Updated 24 Oct: Calendar of conferences in Australia and New Zealand

This calendar will be updated each month. If you have an event you would like to add, please include relevant details in an email to cswannell@mja.com.au.

The full version of the calendar is available online at https://www.mja.com.au/careers

October

24-26     44^th International Mental Health Nursing Conference: Mental health is a human right, Cairns,       QLD

24-26     Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand – New Zealand Section Meeting 2018,    Palmerston North, NZ

24-27     27^th National Conference on Incontinence, Hobart, TAS

24-27     General Practice and Acute Medicine Update Refresher, Melbourne, VIC

25-26     Emergency Nurse Leadership Program, Melbourne, VIC

25-27     ANZCA Perioperative Medicine SIG Meeting, Melbourne, VIC

25-27     Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Colon and Rectal Surgery             Section of the RACS Spring Colorectal Meeting 2018, Fremantle, WA

25-28     2018 RANZCR 69^th ASM, Canberra, ACT

25-28     Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and Rural Doctors Association of Australia:         Rural Medicine Australia 2018, Darwin, NT

26           New Zealand Sports Medicine Conference 2018, Nelson, NZ

26-27     Innovations in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Conference, Melbourne, VIC

26-27     2018 RACP Northern Territory ASM: Vulnerable populations, Darwin, NT

26-28     Australian Anaesthesia Allied Health Practitioners 3^rd National Conference, Sydney, NSW

27           Alfred Pain Symposium: Opioids: friends or foes, Melbourne, VIC

27-28     Acute Stroke Treatment Seminar, Sydney, NSW

28 Oct-1 Nov      Cutaneous Biology 2018, North Stradbroke Island, QLD

31 Oct-2 Nov      20^th Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group ASM 2018, Brisbane, QLD

31 Oct-1 Nov      2^nd Annual National NDIS Mental Health Conference, Melbourne, VIC

NOVEMBER

1-2          HNEkidshealth Conference 2018, Newcastle, NSW

1-3          International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infections Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress   2018, Auckland, NZ

1-4          General Practice and Acute Medicine Update Refresher, Brisbane, QLD

2              2018 RACP Tasmanian Conference, Burnie, TAS

2-3          Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgical Society Focus Meeting, Canberra, ACT

2-3          2018 New Zealand Melanoma Summit, Auckland, NZ

3-4          14^th National Laser and Cosmetic Medicine Conference 2018, Brisbane, QLD

4-7          Australasian Genomic Technologies Conference, Glenelg, SA

6-9          5^th National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Conference, Adelaide, SA

7-9          Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Together Achieving Better Health Conference,         Penrith, NSW

7-9          Paediatric Society of New Zealand 70^th ASM 2018, Nelson, NZ

7-9          Australian Association for Adolescent Health 2018 Youth Health Conference, Gold Coast, QLD

7-10       RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and the Asian Society Against Dementia Conference       2018, Melbourne, VIC

8-10       New Zealand Anaesthesia Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Auckland, NZ

8-10       RANZCP Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age and the Asian Society Against Dementia Conference 2018, Melbourne, VIC

9              Health Information Technology, Perth, WA

9              Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth: Creating the Healthiest Nation Through Addressing Inequality Forum, Sydney, NSW

10-17     2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Sydney, NSW

11-14     11th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias, Sydney, NSW

13-14     6^th National Brain Injury Conference, Brisbane, QLD

13-15     Clinical Oncology Society of Australia 2018 ASM, Perth, WA

16-18     General Practice Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

17-18     Critical Care Imaging Interpretation 2018, Noosa Heads, QLD

17-21     50th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of           Ophthalmologists, Adelaide, SA

18-20     Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society Conference, Hobart, TAS

18-22     Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 35th ASM, Perth, WA

20-21     Food Futures Conference, Brisbane, QLD

20-21     2^nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference, Perth, WA

21-22     2nd Australasian FASD Conference 2018, Perth, WA

21-23     11^th Hospital in the Home ASM: LEARN: Lead, engage, aspire, research, negotiate, Brisbane, QLD

21-23     Australian Association of Gerontology Conference 2018, Melbourne, VIC

21-23     New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology ASM 2018, Dunedin, NZ

21-24     6th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine combined with the             Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand's 3rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Auckland, NZ

21-24     Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 2018 Annual Conference: Sins of the past: reflections and future directions, Hobart, TAS

21-24     General Practice and Acute Medicine Update Refresher, Sydney, NSW

22           Bond University Sustainable Healthcare Awards 2018, Gold Coast, Queensland

22-23     New Zealand Respiratory Conference 2018, Auckland, NZ

22-23     2^nd World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference, Perth, WA

23           RECOVER Forum 2018: Innovation in rehabilitation, South Brisbane, QLD

23-25     Queensland Hand Surgery Society Conference, Noosa, QLD

23-25     Australia and New Zealand Conference on Sarcopenia and Frailty 2018, Dunedin, NZ

26-28     1^st International Motor Impairment Conference, Sydney, NSW

26-29     8^th Gathering of Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, Sydney, NSW

27           Osteoarthritis Summit, Canberra, ACT

27           2^nd Annual Conference of the Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders, Noosa, QLD

