Program
- 25 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
- Crowne Plaza Queenstown, NZ
PROGRAM
Thursday 20 August 2026
9:00am - 5:00pm
Postgraduate Day
5.00 – 7.30pm
Presidents Cocktail Reception
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Friday 21 August 2026
8.00am
Arrival tea and coffee
8.45am
Welcome to Country and opening
Dr Giselle D’mello
9.00am
Dental management of children with special health care needs: Focus on cancer and bleeding disorders
A/Prof Catherine Hong
10.30am
Morning tea
Craniofacial and Speech Pathology
11.00am
TBC
Prof Peter Anderson
11.45am
TBC
Kady Moraby
12.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
AAPD | Colgate Recent Graduate Speaker Award – presentations
2.30pm
IADR Research Competition – presentations
3.00pm
Afternoon tea
OFG
3.15pm
Background and differentials for OFG
Dr Damien Chan
3.45pm
Management strategies
Dr Georgina Harvey
4.15pm
Development of the pathway/model of care and case series
Dr Ninna Yuson
4.45pm
Q&A Panel
Dr Damien Chan, Dr Georgina Harvey, Dr Ninna Yuson
5.00pm
Close of day
6.30pm
Conference and Awards Dinner
Underground Cellars, Penfolds Magill Estate
Saturday 22 August 2026
9.00am
Tea, coffee and Berocca
9.30am
Paediatric Oral Lesions – formulating differential diagnoses
A/Prof Catherine Hong
10.55am
Platinum sponsor address
11.00am
Morning tea
Clinical Hypnosis
11.30am
TBC
Dr Jane Boroky
12.15pm
TBC
Dr Mary Apps
1.00pm
Lunch
1.45pm
Australasian Academy of Paediatric Dentists – Annual General Meeting
2.45pm
Meet the Postgrads
3.15pm
Afternoon tea
3.30pm
Oral manifestations of systemic conditions in children
A/Prof Catherine Hong
4.15pm
Conference Close and Awards
SOCIAL EVENTS
THURSDAY EVENING
PRESIDENT'S COCKTAIL PARTY
- Thursday 20 August 2026
- Smart Casual
- 5.00pm to 7.30pm
- Crowne Plaza Hotel
FRIDAY EVENING
Conference and Awards Dinner
- Friday 21 August 2026
- Smart Casual
- 6.30pm
- Underground Cellars, Penfolds Magill Estate
Program overview
The conference offers a rich program, covering diverse topics within paediatric dentistry. Here’s a glance at some of the speakers and their topics from our program.
Novel methods for early disease detection in children using intraoral scanners
- Ms Bree Jones
Intraoral scanning and automated disease detection methods promise reliable and precise diagnostics and enhanced patient communication tools. In this session, we will discuss the clinical validation of these technologies in paediatrics. We will focus on developing the knowledge and skills for clinicians to understand their biases and limitations to be able to use them safely, ethically, and responsibly.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Postgraduate Day and Satchel Sponsor
