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2010 Trauma Conference
Our 2^nd International  Trauma conference in Queenstown,  New Zealand was a huge success, a great 4 days of educational lectures, interesting case study discussions and fantastic  workshops where the  participant’s  skills where enhanced  by  the  experience of  “hands on” training by specialist doctors.  During leisure time the delegates relaxed on the ski slopes or indulged the many activities Queenstown has to offer.

We have decided on Queenstown again next year for our 3^rd to 16 August 2011.
Please mark this in your diary for next year. We invite you to check this site regularly for details and updates, hope to see you in Queenstown. International Trauma meeting to be held 11

Delegate comments

“Thank you for a great 5 days, congratulations to all the organisers   and presenters”

“Excellent conference in a great location”

“Workshops were great”

“Small discussion groups were very informative”

“Presenters were friendly approachable experts”

2010 Shoulder and Elbow Conference

Corfu !!! What a fantastic place to have a conference, the hotel was fantastic and the views to die for.

We all arrived on the same day and had registration in the afternoon, this was followed by the speakers dinner which was held off-site at a wonderful taverna.

Our Greek friends (Sokratis Varitimidis and Panayotis Giannakopoulos) provided us with a most enjoyable mix of seafood and good wine and very shortly we had all made new friends.

The conference was packed with high quality presentations from the elite faculty provided by Dean Sotoreanos the conference convenor. These provided plenty of points for discussion which was entered into by the majority of the attendees.

Trade exhibitors had plenty of time to share with the attendees and provided hands-on workshops which were enthusiastically attended.

Open papers were presented and the winner of the best paper was “The arterial supply of the tendinous rotator cuff insertions” by Maritsa Papakonstantinou.

A debate on the “Emphasis on Repair of the MCL – Is it necessary or Not?” was presented by Greg Bain and Dean Sotoreanous with a head count prior to the debate to see where the audience stood on the issue, after a lengthy and sometime humours or should that be humerous debate neither was able to change anyones position.

Social activities included the cocktail reception which was held at the Yali Beach bar where canapés and drinks were served prior to dinner.

The final dinner was held at Agni taverna which we got to by a 45 minute journey on a boat which was helped by copious amounts of free Ouzo. The taverna was located on a private beach and had a spectacular view of the mainland of Albania enhanced by the sky turning to pink as the sunset.

We were entertained by John Kelly who provided a very interesting after-dinner speech on Stress and Work-life style this was followed by an impromptu rendition of Bad to the Bone directed at Greg Bain by Mark Baratz and his harmonica.

The final day was capped by a wonderful lunch where every one was able to say their fond farewells prior to departing.