Meetings & Conferences

Conferences are an important way to keep your knowledge and skills up-to-date as a specialist. It’s also part of the scholar role requirements of training to “Attend two regional or greater conferences / meetings.”

There are two major annual anaesthesia conferences in Australia:

• ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
• ASA National Scientific Conference (NSC)
  • ASA members are entitled to claim one complimentary National Scientific Congress (NSC) or Combined Scientific Congress (CSC) registration during their Advanced/Provisional Fellow Training or in their first year as an Ordinary Member, provided they have been a financial APFT member for 2 years. This is claimable once and excludes travel, accommodation, sundry expenses, supplementary activities and workshops. Free conference!

Other meetings and events:

• ANZCA Event Calendar
• ASA Events
• ACECC Events

International meetings:

• Association of Anaesthetists Events
• ASA (USA) Events
• ESAIC Events
• NYSORA Annual Symposium
• NZ Anaesthesia
• NZSA Events
• The ASA offers three annual scholarships of $4,000 each to assist trainees in attending international CIG conferences.