program

The 2012 Skin Cancer Conference and Workshops are run over a three day period commencing with a day of workshops (Friday), followed by the two day conference (Saturday and Sunday). The program is complimented with various offsite activities to enhance the whole experience of a conference in Queenstown NZ.

The aim of the two day conference program is to update you with the latest developments in skin cancer medicine. The sessions will cover the key areas in the field of skin cancer and enable you to easily incorporate the information into your own practice. As doctors, it is vital for you to remain up to date with the latest research in your field so that you can provide the best care for your patients.

The sessions are designed to be highly interactive so we have a moderator coordinating each one. There will be expert panels, debates between speakers, and moderated questions from the floor.

Conference Fee:
Delegate package of conference admittance, catering for the 2 days and access to the presentations from the speakers.

Early Bird by June 30 2012 - $1295
Full Price Registration - $1395
Please note this event will be capped at 170 people and will sell out well in advance. To ensure you secure your seat - consider registering now.

The workshops will enable you to interact closely with many of the conference presenters in a small group format. The workshops are highly varied and cover a range of topics - some are related to conference presentations and some are not. Both workshops are focussed on improving your clinical practice skills.

Workshop Fee:
$395 per half day workshop

If you book both the half day workshops on the Friday you will be provided with lunch and be able to access to 40 Category 1 CPD points. Otherwise each half day workshop is worth

(NB. Workshops are to be booked in conjunction with the conference registration)

Time		Topic	Presenter
8am – 12noon	Workshop 1	Dermoscopy Update	Amanda Oakley
		What’s new in the journals – for primary care doctors?	June Robinson
12noon – 1pm	Lunch
1pm – 5pm	Workshop 2	Surgery on the nose, ears and eyelids: principles and practice pointers	Sharad Paul
		Histopathology: case studies clinical-dermoscopic-pathological correlations	Richard Williamson, Simon Clark, Peter Soyer, Cliff Rosendahl

Time		Topic	Presenter/s	Moderator / Chair
9am – 10.30am	State of the Art	Melanoma margins: new evidence, current guidelines and next steps	June Robinson	David Wilkinson
10.30am -11am	Morning Tea
11am – 12pm	Plenary	Diagnosis in primary care: challenges and options for the primary care doctor	Cliff Rosendahl	David Wilkinson
12pm – 12.30pm	Plenary	Dermato-pathology: the gold standard!	Richard Williamson
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm – 3pm	Plenary	Original (short) papers	Sharad: NZ NMSC incidence DW: NNT and dermoscopy and special interest John Pyne: NMSC vessels Peter Soyer: AC Rule Cliff: White circles on dermatoscopy Tarl Prow: Micropunch	June Robinson Extended abstracts presented.
3pm – 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
3.30pm – 4.15pm	State of the Art Plenary	Scalp surgery and a new flap	Sharad Paul	John Pyne
4.15pm – 5pm	State of the Art Plenary	Making sense of the sentinel lymph node saga	John Thompson

Time		Topic	Presenter/s	Moderator / Chair
9am – 9.45am	State of the Art	The Future of Prevention & Early Detection	June Robinson	Peter Soyer
9.45am – 10.30am	Plenary	The Challenge of Nodular and Amelanotic Melanoma	John Kelly
10.30 – 11am	Morning Tea
11.00am – 12.30pm	State of the Art	Treating Advanced Melanoma: Past, Present and Future	Claus Garbe
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm – 2.15pm	Plenary	New Diagnostics for Melanoma Detection: From Artificial Intelligence to RNA Microarrays	Peter Soyer	Cliff Rosendahl
2.15pm – 3pm	Plenary	Skin cancer research frontiers	Peter Soyer, June Robinson, Cliff Rosendahl, Di Eley	David Wilkinson
3pm – 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
3.30pm – 5pm	Plenary	Futurist	Craig Rispin	Paul Elmslie