27-28     7^th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation: Ensuring value in research, Sydney,         NSW

28-30     40^th Annual Society for Mental Health Research Conference: Collaboration, Noosa, QLD

29 Nov-1 Dec     ASID New Zealand Annual Meeting, Dunedin, NZ

30           2018 International Indigenous Allied Health Forum, Sydney, NSW

DECEMBER

1              Australasian Gynaecological Endoscopy and Surgery Society Pelvic Anatomy Dissection Cadaveric Workshop, Brisbane, QLD

1              RACP South Australian ASM, Adelaide, SA

2-6          Australasian Society for Immunology 47^th ASM 2018, Perth, WA

3-4          Stop Domestic Violence Conference, Gold Coast, QLD

4-5          NSW Hip Festival 2018, Sydney, NSW

4-6          3^rd Global Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Congress, Sydney, NSW

7              Doctors Assisting in South Pacific Islands Annual Charity Ball, Sydney, NSW

2019

TBA

World Congress on Inflammation, Sydney, NSW

JANUARY

TBA        12th Australasian Conference on Health Informatics and Knowledge                                                         Management

14-16     31^st Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation International Conference,   Canberra, ACT

FEBRUARY

TBA        The Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society ASM

8-10       Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians Annual Scientific Conference, Queenstown, NZ

15-16     Vitamin C Symposium 2019, Auckland, New Zealand

23           Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine NZ Symposium 2019, Waipuna, NZ

25 Feb-1 Mar     Leadership and Innovation in Health, Melbourne, VIC

MARCH

TBA        Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Conference, Gold Coast, QLD

TBA        Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 10th Biennial Scientific Conference, Perth, WA

1-2          Australia and New Zealand Strabismus Society Meeting (Squint Club), Parkville, VIC

1-3          International Medicine in Addiction Conference, Melbourne, VIC

6-8          International Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand Autumn Scientific Meeting 2019,  Auckland, NZ

7-10       New Zealand Pain Society ASM, Christchurch, NZ

17-20     Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Congress, Gold Coast, QLD

20-23     International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT) Meeting, Auckland, NZ

22-24     ASOHNS 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, South Brisbane, QLD

24-27     15^th National Rural Health Conference, Hobart, TAS

25-30     International Neuromodulation Society 14th World Congress, Sydney, NSW

25-26     No More Harm National Conference: Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination, Gold Coast, QLD

27-28     9^th Annual Australian Healthcare Week, Sydney, NSW

27-30     8th World Glaucoma Congress, Melbourne, VIC

29 Mar-2 Apr     Annual Scientific Meetings of The Australia and New Zealand Society of Respiratory                                          Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, QLD

APRIL

7-10       2019 Australian Pain Society 39^th ASM, Gold Coast, QLD

11-13     Biennial meeting of the Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine, Brisbane, QLD

12-15     ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2019, Melbourne, VIC

13-16     Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand 72^nd ASM, including the ANZUNS 24^th annual        meeting, Brisbane, QLD

30 Apr-3 May     Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium 2019, Rotorua, NZ

MAY

TBA        RACP Congress 2019, Auckland, NZ

5-7          20th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Phlebology, Cairns, QLD

13-15     Australian and New Zealand Addiction Conference: Prevention, treatment, recovery, Gold Coast,                QLD

16-18     ASID Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, Darwin, NT

18-21     Australasian College of Dermatologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC

25-30     International Neuromodulation Society 14^th World Congress, Sydney, NSW

30-31     Nextcare Health Conference, Brisbane, Queensland

JUNE

17-20     Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, TBC

18-20     Global Health Security 2019, Sydney, NSW

25-28     International Society on Early Intervention Conference 2019: Research to practice in early              intervention: an international perspective, Sydney, NSW

JULY

27-30     Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand PGC and ASM, Sydney, NSW

AUGUST

3-6          Human Genetics Society of Australasia 43^rd ASM, Wellington, NZ

8-11       67^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, SA

9-11       13^th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting, Adelaide, SA

12-16     17^th Deaf Blind International World Conference 2019, Gold Coast, QLD

SEPTEMBER

7-8          Rural Dermatology Meeting, Orange, NSW

15-19     14^th World Congress on Inflammation, Sydney, NSW

29 Sep-2 Oct       18th Biennial Clinical Neurophysiology Workshop, Gold Coast, QLD

OCTOBER

TBA        RACGP conference, GP19

2-4          AIDA Conference 2019, Darwin, NT

14-18     World Congress of Intensive Care, Melbourne, VIC

20-23     11th Development Origins of Health and Disease World Congress, Melbourne, VIC

NOVEMBER

17-19     10^th World Congress of Itch, Sydney, NSW

DECEMBER

5-7          Preventing Overdiagnosis, Sydney, NSW

2020

APRIL

2-4       Exercise and Sports Science Australia Research to Practice 2020, Perth, WA

MAY

16-18   Australasian College of Dermatologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, SA

2021

NOVEMBER

10-13     XIII International Congress of Dermatology, Melbourne, VIC

DECEMBER

TBA        FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sydney, NSW