation – Dr Jing Yuan Jessica Wu, Qld, AU
• Post-operative Liver Transplant Care. – Dr Stuart Millar, Auckland, NZ

CS15 - Vascular anaesthesia - Complex aortic disease

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Stephanie Clark, Auckland, NZ

• The landscape of complex aortic surgery 2026 - what can we do and what we should do – Dr Anastasia Dean, Auckland, NZ
• The role of the vascular high risk multidisciplinary meeting – Dr Meg Beaumont, Auckland, NZ
• Piloting the PASS survey: Preoperative assessment and screening before aortic surgery – Dr Helen Lindsay, Auckland, NZ
• From risk to rescue: An approach to spinal cord protection in endovascular aortic repair – Dr Helen Lindsay, Auckland, NZ

CS16 - How to get into research

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: A/Prof Lis Evered, Vic, AU

• Convincing non-researchers that research is fun: A case report – Dr Amy Chapman, SA, AU
• Lessons Learned: GAS and TREX trials – Prof Mary Ellen McCann, USA
• Getting started, publishing papers – Prof. Philip Peyton, Vic, AU

CS17 - Diving and hyperbaric medicine

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Xavier Vrijdag, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Hanna van Waart, Auckland, NZ

• Freediving Physiology – Dr Thomas Scott, WA, AU
• PFO screening – Prof Simon Mitchell, Auckland, NZ
• Gas narcosis in divers – Dr Xavier Vrijdag, Auckland, NZ

W99 - Departmental scholar role tutor (DSRT) workshop

ANZCA Education | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | Complimentary

• Facilitators: Dr Nina Civil, Hamilton, NZ, Clinical A/Prof Lia Freestone, Tas, AU, Associate Prof Richard Newsham-West, Vic, AU

FPM W06 - Painful childhood and adolescence - Nuanced management of acute and complex pain in children and adolescents – a socio-psycho-biomedical model of care

Pain Medicine | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: A/Prof Susie Lord, NSW, AU, Dr Jane Thomas, Auckland, NZ

FPM5 - Te mamae i te pae whakamutunga. ⁠Navigating the last waters: Pain at life’s end

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Leinani Aiono-le Tagaloa, Auckand, NZ

• Who decides? Parents as pain assessors in paediatric palliative care – Dr Amanda Evans, NZ
• A pain physician’s role in palliative care – Dr Jennifer Dawson, Auckland, NZ
• Voluntary assisted dying: A pain and palliative care doctor's journey – Dr Jonathan Ramachenderan, WA, AU

Afternoon tea - Sunday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

CS20 - Emerging Leaders session

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chairs: Dr Vikrant Singh, Auckland, NZ, Dr Saana Taylor, Auckland, NZ

• Leading from home to home - from emerging leader to head of department – Dr Mark Priestley, NSW, AU
• Wayfinding Leadership – Dr Elizabeth Dunn, Auckland, NZ

CS18 - Airway

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Jeanette Scott, Auckland, NZ

• Pre-oxygenation strategies: Updates in our understanding – Prof Kariem El-Boghdadly, UK
• Developments in high flow nasal oxygen – Mr Matthew Payton, Auckland, NZ
• Shared airway – Dr David Vokes, Auckland, NZ
• Extubation strategies – Dr Paul Gardiner, Auckland, NZ

CS19 - When the waka all arrive at once: Burn injury, system strain, and second victims after Whakaari

Ariki Hall 3 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Francois Stapelberg, The Gardens, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr John Burnett, Parnell, Auckland, NZ

• The Whakaari 2019 eruption: Description of burn mechanisms and vulcanology for anaesthetists – Dr Matt Taylor, Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ
• The Whakatane experience: Mass casualty management in a small regional hospital – Dr Lutz Sauer, Tauranga, NZ
• How to do 1 year’s work in 1 week: Co-ordinating resources and specialist burn management in an overloaded system – Dr Paul Baker, Auckland, NZ
• After Whakaari: Understanding the impact on staff and the support structures we need – Dr Joanna Sinclair, One Tree Hill, NZ

CS21 - ANZCA Foundation funded research

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chairs: A/Prof Lis Evered, Vic, AU, A/Prof Stuart Marshall, Vic, AU

