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. This page includes conferences and events which are managed by the Conferences and Events Department who provide an event management service.

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

• QLD State Meeting
  2-4 August / Shangri-La, Cairns AUSTRALIA
  Download Provisional Program here
• New Zealand Annual Meeting - Surgery 2013 : Shaping Change
  8 & 9 August / Millennium Hotel, Queenstown, NEW ZEALAND
• St. Vincent's Surgical Forum
  19-20 September / Aikenhead Conference Centre, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
• 55th Victorian Annual Surgeons Meeting (VIC ASM)
  18-20 October 2013 / Novotel Forest Resort, Creswick, VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
  Download Call for Abstracts and Program Overview here
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2014
  5-9 May 2014 / SINGAPORE / Email

Overseas

• American College of Surgeons NSQIP National Conference
  13-16 July 2013 / San Diego CA USA / Website 
• 2nd World Congress on Surgical Training
  17-19 June 2013 / Gothenburg SWEDEN / Website
• 19th Asian Congress of Surgery
  18-23 July 2013 / SINGAPORE / Website
• International Surgery Week ISW 2013
  25-29 August 2013 / Helsinki FINLAND / Website
• International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS) Congress
  5-8 May 2013 / Budapest HUNGARY / Website
• The Ninth Greek Legal and Medical Conference 2014
  19-25 September 2014 / Costa Navarino, GREECE / Website

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Australia/NZ

• ARER Radiology/Pathology Correlation Series - Thoracic Oncology
  25 May 2013 / Sydney NSW / Website
• CSANZ 2013
  8-11 August 2013 / Gold Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting
  22-25 August 2013 / Darwin Convention Centre, NT AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas 

• 18th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
  11-14 November 2013 / Yokohama JAPAN / Website

General Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Colorectal Spring Meeting
  11-13 July 2013 / Gold Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• Provincial Surgeons of Australia (PSA) 49th Annual Scientific Conference
  25-27 July 2013 / Queenstown NEW ZEALAND / Download Sponsorship Prospectus here
  Download Call for Abstracts here / Download Provisional Program here
• The Medico-Legal Society of Queensland: Working With WorkCover Workshop
  11 May 2013 / Brisbane QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• ANZ Society of Phlebology Weekend Meeting and Workshop
  25-26 May 2013 / John Loewenthal Auditorium, Westmead Hospital, Sydney / Website
  
• National Rectal Cancer Summit
  9 August 2013 / Wellington NEW ZEALAND / Website
• Australian and New Zealand Spinal Cord Society
  21-23 August 2013 / Sydney VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting
  27-29 September 2013 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian Gastroenterology Week
  7-10 October 2013 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australia and New Zealand Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Association 2013 Meeting
  7-10 October 2013 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Meeting
  17-19 October 2013 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website 
• Australian and New Zealand Burns Association (ANZBA) Annual Scientific Meeting
  27-29 October 2013 / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA / Website
• The Alfred General Surgery Meeting
  1-2 November 2013 / Grand Hyatt Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA 
  Download Sponsorship Prospectus here / Download Provisional Program here
• Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Scientific Meeting
  12-14 November 2013 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website
• Sydney Colorectal Surgical Meeting
  16 November 2013 / Hilton Sydney Hotel / Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA
• Global Controversies and Advances in Skin Cancer Conference 2013
  21-24 November 2013 / Brisbane QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• 17th Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI)
  12-16 October 2014 / Sydney AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• International Trauma Conference
  7-9 November 2013 / Vancouver CANADA / Website
• 8th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation
  8-12 April 2014 / Istanbul TURKEY / Website

Neurosurgery

Australia/NZ

• Neurosurgical Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting
  3-5 October 2013 / Sunshine Coast QLD AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
  13-17 May 2013 / Scottsdale Arizona USA / Website
• 17th Conference of the European Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
  21-26 September 2013 / Vienna AUSTRIA / Website
• Spine Society Australia, Canadian Spine Society, New Zealand Spine Society Combined Meeting
  25 February-1 March 2014 / Alberta CANADA / Website

