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Thursday, October 29, 2026

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Queenstown Winery Tour
Departure details to be confirmed.
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Golf at Arrowtown Golf Club
A coach will depart Millbrook Resort for Arrowtown Golf Club for a tee off time of 1.30pm.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wine & Craft Beer Tour
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Open
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Casual Welcome Function
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Queenstown Winery Tour
Departure details to be confirmed.
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Golf at Arrowtown Golf Club
A coach will depart Millbrook Resort for Arrowtown Golf Club for a tee off time of 1.30pm.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wine & Craft Beer Tour
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Open
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Casual Welcome Function

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Queenstown Winery Tour
Departure details to be confirmed.
12:30 PM - 5:00 PM Golf at Arrowtown Golf Club
A coach will depart Millbrook Resort for Arrowtown Golf Club for a tee off time of 1.30pm.
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wine & Craft Beer Tour
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Open
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Casual Welcome Function

Friday, October 30, 2026

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome
Simon Young - President, NZKSS
Session 1: Sports 1: ACL Grafts and Fixation: What Should We Use?
Moderator: Bruce Twaddle
8:40 AM - 8:46 AM Knee pain associated with bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts does not limit activity levels, sports participation or quality of life after ACL reconstruction
Brian Devitt
8:46 AM - 8:52 AM The Early Experience of Patients and Surgeons with Quadriceps Tendon Autografts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in New Zealand
Lizzie Bond
8:52 AM - 8:58 AM A single-tendon semitendinosus autograft results in lower MRI graft signal compared with a dual tendon autograft: Outcomes from a subgroup of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction in the DOSTAR randomized controlled trial
Michael Finsterwald
8:58 AM - 9:04 AM A Double Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Dual Tendon/Screw and Single Tendon/Adjustable Button Hamstring Graft ACL Reconstruction: 2 Year outcomes from the DOSTAR Study
Peter D’Alessandro
9:04 AM - 9:14 AM
Moderator led Q&A - Bruce Twaddle
Moderator: Tim McMeniman
9:14 AM - 9:20 AM Peroneus longus tendon autografts preserve knee extensor and flexor strength, and performance after ACL reconstruction compared with BPTB and hamstring tendon autografts
Ross Radic
9:20 AM - 9:26 AM Five Year Outcomes of ACL Reconstruction with Supercritical CO₂ Sterilized Allografts
Justin Roe
9:26 AM - 9:32 AM Benchmarking Human Upper and Lower Limb Tendon and Ligament Performance and the Emergence of Kangaroo Derived Xenografts for Reconstruction
Nick Hartnell
9:32 AM - 9:40 AM Moderator led Q&A: Tim McMeniman
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM Symposium: Getting It Right First Time: Graft Choice and LET in Primary ACL Reconstruction
Moderator: Julian Feller
Panellists: Hamish Love, Brian Devitt, Rainer Siebold
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Sports 2: The High-Risk ACL: LET, Slope, MCL and Failure
Moderator: Tim Whitehead
10:50 AM - 10:56 AM Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis Offloads the Native ACL and Improves Knee Stability: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Study
Matt Free
10:56 AM - 11:02 AM Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the lateral extra-articular procedure at the time of anterior cruciate ligament graft re-injury
Lachlan Batty 
11:02 AM - 11:08 AM A comparison of Return to Play, Career Longevity, and Re-Rupture in Professional Soccer and Rugby players After Primary ACL Reconstruction with Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis using either Hamstring or Patellar Tendon Autografts
Sam Lynskey
11:08 AM - 11:14 AM Results of Isolated BPB, Quads and Hamstring ACL Reconstruction vs Combined ACL Reconstruction with a Lateral Extra-Articular Procedure from the New Zealand ACL Registry
Mark Clatworthy
11:14 AM - 11:24 AM
Moderator Led Q&A: Tim Whitehead
Moderator: Ross Radic
11:24 AM - 11:30 AM Can Posterior Tibial Slope Correction Restore Static Anterior Tibial Translation in Primary and Revision ACL Deficiency? A Consecutive Series of Supratubercle Deflexion Osteotomies suggesting different post operative target for primary compared to the revision setting
Michael Dan
11:30 AM - 11:36 AM Five-Year Outcomes After Hamstring Tendon ACL Reconstruction in High-Risk Athletes Aged 16–25 Years: Graft Rupture, Contralateral Injury, and Return to Sport
Justin Roe
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM Risk factors for Graft Failure in Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Queensland Children’s Hospital Registry Results at Two Year Follow Up
Ivan Astori
11:42 AM - 11:50 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Ross Radic
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM Symposium: When ACL Reconstruction Fails: What Went Wrong and What Next?
