Programme

17 – 19 October 2024 | Wellington
2024 conference

Taste of the Programme

We are excited to share the first of regular updates for the programme for our Conference at Te Papa in Wellington on the 17-19th of October 2024.

We have a fantastic line-up of plenary and keynote speakers, please have a look at our speaker page for their biographies and areas of expertise. 

We are also building a great mix of speakers for our concurrent sessions-topics are all below:

  • Nurses knowledge and experience of preoperative cognitive assessment for the older elective patient

  • Cutting Edge Collaboration-Role flexibility in the perioperative arena

  • Exploring Electrosurgical Smoke Control practices among New Zealand Operating Theatre Personnel: A Qualitative Study

  • Gems of anaesthetic pre-assessment-a CNS perspective

  • Transgender: An Introduction to Health Care Teams

  • Setting up a perioperative service-CNS CHRISP Service a Multidisciplinary approach working alongside Geriatricians and Anaesthetists

  • A first for New Zealand – Endoscopic Vein Harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery in Christchurch

  • The challenges of implementing multi-professional team briefing and de-briefing for surgical cases: a scoping review

The conference organising committee will be sending out updates on new speakers and programme developments regularly to get you all excited about our Conference.

We are planning an informative programme. To assist with your planning and booking your travel, please refer to our brief outline of each day: 

    • 2.00pm onwards - PNC free papers session in the late afternoon

    • Happy Hour in the evening amongst the exhibition

    • Full day of plenary sessions and concurrent sessions

    • Exhibition and day catering

    • Conference dinner in the evening

    • Full day of plenary sessions and concurrent sessions

    • Perioperative Nurses College of NZNO AGM

    • Exhibition and day catering

    • Finishing late afternoon