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
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10.00am – 10.45am |
Advanced imaging of microstructural lesions in mild traumatic brain injury
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10.45am – 11.15am | Morning Tea |
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2 & 3
Times | Conway Room 1 | Conway Room 2 | Conway Room 3 |
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11.15am – 1.00pm |
Return to driving after traumatic brain injury
11.15am
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11.15am
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Way Finders – What we do, How we help
11.15am
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12noon
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12noon
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"Me, myself and an extension pole pruner"
12noon
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12.30pm
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Vocational input and return to work following a mild traumatic brain injury
12.30pm
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12.30pm
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1.00pm – 1.45pm | Lunch |
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2 & 3
Times | Conway Room 1 | Conway Room 2 | Conway Room 3 |
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1.45pm – 3.00pm |
1.45pm
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1.45pm
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1.45pm
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2.30pm
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Headspace Hijiacked: A clinician's unfiltered brain injury journey
2.20pm
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Lived experience in supporting a kaimahi (staff member) back to mahi (work) following a significant traumatic brain injury
2.40pm
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3.00pm – 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea |
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2
Times | Conway Room 1 | Conway Room 2 |
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3.30pm – 5.15pm |
3.30pm
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Neuropsychology and youth justice
3.30pm
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4.45pm
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4.00pm
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Do less
4.45pm
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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
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10.15am – 11.00am |
Nutrition provides an essential foundation for optimizing mental health:
Application to traumatic brain injury
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11.00am – 11.15am | Morning Tea |
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2
Times | Conway Room 1 | Conway Room 2 |
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11.15am – 1.00pm |
Rugby and concussion – let's talk (Interview)
11.15am
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Working effectively with complex behaviours following traumatic brain injury
11.15am
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Should I stay or should I go? When to make the call
11.45am
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Integration of virtual reality into clinical practice (with a demo)
12.15pm
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The risks of repeated head impacts for long term brain health
12.15pm
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1.00pm – 1.45pm | Lunch |
Concurrent Sessions, venue Conway Rooms 1 - 2
Times | Conway Room 1 | Conway Room 2 |
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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
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1.45pm
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2.30pm
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2.30pm
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3.00pm – 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea |
Venue Conway Room 1
Times | Conway Room 1 |
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3.30pm – 5.00pm |
The New Zealand Rugby Foundation - How we support our players
3.30pm
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Tinnitus and hyperacusis following traumatic brain injury
3.50pm
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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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