8:00am Registrations open

9:00am Welcome (Jason Donovan) & Housekeeping (Jon)
Session 1: 9:10am – 10:30am:  Intro + classic gait patterns
9:10am - 9:25 am: Normal gait, the value of 2D videos - Cris / Nichola 
9:25am - 10:30 am:  Gait videos – small group sessions with guest speakers + Auckland gait lab team

10:30am - 11:00am Morning tea

Session 2: 11:00am - 12:30 pm:  Complex gait patterns
Expert discussion panel (Erich Rutz, Jason Howard, Unni Narayan, Sue Stott,
John Walsh)
Gait interpretation
Operative techniques / tips

Lunch 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Session 3: Neuromuscular Hip and Spine:  
1.30-2:00pm:  (Speakers; Jason Howard, Erich, Unni):

• 10 min:  hip guided growth + soft tissue surgery – role of soft tissue surgery

• 10 min:  bony hip reconstruction

• 10 min:  late hip reconstruction vs salvage

• Wes:  15 min talk on cavus foot

• Dawson:  15 minute - dystonic foot case with comment from Unni

• Q& A: 10 minutes

• Foot free papers x 5 minutes

• ITW

• MWD

2.00pm-2.30 pm – Managing the spine in neuromuscular conditions- Otis Shirley

2:30-3:00 pm Afternoon tea

Session 4: 3:00pm - 4.00 pm:  
SMA update - Jason Howard
Update on perioperative hip / spine pathway – Jason Howard

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm – Free papers (5 min each)

4:15pm – 5:00pm AGM

5:00pm – 6:00pm Industry drinks
6:30pm – Dinner at Fish restaurant

 
Saturday 22nd March
 
8:00am Registrations open

Session 5:  9 AM - 1030 AM: Review of best practices / techniques in CP (Delphi studies) Panel discussion

10:30am – 11:00am Morning Tea

Session 6: 11:00 am to 12:15 pm:  The complex foot Chairs James Recordon + John Walsh
 
Lunch 12:15pm – 1:00pm
Session 7: 1:00pm - 2:30 pm: My worst case and what I learned from it / staying out of trouble   

Speakers: Nichola Wilson, Jon Tan, Sue Stott, Koen de Ridder, Lyndon
Expert commentary from Unni and Erich
Additional Q & A – 15 mins

2.45pm- 3:00pm:  Wrap-up and closing thoughts

3:00pm Close of meeting