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Conferences

This page lists Australian, New Zealand and overseas conferences of interest to surgeons. Please note that these activities may not have been approved for RACS CPD Points as they may not have been submitted for evaluation by the respective providers. For conferences that have been approved for College CPD Points, please see Approved CME Activities.

The Calendar is a separate listing of meetings, workshops, courses and key events run by the College.

If your surgical conference is not listed, please contact us.

Surgery conferences
Cardiothoracic Surgery
General Surgery
Neurosurgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Paediatric Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Urology
Vascular Surgery
Medical conferences

Surgery conferences

Australia/NZ

• SimTecT HEALTH Simulation Conference
  30 August - 2 September 2010 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• 10th Rural Critical Care Conference
  20 - 21 August 2010 / Orange NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• Provincial Surgeons of Australia 46th Annual Scientific Conference
  1 - 4 September 2010 / Broome WA AUSTRALIA / Website
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress
  3 - 6 May 2011 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• American College of Surgeons 96th Annual Clinical Congress
  3 - 7 October 2010 / Washington DC USA / Website
• International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) Congress
  8 - 11 May 2011 / Copenhagen DENMARK / Website
• 18th Asian Congress of Surgery
  12 – 14 May 2011 / Cebu Philippines / Website

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Winter Meeting Perfusion Downunder
  5 - 8 August 2010 / Queenstown NEW ZEALAND / Website
• CSANZ 57th Annual Scientific Meeting
  5 - 8 August 2010 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons 20th World Congress
  20 - 23 October 2010 / Chennai INDIA / Website
• 15th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
  22 - 25 November 2010 /  PHILIPPINES / Website

General Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting
  29 August - 1 September 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• 12th Annual Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group Scientific Meeting
  1 - 3 September 2010 / Adelaide SA Australia / Website
• RPAH Clinical Symposia / Reunion Week
  6 - 10 September 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / FREE to attend / Registration NOT required / Program 
• ACORD – Australia and Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology Research Development Workshop
  12 - 18 September 2010 / Sunshine Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting
  17 - 19 September 2010 / Gold Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• ANZHPBA and ANZGOSA, two day annual Symposium
  28 - 29 September 2010 / Queenstown NEW ZEALAND / Website
• Australian and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA) Annual Scientific Meeting
  5 - 8 October 2010 / Darwin NT AUSTRALIA / Website
• Combined Colorectal CME Spring Meeting
  14 - 16 October 2010 / Launceston TAS AUSTRALIA / Website
• The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting
  21 - 23 October 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian Gastroenterology Week
  20 - 23 October 2010 / Gold Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• Queensland Statewide Trauma Symposium
  4 - 5 November 2010 / Brisbane QLD AUSTRALIA / Program / Registration Form 
• Melanoma 2010 Congress
  4 - 7 November 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Scientific Meeting
  9 - 11 November 2010 /  Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• OSSANZ Conference
  10 - 12 November 2010 / Hobart TAS AUSTRALIA / Website
• Tripartite Colorectal Meeting
  3 - 7 July 2011 / Cairns QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• Asian Pacific HBPA Congress
  27 - 30 September 2011 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• XXIII International Congress of the Transplantation Society
  15 - 19 August 2010 / Vancouver BC CANADA / Website
• 10th Rural Critical Care Conference
  20 - 21 August 2010 / Orange NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting and Endo Expo
  1 - 4 September 2010 / New York NY USA / Website
• TraumaCare 2010 23rd International Conference
  6 - 8 September 2010 / New Delhi INDIA / Website
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Annual Meeting
  22 - 25 September 2010 / Boston MA USA / Website 
• 14th Conference of the European Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
  25 - 28 September 2010 / Geneva SWITZERLAND / Website
• European Colorectal Congress
  1 - 3 December 2010 / St Gallen SWITZERLAND / Website
• 5th International Hokkaido Trauma Conference
  16 - 21 January 2011 / Rusutsu Ski Resort JAPAN / Website
• Annual Meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
  3 - 6 March 2011 / San Antonio TX USA / Website
• Insight (International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours) 4th Biennial Conference
  30 March - 2 April 2011 / San Antonio Texas USA / Website
• American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting
  27 April - 1 May 2011 / Washington DC USA / Website

Neurosurgery

Australia/NZ

• Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting
  30 September - 2 October 2010 / Sunshine Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• Controversies in Neurosurgery
  18 - 19 November 2010 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Contact

