Tuesday 7 October 2025

7.30am - 8.30am       Registration and Exhibition Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee

ORL CONFERENCE & NURSING FORUM

8.30am-8.50am Mihi Whakatau / Welcome
Conference Convenor & President NZSOHNS
 
8.50am-9.20am Guest Speaker

9.20am-9.50am What is on the Horizon for RACS, Surgical Training?

9.50am-10.20am James Hardie Neil Lecture

10.20am-10.40am TBC

10.40am - 11.10am   Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

ORL CONFERENCE​
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11.10am-11.35am Research/Publications
Dr Hannah Burns, Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Queensland Children’s Hospital & Partner, Northside ENT, Brisbane, Australia 

11.35am-12.00pm 
TBC

12.00pm-12.30pm What’s New with AI Scribe?
Dr Chris Kennel & Dr Andy Dowley, Otolaryngologists, Hawke’s Bay, NZ

NURSING FORUM
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​​12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

HEAD & NECK
 
1.30pm-1.50pm T-Cell Immunotherapy in H&N Cancer
Dr JP Jeannon, Consultant Head & Neck Surgeon, Guy's & St Thomas NHS Hospital; Associate Professor, Kings College London, UK
 
1.50pm-2.10pm
Dr Amy Chen, Head & Neck, Thyroid Surgeon, Chief of Surgery, Director of Thyroid Oncology, City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta, USA
 
2.10pm-2.30pm Parotid Surgery Through the Years: Learning Curves, Pearls and Progress
Dr Aneesh Kumar, Head & Neck, Thyroid Surgeon, St John of God Hospital, Geelong, Australia
 
2.30pm-2.40pm Free Paper Presentation
 
2.40pm-3.00pm Head & Neck Panel

OTOLOGY Sessions

NURSING FORUM

















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​3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

FACIAL PLASTICS
 
3.30pm-4.00pm Dermatoscopy for Melanocytic Lesions
Hon. Professor Amanda Oakley, Senior Dermatologist & Head, Department of Dermatology, Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Hamilton, NZ
 
4.00pm-4.30pm, Dermatoscopy for Non-Melanocytic Lesions
Hon. Professor Amanda Oakley, Senior Dermatologist & Head, Department of Dermatology, Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Hamilton, NZ
 
4.30pm-4.50pm Medical Management of Skin Cancer
Dr Sabine Sommer, Dermatologist, Hawke’s Bay, NZ

PAEDIATRICS
 
3.30pm-4.00pm Neurocognitive Benefits after T&A
Dr Hannah Burns, Paediatric Otolaryngologist, Queensland Children’s Hospital & Partner, Northside ENT, Brisbane, Australia
 
4.00pm-4.20pm 
TBC
 
4.20pm-4.30pm Free Paper Presentation
 
4.30pm-4.40pm Free Paper Presentation
 
4.40pm-4.50pm Free Paper Presentation

NURSING FORUM














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​from 7.00pm             President’s Dinner (by invitation only)