While the best efforts are to maintain the programme, it is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Any changes to the programme will be posted on this page.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8.30am | Registration | |
| 08.45am | Mihi
whakatau – conference opening | Blandy
Witehira |
| 8.50am | Conference welcome and housekeeping | Sam Lee, Kerri Morgan, Harry Taylor and James Chatterton |
| 9.00am | Identifying alternate treatments for coccidiosis in kiwi | Emma Scheltema |
| 9.20am | Yellow-eyed penguin gyrovirus and respiratory distress syndrome | Harry Taylor |
| 9.40am | Sub-Antarctic Mortality Surveillance of New Zealand Sea Lions | Anne-Sophie Pagé |
| 10.00am | A
review of the ecosystem services and disservices by avian species in
horticulture worldwide | Giuliana
Ferrari |
| 10.20am | Morning tea | |
| 10.50am | The
effect of drought on kiwi survival and behaviour, a 20-year study | Isabel
Castro |
| 11.10am | Oiled
Wildlife Response & associated mental health | Bridey
White |
| 11.45am | Masculinised
behaviour, physiology, and anatomy in female brown kiwi | Isabel
Castro |
| 12.00pm | Lunch | |
| 1.00pm | Avian anesthesia workshop | James Chatterton |
| 2.30pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.00pm | Avian imaging workshop | Emily Short |
| 4.30pm | Delegates to make their own way to Wildbase recovery | |
| 5.00pm | Behind the scenes tour of Wildbase recovery |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8.30am | Registration | |
| 9.00am | Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza | Baukje
Lenting |
| 9.20am | Vaccination
of Wildlife for Avian Influenza | Kate
McInnes |
| 9.40am | Wildlife Exotic Disease Incursion Investigation | Harry Taylor |
| 10.00am | Morning tea | |
| 10.30am | Stranded marine turtles in Aotearoa/New Zealand:
10-yr summary of mortality and morbidity | James
Chatterton |
| 10.50am | Tick
paralysis in red-billed gulls | Emma Chen |
| 11.10am | The role of stable isotope analysis in New Zealand fur seal/kekeno conservation | Diana Galbraith |
| 11.30am | An
introduction to Pukaha Mount Bruce | Christine
Reed |
| 11.50am | Prep for bus trip | |
| 12.00pm | Bus
departs for Pūkaha Mount Bruce. Packed lunch provided. | |
| 1.00pm | Field trip - Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre | |
| 5.00pm | Bus returns to Palmerston North | |
| 6.30pm | Conference dinner at Nero Restaurant |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
| 8.30am | Registration | ||
| 9.00am | Retrospective survey of Yellow-eyed penguin gyrovirus in hoiho | Kate Pickard | |
| 9.20am | Cases from the Wildlife Hospital Dunedin | Lizzie Thomas | |
| 9.40am | Diseases of Blue Penguins | Stu Hunter | |
| 10.00am | Morning tea | ||
| 10.30am | Lead
Toxicosis in Kea | Pauline Howard | |
| 10.50am | Using
Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry, DXA, to measure body condition in wild birds | Ian
Gerard van Tets | |
| 11.10am | Epidemiology
of Zoonotic Diseases in Cameroon - Correlation Between Animal Health &
Disease Control | Israel
Dume | |
| 11.30am | Yellow-eyed
penguin megrivirus | Janelle
Wierenga | |
| 11.50am | Red
dart frog lesions in captivity | Harry
Winrow | |
| 11.50am | Closing
Karakia. Goodbyes and next
year’s conference announcement. | ||
| 12.30pm | Lunch | ||