The Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society and the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of New Zealand hold their combined 2026 Instructional Course and Annual Scientific Meeting at the Millennium Hotel Queenstown from 25 to 30 August, drawing faculty and delegates from Australia, New Zealand and North America.
The 2026 APOS/POSNZ Instructional Course and Annual Scientific Meeting is a four-day paediatric orthopaedic congress held at the Millennium Hotel Queenstown, New Zealand, from 25 to 30 August 2026. According to the organisers' registration site, the programme combines an instructional course with a combined Annual Scientific Meeting and brings together leading experts and colleagues from across Australia, New Zealand and beyond.
The meeting is jointly hosted by the Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (APOS) and the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of New Zealand (POSNZ), as stated on both the APOS website and the event's Humanitix listing. APOS is a long-standing sub-specialty society affiliated with the Australian Orthopaedic Association and is a registered charity; it runs an annual scientific meeting and instructional course cycle. Conference logistics and registration are administered by the Medical Conference Company on the societies' behalf.
The meeting is aimed at paediatric orthopaedic surgeons, registrars and trainees. The organisers state the 2026 scientific programme focuses on cerebral palsy (CP), Foot & Ankle, Lower Limb, Hip, Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH), SUFE and Upper Limb, and features the society's popular 'Top Gun' hands-on practical stations. The 2026 edition welcomes back guests from the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) for a POSNA Showcase, with Dr Eric Edmonds, Dr Jon Schoenecker and Dr Kevin Shea named, and the combined invited international speaker is Dr Kishore Mulpuri of BC Children's Hospital and the University of British Columbia. Abstract submissions for podium presentation were accepted until 29 June 2026, with the combined ASM day on 29 August 2026.
The confirmed venue is the Millennium Hotel Queenstown at 32 Frankton Road, on the edge of Queenstown's town centre. Queenstown Airport at Frankton is a short distance from the Frankton Road corridor, and the hotel sits between the airport and the central lakefront, which keeps delegate movement between arrival point, accommodation and sessions compact. The organisers note that onsite accommodation packages are available through the booking site, consolidating lodging and sessions at a single property. The social programme uses Queenstown's lake setting directly: the conference dinner is held aboard the historic TSS Earnslaw steamship, cruising Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak High Country Farm.
The meeting is an example of a specialist trans-Tasman medical congress choosing a New Zealand resort destination, pairing a clinical instructional programme with an on-lake social event. Its single-venue, accommodation-inclusive format at the Millennium Hotel and its draw of Australian, New Zealand and North American faculty illustrate Queenstown's continuing role as a host for mid-sized international scientific meetings.
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