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Program

Please note: This Program is shown in New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT). 

*This program is subject to change.

 


Sunday, October 18, 2026

HSANZ
ANZSBT
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM Opening and Combined Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Tea
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Barry Firkin Oration
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
RCPA Supervisor Workshop
ANZSBT AGM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM HSANZ Symposium: AML related ANZSBT Symposium: Donation in practice: Clinical, operational, and laboratory considerations
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM HSANZ Symposium: Stem cell transplant ANZSBT Symposium: Modern approaches to donor engagement
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception

THANZ
Nurses
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM Opening and Combined Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Tea
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Barry Firkin Oration
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
THANZ Council Meeting
Nurses Members Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM THANZ Symposium: When blood thinners aren't enough: Interventional management Nurses Symposium: Patient-centered care and free communications
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM THANZ Symposium: No easy Answers - high-risk perioperative care and challenging cases Nurses Symposium: Transplant and cellular therapies
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception

HSANZ
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM Opening and Combined Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Tea
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Barry Firkin Oration
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
RCPA Supervisor Workshop
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM HSANZ Symposium: AML related
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM HSANZ Symposium: Stem cell transplant
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception

ANZSBT
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM Opening and Combined Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Tea
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Barry Firkin Oration
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
ANZSBT AGM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ANZSBT Symposium: Donation in practice: Clinical, operational, and laboratory considerations
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ANZSBT Symposium: Modern approaches to donor engagement
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception

THANZ
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM Opening and Combined Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Tea
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Barry Firkin Oration
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
THANZ Council Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM THANZ Symposium: When blood thinners aren't enough: Interventional management
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM THANZ Symposium: No easy Answers - high-risk perioperative care and challenging cases
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception

Nurses
8:45 AM - 11:00 AM Opening and Combined Plenary
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning Tea
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Barry Firkin Oration
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Nurses Members Meeting
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Sunday Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Nurses Symposium: Patient-centered care and free communications
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Sunday Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Nurses Symposium: Transplant and cellular therapies
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception


Monday, October 19, 2026




ANZSBT
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ANZSBT Presidential Symposium
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Monday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ANZSBT Symposium: The human element: Designing safer transfusion systems
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Ruth Sanger Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ANZSBT Symposium: RhD in focus: Variants, diversity, and precision transfusion
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Monday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ANZSBT Symposium: Apheresis in action: Innovations transforming patient care
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Poster Wine & Cheese
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM

THANZ
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM THANZ Free Communications 1: Perspectives in thrombosis and haemostasis
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Monday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM THANZ Presidential Symposium
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday Lunch
THANZ AGM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Ruth Sanger Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM THANZ Symposium: HHT: From breakthoughs to better care
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Monday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM THANZ/HOW Symposium: Mother of all challenges - complex haemostatic disorders in pregnancy
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Poster Wine & Cheese
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM

Nurses
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Nurses Free Communications: Myeloma
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Monday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Nurses Symposium: Research
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Monday Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Ruth Sanger Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Nurses Symposium: Thrombosis and haemostasis
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Monday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Nurses Symposium
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Poster Wine & Cheese
6:15 PM - 7:00 PM Nurses Masterclass: Amy Goodrich


Tuesday, October 20, 2026

HSANZ
ANZSBT
THANZ
Nurses
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
World Thrombosis Day Walk and Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM HSANZ Free Communications 6: Aggressive lymphoma ANZSBT Free Communications 1: Clinical THANZ Free Communications 2: Small but mighty: Platelets Nurses Symposium: Transfusion-related nursing
HSANZ Free Communications 7: Supportive care - functional assessment and treatment optimisation ANZSBT Free Communications 2: Science
HSANZ Symposium: The genomic era of myeloid neoplasms
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM HSANZ Free Communications 10: Non-malignant haematology ANZSBT Symposium: Blood without borders THANZ Symposium: The anticoagulation tightrope - finding balance in complex patients Nurses Free Communications: Leukaemia and lymphoma
HSANZ Free Communications 8: Albert Baikie Memorial Medal
HSANZ Free Communications 9: Low-grade lymphoma
Laboratory Haematology: Flowing through the diagnostic maze
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday Lunch
HSANZ AGM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Carl de Gruchy Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM HSANZ Free Communications 11: Pre-clinical cell biology and novel diagnostic approaches ANZSBT Symposium: Less blood, more care Joint HSANZ/THANZ Symposium: Modern approaches to inherited red cell disorders Nurses Symposium: Future directions in cancer care
HSANZ Symposium: Low-grade B cell lymphoma
Joint HSANZ/THANZ Symposium: Modern approaches to inherited red cell disorders
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM HSANZ Symposium: Immunotherapy ANZSBT Symposium: Bridging the gaps: Equity challenges in health THANZ Symposium: Platelets: Born this way or acquired later?
Nurses Symposium: Panel Discussion
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM Gala Dinner
Aotearoa Icons: Celebrating the Spirit of New Zealand



ANZSBT
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
World Thrombosis Day Walk and Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ANZSBT Free Communications 1: Clinical
ANZSBT Free Communications 2: Science
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ANZSBT Symposium: Blood without borders
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Carl de Gruchy Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ANZSBT Symposium: Less blood, more care
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ANZSBT Symposium: Bridging the gaps: Equity challenges in health
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM Gala Dinner
Aotearoa Icons: Celebrating the Spirit of New Zealand

THANZ
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
World Thrombosis Day Walk and Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM THANZ Free Communications 2: Small but mighty: Platelets
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM THANZ Symposium: The anticoagulation tightrope - finding balance in complex patients
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Carl de Gruchy Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Joint HSANZ/THANZ Symposium: Modern approaches to inherited red cell disorders
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM THANZ Symposium: Platelets: Born this way or acquired later?
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM Gala Dinner
Aotearoa Icons: Celebrating the Spirit of New Zealand

Nurses
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
World Thrombosis Day Walk and Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Nurses Symposium: Transfusion-related nursing
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Tuesday Morning Tea
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Nurses Free Communications: Leukaemia and lymphoma
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Tuesday Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Carl de Gruchy Oration
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Nurses Symposium: Future directions in cancer care
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Nurses Symposium: Panel Discussion
6:30 PM - 11:30 PM Gala Dinner
Aotearoa Icons: Celebrating the Spirit of New Zealand


Wednesday, October 21, 2026

HSANZ
ANZSBT
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM HSANZ Symposium: Crossroads in haematology, from genome to grey matter ANZSBT Symposium: Inside transfusion practice
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Closing Plenary

THANZ
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM THANZ Symposium: Beyond the bruises - new insights into bleeding disorders
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Closing Plenary

HSANZ
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM HSANZ Symposium: Crossroads in haematology, from genome to grey matter
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Closing Plenary

ANZSBT
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ANZSBT Symposium: Inside transfusion practice
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Closing Plenary

THANZ
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM THANZ Symposium: Beyond the bruises - new insights into bleeding disorders
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Wednesday Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM Closing Plenary


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