Ngā mihi nui
On behalf of the Waikato Organising Committee, NZSA, and ANZCA, thank you for attending the Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025.
We trust the meeting offered valuable learning and inspiration, and thank our international and national speakers, chairpersons, moderators, workshop facilitators, and industry partners for their valuable contributions.
Whakamihi to all of the prize recipients:
- John Ritchie Prize, sponsored by the NZSA: A/Prof Ross Kennedy
- ANZCA Trainee Prize: Dr Sarah Tomlinson
- NZASM 2025 prize for poster contribution: Dr Megan Briscoe
- Poster defence highly commended: Dr Wai Yan Bettina Fung
ANZCA CPD and attendance certificates
Delegates with in-person registration will have their attendance auto-populated to their CPD portfolio in late November/early December 2025. An electronic certificate of attendance for alternative purposes (e.g., hospital/practice), these can be provided post-meeting on request. For further information, please view the full details here.
Post-meeting access to presentations
Recorded on-demand content will be available to watch until 31 January 2026. In-person attendees will have received an email with log in details. If you missed the meeting and have not already registered as an on-demand attendee, it is not too late. On-demand registration closes on 30 November.
Organising Committee
Co-Convenors:
Drs Tania Bailey, Ewa Johannsen
Scientific Programme:
Drs Dilraj Thind, Patrick Wong
Workshop Programme:
Dr Michael Nottingham
HCI and Social Programme:
Dr Clare Smith
Kirikiriroa, Hamilton
New Zealand
2025 Key Dates
June 5, 2025:
Registration and Abstract Submission Open
September 14, 2025
Abstract Submission Close
October 5, 2025:
Earlybird Registration Close
November 12, 2025:
Pre-Meeting Workshops
November 13-15, 2025:
Annual Scientific Meeting
Concurrent Workshops
November 24, 2025:
On-Demand Content Available
January 31, 2026:
On-Demand Viewing Close
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