Moderator: Andrew Williams
Panellists: Michael Rosenfeldt, Brett Fritsch, Pete D’Alessandro, Matthew Street
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Lunch
Session 3: Arthroplasty 1: Considerations in TKA and the patellofemoral joint
Moderator: Ian Penny
1:20 PM - 1:26 PM High-Dose Perioperative Dexamethasone and Early Recovery Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Greg Janes
1:26 PM - 1:32 PM Risk Perception in Knee Arthroplasty: Do Patients Truly Understand the Risks – A Qualitative Study
Alasdair Santini
1:32 PM - 1:38 PM Staged Sham Incisions Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Preconditioning Strategy in a Cohort of High-Risk Patients
Henry D Clarke
1:38 PM - 1:48 PM Moderator led Q&A: Ian Penny
Moderator: Price Gallieㅤ
1:48 PM - 1:54 PM The Expectation–Reality Gap in Return to Activity After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Matt Lyons
1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Influence of Quadriceps Malalignment on Simulated Patellofemoral Kinematics Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Simon Talbot
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Impact of Patella Tracking on Early Patient Reported Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study Using Novel Robotic Assessment in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Jobe Shatrov
2:06 PM - 2:20 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Price Gallieㅤ
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium: Primary TKA: The Decisions That Matter
Moderator: Andrew Shimmin
Panellists: Rod Maxwell, Alasdair Santini, David Wood
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Arthroplasty 2: Alignment
Moderator: Michael McAuliffe
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Radiographic Joint Space Widening of the Unaffected Compartment in Varus or Valgus Knees is Associated with Abnormal Intraoperative Ligamentous Laxity
Henry D Clarke
3:36 PM - 3:42 PM The relationship between bone cut thickness and ligament balance in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective descriptive study
Brad Gelbart
3:42 PM - 3:48 PM CPAK-RX: A Restoration and Execution Framework for Coronal Knee Alignment
Ben Parkinson
3:48 PM - 3:54 PM The Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Knee (SPAK) Classification. A new robotic-assisted phenotypic framework integrating medial contact point and medial tibial slope
Samuel MacDessi
3:54 PM - 4:04 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Michael McAuliffe
Moderator: David Wood
4:04 PM - 4:10 PM How accurate is manual extra-articular alignment of the tibial cut in total knee replacement for personalised alignment?
Ponky Firer
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Pain Sensitivity Has a Greater Influence on Outcomes Than Alignment Strategy in TKA
Simon Young
4:16 PM - 4:22 PM Ten Year Outcomes of Kinematic versus Mechanical Alignment in Total Knee Replacement: A Randomised Within-Patient Trial
Peter McEwan
4:22 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator led Q&A: David Wood
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Symposium: Revision TKA: What Would You Do Next?
Moderator: Gary Hooper
Panellists: Richard Parkinson, Myles Coolican, Andre Morrish
6:30 PM - 6:35 PM
Coach to depart Millbrook for Ayrburn for members invited to the Presidents Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Presidents Dinner
By Invitation Only
10:00 PM - 10:05 PM
Return Coach from Ayrburn to Millbrook
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome
Simon Young - President, NZKSS
Session 1: Sports 1: ACL Grafts and Fixation: What Should We Use?
Moderator: Bruce Twaddle
8:40 AM - 8:46 AM Knee pain associated with bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts does not limit activity levels, sports participation or quality of life after ACL reconstruction
Brian Devitt
8:46 AM - 8:52 AM The Early Experience of Patients and Surgeons with Quadriceps Tendon Autografts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in New Zealand
Lizzie Bond
8:52 AM - 8:58 AM A single-tendon semitendinosus autograft results in lower MRI graft signal compared with a dual tendon autograft: Outcomes from a subgroup of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction in the DOSTAR randomized controlled trial
Michael Finsterwald
8:58 AM - 9:04 AM A Double Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Dual Tendon/Screw and Single Tendon/Adjustable Button Hamstring Graft ACL Reconstruction: 2 Year outcomes from the DOSTAR Study
Peter D’Alessandro
9:04 AM - 9:14 AM
Moderator led Q&A - Bruce Twaddle
Moderator: Tim McMeniman
9:14 AM - 9:20 AM Peroneus longus tendon autografts preserve knee extensor and flexor strength, and performance after ACL reconstruction compared with BPTB and hamstring tendon autografts
Ross Radic
9:20 AM - 9:26 AM Five Year Outcomes of ACL Reconstruction with Supercritical CO₂ Sterilized Allografts
Justin Roe
9:26 AM - 9:32 AM Benchmarking Human Upper and Lower Limb Tendon and Ligament Performance and the Emergence of Kangaroo Derived Xenografts for Reconstruction
Nick Hartnell
9:32 AM - 9:40 AM Moderator led Q&A: Tim McMeniman
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM Symposium: Getting It Right First Time: Graft Choice and LET in Primary ACL Reconstruction
Moderator: Julian Feller
Panellists: Hamish Love, Brian Devitt, Rainer Siebold
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Sports 2: The High-Risk ACL: LET, Slope, MCL and Failure
Moderator: Tim Whitehead
10:50 AM - 10:56 AM Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis Offloads the Native ACL and Improves Knee Stability: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Study
Matt Free
10:56 AM - 11:02 AM Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the lateral extra-articular procedure at the time of anterior cruciate ligament graft re-injury
Lachlan Batty 
11:02 AM - 11:08 AM A comparison of Return to Play, Career Longevity, and Re-Rupture in Professional Soccer and Rugby players After Primary ACL Reconstruction with Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis using either Hamstring or Patellar Tendon Autografts
Sam Lynskey
11:08 AM - 11:14 AM Results of Isolated BPB, Quads and Hamstring ACL Reconstruction vs Combined ACL Reconstruction with a Lateral Extra-Articular Procedure from the New Zealand ACL Registry
Mark Clatworthy
11:14 AM - 11:24 AM
Moderator Led Q&A: Tim Whitehead
Moderator: Ross Radic
11:24 AM - 11:30 AM Can Posterior Tibial Slope Correction Restore Static Anterior Tibial Translation in Primary and Revision ACL Deficiency? A Consecutive Series of Supratubercle Deflexion Osteotomies suggesting different post operative target for primary compared to the revision setting
Michael Dan
11:30 AM - 11:36 AM Five-Year Outcomes After Hamstring Tendon ACL Reconstruction in High-Risk Athletes Aged 16–25 Years: Graft Rupture, Contralateral Injury, and Return to Sport
Justin Roe
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM Risk factors for Graft Failure in Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Queensland Children’s Hospital Registry Results at Two Year Follow Up
Ivan Astori
11:42 AM - 11:50 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Ross Radic
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM Symposium: When ACL Reconstruction Fails: What Went Wrong and What Next?
