Nelson, New Zealand. Thursday 11th – 13th September 2025
Venue: The Rutherford Hotel, Nelson
This is our flagship CPD and networking event for occupational health and wellbeing professionals, and we look forward to welcoming you.
Want to know what’s on? Download our Plenary Speakers Timetable.
Conference Registration is now open.
Register and pay your conference fees, choose your dinner preferences, and RSVP for work site visits—all in one place.
Theme: Innovative Rehabilitation Strategies for the Modern Workplace
Celebrating 50 years of ANZSOM NZ – back where it all began!
- Expand your expertise
- Network with industry leaders and peers
- Earn CPD points
- Experience Nelson’s top workplaces firsthand
Day 1: Thursday – Worksite Visits
- Morning & afternoon tours of key Nelson/Tasman industries, including Forestry, Wood product manufacturing and Food processing.
- Improve your knowledge and understanding of occupational health issues in a range of workplaces.
Day 2: Friday
Morning: Return to Work Matters
- Dr Mary Wyatt (Return to Work Matters, Melbourne) – It pays to care
- Industry leaders share best practices in RTW management
Afternoon: Keeping NZ Drivers Safe
- NZTA presents updates to Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive (MAFTD)
- Craig Harington – OT Driving Assessments
- Dr Elena Moran – The role of neuropsychological fitness-to-drive assessments
- OHN Perspectives
- Dr Tim Gilmore – Challenging fitness to drive cases
Evening: Conference Dinner
Day 3: Saturday
Morning: Pain as a Barrier to Work
- Dr Chris Rumball: ‘Complex Systems, Chronic Pain, and the Future of Occupational Medicine: Rethinking the ACC Burden’.
- Lee Gardiner – Pain neuroscience, Physiotherapy pain management and biopsychosocial risk screening and management at a food processing plant.
- Dr Tim Gilmore – Tim returns with challenging pain-related case studies
- ACC: Rehabilitation in Action
Afternoon: “Reflections and Future Directions”: Professional Body Updates & Strategic Direction
- Dr Rob McDonald – RACP Health Benefits of Good Work Update
- Dr Rod Nicholson – AFOEM & Training Programme Update
- Dr Mike England – ANZSOM NZ Strategic Update and the Multidisciplinary Future
- Wrap up and close – Dr Mike England
Register and pay your conference fees, choose your dinner preferences, and RSVP for work site visits—all in one place.