• The development of a chocolate-based chewable tablet of prednisolone - enhancing the palatability of steroids for paediatric use – Dr Chloe Heath, WA, AU
• Arterial blood-gases during extreme breath-hold diving – Dr Thomas Scott, WA, AU
• Using biomarkers of neurological injury to predict cognitive decline after anaesthesia and surgery: Preliminary results of the BRAIN-S study – A/Prof Lis Evered, Vic, AU
• Association between perioperative care and long-term cognitive and structural brain changes – Prof Robert Sanders, NSW, AU
• Resolving latent safety threats identified through in situ simulation: A multicentre mixed-methods study – Prof Jennifer Weller, Freeman’s Bay, Auckland, NZ

W100 - Annual supervisors of training (SOT) workshop (ANZCA and FPM)

ANZCA Education | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | Complimentary

• Facilitators: Mrs Kristi Mungure, Vic, AU, Dr Jennifer Taylor, Auckland, NZ

FPM6 - Te mamae I te tūkino. Trauma and pain: A shared voyage

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Yvonne Murray, Welbourn, NZ

• Surviving trauma: Who is keeping the score – Dr Noam Winter, Vic, AU
• Stepped collaborative care for pain and post-traumatic stress disorder after major trauma: A clinician’s perspective – A/Prof Carolyn Arnold, Vic, AU
• From pilot to practice: Establishing an integrated pain clinic at Peke Waihanga, the New Zealand artificial limb service – Dr Sheela Perumal, Auckland, NZ

W102 - Cardiac arrest

Emergency Response | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$220

• Facilitators: Dr Thomas Cope, Auckland, NZ, Dr Kerry English, Auckland, NZ, Dr Daniel Faulke, Auckland, NZ, Dr Amiria Howie, Auckland, NZ, Dr Jee-Young Kim, Auckland, NZ, Dr James King, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicholas Lightfoot, Auckland, NZ, Mr Jiayi Shen, Grafton, NZ, Dr Ann-Marie Stevenson, Auckland, NZ, Martin Turberville Smith, Dr Anna Waylen, Auckland, NZ

SA06. ELC Alumni Networking Reception

Te Waha, Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chairs: Dr Vikrant Singh, Auckland, NZ, Dr Saana Taylor, Auckland, NZ

SA07. Healthcare Industry Reception

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

Fast take session 4 - Obstetric anaesthesia

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Alex Cardinal, Hamilton West, NZ

• The impact of registrar rostering on obstetric epidural attendance times – Dr Chanelle Ren, Qld, AU
• An Audit of the Effect of Induction Opioid Use in Emergency Caesarean Sections for the At-risk Neonate – Dr Omar Wood, Qld, AU
• Short term haemodynamic effects of high flow nasal oxygen in pregnant patients with hypertension – a safety and feasibility study – Dr Patrick Tan, Vic, AU
• Spinal versus Epidural Analgesia for Emergency Caesarean Delivery – Dr Chanelle Ren, Qld, AU
• Percutaneous Epidural Fibrin Sealant Patch for Treatment of Post Dural Puncture Headache – Dr Vincent Lecluyse, Canada

SA08 - ANZCA Foundation Reception

Te Wharau - Level 3 (room at the back of HCI) | NZ$65

• Chair: Mr Rob Packer, Vic, AU

• Foundation update – Prof Dave Story, Vic, AU

OA9. Bootcamp with BBM

Te Waha, Level 5 (NZICC)

SA09. Equity in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine Breakfast

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Co-chairs: Dr Greta Pearce, Auckland, NZ, Dr Queennie Reyes, Vic, AU

• Rising star story – Dr Tanya Selak, NSW, AU
• Rising star story – Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri
• Rising star story – Dr Emily Rickman, Vic, AU
• Rising star story – Dr Vikrant Singh, Auckland, NZ

Plenary session four

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Professor Emeritus Alan Merry, Auckland, NZ

• Inequity, silence and truth – Prof Alicia Dennis, Vic, AU
• Work family balance - the accidental scholar – Prof Mary Ellen McCann, USA
• My life as a pain neuroscientist and academic leader – Prof Irene Tracey, UK
• 2027 ANZCA ASM Launch – Dr Craig Morrison, SA, AU