Moderator: Andrew Williams
Panellists: Michael Rosenfeldt, Brett Fritsch, Pete D’Alessandro, Matthew Street
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Lunch
Session 3: Arthroplasty 1: Considerations in TKA and the patellofemoral joint
Moderator: Ian Penny
1:20 PM - 1:26 PM High-Dose Perioperative Dexamethasone and Early Recovery Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Greg Janes
1:26 PM - 1:32 PM Risk Perception in Knee Arthroplasty: Do Patients Truly Understand the Risks – A Qualitative Study
Alasdair Santini
1:32 PM - 1:38 PM Staged Sham Incisions Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Preconditioning Strategy in a Cohort of High-Risk Patients
Henry D Clarke
1:38 PM - 1:48 PM Moderator led Q&A: Ian Penny
Moderator: Price Gallieㅤ
1:48 PM - 1:54 PM The Expectation–Reality Gap in Return to Activity After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Matt Lyons
1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Influence of Quadriceps Malalignment on Simulated Patellofemoral Kinematics Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Simon Talbot
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Impact of Patella Tracking on Early Patient Reported Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study Using Novel Robotic Assessment in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Jobe Shatrov
2:06 PM - 2:20 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Price Gallieㅤ
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium: Primary TKA: The Decisions That Matter
Moderator: Andrew Shimmin
Panellists: Rod Maxwell, Alasdair Santini, David Wood
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Arthroplasty 2: Alignment
Moderator: Michael McAuliffe
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Radiographic Joint Space Widening of the Unaffected Compartment in Varus or Valgus Knees is Associated with Abnormal Intraoperative Ligamentous Laxity
Henry D Clarke
3:36 PM - 3:42 PM The relationship between bone cut thickness and ligament balance in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective descriptive study
Brad Gelbart
3:42 PM - 3:48 PM CPAK-RX: A Restoration and Execution Framework for Coronal Knee Alignment
Ben Parkinson
3:48 PM - 3:54 PM The Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Knee (SPAK) Classification. A new robotic-assisted phenotypic framework integrating medial contact point and medial tibial slope
Samuel MacDessi
3:54 PM - 4:04 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Michael McAuliffe
Moderator: David Wood
4:04 PM - 4:10 PM How accurate is manual extra-articular alignment of the tibial cut in total knee replacement for personalised alignment?
Ponky Firer
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Pain Sensitivity Has a Greater Influence on Outcomes Than Alignment Strategy in TKA
Simon Young
4:16 PM - 4:22 PM Ten Year Outcomes of Kinematic versus Mechanical Alignment in Total Knee Replacement: A Randomised Within-Patient Trial
Peter McEwan
4:22 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator led Q&A: David Wood
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Symposium: Revision TKA: What Would You Do Next?
Moderator: Gary Hooper
Panellists: Richard Parkinson, Myles Coolican, Andre Morrish
6:30 PM - 6:35 PM
Coach to depart Millbrook for Ayrburn for members invited to the Presidents Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Presidents Dinner
By Invitation Only
10:00 PM - 10:05 PM
Return Coach from Ayrburn to Millbrook

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome
Simon Young - President, NZKSS
Session 1: Sports 1: ACL Grafts and Fixation: What Should We Use?