Overseas

Orthopaedic Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Meeting
  9 - 12 September 2010 / Noosa QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting
  10 - 14 October 2010 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian Sarcoma Group Conference
  16 - 17 October 20010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• ANZORS 2010 with AHMRC Congress
  15 - 18 November 2010 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• 12th Meeting of the Combined Orthopaedic Associations
  13 - 17 September 2010 / Glasgow SCOTLAND / Website
• 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Singapore Orthopaedic Association
  5 - 9 October 2010 / SINGAPORE / Website
• ASSH Annual Meeting
  7 - 10 October 2010 / Boston MA USA / Website
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting
  14 - 16 October 2010 / Baltimore MD USA / Website

Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Australia/NZ

• ANZHNS 12th Annual Scientific Meeting
  2 - 4 September 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• 12th Asia-Oceania ORL Head & Neck Congress
  1 - 4 March 2011 / Auckland NEW ZEALAND / Website
• Australasian Cleft Lip and Palate Association and Asian Pacific Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial Congress
  13 - 16 March 2011 / Perth WA AUSTRALIA / Website 

Overseas

Paediatric Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group (APEG) Annual Scientific Meeting
  2 - 4 August 2010 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Meeting
  9 - 12 September 2010 / Noosa QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• 62nd Annual Meeting of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand
  24 - 26 November 2010 / New Plymouth NEW ZEALAND / Website

Overseas

• 3rd Congress of the European Academy of Paediatrics to EAP
  2 - 5 October 2010 / Copenhagen DENMARK / Website
• Excellence in Paediatrics
  2 - 4 December 2010 / London ENGLAND / Website
• American Pediatric Surgical Association 42nd Annual Meeting
  22 - 25 May 2011 / Palm Desert CA US / Website

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Australian and New Zealand Burns Association Annual Scientific Meeting
  5 - 8 October 2010 / Darwin NT AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australasian Cleft Lip and Palate Association and Asian Pacific Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial Congress
  13 - 16 March 2011 / Perth WA AUSTRALIA / Website 

Overseas

• 20th Biennial Congress of ISAPS
  14 - 18 August 2010 / San Francisco CA USA / Website
• 15th Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries
  7 - 11 September 2010 / Istanbul TURKEY / Website
• Canadian Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 37th Annual Meeting
  1 - 2 October 2010 / Toronto Ontario CANADA / Website
• Plastic Surgery 2010
  1 - 5 October 2010 / Toronto Ontario CANADA / Website
• ASSH Annual Meeting
  7 - 9 October 2010 / Boston MA USA / Website
• American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting
  15 - 18 January 2011 / Cancun MEXICO / Website
• EURAPS 22nd Annual Meeting
  2 - 4 June 2011 / Mykonos GREECE / Website

Urology

Australia/NZ

• RPAH Clinical Symposia / Reunion Week
  6 - 10 September 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / FREE to attend / Registration NOT required /  Program
• ANZSN Annual Scientific Meeting
  13 - 15 September 2010 / Perth WA AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

Vascular Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Australia and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery to Vascular 2010
  2 - 5 October 2010 / Gold Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

Medical conferences

Australia/NZ

• APLS Paediatric Acute Care (PAC) Conference
  2 - 4 September 2010 / Canberra ACT AUSTRALIA / Website
• 8th Australian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care
  6 - 8 September 2010 / Perth WA AUSTRALIA / Website
• 3rd Australian Lung Cancer Conference
  7 - 9 October 2010 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• National Forum on Safety and Quality in Health Care
  25 - 27 October 2010 / Canberra ACT AUSTRALIA / Website
• First International Conference on Translational Medicine (The 13th Frank and Bobbie Fenner Conference)
  1 - 4 November 2010 / Canberra ACT Australia / Website
• Australasian Conference on Error in Medical Imaging
  11 - 12 November 2010 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian Health & Medical Research Congress
  14 - 19 November 2010 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• Directing Policy to Action
  22 - 23 November 2010 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian & New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine Conference
  12 - 15 July 2011 / Brisbane QLD AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• Unconventional Conventions - an update for Australian doctors and practice managers
  13 - 22 November 2010 / Havana CUBA / Website
• 1st Annual Winter Symposium in Intensive Care & Emergency Medicine
  9 - 14 January 2011 / Aspen Colorado USA / Website