Morning tea - Monday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

FPM W04 - Opioid induced ventilatory impairment (OIVI)

Emergency Response | 507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$80

• Facilitators: Dr Kushlin Higgie, Auckland, NZ, Dr Rachel Sara, Northcote Point, NZ

Plenary session five - Gilbert Brown Prize Session

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: A/Prof Stuart Marshall, Vic, AU

• High flow nasal oxygen versus face mask oxygen for pre-oxygenation of pregnant patients with high body mass index – a randomised controlled crossover non-inferiority study – Dr Patrick Tan, Vic, AU
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing as a predictor of peri-operative outcomes following orthotopic liver transplantation – Dr Jessie Wang, Qld, AU
• Perioperative seasonal influenza vaccination with arginine-based immunonutrition in cancer surgery: a pilot randomised control trial. – Dr Julia Dubowitz, Vic, AU
• 2025 Gilbert Brown Prize winner: Utilising the nominal group technique to develop clinical practice guidance for shared decision-making in surgery – Dr Debra Leung, Vic, AU
• 2023 Gilbert Brown Prize winner: Low-level versus high-level disinfection of ultrasound transducers after standardised contamination on skin: a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. ULTIMO – Dr Nathan Peters, Qld, AU
• 2025 Novice Investigator Grant recipient: Postoperative neural injury in non-neurosurgical procedures: a prospective observational study in older adults – Dr Michael Boules, Qld, AU

FPM W07 - Improving management of neuropathic pain

Pain Medicine | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: Prof Lesley Colvin, UK

FPM W09 - Practical management of antenatal pain: An obstetrician's perspective

Pain Medicine | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$85

• Facilitator: Dr Nicholas Walker, Auckland, NZ

Lunch - Monday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

BM01 - ANZCA AGM

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

Fast take session 6 - Research, perioperative medicine, neuroanaesthesia and more.

301 - Level 3 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Amy Gaskell, Hamilton, NZ

• Dynamics of burst suppression during general anaesthesia: does dose matter? – Dr Antara Banerji, Hamilton, NZ
• Coupling of cerebral mitochondrial metabolism and oxygen delivery during paediatric and adult cardiac surgery – A/Prof David Highton
• The effect of zero-hour clear fluid fasting protocols on adult patients having surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Dr Louisa Lowes, NSW, AU
• Intraoperative electroencephalogram-derived measures and their association with postoperative delirium: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Dr Andrew Xu, Vic, AU
• Changes in EEG Microstate Metrics During Cognitive Recovery Following Anaesthesia in Healthy Participants – Dr Antara Banerji, Hamilton, NZ
• Uptake of a Midodrine Protocol for Postoperative Hypotension After Femur Fracture Surgery – Dr Roland Crantock, Qld, AU
• Too Late to Sedate? The Effect of Dexmedetomidine Timing on PACU Recovery – Dr Ayani Gamage, Qld, AU
• The Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) Shows Poor Correlation with Peak VO₂ Measured by Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) in Patients Undergoing Major Oncological Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Analysis – Dr Dinuk Liyanage, Vic, AU
• Comparing perioperative cardiac risk guidelines for noncardiac surgery through a real-world usability lens: A structural analysis of AHA, ESC, and CCS algorithms – Dr James Goldsmith, NSW, AU
• Educational value of a Paediatric Major Haemorrhage Workshop – Dr Patrick Rubie, NSW, AU
• A 5-year longitudinal audit of neuromuscular blockade management, monitoring and reversal practices in 23,553 patients from an Australian quaternary hospital – A/Prof Stefan Dieleman, NSW, AU
• Perioperative considerations for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in motor neurone disease: a 10-year retrospective cohort study – Dr Liam Hanrahan, Vic, AU

CS22 - Ask the experts - all your perioperative allergy questions answered

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chairs: Dr Andrew Good, Auckland, NZ, Dr Lucinda Wahlers, Remuera, NZ

