The New Zealand Orthopaedic Association's 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting runs 18–20 October 2026 in the Conference Hall at Te Papa, Wellington, under the theme 'AI in Orthopaedics — the next frontier', anchoring a five-day cluster of subspecialty society meetings.
The NZ Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting (NZOA ASM) 2026 is confirmed for 18–20 October 2026 in the Conference Hall at Te Papa, Wellington. The theme is *'AI in Orthopaedics — the next frontier'*, built around plenary sessions that move from a foundational primer on artificial intelligence, through real-world surgical applications, to ethical, legal and medico-legal debate. Registrations are open via the dedicated EventsAir site.
The meeting is the flagship annual congress of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA), the national body for orthopaedic surgeons in Aotearoa. NZOA President Chris Hoffman fronts the welcome, and the ASM is led by co-convenors Giles Foley, Peter Devane and Woosung Kim. NZOA also runs the training programme, the NZ Joint Registry and related registries, and hosts the meeting through its in-house conference and events team.
Orthopaedic surgeons, trainees, researchers and orthopaedic industry/trade partners. The AI theme is pitched explicitly at surgeons, researchers and industry experts wanting to advance their understanding of AI in practice. International faculty include Vipin Asopa (arthroplasty surgeon, London), Marcin Czyz and Fares Haddad from the UK (Haddad edits the Bone and Joint Journal), and applied ethicist Simon Longstaff of Sydney's Ethics Centre. A partners' programme runs over the Monday and Tuesday.
The venue is the Conference Hall at Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) on Cable Street on the Wellington waterfront, in the heart of the CBD and a short distance from Wellington Airport. The meeting sits at the centre of a five-day orthopaedic cluster: the Hip and Spine Societies meet at Te Papa on 16–17 October and the Hand Society across the road at the Tākina Convention Centre, allowing trade displays to run across all five days. The social programme includes a Sunday sports day (golf, tennis, mountain biking) with transport provided, a Welcome function among the trade stands at Te Papa on Sunday evening, and a Gala dinner at the Great Hall in the Dominion War Memorial Building on Monday 19 October.
This is a repeat, high-value medical congress that fills a major Wellington waterfront venue for the better part of a week, drawing national and international delegates plus a substantial orthopaedic trade exhibition. By clustering three subspecialty society meetings around the main ASM across two adjacent purpose-built venues (Te Papa and Tākina), it demonstrates Wellington's capacity to host multi-stream medical conferences with strong accommodation, dining and social-programme demand in the shoulder season.
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