Orthopaedic Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Combined AOA/RACS/Medlaw Medico-Legal Meeting
  16-18 August 2013 / Gold Coast QLD / Email: kevinwickham@iinet.com.au
• 2013 Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
  6-9 October 2013 / Darwin NT Australia / Website
• 2013 New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
  13-16 October 2013 / Nelson, New Zealand / Website

Overseas

• AOA 126th Annual Meeting
  11-15 June 2013 / Denver CO USA / Website
• Canadian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting
  20-22 June 2013 / Winnipeg CANADA / Website
• 29th Annual AOFAS Summer Meeting
  17-20 July 2013 / Hollywood Florida USA / Website
• British Orthopaedic Association Congress
  1-4 October 2013 / Birmingham ENGLAND / Website
• ASSH Annual Meeting
  3-5 October 2013 / San Francisco CA USA / Website

Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Australia/NZ

• ANZHNCS 13th Annual Scientific Meeting
  29-31 August 2013 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website 
• 66th Annual General and Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
  12-16 August 2013 / Hamilton NEW ZEALAND / Website 
• Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNCS) Annual Scientific Meeting
  29-31 August 2013 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Email: anzhncs.asm@surgeons.org / Website

Overseas

• Canadian Society of Otolaryngology to Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting
  2-4 June 2013 / Banff CANADA / Website 
• 3rd South Pacific ORL Forum (incorporating ANZSPO and ARS)
  9-12 July 2013 / Hawaii USA / Website
• 5th World Congress of the International Federation of Head & Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS)
  26-29 July 2014 / NY USA / Website

Paediatric Surgery

Australia/NZ

• 7th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies
  13-15 April 2013 / Noosa QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• ANZAPS ASM and AGM & PAPS Conference
  7-11 June 2013 / Hunter Valley NSW / Website 

Overseas

• 3rd South Pacific ORL Forum (incorporating ANZSPO and ARS)
  9-12 July 2013 / Hawaii USA / Website
• British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) Annual Conference
  16-19 July 2013 / Bournemouth UK / Website
• 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
  29 September-3 October 2013 / Mainz GERMANY / Website
• 5th Congress of the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAPS)
  19-22 September 2013 / Lyon FRANCE / Website
• 41st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
  29 September-3 October 2013 / Mainz GERMANY / Website
• Excellence in Paediatrics
  4-7 December 2013 / Qatar / Website

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Plastic Surgery Congress
  24-27 April 2013 / Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA / Website
• New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting
  12-15 August 2013 / Mt Ruapehu NEW ZEALAND / Website 

Overseas

• Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting
  28 May -1 June 2013 / Calgary CANADA / Website
• Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Symposium
  25-27 April / Toronto CANADA / Website
• ISPRES Congress 2013
  7-9 June 2013 / Berlin GERMANY / Website
• BAPRAS Summer Scientific Meeting
  19-21 June 2013 / Nottingham ENGLAND / Website
• 15th International Society of Craniofacial Surgery Biennial Congress
  10-14 September 2013 / Wyoming USA / Website
• ASSH Annual Meeting
  3-5 October 2013 / San Francisco CA USA / Website
• 17th Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI)
  12-16 October 2014 / Sydney AUSTRALIA / Website

Urology

Australia/NZ

• Renal Society of Australasia National Conference
  5-8 June 2013 / Hobart TAS AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• British Association of Urological Surgeons Annual Meeting
  17-20 June 2012 /Manchester ENGLAND / Website

Vascular Surgery

Australia/NZ

• Winter Meeting Perfusion Downunder
  1-3 September 2013 / Hayman Island QUEENSLAND / Website
• Vascular 2013
  12-15 October 2013 / Hobart TAS AUSTRALIA / Website

Overseas

• Vascular Annual Meeting
  30 May-1 June 2013 / San Francisco USA / Website

Medical conferences

Australia/NZ

• 'Antipodean Health: People, Places, Perceptions' 14th Biennial Conference
  2-5 July 2013 / Darwin QLD AUSTRALIA / Website
• 2013 National Australian Conference on Evidence Based Clinical Leadership
  21-23 October 2013 / To Be Confirmed / Website
• 2013 Faculty of Pain Medicine Spring Meeting
  25-27 October 2013 / Byron Bay QLD AUSTRALIA /  Website
• AMMA (Australian Medical Military Association) Annual Conference
  1-3 November 2013 / Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA / Website