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Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Middlemore Hospital Organising Committee it gives me great pleasure to invite you to join us in Auckland for the 2018 NZ Anaesthesia ASM, to be held at the Cordis Hotel Auckland, formerly Langham Hotel, from Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th November 2018.

Our meeting, ‘Face the Future’, is intended to inspire new ideas and equip you with new skills. We are planning an excellent scientific programme that will review current and future anaesthetic techniques, research, drugs and equipment. We also aim to enlighten delegates with guidance and resources for a sustainable working life.

We are very proud to announce our overseas keynote speakers: Duminda Wijeysundera from Toronto, Canada, with interests in perioperative medicine and general vascular anaesthesia; David Auyong from Virginia Mason, USA, with an interest in regional anaesthesia and information technology; and Laura Duggan from Canada, an internationally acclaimed airway expert and teacher. We are also very fortunate to have well-known local experts join us, including prominent Respiratory Physician and researcher Professor Richard Beasley.

The scientific meeting will appeal to a broad range of anaesthetists, working as superspecialists or general anaesthetists in public and private practice. Middlemore Hospital provides a wide range of services to a very diverse population from around New Zealand, and we want our meeting programme to be as diverse and interesting as our practice. We will run comprehensive workshops alongside the lecture sessions, including the full range of workshops required for maintenance of an ANZCA professional development portfolio.

In keeping with our theme, but appealing to a broader range of interests we have a few exciting non anaesthetic speakers, and we are extremely fortunate to have a number of prominent academics and scientists contributing to the meeting.

Auckland is a vibrant, cosmopolitan and beautiful city and our social programme aims to share some of the exciting visual, cultural and gastronomic attractions on offer.

Kind regards,

Dr Craig Birch

Anaesthetist, Middlemore Hospital

A/PROF DUMINDA WIJEYSUNDERA

Department of Anaesthesia and the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Staff Anaesthesiologist, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

DR DAVID AUYONG

Medical Director, Lindeman Ambulatory Surgery Centre; Section Head Orthopaedic Anaesthesiology, Virginia Mason Medical Centre, Seattle, Washington, USA

A/PROF LAURA DUGGAN

Royal Columbian Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

A/PROF RICHARD BEASLEY

Medical Research Institute of New Zealand; University of Otago; Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand

NZSA Invited Speaker 2018

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

Accommodation Bookings

You will have the opportunity to book accommodation via the online registration process. It is strongly recommended that you book your accommodation prior to 1 October 2018 to ensure that you receive the negotiated rates. After this date, all remaining rooms will be released and bookings will be subject to hotel availability.

Inclusions

Prices are GST inclusive, room only and are listed as per room, per night, based on single, twin or double occupancy.

Check-in and Check-out Times

Check in and check out times will vary. Please check individual hotel information.

Payment & Cancellation

You will need to provide credit card details at the time of booking. Cancellation of rooms prior to  1 October 2018 will not incur cancellation fees. However, accommodation cancellations following 2 October 2018 may incur a 100% cancellation fee.

Any changes to accommodation should be made via the Conference Managers and not directly with the hotel.

Childcare Options

The Cordis, Auckland provides a babysitting service on request – via “Poppets”, a reputable childcare provider in Auckland City. A screened and experienced sitter can be available for a non-refundable booking fee of $35, plus $20 per hour (a minimum of three hours is required for each booking). To make a booking, or for further details, please contact the Cordis, Auckland directly. We would recommend that you make any required bookings as early as possible to ensure availability.

Additionally, mini guests at the hotel receive a backpack on arrival, including a welcome Cordis gift and slippers, Kiwi-themed colouring pack, scavenger hunt activity, dental kit and water.

THE CORDIS HOTEL AUCKLAND (FORMERLY THE LANGHAM HOTEL AUCKLAND)

The Cordis, Auckland situated in the lively area near Upper Queen Street and Karangahape Road.

Known for its creative, eclectic culture, boutique shops and buzzing nightlife, this vibrant area offers everything from contemporary art and live music to vintage stores. The hotel offers 411 luxury rooms and suites, sophisticated restaurants and bars, excellent workout facilities and state-of-the-art meeting and event spaces.

The Cordis, Auckland has a strict non-smoking policy.

Superior Rooms: $280 per night

Submission Info

The Organising Committee of the New Zealand Anaesthesia ASM would like to invite abstracts for the ASM to be held in Auckland, from 8 – 10 November 2018. 

Paper or poster submissions are invited from all delegates attending the meeting. There are three prestigious New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists prizes offered, please review the prize criteria and ensure you indicate on the online form during the abstract submission process whether you wish your paper to be considered for these prizes.

Read the following information carefully, before proceeding to the online submission pages.

Abstract submission deadline 2018-09-10

Contact No.: +64 4 494 0124

Email: nzsa@anaesthesia.org.nz

Contact No.: +64 4 494 0124

Email: nzsa@anaesthesia.org.nz