The New Zealand Familial Breast & Ovarian Cancer Conference 2026 (themed "Changing Landscapes") is a two-day professional congress for the hereditary-cancer community, held 6–7 November 2026 at the Cancer Society in Otautahi Christchurch. It is run by the NZ Familial Breast & Ovarian Cancer Trust with Conference Innovators as the PCO, alongside a public Community Day on 7 November.
The New Zealand Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer Conference 2026, carrying the theme "Familial Breast & Ovarian Cancer: Changing Landscapes," runs across 6-7 November 2026 in Otautahi Christchurch. According to the organiser's website, the gathering "brings the professional community together at a time of rapid change in familial breast and ovarian cancer care," pairing the main conference with interactive workshops for deeper learning and skill-building. The organiser describes it as the Trust's third conference iteration.
The event is presented by the New Zealand Familial Breast & Ovarian Cancer Trust (NZFBOC), which states its purpose is to "improve outcomes for whanau across Aotearoa" through advocacy, education, research and peer-support networks for people living with inherited cancer risk. Professional conference organiser Conference Innovators (conference.nz) manages the event; its registration contact is listed on the conference pages as Victoria Drinnan (victoria@conference.nz), and the event appears on the Conference Innovators events calendar.
Per the conference site, the event is aimed at "health professionals with an interest in familial breast and ovarian cancer" - clinicians, researchers, genetic specialists, nurses, allied health professionals, advocates and consumers. The organiser says sessions address evolving genetic knowledge, testing pathways and treatment options in inherited cancer care, with a detailed programme published as a downloadable PDF. Registration is handled through the EventsAir platform, with both in-person and virtual attendance offered. A companion Community Day for individuals, families and supporters is scheduled for 7 November, running in both Christchurch and Auckland.
The conference is hosted at the Cancer Society - Otautahi Christchurch, 74 Langdons Road, Papanui (Christchurch 8053), which the organiser also lists as the Christchurch Community Day venue. Papanui sits in Christchurch's northern suburbs, roughly 5-6 km from the central city and the main CBD accommodation cluster, and is served by frequent bus routes along the Main North Road / Papanui Road corridor as well as short taxi and rideshare trips. Christchurch Airport lies about a 15-minute drive west of Papanui, giving out-of-town delegates a direct road connection without crossing the city centre - a practical consideration for a two-day medical meeting drawing attendees from across the motu.
As a recurring, nationally scoped medical and scientific congress, the conference is a repeat anchor in Christchurch's health-sector events calendar. It demonstrates the city's continuing role as a host for specialist clinical gatherings, and the use of a sector-aligned venue (the Cancer Society building) over a large commercial convention centre reflects the boutique, community-rooted scale typical of hereditary-cancer and genetics meetings in New Zealand.
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