2017 Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society
Annual Scientific MeetingBuilding Bridges15 - 17 November 2017 | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

Please find a list of the 2017 ANZSCoS ASM plenary sessions below:

Thursday, 16 November
Plenary One
Plenary Two

Friday, 17 November
Plenary Three
Plenary Four 

Thursday, 16 November

Plenary One: Access To Care (At All Points of the SCI Care Continuum)
9.00am - 10.25am 

• Improving Care Delivery Across the SCI Continuum: the Canadian Experience - Keynote Speaker: Dr Vanessa Noonan

  
  Sponsored by
 National Injury Insurance Agency Queensland 

• New initiatives in the surgical management of spinal cord trauma - Dr Richard Laherty

Plenary Two: Funding Streams (Paying for Care Now and What Does the Future Hold?)
1.05pm - 2.45pm  

• The History and Current Status of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Keynote Speaker: Mr John Walsh AM
• Navigating the Introduction of the NDIS in the State-wide Specialist Spinal Cord Injury Service in Queensland - Prof. Timothy Geraghty
• Mr James Welsman

Friday, 17 November

Plenary Three:  Clinical Innovation (Emerging Trends and the Changing Face of SCI Medicine)
8.50am - 11.25am 

• SCI and Sexual Sustainability in the Digital Age - Keynote Speaker: Dr Marcalee Sipski Alexander
   

• The Cannabinoid Challenge in SCI - Dr Rick Acland
• Facts behind the myths of Urological management of SCI - Dr Peter Mactaggart

Plenary Four: Back to Life and Work (Vocational Rehab and Pushing the Hobby Envelope)
1.10pm - 3.10pm 

• Early access to Vocational Rehabilitation following spinal cord injury: Implementation, evaluation and sustainability of a novel inpatient service - Keynote Speaker: Prof. James Middleton
• Examining cultural discourses to understand how vocational rehabilitation works - Dr Joanna Fadyl
• Unlimited Access: Knowledge, Means and Desire Can Open the Oceans and the Rest of the World - Mr Bruckner Chase