Programme

2.00pm - 5.00pm

NANZ Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

• Epilepsy
• TBC

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Welcome function
Our Land Bar, Cordis Hotel

8.15am - 10.00am

Welcome
Theme: ‘The General Neurologist’

• Professor Phil Smith (Cardiff University)
• Professor Francesc Grauss (Universitat de Barcelona)

10.00am - 10.30am

Morning tea

10.30am - 12.30pm

Scientific abstract presentations

12.30pm - 1.15pm

Lunch and poster sessions

1.15pm - 2.00pm

Theme: Neuromuscular and Neurogenetics

• Dr James Cleland (Tauranga Hospital)
• Associate Professor Emma Scotter (University of Auckland)

2.00pm - 2.30pm

NANZ Annual General Meeting (AGM)

2.30pm - 3.00pm

Afternoon tea

3.00pm - 5.00pm

Dr Neil Anderson’s Festschrift

7.00pm - late

NANZ Conference Dinner
Mantells On The Water

9.00am - 10.00am

Theme: Medical History

• Professor Phil Smith (Cardiff University)
• Dr Neil Anderson (Auckland Hospital)
• Dr Shilpan Patel (Auckland Hospital)

10.00am - 10.30am

Clinicopathological Conference (CPC)

• Presenter (TBC)

10.30am - 11.00am

Morning tea

11.00am - 12.30pm

Theme: Pressure and CSF

• Mr Peter Heppner (Auckland Hospital) - hydrocephalus
• Dr Tim Elliott (Auckland Hospital) - spontaneous intracranial hypotension
• Dr Imogene Scott (Auckland Hospital) - normal pressure hydrocephalus
• Dr Benson Chen (Auckland Hospital) - idiopathic intracranial hypotension

12.30pm - 1.15pm

Lunch

1.15pm - 2.45pm

Cases of the year

• Registrar case presentations from around the country

2.45pm - 3.30pm

Debate: Generalists vs Subspecialists in Neurology

• Professor Phil Smith (Cardiff University)
• Dr Richard Frith (Auckland Hospital)

3.30pm - 3.40pm

Closing Remarks
Awarding of prizes for Best Clinical Presentation and Best Abstract Presentation