Moderator: Bruce Twaddle
8:40 AM - 8:46 AM Knee pain associated with bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts does not limit activity levels, sports participation or quality of life after ACL reconstruction
Brian Devitt
8:46 AM - 8:52 AM The Early Experience of Patients and Surgeons with Quadriceps Tendon Autografts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in New Zealand
Lizzie Bond
8:52 AM - 8:58 AM A single-tendon semitendinosus autograft results in lower MRI graft signal compared with a dual tendon autograft: Outcomes from a subgroup of patients undergoing ACL reconstruction in the DOSTAR randomized controlled trial
Michael Finsterwald
8:58 AM - 9:04 AM A Double Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Dual Tendon/Screw and Single Tendon/Adjustable Button Hamstring Graft ACL Reconstruction: 2 Year outcomes from the DOSTAR Study
Peter D’Alessandro
9:04 AM - 9:14 AM
Moderator led Q&A - Bruce Twaddle
Moderator: Tim McMeniman
9:14 AM - 9:20 AM Peroneus longus tendon autografts preserve knee extensor and flexor strength, and performance after ACL reconstruction compared with BPTB and hamstring tendon autografts
Ross Radic
9:20 AM - 9:26 AM Five Year Outcomes of ACL Reconstruction with Supercritical CO₂ Sterilized Allografts
Justin Roe
9:26 AM - 9:32 AM Benchmarking Human Upper and Lower Limb Tendon and Ligament Performance and the Emergence of Kangaroo Derived Xenografts for Reconstruction
Nick Hartnell
9:32 AM - 9:40 AM Moderator led Q&A: Tim McMeniman
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM Symposium: Getting It Right First Time: Graft Choice and LET in Primary ACL Reconstruction
Moderator: Julian Feller
Panellists: Hamish Love, Brian Devitt, Rainer Siebold
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM Morning tea
Session 2: Sports 2: The High-Risk ACL: LET, Slope, MCL and Failure
Moderator: Tim Whitehead
10:50 AM - 10:56 AM Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis Offloads the Native ACL and Improves Knee Stability: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Study
Matt Free
10:56 AM - 11:02 AM Magnetic resonance imaging assessment of the lateral extra-articular procedure at the time of anterior cruciate ligament graft re-injury
Lachlan Batty 
11:02 AM - 11:08 AM A comparison of Return to Play, Career Longevity, and Re-Rupture in Professional Soccer and Rugby players After Primary ACL Reconstruction with Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis using either Hamstring or Patellar Tendon Autografts
Sam Lynskey
11:08 AM - 11:14 AM Results of Isolated BPB, Quads and Hamstring ACL Reconstruction vs Combined ACL Reconstruction with a Lateral Extra-Articular Procedure from the New Zealand ACL Registry
Mark Clatworthy
11:14 AM - 11:24 AM
Moderator Led Q&A: Tim Whitehead
Moderator: Ross Radic
11:24 AM - 11:30 AM Can Posterior Tibial Slope Correction Restore Static Anterior Tibial Translation in Primary and Revision ACL Deficiency? A Consecutive Series of Supratubercle Deflexion Osteotomies suggesting different post operative target for primary compared to the revision setting
Michael Dan
11:30 AM - 11:36 AM Five-Year Outcomes After Hamstring Tendon ACL Reconstruction in High-Risk Athletes Aged 16–25 Years: Graft Rupture, Contralateral Injury, and Return to Sport
Justin Roe
11:36 AM - 11:42 AM Risk factors for Graft Failure in Paediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Queensland Children’s Hospital Registry Results at Two Year Follow Up
Ivan Astori
11:42 AM - 11:50 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Ross Radic
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM Symposium: When ACL Reconstruction Fails: What Went Wrong and What Next?
Moderator: Andrew Williams
Panellists: Michael Rosenfeldt, Brett Fritsch, Pete D’Alessandro, Matthew Street
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Lunch
Session 3: Arthroplasty 1: Considerations in TKA and the patellofemoral joint
Moderator: Ian Penny
1:20 PM - 1:26 PM High-Dose Perioperative Dexamethasone and Early Recovery Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Greg Janes
1:26 PM - 1:32 PM Risk Perception in Knee Arthroplasty: Do Patients Truly Understand the Risks – A Qualitative Study
Alasdair Santini
1:32 PM - 1:38 PM Staged Sham Incisions Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Preconditioning Strategy in a Cohort of High-Risk Patients
Henry D Clarke
1:38 PM - 1:48 PM Moderator led Q&A: Ian Penny
Moderator: Price Gallieㅤ
1:48 PM - 1:54 PM The Expectation–Reality Gap in Return to Activity After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Matt Lyons
1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Influence of Quadriceps Malalignment on Simulated Patellofemoral Kinematics Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
Simon Talbot
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM Impact of Patella Tracking on Early Patient Reported Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study Using Novel Robotic Assessment in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Jobe Shatrov
2:06 PM - 2:20 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Price Gallieㅤ
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium: Primary TKA: The Decisions That Matter
Moderator: Andrew Shimmin
Panellists: Rod Maxwell, Alasdair Santini, David Wood
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon tea
Session 4: Arthroplasty 2: Alignment
Moderator: Michael McAuliffe
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Radiographic Joint Space Widening of the Unaffected Compartment in Varus or Valgus Knees is Associated with Abnormal Intraoperative Ligamentous Laxity
Henry D Clarke
3:36 PM - 3:42 PM The relationship between bone cut thickness and ligament balance in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective descriptive study
Brad Gelbart
3:42 PM - 3:48 PM CPAK-RX: A Restoration and Execution Framework for Coronal Knee Alignment
Ben Parkinson
3:48 PM - 3:54 PM The Sagittal Plane Alignment of the Knee (SPAK) Classification. A new robotic-assisted phenotypic framework integrating medial contact point and medial tibial slope
Samuel MacDessi
3:54 PM - 4:04 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Michael McAuliffe
Moderator: David Wood
4:04 PM - 4:10 PM How accurate is manual extra-articular alignment of the tibial cut in total knee replacement for personalised alignment?
