Wanaka Programme

Medicine with Altitude Conference - Wanaka August 2026

Note* - Presentations and schedule may see slight shuffling or changes

 

Sunday 2 August 2026

  • 6.00pm - 7.30pm Registration Networking Reception – The Pavilion at the Edgewater Hotel

Monday 3 August 2026

  • 7.00am - 9.00am:  Critical Care Update – The More Things Change, followed by Q&A - Dr Michael Patterson

  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm: Networking Discussion Session (Fireside Bar)

  • 5.00pm - 7.00pm: Stopping the Bleed - Principles and a Shark Bite, followed by Q&A - Dr Mark Miller

Tuesday 4 August 2026

  • 7.00am - 9.00am: Surgical Conundrums – Advanced skin cancer case studies, followed by Q&A - Dr Graham Sivyer

  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm: Networking Discussion Session (Fireside Bar)

  • 5.00pm - 7.00pm: Skin cancer and other things you can treat with radiotherapy, followed by Q&A - Dr Evan Ng

Wednesday 5 August 2026

  • 7.00am - 8.00am: Virtual Kids, followed by Q&A – Dr Michael Anscombe

  • 8.00am - 9.00am: Updates in breast imaging in the post-Breastscreen dense breast era, followed by Q&A - Dr Richard Noy

  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm: Networking Discussion Session (Fireside Bar)

  • 5.00pm - 6.00pm: Paediatric thoracic trauma - interactive challenge, followed by Q&A – Dr Donovan Dwyer
  • 6.00pm - 7.00pm: ABG case-based interactive talk, followed by Q&A - Dr Donovan Dwyer

Thursday 6 August 2026

  • 7.00am - 9.00am:  A week in Weipa: 8 cases, 8 specialities – A snapshot of rural generalist medicine, followed by Q&A - Dr Michael Reinke

  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm: Networking Discussion Session (Fireside Bar)

  • 5.00pm - 7.00pm: Highland Cattle – A trauma case study, followed by Q&A - Dr Anna Rogers

  • 6.00pm - 7.00pm: Massive transfusion with a hyperkalemia chaser, followed by Q&A - Dr Anna Rogers

Friday 7 August 2026

  • 7.00am - 9.00am: Bioterrorism, followed by Q&A - Dr Eric Van Puymbroeck

  • NOTE: no 'Networking Discussion Session' because of 'Conference Dinner' tonight

  • 4.00pm - 6.00pm: AI in Medicine – A facilitated discussion – Ms Nancy Steward

  • 7.00pm til late: Weekly wrap up, Conference dinner and networking event (Edgewater Restaurant)

Saturday 8 August 2026

    • Conference close/transfers from Wanaka/own arrangements 

 

(Proposed topics and titles subject to change and / or shuffling)