Wed 8 Oct

Wednesday 8 October 2025

7.00am - 8.30am Registration and Exhibition Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee

7.30am - 8.30am GSK Breakfast

9.00am-9.30am Mentoring Women and Minorities in Surgery
Dr Amy Chen, Head & Neck, Thyroid Surgeon, Chief of Surgery, Director of Thyroid Oncology, City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta, USA

9.30am-10.00am
Dr John Dornhoffer, Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences & Arkansas Children's Hospital, USA

10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

RHINOLOGY

10.30am-10.50am Biologics and Outcomes for Chronic Sinusitis & Nasal Polyposis
Dr Marjolein Cornet, ENT Surgeon/Rhinologist, Alrijne Hospital, Naarden, The Netherlands

10.50am-11.10am The Common Airway
Professor Richard Douglas, Professor in Surgery, The University of Auckland, NZ

11.10am-11.30am Sleep Apnoea Diagnosis and Management
Dr Dan Garner, Respiratory Physician, Hawke’s Bay, NZ

11.30am-11.50am Anterior Approaches to the Maxillary Sinus: Not a Lost Technique
Dr Derek Goodisson, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Te Whatu Ora - Hawke's Bay, NZ

11.50am-12.00pm Free Paper Presentation

MĀORI/PACIFIC/OUTREACH

12.00pm - 1.00pm Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays

HALF DAY EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

NZSOHNS Annual Golf Tournament, 12.10pm - 5.00pm

"Grape Escape" Half Day Wine Tour, 12.30pm - 4.00pm
Hawke's Bay Express Train Tour, 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Self-Guided Bike Ride & Wine Tasting, 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Farmhouse Kitchen Cooking Class, 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Art Deco Trust Walking Tour, 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Note:

These activities are not sponsored or supported financially by the participating sponsors or exhibitors.
They are self-funded by the delegates direct.
These activities will occur offsite from the conference venue where the education sessions will be held.

7.00pm - 11.00pm ORL 2025 Conference Dinner
Toitoi, 109 Hastings Street South, Hastings 4122 ~ Transport from 6.30pm; Dinner from 7.00pm