Key dates:

Deadline for receipt of abstracts
Friday 16th March 2018

Notification of acceptance
Wednesday 21st March 2018

Earlybird registration deadline
FINAL EXTENSION Monday 9th April 2018

 

The conference is themed under the overarching banner of the New Zealand Health Strategy, and will build on the sub-themes of:

• People powered
• Value and high performance
• One team, and
• Smart systems

Contributions are invited on innovative practice from all allied health, scientific and technical professions.  The emphasis will be on supporting all to contribute and share their ideas, so please do not hesitate to come forward.

Abstracts should relate to the conference theme of  “Live Well, Stay Well, Get Well with Allied Health”. 

Your abstract will be programmed to the sub-themes by the convening committee.

 Abstracts are invited for oral, poster or speed talk presentations.

Abstract submissions should all be made through the link on this website.  Abstracts should not exceed the maximum of 250 words.

Presentation Formats

• Oral presentations will be allocated 15 minutes, 12 minutes presentation with 3 minutes for discussion.
• Posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference. Each poster will be allocated a 1 meter wide x 2 meters high board and the poster must fit within this area. The boards are covered in a front-runner material that is suitable for Velcro.
• Speed talks: UPDATED You will have 7 minutes and 10 slides (40 seconds for each slide) for your presentation. The slide changer will be automatically timed to change at 40 second intervals and it will cease at 4 minutes so you will not be able to go over time. The skill in this type of presentation is to get your message across with few words and with clear, interesting and striking images. In 40 seconds there is only enough time for about 3 short sentences.

Abstract Review

Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations will be reviewed by the Convening Committee. Notification of acceptance will be via email.

Audiovisual Equipment

The conference will be held at Te Papa in Wellington. Each room at the venue will have a data projector, laptop, screen and sound system. The conference management team will email you 2-3 weeks before the conference to request your presentation. However, please feel free to email this at any time should you have it.  Presenters are asked to bring their presentation to conference on a USB stick. A technician will be onsite to load your presentation.

Presenters' Registration

All presenters (other than those specifically sponsored or advised by the Conference Committee as being exempt from registration fees) are required to register for the conference. Presenters also need to meet their own travel and accommodation costs.