Venue: Te Papa, Wellington

Theme: AI in Orthopaedics - The Next Frontier

*Draft programme

Friday 16th October 

 Hip & Spine Society meetings

Saturday 17th October 

 Hip & Spine Society meetings

Sunday 18th October 

 Sports Day | Golf; The Royal Wellington Golf Club. Tee off at 9:30am

 Cycling; Remutaka Incline

Sunday evening Welcome Function |  5:00pm - 7:00pm Te Papa

Monday 19th October

7:00am - 8:00am | Registrations open & breakfast is available

8:15 – 8:30 | Te Papa Welcome / Opening 

8:30 – 10:15 | Plenary Session 1: AI Primer for Orthopaedic Surgeons 

8:35 – 9:10 |  AI Demystified: A Practical Primer for Surgeons | Vipin Asopa, SWLEOC London UK

9:10 - 9:50 |  What impact is AI having now? -Visiting Carousel Presidents – 5 mins each - “update on AI in Orthopaedics in my country” 

9:50 – 10:00 | What’s happening in Industry? - Gold sponsor talk #1 

10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Tea & Exhibition

10:30 – 12:00 | Plenary Session 2 |  AI across the Orthopaedic Pathway 

AI in Clinical Decision Support – Dino Samartzis, Rush University Chicago USA

AI in Research and it’s Publication - Fares Haddad, Editor BJJ London UK

AI in surgical triage and planning - Vipin Asopa, SWLEOC London UK

Panel Discussion

11:50 – 12:00 | What’s happening in Industry? - Gold sponsor talk #2

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch & Industry Showcase

13: 00 – 14:30 | Free Papers

15:00 – 16:30 Plenary Session 3: AI in practice - Current Clinical Applications

AI in Imaging & Diagnosis | Vipin Asopa

AI in Surgical Planning & Robotics | Stephan Kreuzer / Mark Clatworthy 

AI in Outcome Prediction & Patient Selection| Fares Haddad

Panel Discussion | What’s is really working /and what is not..

15:50 – 16:00 | What’s happening in Industry? - Gold sponsor talk #3

16:00 – 16:30 | AI out in the real world.. update by Michelle Dickinson ‘Nanogirl’

16:30 – 18:00 | NZOA AGM

18:30 – 23:00 | Gala Dinner - Dominion War Memorial Building Grand Hall, *Black tie event

Tuesday 20th October

7:30am - 8:30am | Registrations open & breakfast is available

08:30 – 10:00 | Free Papers across two venues

14:25 – 12:30 | What’s happening in Industry? - Silver sponsor talk #2 /#3

10:00 – 10:30| Morning Tea & Trades Exhibition

10:30 – 12:00 | Plenary Session 4: Ethics, Law & Governance

10:30 – 11:00 | John Sullivan Lecture: Ethics of AI in Orthopaedics | Simon Longstaff - Medical Ethicist - Australia

11:00 – 11:15 | Legal & Regulatory Issues Legal Update | MPS / MCNZ

11:15 – 11:50 | Using AI in Health NZ / ACC: AI Successes and Failures 

HNZ AI Projects update 

ACC AI Projects update 

AI Chat-Bots for Patient Education/Support | Shay Mandler, FIOS Chat Bot 

LLM for Admin Support – implementing in private and public | Lloyd Roffe

Panel discussion – Fairness, transparency and trust

11:50 – 12:00 | What’s happening in Industry? - Gold sponsor talk #4

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch & Industry Showcase

13: 00 – 14:30 | Free Papers

14:25 – 14:30 | What’s happening in Industry? - Silver sponsor talk #3 / #4

14:30 – 15:00| Afternoon Tea & Trades Exhibition

15:00 – 16:00 | Plenary Session 5: AI Implementation & the Future 

Should Surgeons Trust AI? |  Simon Longstaff 

Implementing AI in Real Orthopaedic Practice | Fares Haddad

The Future Surgeon: AI as Partner, Not Replacement | Dino Samartzis

15:30 – 15:40 | The Future of AI in Orthopaedics | Vipin Asopa

Panel Discussion

16:00 – 16:30 | Closing Remarks / Closing Ceremony

18:30: 2300 | Presidents’ Dinner – Wellington Club *Invitation only