Ponky Firer
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Pain Sensitivity Has a Greater Influence on Outcomes Than Alignment Strategy in TKA
Simon Young
4:16 PM - 4:22 PM Ten Year Outcomes of Kinematic versus Mechanical Alignment in Total Knee Replacement: A Randomised Within-Patient Trial
Peter McEwan
4:22 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator led Q&A: David Wood
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Symposium: Revision TKA: What Would You Do Next?
Moderator: Gary Hooper
Panellists: Richard Parkinson, Myles Coolican, Andre Morrish
6:30 PM - 6:35 PM
Coach to depart Millbrook for Ayrburn for members invited to the Presidents Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Presidents Dinner
By Invitation Only
10:00 PM - 10:05 PM
Return Coach from Ayrburn to Millbrook

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Session 5: Arthroplasty 3: Technology in TKA
Moderator: Michael Barrow
8:50 AM - 8:56 AM Suitability of image-based native alignment estimates in non-correctable medial osteoarthritis
Peter McEwan
8:56 AM - 9:02 AM Describing and classifying the soft tissue envelope of the knee – the SEKSE classification
Brett Fritsch
9:02 AM - 9:08 AM A tibia first gap balanced patient specific alignment TKA technique achieves better TKA balance than mechanical, kinematic and functional alignment
Mark Clatworthy
9:08 AM - 9:14 AM The effect of posterior femoral osteophyte removal on intra-operative gap balance in robotic functional-alignment total knee arthroplasty
Michael Facek 
9:14 AM - 9:24 AM
Moderator led Q&A‎‎‎‎: Michael Barrow
Moderator: Rod Maxwell
9:24 AM - 9:30 AM Wearable sensors highlight improved rate of recovery and range of movement following robotic-assisted TKA that are overlooked by conventional PROMs
Paul Monk
9:30 AM - 9:36 AM One-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using an Uncemented 3D-Printed Porous Tibial Baseplate
Matt Lyons
9:36 AM - 9:42 AM Cementless Tritanium Triathlon Total Knee Arthroplasty is Safe in Extremely Obese Patients
Ritwik Kejriwal
9:42 AM - 9:50 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Rod Maxwell
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Symposium: Alignment and Technology in TKA: Do We Need a Robot to Balance the Knee?
Moderator: Sam MacDessi
Panellists: Ben Parkinson, Richard Peterson, Price Gallie, Ponky Firer
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday Morning tea
Session 6: Arthroplasty 4: Infection and Revision TKA
Moderator: Mark Stringer
11:00 AM - 11:06 AM Infection Is Now the Leading Cause of Failure Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A 23-Year Analysis of 20,523 Knees
Simon Young
11:06 AM - 11:12 AM A Reproducible Technique for the Removal of a Well-Fixed Tibial Metaphyseal Cone During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Lloyd Roffe
11:12 AM - 11:18 AM Femoral and tibial component mismatch does not increase risk of revision when the insert matches the femur in primary fixed bearing total knee arthroplasty. An AOANJRR registry analysis
Michael Facek
11:18 AM - 11:30 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Mark Stringer
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Guest Speaker
Sir Ian Taylor
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Saturday Lunch
Session 7: Sports 3: ACL Decision-Making: Surgery, Bracing, Prediction and Return to Sport
Moderator: Michael Dan
1:20 PM - 1:26 PM A Mixed-Effects Machine Learning Model Predicts Psychological Return-to-Sport Readiness After ACL Reconstruction By Analysing Time-Course Isokinetic Strength Testing and Clinical Metrics, Whereas Peak Torque and Limb Symmetry Do Not
Tim Whitehead
1:26 PM - 1:32 PM Identifying ACL injured patients who can safely avoid surgery: Outcomes from a surgeon-led structured rehabilitation pathway
Alex Nicholls
1:32 PM - 1:38 PM Short-term Outcomes of the Cross Brace Protocol for ACL Rupture Management: A Prospective Cohort Study
David Parker
1:38 PM - 1:44 PM Sensitivity of MRI in Diagnosing Proximal ACL Avulsion Injuries Undergoing ACL Repair Surgery
Ritwik Kejriwal
1:44 PM - 1:54 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Michael Dan
Moderator: Michael Rosenfeldt
1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Five-year survival analysis of ACL graft and contralateral ACL ruptures from the OrthoSport Victoria longitudinal ACL outcomes study
Julian Feller
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM External Validation of Enhanced Machine Learning Modelling, LASSO + SIVS: Analysis of National Ligament Registries
Jon Anderson
2:06 PM - 2:12 PM No Difference in Career Longevity of Professional Football and Rugby players after ACL Reconstruction with Associated MCL injury Compared to Uninjured Matched Controls
Andrew Williams
2:12 PM - 2:20 PM
Moderator Led Q&A: Michael Rosenfeldt
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium: Challenging Sports Knee Cases: What Would You Do?
