Friday 22 March 2024

7.30am-8.15am Registration, Exhibition Open & Arrival Tea & Coffee

​Welcome & Keynote Presentations

8.15am-8.45am Mihi Whakatau / Conference Opening
Erica Gleeson, New Zealand Pain Society President & Matthew Kiore

8.45am-9.30am Patrick Wall Lecture - The Effectiveness of Surgery for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Professor Ian Harris, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia

9.30am-10.00am Life Member Award Presentations 
10.00am-10.30am Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition

​Empowering Diagnosis & Management of Chronic Abdominal & Pelvic Pain

10.30am-10.55am Somatic Pain Syndromes and Functional Neurological Disorders, What Connects Them?
Associate Professor Christopher A. Kenedi, Internal Medicine Physician and Liaison Neuropsychiatrist, Auckland, NZ

10.55am-11.20am Abdominal Pain & Gastroenterology
Dr Charlotte Daker, Gastroenterologist and General Physician, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, Waitematā, NZ 

11.20am-11.45pm Diagnosis of Gut Disorders & New Technology
Professor Greg O’Grady, Professor of Surgery, the University of Auckland; Principal Investigator, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, NZ (virtual presentation)

11.45am-12.05pm Patient Focussed Care for those with Abdominal Pain
Dr Liz Baker, Clinical Psychologist, Persistent Pain Service, Dunedin, NZ
12.05pm-1.15pm Lunch & Industry Exhibition
12.30pm-1.15pm Pelvic Pain SIG (TBC)
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12.30pm-1.15pm Paediatric Pain SIG (TBC)
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​Pelvic Pain

1.15pm-1.40pm Mesh Injured /Pelvic Pain
Dr Karen Joseph, Gynaecologist and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Pelvic Pain NZ, Te Whata Ora Waitaha, NZ 

​1.40pm-2.05pm Impact of CPP, A National Survey of Impact and Diagnostic Delay for Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain
Dr Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith, Current O&G Training Registrar CWH, Christchurch Hospital, NZ (TBC)

2.05pm-2.30pm Pelvic Pain 
Amelia Mardon, Early Career Researcher, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Australia 

2.30pm-3.00pm Panel Discussion
  • Associate Professor Christopher A. Kenedi
  • Dr Charlotte Daker 
  • Professor Greg O’Grady (virtual)
  • Dr Liz Baker
  • Dr Karen Joseph
  • Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith (TBC)
  • Amelia Mardon
3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition

Showcase

​3.30pm-4.30pm  PAIN@OTAGO SHOWCASE - Focusing on Early Career Research​
4.30pm-5.00pm Special Interest Group Catch-Ups (TBC)
  • Occupational Therapists’ SIG 
  • Psychologists’ SIG 
  • Specialist Pain Medicine Physician 
  • Physiotherapists’ SIG 
​4.30pm-6.00pm   WELCOME RECEPTION with Sponsors and Exhibitors - All delegates and exhibitors are welcome to attend.