The New Zealand Society for Parasitology will hold its 2026 annual conference on 29–30 October at the Scenic Hotel Cotswold in Merivale, Christchurch, preceded by a Parasite Advisory Day on 28 October at the Airport Gateway Hotel. It is a small medical/veterinary-science congress for parasitology researchers, students and animal-health practitioners, confirmed on the society's live official site.
The New Zealand Society for Parasitology (NZSP) will hold its 2026 annual conference on 29–30 October 2026 at the Scenic Hotel Cotswold in Merivale, Christchurch, according to the society's official conference page. A pre-conference Parasite Advisory Day (PAD) runs on 28 October at the Airport Gateway Hotel near Christchurch Airport, and a conference dinner is scheduled for the evening of 29 October.
The programme follows a familiar three-part shape: a specialist advisory day, two days of scientific sessions, and an evening social function that anchors the networking side of the gathering.
The conference is organised by the New Zealand Society for Parasitology, which describes itself as a society for the promotion of parasitology research, collaboration and education in New Zealand. The 2026 edition is supported by veterinary and animal-health sponsors including Zoetis, Elanco and PGW, reflecting the society's strong links to both human and animal (veterinary) parasitology, and the event appears alongside veterinary CPD listings.
Per the society's registration page, the conference is aimed at parasitology professionals and students, with member, non-member, and student/retired registration tiers. Abstracts were due 7 September and registration closes 10 October. The main event is the two-day scientific meeting on 29–30 October, bookended by the Parasite Advisory Day on 28 October for practitioner-focused content. A detailed session programme and keynote line-up were not yet published on the conference page at the time of writing.
The Scenic Hotel Cotswold sits at 88–96 Papanui Road, Merivale, on the edge of the Christchurch CBD, per the Scenic Hotel Group. The property is about a 20-minute drive from Christchurch Airport and within walking distance of Merivale Mall and Hagley Park. It offers on-site conference facilities, a restaurant and bar, and free off-street parking. The organisers note that delegates should book their own accommodation, that on-site rooms at the Cotswold are limited, and that additional hotels are available within walking distance.
This is a modest but well-anchored South Island scientific congress that keeps specialist association business in Christchurch rather than Auckland or Wellington. Its hotel-based format — the meeting, dinner and some accommodation under one roof at a CBD-edge property close to the airport — is a template many smaller professional societies use, and underlines Christchurch's continued role hosting single-venue academic and veterinary-science conferences.
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