Moderator: Andrew Vincent
Panellists: Brad Gelbart, Ross Radic, Tim McMeniman
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday afternoon tea
Session 8: Sports 4: The Sports Knee Beyond ACL: Preservation, Patellofemoral and Problem Cases
Moderator: Stewart Walsh
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Eight Year Outcomes of the Australian Knee Osteotomy Registry
Christopher Vertullo
3:36 PM - 3:42 PM A minimum 10-year prospective clinical and radiological evaluation after matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation, with comparison of tibiofemoral and patellofemoral graft outcomes
Jay Ebert
3:42 PM - 3:48 PM Arthroscopic medial bone-bridge technique for medial meniscus allograft transplantation: clinical results compared to lateral meniscus allograft transplantation
Rainer Siebold
3:48 PM - 3:54 PM Does TT-TG Still Matter? Isolated MPFL Reconstruction Achieves Excellent Results
Matt Free
3:54 PM - 4:04 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Stewart Walshㅤ
Moderator: Tim Lording
4:04 PM - 4:10 PM ACL - STARR Study
David Beard
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Psychological History and Activity Level Are Associated with Arthrofibrosis Following Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Matched Case-Control Study
Christopher Vertullo
4:16 PM - 4:22 PM Big Boy, Big Problems
Bruce Twaddle
4:22 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator led Q&A : Tim Lording
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Symposium: Preserve or Replace? Managing OA in the Young Active Patient
Moderator: David Parker
Panellists: Paul Monk, Jon Mulford, Jonathon Lavelle
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Coach to depart Millbrook for The Winehouse for COKS Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM Combined Orthopaedic Knee Society Dinner
10:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Return Coach from The Winehouse to Millbrook
Session 5: Arthroplasty 3: Technology in TKA
Moderator: Michael Barrow
8:50 AM - 8:56 AM Suitability of image-based native alignment estimates in non-correctable medial osteoarthritis
Peter McEwan
8:56 AM - 9:02 AM Describing and classifying the soft tissue envelope of the knee – the SEKSE classification
Brett Fritsch
9:02 AM - 9:08 AM A tibia first gap balanced patient specific alignment TKA technique achieves better TKA balance than mechanical, kinematic and functional alignment
Mark Clatworthy
9:08 AM - 9:14 AM The effect of posterior femoral osteophyte removal on intra-operative gap balance in robotic functional-alignment total knee arthroplasty
Michael Facek 
9:14 AM - 9:24 AM
Moderator led Q&A‎‎‎‎: Michael Barrow
Moderator: Rod Maxwell
9:24 AM - 9:30 AM Wearable sensors highlight improved rate of recovery and range of movement following robotic-assisted TKA that are overlooked by conventional PROMs
Paul Monk
9:30 AM - 9:36 AM One-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using an Uncemented 3D-Printed Porous Tibial Baseplate
Matt Lyons
9:36 AM - 9:42 AM Cementless Tritanium Triathlon Total Knee Arthroplasty is Safe in Extremely Obese Patients
Ritwik Kejriwal
9:42 AM - 9:50 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Rod Maxwell
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Symposium: Alignment and Technology in TKA: Do We Need a Robot to Balance the Knee?
