New Zealand Rehabilitation Association, Inc.

22-25 July 2009: Queenstown

The 2009 Rehabilitation Conference will be held in Queenstown from 22nd to 24th July, with workshops on Saturday the 25th July. The conference venue is the Rydges Hotel in Queenstown. This time the conference is going to be held as a collaboration between the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association, Inc. (NZRA), the National Institute of Rehabilitation Research in New Zealand (NIRRNZ) and the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM). While the NZRA ensures the multidisciplinary focus, the NIRR and AFRM will add academic/research and clinical depth to the rehabilitation spectrum. The overarching theme for the conference is "Working together across the lifespan - An interdisciplinary approach to rehabilitation". Subthemes and concurrent sessions will include:

• Cancer rehabilitation
• Cardio-respiratory rehabilitation
• Developmental / intellectual disability
• Geriatric rehabilitation
• Goal setting / teams
• Musculo-skeletal and manipulative medicine
• Paediatric rehabilitation
• The ICF Model
• Work force
• Other topics

The conference website is now open for submission of abstract for either oral or poster presentations. The closing date for abstract submission is 28 February 2009. Registration for the conference will open in March 2009, with Early Bird registrations closing on 15 May 2009.
For more details about keynote and invited speakers and other info, please visit the conference website at:
www.rehabconference2009.org.nz.  Dr Will Taylor is the Conference Co-Convenor for NZRA, Dr Samir Anwar is the Co-Convenor for AFRM, and Duncan Reid is the Co-Convenor for NIRR.

For further information about the conference, please contact The Conference Company

E-mail: rehabconference2009@tcc.co.nz
Telephone: +64 3 365 2217
Facsimile: +64 3 365 2247

The Conference Company, PO Box 3727, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand