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 |
| Alcon Dinner Symposium Venue: TBC |
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| SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Health and Wellbeing Activity | ||||||||||||||||
| 6:30am | 7:45am | Zeiss Hosted Breakfast Symposium | ||||||||||||||
| Room: MR516 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| 11:00am | 12:30pm | Cataract Conquering Capsule Complications – My Best Teaching Videos |
Glaucoma ANZGS RANZCO Symposium: Dilemmas in Glaucoma & CPD Audit |
Oculoplastic/Orbit Tips to Success in Eyelid Surgery and Managing Complications |
Uveitis The Uveitis – Oncology Interface: Immune Cross Talk and Clinical Overlap |
Rapid Fire Concurrent Session | ||||||||||
| 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: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| 1:45pm | 3:15pm | Cataract Fixation Matters: Where and How We Place IOLs. From Elective Refractive Phakic Implants to rhexis-fixated — One Course all Options |
Glaucoma Beyond IOP: Practical Glaucoma Decision-Making for the General Ophthalmologist |
Vitreoretinal Surgery That Sinking Feeling – Secondary IOLs |
RANZCO PD Session Surgical Coaching and Performance Review |
Rapid Fire Concurrent Session | ||||||||||
| 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 | Roche Hosted Dinner Symposium Venue to be confirmed |
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| SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Health and Wellbeing Activity | ||||||||||||||||
| 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: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | Medical Retina Medical Retina Mysteries! |
Cataract Post-Operative Phaco Challenges – Things you Don’t Want to Miss and How to Fix Them |
Paediatric Ophthalmology Paediatric Strabismus – A Comprehensive Short Course |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Neuro-Ophthalmology Challenges: Paradigm Shifts and Persistent Controversies |
Rapid Fire Concurrent Session | ||||||||||
| 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: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| 3:30pm | 4:10pm | 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 |
RANZCO PD Session Younger Fellows Course – The Ophthalmologist of Today |
Rapid Fire Concurrent Session | ||||||||||
| 4:20pm | 5:00pm | Cornea Management Algorithm for Recalcitrant Microbial Keratitis |
RANZCO PD Session Connecting Young Ophthalmologists to Global Eye Health Opportunities in the Asia-Pacific |
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| TBC | TBC | Bayer Hosted Dinner Symposium | ||||||||||||||
| MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Health and Wellbeing Activity | ||||||||||||||||
| 6:30am | 7:45am | ANZGS Breakfast Symposium Prof Anthony Khawaja |
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| Room: Theatre 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am | 9:00am | Plenary: Keynote Lectures | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am | 8:30am | Ida Mann Lecture Prof Robert Casson |
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| 8:30am | 9:00am | Refractive Lecture Dr Ik Hee Ryu |
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| 9:00am | 10:00am | Plenary: Australian Vision Research (AVR) Plenary | ||||||||||||||
| 10:00am | 10:30am | Morning Tea | ||||||||||||||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||||||||||||||
| Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | Genetics Inherited Retinal and Optic Nerve Diseases are Great Mimickers: When to Suspect and How to Refer in Australia and New Zealand |
Infectious Diseases Going Viral: from the Cornea to the Retina and Beyond |
Cornea Evidence Basis in Oculoplastics – Dispelling Myths! |
RANZCO PD Session When Things go Wrong |
Rapid Fire Concurrent Session | ||||||||||
| 12:00pm | 1:30pm | Lunch | ||||||||||||||
| 1:30pm | 3:00pm | Plenary: Clinical Controversies | ||||||||||||||
| Room: Theatre 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3:00pm | 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea | ||||||||||||||
| 3:30pm | 5:00pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||||||||||||||
| Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | Room: TBC | ||||||||||||
| Cataract TBC |
Surgery Near “Live” Surgery Videos |
Epidemiology / Public Health Ophthalmic Trauma- Maximising Visual and Functional Outcomes |
RANZCO PD Session Whose Data Is It Anyway? Sovereignty, Consent and Practice Across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific |
Rapid Fire Concurrent Session | ||||||||||||
| 5:00pm | Closing Remarks | |||||||||||||||
