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
Doug Edwards, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
Dr Max Raos and Dr James Moore, National Trauma Co-Leads, Trauma National Clinical Network
Dealing with Disasters Chair: Max Raos
8.30am-9.00am Dealing with Disasters
Dr Andrew Pearce, Divisional Clinical Director, SAAS MedStar Retrieval, Adelaide, Australia
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9.00am-9.15am NIWA Chief Scientific Advisor
9.15am-9.30am "Expect the Unexpected" - Disaster Risk and Hospital Preparedness Natasha Duncan-Sutherland, Emergency Specialist, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland Professor Thomas Wilson, Chief Science Advisor, National Emergency Management Agency, Christchurch 9.30am-10.00am Cyclone Gabrielle Impacts Georgia Dick, Central Region Critical Care Physiotherapist, Health NZ - Hawke's Bay, NZ Vertical Divider
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Free Paper Presentations 9.00am-10.00am Free Paper Presentations
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10.40am-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
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12.15pm-12.45pm Ballistics and Related Wounds
Ben Black Health NZ (TBC) Vertical Divider
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Free Paper Presentations 12.15pm-12.45pm Free Paper Presentations
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12.45pm-1.15pm Trauma Follow Up
Dr Liz Wake, Clinical Nurse Consultant and Trauma Research Coordinator, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia
Dr Liz Wake, Clinical Nurse Consultant and Trauma Research Coordinator, Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia
1.15pm-2.10pm Lunch and Industry Networking
High Impact / Low Falls Chair: Kat Quick
2.10pm-2.40pm 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
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2.40pm-3.00pm The Fall Before The Fall: Early Identification As A Trauma Prevention Strategy
Hannah Watkin-Brown, Registered Physiotherapist & Allied Health Consultant, Older People’s Health, Te Toka Tumai Auckland 3.00pm-3.20pm Low Impact Falls: Moving Beyond Mechanism of Injury in Trauma Care Dr Matthew Johnston, Geriatrician, Health NZ - MidCentral 3.20pm-3.40pm Older Person Trauma Outcomes Jonathan Armstrong Occupational Therapist & Director of Allied Health, ABI Rehabilitation Angela Davenport Registered Nurse & Director of Nursing, ABI Rehabilitation Vertical Divider
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Free Paper Presentations 2.40pm-3.40pm Free Paper Presentations |
3.40pm-4.00pm Afternoon Tea Break and Industry Networking
Complex Extremity Injury Chair: Ian Civil
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4.00pm-4.20pm Little People, Big Injuries
Emily Clay, Senior Physiotherapist, Health NZ - Waitematā, NZ 4.20pm-4.40pm Complex Limb Trauma: Scoring Systems and Practical Decisions Gareth Rook, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Health NZ Capital & Coast, NZ 4.40pm-5.00pm Insights from Peke Waihanga on Amputation, Limb Salvage and Recovery Outcomes Sean Gray, CEO, Peke Waihanga |
Free Paper Presentations 4.00pm-5.00pm Free Paper Presentations |
5.00pm-5.15pm Closing Remarks / Whakakapi
