The New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine marks its 25th anniversary with a four-day conference at the Millennium Hotel Queenstown from 17 to 20 September 2026.
The New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine will hold its 2026 annual conference at the Millennium Hotel Queenstown from 17 to 20 September 2026, marking the Society's 25th anniversary. The event's official website confirms four days of scientific programming, hands-on learning and networking under the banner "Celebrating 25 years of Setting the Standard in Cosmetic Medicine."
The conference is organised by the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine (NZSCM), the body that describes itself as setting the standard of cosmetic medicine in New Zealand through advocacy, education and collaboration. The Society runs New Zealand's field-recognised training pathway in the discipline, the two-year NZSCM Diploma, and its annual conference is billed on the NZSCM site as Aotearoa New Zealand's premier cosmetic medicine event. Conference logistics are handled by Queenstown-based professional conference organiser Conference Innovators, which lists the event on its conference.nz calendar.
The NZSCM frames the meeting as a must-attend event for doctors, nurses and dentists, welcoming both long-standing members and first-time attendees. The scientific programme, according to the organiser, features expert presentations, interactive workshops, live demonstrations and hands-on learning covering current techniques and best practice. Dr Steven Harris is named among the announced speakers, and the anniversary edition adds dedicated social and networking events. Pre-conference workshops open the schedule on Thursday 17 September, with the main sessions running Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September.
The conference is centred on the Millennium Hotel Queenstown at 32 Frankton Road, with main sessions on the hotel's Level 5 overlooking the surrounding lake and mountain landscape. Pre-conference workshops are held directly across the road at the Copthorne Hotel & Resort Queenstown Lakefront. The Millennium's central position places delegates within walking distance of Queenstown's dining, shopping and entertainment precincts, and a block of rooms has been reserved for attendees at the host hotel. Queenstown Airport (ZQN) at Frankton sits a short drive from the venue on Frankton Road, giving domestic and trans-Tasman delegates a compact arrival-to-venue corridor.
As the flagship gathering of the country's recognised cosmetic medicine body and a 25-year milestone edition, the conference anchors a specialist medical-scientific congress in Queenstown's resort-town business-events market, drawing a national and international clinical audience into the Southern Lakes during the shoulder season.
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