Moderator: Sam MacDessi
Panellists: Ben Parkinson, Richard Peterson, Price Gallie, Ponky Firer
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday Morning tea
Session 6: Arthroplasty 4: Infection and Revision TKA
Moderator: Mark Stringer
11:00 AM - 11:06 AM Infection Is Now the Leading Cause of Failure Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A 23-Year Analysis of 20,523 Knees
Simon Young
11:06 AM - 11:12 AM A Reproducible Technique for the Removal of a Well-Fixed Tibial Metaphyseal Cone During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Lloyd Roffe
11:12 AM - 11:18 AM Femoral and tibial component mismatch does not increase risk of revision when the insert matches the femur in primary fixed bearing total knee arthroplasty. An AOANJRR registry analysis
Michael Facek
11:18 AM - 11:30 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Mark Stringer
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Guest Speaker
Sir Ian Taylor
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Saturday Lunch
Session 7: Sports 3: ACL Decision-Making: Surgery, Bracing, Prediction and Return to Sport
Moderator: Michael Dan
1:20 PM - 1:26 PM A Mixed-Effects Machine Learning Model Predicts Psychological Return-to-Sport Readiness After ACL Reconstruction By Analysing Time-Course Isokinetic Strength Testing and Clinical Metrics, Whereas Peak Torque and Limb Symmetry Do Not
Tim Whitehead
1:26 PM - 1:32 PM Identifying ACL injured patients who can safely avoid surgery: Outcomes from a surgeon-led structured rehabilitation pathway
Alex Nicholls
1:32 PM - 1:38 PM Short-term Outcomes of the Cross Brace Protocol for ACL Rupture Management: A Prospective Cohort Study
David Parker
1:38 PM - 1:44 PM Sensitivity of MRI in Diagnosing Proximal ACL Avulsion Injuries Undergoing ACL Repair Surgery
Ritwik Kejriwal
1:44 PM - 1:54 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Michael Dan
Moderator: Michael Rosenfeldt
1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Five-year survival analysis of ACL graft and contralateral ACL ruptures from the OrthoSport Victoria longitudinal ACL outcomes study
Julian Feller
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM External Validation of Enhanced Machine Learning Modelling, LASSO + SIVS: Analysis of National Ligament Registries
Jon Anderson
2:06 PM - 2:12 PM No Difference in Career Longevity of Professional Football and Rugby players after ACL Reconstruction with Associated MCL injury Compared to Uninjured Matched Controls
Andrew Williams
2:12 PM - 2:20 PM
Moderator Led Q&A: Michael Rosenfeldt
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium: Challenging Sports Knee Cases: What Would You Do?
Moderator: Andrew Vincent
Panellists: Brad Gelbart, Ross Radic, Tim McMeniman
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday afternoon tea
Session 8: Sports 4: The Sports Knee Beyond ACL: Preservation, Patellofemoral and Problem Cases
Moderator: Stewart Walsh
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Eight Year Outcomes of the Australian Knee Osteotomy Registry
Christopher Vertullo
3:36 PM - 3:42 PM A minimum 10-year prospective clinical and radiological evaluation after matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation, with comparison of tibiofemoral and patellofemoral graft outcomes
Jay Ebert
3:42 PM - 3:48 PM Arthroscopic medial bone-bridge technique for medial meniscus allograft transplantation: clinical results compared to lateral meniscus allograft transplantation
Rainer Siebold
3:48 PM - 3:54 PM Does TT-TG Still Matter? Isolated MPFL Reconstruction Achieves Excellent Results
Matt Free
3:54 PM - 4:04 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Stewart Walshㅤ
Moderator: Tim Lording
4:04 PM - 4:10 PM ACL - STARR Study
David Beard
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Psychological History and Activity Level Are Associated with Arthrofibrosis Following Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Matched Case-Control Study
Christopher Vertullo
4:16 PM - 4:22 PM Big Boy, Big Problems
Bruce Twaddle
4:22 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator led Q&A : Tim Lording
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Symposium: Preserve or Replace? Managing OA in the Young Active Patient
Moderator: David Parker
Panellists: Paul Monk, Jon Mulford, Jonathon Lavelle
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Coach to depart Millbrook for The Winehouse for COKS Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM Combined Orthopaedic Knee Society Dinner
10:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Return Coach from The Winehouse to Millbrook

Session 5: Arthroplasty 3: Technology in TKA
Moderator: Michael Barrow
8:50 AM - 8:56 AM Suitability of image-based native alignment estimates in non-correctable medial osteoarthritis
Peter McEwan
8:56 AM - 9:02 AM Describing and classifying the soft tissue envelope of the knee – the SEKSE classification
Brett Fritsch
9:02 AM - 9:08 AM A tibia first gap balanced patient specific alignment TKA technique achieves better TKA balance than mechanical, kinematic and functional alignment
Mark Clatworthy
9:08 AM - 9:14 AM The effect of posterior femoral osteophyte removal on intra-operative gap balance in robotic functional-alignment total knee arthroplasty
Michael Facek 
9:14 AM - 9:24 AM
Moderator led Q&A‎‎‎‎: Michael Barrow
Moderator: Rod Maxwell
9:24 AM - 9:30 AM Wearable sensors highlight improved rate of recovery and range of movement following robotic-assisted TKA that are overlooked by conventional PROMs
Paul Monk
9:30 AM - 9:36 AM One-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using an Uncemented 3D-Printed Porous Tibial Baseplate
Matt Lyons
9:36 AM - 9:42 AM Cementless Tritanium Triathlon Total Knee Arthroplasty is Safe in Extremely Obese Patients
Ritwik Kejriwal
9:42 AM - 9:50 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Rod Maxwell
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM Symposium: Alignment and Technology in TKA: Do We Need a Robot to Balance the Knee?
