Welcome reception held on the Novotel front lawn overlooking the Barossa ranges.

Official Welcome

International Keynote Speakers:

Prof Zara Patel (Stanford University) - The Impact of Smell on Human Interaction

Prof Charley Della Santina (Johns Hopkins University) - Vestibular implantation

Presentations and Panel Discussion

Confirmed Speakers:

Dr Giri Krishnan (SA Health) - Innovation in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Dr Claire Frauenfelder (Women's & Children's Hospital & Flinders Medical Centre, SA) - Outcomes for head and neck cancer patients admitted to IC in Australia & New-Zealand 2000 -2016

Dr Carly Whyte (University of Adelaide) - Defining the therapeutic potential of eosinophils in head and neck cancer

Dr Chao Wang (NSW Health) - Differential diagnosis of vertigo using machine learning techniques

Dr Kristi Biswas (University of Auckland) - The sinonasal microbiome in health and disease

Panel Discussion - Q & A and Careers

Presentations and Panel Discussion

Confirmed Speakers:

Dr Brent Edwards (National Acoustic Laboratories) - Innovations in hearing healthcare

Dr Ruth Thornton (University of Western Australia) - Developing improved therapeutics for treating otitis media and prevention of recalcitrant infections

Rachel Mills & Donna Rees - Hear our Heart Earbus

Dr David Sly (Ear Science Institute Australia) - Addressing noise-induced hearing loss

Panel Discussion

15:00 - 15:20 | 1 Minute poster pitches

15:30 - 17:00 | Poster Judging & Networking.

Afternoon tea will be provided during networking.

Presentations and Panel Discussion

Prof Charley Della Santina (Johns Hopkins University) - The surgeon

A/Prof Dan Brown (Curtin University) - The physiologist

Prof Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez (The University of Sydney) - The geneticist (JWF suggestion "Meniere's: it's all in the genes")

Prof Mohsen Asadnia (Macquarie University) - The engineer

Dr Celene McNeill (Healthy Hearing & Balance Care) - The audiologist

A/Prof Daniel Ellis (Royal Adelaide Hospital) - A patient's perspective

Panel Discussion

Presentations and Panel Discussion

Confirmed Speakers:

A/Prof Jasneek Chawla (QLD Health) - Sleep evaluation for high-risk children

Dr Paul Paddle (Monash Health) - Home delivery home oximetry for rural children with obstructive sleep apnoea

Prof Gillian Nixon (Monash Health) - The MIST-SMART trial: medical therapy for sleep-disordered breathing in children

A/Prof Sutapa Muherjee (Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health) - What's new in adult sleep?

Panel Discussion

Presentations and Panel Discussion

Confirmed Speakers:

Prof Zara Patel (Stanford University)

Prof Alkis Psaltis (University of Adelaide, Queen Elizabeth Hospital)

Dr Raymond Kim (University of Auckland)

Prof Richard Harvey (University of New South Wales, Macquarie University)

Q & A and Panel Discussion

Confirmed Speakers:

Prof Zara Patel, Prof Ray Sacks, Dr Brent Edwards, DrAlethea Grobler, A/Prof Sutapa Mukherjee

Conference Dinner held at Seppeltsfield Winery.

A la carte dining with beverages

Entertainment includes acoustic guitarist and after dinner speaker.