equine programme

Tuesday 23 June 2026

7amRegistration opens
Level 3
8amWelcome | Rob Mills (NZVA President)
Theatre A
Level 5
8.10amPlenary: Learning through times of disruption: navigating AI | Sir Ashley Bloomfield
Theatre A
Level 5
9amMorning tea

Exhibition Hall
Level 3
9.30amAxial skeletal pain - anatomy and diagnosis | Katie Seabaugh
Room 502 
Level 5
10.25amAxial skeletal pain - treatment | Katie Seabaugh
Room 502 
Level 5
11.15amEquine Veterinarian Branch AGM
Room 502 
Level 5
12pmLunchExhibition Hall
Level 3
1pmAcupuncture in equine practice: evidence based application | Huisheng Xie
Room 502 
Level 5
2pmAcupuncture in equine practice: case examples | Huisheng Xie
Room 502 
Level 5
3pmAfternoon teaExhibition Hall
Level 3
3.30pmPractitioner papersRoom 502 
Level 5
5.30pmHappy hourExhibition Hall
Level 3
7pmNZVA Special Interest Branch Dinners and NZVNA Dinner
Room 502 
Level 5

Wednesday 24 June 2026

7amRegistration opens
Level 3
8amPlenary: Thriving and striving at work - the ultimate win win | Charlotte Cantley
Theatre A
Level 5
8.45amNZVA AGMTheatre A
Level 5
9.30amMorning tea
Exhibition Hall
Level 3
10amIntra-articular injection techniques | Katie Seabaugh
Room 502 
Level 5
11.10amModalities for pain management | Katie Seabaugh
Room 502 
Level 5
12.30pmLunchExhibition Hall
Level 3
1.30pmTo be confirmed
Room 502 
Level 5
3.30pmAfternoon teaExhibition Hall
Level 3
4pmProfessional indemnity - stories from the trenches! | Paul Fraser
This presentation deals with professional indemnity and regulatory claims involving horses that were processed by the Veterinary Professional Insurance Society (VPIS) during the preceding 12 months. 
Room 502 
Level 5
4.30pmGouldie hour | Joe Mayhew and Katie Seabaugh
The Gouldie hour was initiated at the 2013 NZEVA Conference to recognise the considerable contributions made by Dr Brian Goulden to undergraduate, to post-graduate, and to continuing equine veterinary education in New Zealand. As continued celebration of Brian’s superb input to equine veterinary science, Katie Seabaugh and Joe Mayhew will attempt to titillate, annoy, stimulate, entertain, challenge, and hopefully edify colleagues on papers and issues from the current equine veterinary literature. A bit of science, a bit of blarney, a bit of wrangling, and maybe some skepticism?
Room 502 
Level 5
5.45pmNZVA AwardsTheatre A
Level 5
6.30pmNetworking dinnerExhibition Hall
Level 3

Thursday 25 June 2026

7amRegistration opens
Level 3
7.30amCeva breakfastTo be confirmed
9.15amTo be confirmed
Room 502 
Level 5
10amMorning tea
Exhibition Hall
Level 3
10.30amTo be confirmed
Room 502 
Level 5
12.30pmLunchExhibition Hall
Level 3
1.30pm
To be confirmed
Room 502 
Level 5
3.30pmAfternoon teaExhibition Hall
Level 3
4pmAfter hours project - where it has landed | Brendan Hickman

Shared talk with Veterinary Business stream
Room 504
Level 5

Combined session with another stream.

This programme was correct at the time of publication. Speakers and titles are subject to change.