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7.30am - 8.30am      Registration and Exhibition Open, Light Breakfast available

8.30am - 9.00am
Conference Opening & Welcome - Mr Zahoor Ahmad, 2020 Conference Convenor & President NZSOHNS
 
Guest Speaker - Michael Barnett, Chief Executive, Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Auckland, NZ

9.00am - 9.30am
James Hardie Neil Lecture - HPV Mediated Oropharyngeal CANCER: A Story of Challenge and Change
Professor Bruce Haughey, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of South Florida; Medical Director, Oncology, Adventhealth Celebration, Florida, USA

9.30am - 10.00am
Hearing, Dementia and Brain Aging - From Epidemiological Insights to Clinical Trials
Professor Frank Lin, Professor of Otolaryngology, Medicine, Mental Health & Epidemiology, Director Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, John Hopkins University, USA​

10.00am - 10.30am     Morning Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

10.30am - 11.00am
Keynote Sleep Medicine
Stacey Ishman, Paediatric OSA, Cinicinnati, USA

11.00am - 11.30am
The Future of Sinus Surgery
Mr Sean Carrie, Consultant Rhinologist/Skull Base Surgeon and Hon Senior Lecturer, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, UK

11.30am - 12.30pm
Indigenous Health Panel: The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Health; Maori Doctors and Surgical TRG
Associate Professor Kelvin Kong, Conjoint Associate Professor (UNSW & UoN), Paediatric & Adult Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgeon, Cochlear Implant Surgeon, John Hunter Hospital, John Hunter Children's Hospital, Hunter ENT, NSW, Australia
Matara Lyndon
Maxine Reynolds
Moderators: Ru Douglas, Rachelle Love; Rebecca Garland

​12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch, Industry Exhibition & Poster Presentations

Head & Neck

1.30pm - 1.45pm
Lessons Learned: Three Decades of Trans-Oral Surgery
Professor Bruce Haughey, University of South Florida, USA

 1.45pm - 2.00pm
Current Status-Chemo-Radiotherapy for HPV mediated OPSCC
Andrew Macan, Radiation Oncologist, Auckland DHB
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​2.00pm - 2.15pm
Margin Status in Oral Cavity SCC Surgery
Associate Professor Nilesh Vasan, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA

2.15pm - 3.00pm
Free Papers

Sleep Med/Pain

1.30pm - 1.50pm
Contemporary Sleep Clinic
Dr Lyndon Chan, Otolaryngologist, Australia

1.50pm - 2.10pm
Dr Rachelle Love, Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon, Canterbury DHB
 
2.10pm-3.00pm
Free Papers









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Paediatrics

1.30pm - 2.00pm
​Paediatrics Free Papers
 
2.00pm - 3.00pm
​Paediatrics 
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2.30pm-3.00pm
Paediatrics 













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​3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon Tea, Industry Exhibition & Poster Displays 

Otology

3.30pm-4.00pm
What Works for Tinnitus and What’s New?
Associate Professor Grant Searchfield, The University of Auckland, NZ
 
4.00pm-5.00pm
Otology Panel Discussion










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Rhinology
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​3.30pm-3.50pm
Professor Peter John Wormald, University of Adelaide, Australia
 
3.50pm-4.10pm
Dr Raewyn Campbell, Macquarie University Hospital & Macquarie University, Australia
 
4.10-pm-4.30pm
Professor Richard Douglas, The University of Auckland, NZ
 
4.30pm-4.50pm
Dr Stephen Floreani, Royal Adelaide & Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, Australia
 
4.50pm-5.00pm
Rhinology Discussion

Nursing
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​3.30pm-5.00pm

Presentation/Panel
 
H&N/ General topic(s)
 
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​7.00pm      President’s Dinner (by invitation only)                                                                                                                           The Northern Club