Call for Abstracts
Theme: Hand in Hand: From Little Fingers to Golden Years
You are invited to submit an abstract for the 2025 Hand Therapy New Zealand Conference.
Presentation options include:
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Poster presentation (hard copy, printed)
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Oral presentation (traditional 15-minute free paper presentation)
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Oral presentation (Pecha Kucha style: 20 image-based slides x 20 seconds. Perfect for clinical gems, case studies, or punchy research stories!)
Abstract submissions close: Monday, 30 June 2025
👉 Click here to submit your abstract:
For abstract guidelines and formatting details, visit the submission page.
Julie Rouse Memorial Prize
Julie Rouse was a physiotherapist and hand therapist who had a long association with HTNZ and was instrumental in establishing HTNZ. After Julie Rouse died in 2016, her husband, Craig, wished to honour her hand therapy career and legacy by establishing a prize to be awarded at the annual HTNZ conference. The prize is awarded to the person who presented the best free paper presentation.