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Thursday 5 November 2026

7.00am-8.00am          Registration, Industry Networking, Arrival Tea & Coffee
8.00am-8.30am         Welcome / Mihi Whakatau
                                    
Doug Edwards, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
                                    Dr Max Raos and Dr James Moore, National Trauma Co-Leads, Trauma National Clinical Network, Wellington, NZ
 Dealing with Disasters                                                                                                                                                                           Chair: Max Raos 
8.30am-9.00am  Dealing with Disasters
Dr Andrew Pearce, Divisional Clinical Director, SAAS MedStar Retrieval, Adelaide, Australia

9.00am-9.30am  Cyclone Gabrielle Impacts
Georgia Dick, Central Region Critical Care Physiotherapist, Health NZ - Hawke's Bay, NZ

9.30am-9.50am  Disaster Planning
Natasha Duncan-Sutherland
 
9.50am-10.10am  TBC 

10.10am-10.50am  Patient Experience
Jonathan Magee
 10.50am-11.15am              Morning Tea and Industry Networking
High Performing Teams/HALO in Trauma                                                                                                                                      Chair: James Moore  
11.15am-11.45am  High Performing Teams: How Do We Deal with High Acuity Training in Trauma?
Dr Andrew Pearce, Divisional Clinical Director, SAAS MedStar Retrieval, Adelaide, Australia

11.45am-12.15pm  High Performing Teams / HALO in Trauma
Dr Mya Cubitt, Emergency Physician, National Medical Director, Silverchain; Clinical Senior Lecturer in Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Australia

12.15pm-12.30pm TBC

12.30pm-1.00pm  Trauma Follow Up
Dr Liz Wake, Clinical Nurse Consultant and Trauma Research Coordinator, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia
​1.00pm-1.45pm                Lunch and Industry Networking
High Impact / Low Falls                                                                                                                                                                          Chair: Kat Quick
​1.45pm-2.15pm  High Impact / Low Falls
Dr Mya Cubitt, Emergency Physician, The Royal Melbourne Hospital;  Clinical Senior Lecturer in Critical Care, The University of Melbourne; National Medical Director, Silverchain Group, Melbourne, Australia
2.15pm-2.35pm  
Hannah Watkin-Brown, Te Whatu Ora
 
2.35pm-2.55pm  Older Person Trauma Outcomes
Jonathan Armstrong
Occupational Therapist & Director of Allied Health, ABI Rehabilitation
Angela Davenport
Registered Nurse & Director of Nursing, ABI Rehabilitation

2.55pm-3.15pm  Frailty
Matthew Johnston, Te Whatu Ora
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Free Paper Presentations                   Chairs: 

2.15pm-2.35pm 

2.35pm-2.55pm 

2.55pm-3.15pm 
3.15pm-3.40pm              Afternoon Tea Break and Industry Networking
  Complex Extremity Injury                                                                                                                                                                     Chair: Ian Civil
3.40pm-4.00pm Little People, Big Injuries
Emily Clay, Senior Physiotherapist, Health NZ - Waitematā, NZ 

4.00pm-4.20pm  
Gareth Rook, Ortho Surgeon TBC

4.20pm-5.00pm  Supporting Amputees through Evolving Care, Connection and Technology
Sean Gray, CEO, Peke Waihanga

Free Paper Presentations                   Chairs: 

5.00pm-5.20pm 
Rachel Māia, Athlete TBC


5.20pm-5.30pm 
Closing Remarks / Whakakapi
​5.30pm-5.45pm              ​Closing Remarks / Whakakapi 
For further information, please contact our
Professional Conference Organiser (PCO):

​Workz4U Conference Management
   +64 21 325 133 ~ [email protected]
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