All sessions will be held at the New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) unless otherwise stated.
Live streaming will not be offered for the Congress from 2026. The decision reflects declining uptake, high costs and a desire to support in-person engagement and industry participation. Access to Congress content will continue through on-demand recordings that provide equivalent CPD opportunities.
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Program is subject to change
| FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2026 | ||
| 9:00am | 4:30pm | Global Eye Health Workshop |
| Room: MR515/516 | ||
| 5:30pm | 7:30pm |
Welcome Reception |
| 7:30pm | 9:30pm | Alcon Dinner Symposium Venue: Brad’s, 9/11 Durham Lane, Auckland CBD |
| SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2026 | |||||||||||||
| 7:00am | Health and Wellbeing Activity – Run around the Wynyard Quarter | ||||||||||||
| 6:30am | 7:45am | Zeiss Hosted Breakfast Symposium | EssilorLuxottica Hosted Breakfast Symposium | ||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| 8:00am | 8:30am | Welcome | |||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 2 | |||||||||||||
| 8:30am | 9:00am | Congress opening Dr Michelle Dickinson |
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| 9:00am | 9:30am | Council Lecture Prof Robyn Guymer AM |
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| 9:30am | 10:30am | RANZCO Plenary (More than Medicine) | |||||||||||
| 10:30am | 11:00am | Morning Tea | |||||||||||
| 11:00am | 12:30pm | Concurrent Sessions | |||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | Room: Theatre 2 | Room: MR 515 | Room: MR 516 | Room: Te Wharau | |||||||||
| Glaucoma ANZGS RANZCO Symposium: Dilemmas in Glaucoma & CPD Audit |
Cataract You Make the Call |
Oculoplastic/Orbit Tips to Success in Eyelid Surgery and Managing Complications |
Uveitis The Uveitis – Oncology Interface: Immune Cross Talk and Clinical Overlap |
Rapid Fire Medical Retina / Vitreoretinal Surgery |
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| 12:30pm | 1:45pm | Lunch | Past Presidents, Vice Presidents and Censor in Chiefs’ lunch | Younger Fellows lunch and learn session | |||||||||
| 1:45pm | 3:15pm | Concurrent Sessions | |||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | Room: Theatre 2 | Room: MR 515 | Room: MR 516 | Room: Te Wharau | |||||||||
| RANZCO PD Session Surgical Coaching and Performance Review |
Glaucoma Beyond IOP: Practical Glaucoma Decision-Making for the General Ophthalmologist |
Vitreoretinal Surgery That Sinking Feeling – Secondary IOLs |
Cataract Fixation Matters: Where and How We Place IOLs. From Elective Refractive Phakic Implants to rhexis-fixated — One Course all Options |
Rapid Fire Epidemiology / Public Health / Genetics / Artificial Intelligence |
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| 3:15pm | 3:45pm | Afternoon Tea | |||||||||||
| 3:45pm | 5:15pm | Plenary: Keynote Lectures | |||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3:45pm | 4:15pm | Gregg Lecture Prof Chris Hammond |
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| 4:15pm | 4:45pm | Cataract Lecture Dr David Chang |
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| 4:45pm | 5:15pm | Neuro-ophthalmology Lecture Prof Valerie Biousse |
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| 5:30pm | 6:00pm | Graduation and Award Ceremony Pre-Drinks Princes Ballroom, Pullman Auckland |
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| 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Graduation and Awards Ceremony & President’s Reception Princes Ballroom, Pullman Auckland |
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| 7:30pm | 9:00pm | Roche Hosted Dinner Symposium Venue: Pullman Auckland Hotel: Corner Waterloo Quadrant &, Princes Street, Auckland |
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| SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6:30am | Health and Wellbeing Activity – Cycling | |||||||||||||||
| 6:30am | 7:45am | Bausch + Lomb Breakfast Symposium | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am | 9:30am | Plenary: Best Paper Presentations | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9:30am | 10:00am | Vision 2030 Plenary Update | ||||||||||||||
| 10:00am | 10:30am | Morning Tea | ||||||||||||||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | Room: Theatre 2 | Room: MR 515 | Room: MR 516 | Room: Te Wharau | ||||||||||||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | Neuro-Ophthalmology Neuro-Ophthalmology Challenges: Paradigm Shifts and Persistent Controversies |
Medical Retina Medical Retina Mysteries! |
Paediatric Ophthalmology Paediatric Strabismus – A Comprehensive Short Course |
Cataract Post-Operative Phaco Challenges – Things you Don’t Want to Miss and How to Fix Them |
Rapid Fire Ocular Oncology / Oculoplastic / Orbit / Training & Education / Other |
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| 12:00pm | 1:30pm | Lunch | Women in Ophthalmology (WiO) Luncheon | |||||||||||||
| 1:30pm | 3:00pm | Plenary: Keynote Lectures | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1:30pm | 2:00pm | Hollows Lecture Dr Gullapalli N Rao |
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| 2:00pm | 2:30pm | Retina Update Lecture Prof Dan Martin |
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| 2:30pm | 3:00pm | Glaucoma Update Lecture Prof Anthony Khawaja |
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| 3:00pm | 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea | ||||||||||||||
| 3:30pm | 5:00pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | Room: Theatre 2 | Room: MR 515 | Room: MR 516 | Room: Te Wharau | ||||||||||||
| 3:30pm | 4:10pm | RANZCO PD Session Younger Fellows Course – The Ophthalmologist of Today |
Uveitis Masquerade Ball: When Ocular Inflammation Sets the Tempo |
Strabismus Management strategies for common strabismic conditions |
Ocular Oncology Hidden in plain sight: Common presentations mimicking ocular oncology. Everyday Case Life and Sight Threatening Pathology Don’t Miss a Thing |
Rapid Fire Cataract / Cornea |
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| 4:20pm | 5:00pm | RANZCO PD Session Connecting Young Ophthalmologists to Global Eye Health Opportunities in the Asia-Pacific |
Cornea Management Algorithm for Recalcitrant Microbial Keratitis |
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| 5:00pm | 6:00pm | Sunset Poster and Film Festival Exhibition Hall |
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| 6:30pm | 9:30pm | Senior Fellows Dinner Huami, SkyCity Auckland |
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| TBC | TBC | Bayer Hosted Dinner Symposium | ||||||||||||||