• ANZAAG – Dr Karen Pedersen, Parnell, NZ and Dr Andrew Good, Auckland, NZ
• Panel: Ask the experts - all your perioperative allergy questions answered – Dr Alec Beresford, Canterbury - Christchurch City, NZ
• Panel: Ask the experts - all your perioperative allergy questions answered – Dr Karen Pedersen, Parnell, NZ
• Panel: Ask the experts - all your perioperative allergy questions answered – Dr Greta Pearce, Auckland, NZ
• Panel: Ask the experts - all your perioperative allergy questions answered – Dr Asha D’Arville, Vic, AU

CS23 - SPANZA: Ahakoa He Iti He Pounamu: Even though it is small, it is precious

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Savini Wijesingha, Christchurch, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Dean Frear, Auckland, NZ

• Opportunistic vaccination in the peri-op period at Starship – Dr Joan Ingram, Auckland, NZ and Mrs Sarah Henderson, Auckland, NZ
• Premedication – Dr Andrew Martin, Hamilton, NZ
• Stabilisation of the sick child – Dr Cedric Sottas, Auckland, NZ

CS24 - AI in healthcare and research

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Neel Desai, UK
• Co-chair: Dr David Sidebotham, Auckland, NZ

• AI in healthcare: Ethics, safety and utility – Dr Marta Seretny, Auckland, NZ
• Governance of AI in healthcare: Balancing benefits and risks – Dr Rosie Dobson, Auckland, NZ
• AI 4 ICU – Dr Tobias Merz, Auckland, NZ

CS25 - Anaesthesia pharmacology

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Hon Professor Timothy Short, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Prof Jamie Sleigh, Hamilton, NZ

• Sevoflurane PKPD – Prof. Philip Peyton, Vic, AU
• Topical sevoflurane - A novel application – Dr Mikaela Garland, Auckland, NZ
• Propofol - a medication that changed practice – Prof Brian Anderson, Auckland, NZ
• Using population modelling for TCI pumps – Dr James Morse, Auckland, NZ

W104 - Part 3 Course (transition from trainee to SMO)

Wellbeing | 514 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: Dr Anita Flynn, Qld, AU, Dr Manisha Mistry, Auckland, NZ, Dr Nicole Toy, Auckland, NZ

FPM W08 - Yes, you can design new nanomedicines — here’s how

Pain Medicine | 513 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitator: A/Prof Jelena Janjic, USA

FPM W10 - How to excel in acute pain management – utilising well what is out there

Pain Medicine | 305 - Level 3 (NZICC) | NZ$65

• Facilitators: A/Prof Kok-Eng Khor, NSW, AU, A/Prof Jennifer Stevens, NSW, AU, Dr Jordan Wood, Christchurch, NZ

FPM W05 - Opioid induced ventilatory impairment (OIVI)

Emergency Response | 507/508 - Level 5 (NZICC) | NZ$80

• Facilitators: Dr Kushlin Higgie, Auckland, NZ, Dr Rachel Sara, Northcote Point, NZ

Afternoon tea - Monday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

CS26 - Perioperative medicine in the elderly

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Alec Beresford, Canterbury - Christchurch City, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Nicola Broadbent, Auckland, NZ

• Complimentary perspectives on old problems – Dr John Geddes, Christchurch, NZ
• Elderly and the ICU – Dr Tony Williams, Auckland, NZ
• Beyond the hospital walls: Home-based perioperative care for older adults – Dr Anvi Butala, Vic, AU

CS27 - Consent: Medicolegal and ethical considerations

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Kate Hudig, Auckland, NZ

• Beyond the signature: Improving the patient consent form at Te Toka Tumai, Auckland – Dr Justine Wright, Auckland, NZ
• Consent and the Law – A/Prof Rebekah McWhirter, ACT, AU
• Ethics considerations for consent – A/Prof Susan Bull, Auckland, NZ

CS28 - Liver trauma for the non-liver anaesthetist

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Nadia Forbes, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr William Law, Auckland, NZ

• Liver surgery for the generalist – A/Prof Adam Bartlett, Auckland, NZ
• Interventional radiology for liver trauma – Dr Stephen Merrilees, Auckland, NZ
• Anaesthesia for liver trauma – Dr Paul Gardiner, Auckland, NZ

CS29 - CTN methodology session: Statistics and study design for the clinical anaesthetist

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Prof Andrew Davidson, Vic, AU
• Co-chair: A/Prof Michelle Roets, Qld, AU

