PROGRAMME

Traumatic Brain Injury NZ Conference Programme - Wednesday 12 March 2025
Registration 8.00am – 8.45am
8.45am – 9.00am Welcome
9.00am – 10.00am
Keynote Speaker - Holly Kostrzewski
How to succeed in college, graduate school and life with a traumatic brain injury
10.00am – 10.45am
Advanced imaging of microstructural lesions in mild traumatic brain injury
10.45am – 11.15am Morning Tea
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2 & 3
Times Conway Room 1 Conway Room 2 Conway Room 3
1.45pm – 3.00pm
1.45pm
1.45pm
1.45pm
2.30pm
Headspace Hijiacked: A clinician's unfiltered brain injury journey
2.20pm
Lived experience in supporting a kaimahi (staff member) back to mahi (work) following a significant traumatic brain injury
2.40pm
3.00pm – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea
Traumatic Brain Injury NZ Conference Programme - Thursday 13 March 2025
8.45am – 9.15am Kaihautū Tika Hauātanga Disability Rights Commissioner Prudence Walker
9.15am – 10.15am
Keynote Speaker - Holly Kostrzewski
Tramping to the top of Mt Brain Injury, reflections and lessons learned over 25 years
10.15am – 11.00am
Nutrition provides an essential foundation for optimizing mental health: Application to traumatic brain injury
11.00am – 11.15am Morning Tea
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2
Times Conway Room 1 Conway Room 2
11.15am – 1.00pm
Rugby and concussion – let's talk (Interview)
11.15am
Working effectively with complex behaviours following traumatic brain injury
11.15am
Should I stay or should I go? When to make the call
11.45am
Integration of virtual reality into clinical practice (with a demo)
12.15pm
The risks of repeated head impacts for long term brain health
12.15pm
1.00pm – 1.45pm Lunch
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2
Times Conway Room 1 Conway Room 2
1.45pm – 3.00pm
Instrumented Mouthguards - A new frontier: how can we use them to inform about player risk? And should parents be encouraged to monitor their child's contact loads?
1.45pm
1.45pm
2.30pm
2.30pm
3.00pm – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea
Venue Conway Room 1
Times Conway Room 1
3.30pm – 5.00pm
The New Zealand Rugby Foundation - How we support our players
3.30pm
Tinnitus and hyperacusis following traumatic brain injury
3.50pm
Early findings in the relationship between vestibular issues, noise sensitivity (hyperacusis), and psychological factors as predictors of the length of time to recover among adults with mild traumatic brain injury
4.40pm

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