Program
Friday 20 February 2026
12.00pm Registration and Lunch
2.00pm - 5.00pm Registrar Free Papers
5.00pm - 6.00pm Trainee Tutorials
6:00pm Welcome Drinks
Saturday 21 February 2026
7.15am - 8.15am Trainee Tutorials
8.20am Welcome Address
Scientific Sessions
SESSION 1 | 8.30am - 9.30am Hip
SESSION 2 | 9.30am - 10.30am What's New in Orthopaedics
10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea
SESSION 3 PLENARY | 11.00am - 12.30pm - Invited Guest Speakers
12.30pm - 12.40pm OWL
12.40pm - 1.00pm AOA Victorian Branch AGM
1.00pm - 2.00pm Lunch
SESSION 4 | 2.00pm - 3.30pm Research, Education and Building a Stronger Unit
3.30pm - 3.45pm Afternoon Tea
SESSION 5 | 3.45pm - 4.45pm Shoulder and Elbow
5.00pm Sunset Drinks
Sunday 22 February 2026
Scientific Sessions
SESSION 6 | 8.30am - 9.30am History of Orthopaedics
KEYNOTE SPEAKER | 9.30am - 10.00am Herwig Drobetz, 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Humanitarian Medicine in War Zones'
10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea
SESSION 7 | 10.30am - 11.30am Foot and Ankle
SESSION 8 | 11.30am - 12.30pm Knee
12.30pm - Meeting Close and Lunch
Planning for the scientific sessions is underway with the preliminary program available soon.