• Patient centred outcomes – measuring the things that matter to our patients – Dr Aislinn Brown, Auckland, NZ
• What are platform trials and how do they work? Lessons from PROMPT-O2 – Dr Daniel Frei, Wellington, NZ
• Target trial emulation: Applying principles of randomised trials to observational studies – Prof Brian Bateman, USA

SA11. Vine and Dine

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, The Library, 181 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina, Auckland

SA10. Hākari

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, 181 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina, Auckland

CS30 - Patient blood management and transfusion

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Elizabeth Dunn, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Henry Watson, Auckland, NZ

• The latest in transfusion medicine – Dr Richard Charlewood, Auckland, NZ
• Indications for intraoperative cell salvage (ICS): Immunity is the future – A/Prof Michelle Roets, Qld, AU
• Patient blood management advances in New Zealand – Dr Scott Robinson, Hamilton, NZ

CS31 - Gender Equity Sub-committee (GESC)

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Greta Pearce, Auckland, NZ

• Launch of Unconscious bias e-module – Dr Louisa Lowes, NSW, AU
• Adaptive department gender equity project – Dr Jane Carter, Island Bay, NZ
• Launch of DEI Framework and roadmap – Dr Scott Ma, SA, AU

CS32 - Intensive care updates for the anaesthetist

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Siva Senthuran, Qld, AU
• Co-chair: Dr Sara Allen, Auckland, NZ

• Measuring short and long term outcomes from intensive care and the ANZICS patient related outcomes and experience measures (PROEMs project) – Prof David Pilcher, Vic, AU
• Updates on AI in intensive care – Dr Stephen Whebell, Qld, AU
• Recent ICU trials – implications for anaesthetists – Prof Shay McGuinness, Auckland, NZ

Morning tea - Tuesday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

CS33 - Medical Education SIG: Medical Education in journey of healthcare

516 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr Jee-Young Kim, Auckland, NZ

• Cultural safety in medical education - a pathway to health equity – Dr Mataroria Lyndon, Auckland, NZ
• Building connections between operating room tribes for better outcomes – Prof Jennifer Weller, Freeman’s Bay, Auckland, NZ
• Medical education: Patients as Partners – Dr Sara Allen, Auckland, NZ

CS34 - Environmental Sustainability Network (ESN): Getting our own house in order - sustainable anaesthetics

515 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Professor Emeritus Alan Merry, Auckland, NZ
• Co-chair: Dr Archana Shrivathsa, WA, AU

• Plastics in healthcare – Dr Julia Singhal, Christchurch, NZ
• Think before you test – Dr Eoin Roche, WA, AU
• Nitrous oxide mitigation in New Zealand – Dr Matthew Jenks, Dunedin, NZ
• Sustainable anaesthesia: Progress in Papua New Guinea – Dr Lisa Akelisi Yockopua, PNG

CS35 - Curiosities - epigenetics, circadian rhythm and data

504/505 - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Dr David Sidebotham, Auckland, NZ

• Anaesthesia and the circadian clock – A/Prof Guy Warman, Auckland, NZ
• Using what we have to answer important questions: The power of routinely collected data – Dr David Cumin, Auckland, NZ
• Multi-omics to personalise perioperative care – Dr Chris Bain, Vic, AU

Lunch - Tuesday

Ariki Hall 1/2 - Level 3 (NZICC)

SA12. Retired anaesthetists lunch

Te Wharau - Level 3 (room at the back of HCI)

Closing plenary

Theatre - Level 5 (NZICC)

• Chair: Prof Simon Mitchell, Auckland, NZ

• Supporting the world-class clinical researchers of the future - personal reflections on priorities and career pathways – Prof Timothy Walsh, UK
• BBM Motivation – Dave Letele
• Awards presentation – Dr Amy Gaskell, Hamilton, NZ
• Awards presentation – A/Prof Stuart Marshall, Vic, AU, Dr Nina Civil, Hamilton, NZ and Dr Marta Seretny, Auckland, NZ

Staff and NOC celebratory drinks

517 - Level 5 (NZICC)

OA10. Weta Workshop

Level 5/88 Federal Street, Auckland Central