Moderator: Sam MacDessi
Panellists: Ben Parkinson, Richard Peterson, Price Gallie, Ponky Firer
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday Morning tea
Session 6: Arthroplasty 4: Infection and Revision TKA
Moderator: Mark Stringer
11:00 AM - 11:06 AM Infection Is Now the Leading Cause of Failure Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A 23-Year Analysis of 20,523 Knees
Simon Young
11:06 AM - 11:12 AM A Reproducible Technique for the Removal of a Well-Fixed Tibial Metaphyseal Cone During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Lloyd Roffe
11:12 AM - 11:18 AM Femoral and tibial component mismatch does not increase risk of revision when the insert matches the femur in primary fixed bearing total knee arthroplasty. An AOANJRR registry analysis
Michael Facek
11:18 AM - 11:30 AM
Moderator led Q&A: Mark Stringer
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Guest Speaker
Sir Ian Taylor
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM Saturday Lunch
Session 7: Sports 3: ACL Decision-Making: Surgery, Bracing, Prediction and Return to Sport
Moderator: Michael Dan
1:20 PM - 1:26 PM A Mixed-Effects Machine Learning Model Predicts Psychological Return-to-Sport Readiness After ACL Reconstruction By Analysing Time-Course Isokinetic Strength Testing and Clinical Metrics, Whereas Peak Torque and Limb Symmetry Do Not
Tim Whitehead
1:26 PM - 1:32 PM Identifying ACL injured patients who can safely avoid surgery: Outcomes from a surgeon-led structured rehabilitation pathway
Alex Nicholls
1:32 PM - 1:38 PM Short-term Outcomes of the Cross Brace Protocol for ACL Rupture Management: A Prospective Cohort Study
David Parker
1:38 PM - 1:44 PM Sensitivity of MRI in Diagnosing Proximal ACL Avulsion Injuries Undergoing ACL Repair Surgery
Ritwik Kejriwal
1:44 PM - 1:54 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Michael Dan
Moderator: Michael Rosenfeldt
1:54 PM - 2:00 PM Five-year survival analysis of ACL graft and contralateral ACL ruptures from the OrthoSport Victoria longitudinal ACL outcomes study
Julian Feller
2:00 PM - 2:06 PM External Validation of Enhanced Machine Learning Modelling, LASSO + SIVS: Analysis of National Ligament Registries
Jon Anderson
2:06 PM - 2:12 PM No Difference in Career Longevity of Professional Football and Rugby players after ACL Reconstruction with Associated MCL injury Compared to Uninjured Matched Controls
Andrew Williams
2:12 PM - 2:20 PM
Moderator Led Q&A: Michael Rosenfeldt
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Symposium: Challenging Sports Knee Cases: What Would You Do?
Moderator: Andrew Vincent
Panellists: Brad Gelbart, Ross Radic, Tim McMeniman
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Saturday afternoon tea
Session 8: Sports 4: The Sports Knee Beyond ACL: Preservation, Patellofemoral and Problem Cases
Moderator: Stewart Walsh
3:30 PM - 3:36 PM Eight Year Outcomes of the Australian Knee Osteotomy Registry
Christopher Vertullo
3:36 PM - 3:42 PM A minimum 10-year prospective clinical and radiological evaluation after matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation, with comparison of tibiofemoral and patellofemoral graft outcomes
Jay Ebert
3:42 PM - 3:48 PM Arthroscopic medial bone-bridge technique for medial meniscus allograft transplantation: clinical results compared to lateral meniscus allograft transplantation
Rainer Siebold
3:48 PM - 3:54 PM Does TT-TG Still Matter? Isolated MPFL Reconstruction Achieves Excellent Results
Matt Free
3:54 PM - 4:04 PM
Moderator led Q&A: Stewart Walshㅤ
Moderator: Tim Lording
4:04 PM - 4:10 PM ACL - STARR Study
David Beard
4:10 PM - 4:16 PM Psychological History and Activity Level Are Associated with Arthrofibrosis Following Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Matched Case-Control Study
Christopher Vertullo
4:16 PM - 4:22 PM Big Boy, Big Problems
Bruce Twaddle
4:22 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderator led Q&A : Tim Lording
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM Symposium: Preserve or Replace? Managing OA in the Young Active Patient
Moderator: David Parker
Panellists: Paul Monk, Jon Mulford, Jonathon Lavelle
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Coach to depart Millbrook for The Winehouse for COKS Dinner
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM Combined Orthopaedic Knee Society Dinner
10:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Return Coach from The Winehouse to Millbrook

Sunday, November 1, 2026

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Australian Knee Society
Annual General Meeting
NZ Knee & Sports Surgery Society
Annual General Meeting
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM COKS Meeting Close - Thanks, Feedback and Future Directions
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Tea
11:40 AM - 6:00 PM The Inaugural COKS Golf Tournament
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Queenstown Wine Tour
Depart Millbrook at 12 noon
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Australian Knee Society
Annual General Meeting
NZ Knee & Sports Surgery Society
Annual General Meeting
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM COKS Meeting Close - Thanks, Feedback and Future Directions
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Tea
11:40 AM - 6:00 PM The Inaugural COKS Golf Tournament
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Queenstown Wine Tour
Depart Millbrook at 12 noon

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Australian Knee Society
Annual General Meeting
NZ Knee & Sports Surgery Society
Annual General Meeting
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM COKS Meeting Close - Thanks, Feedback and Future Directions
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Sunday Morning Tea
11:40 AM - 6:00 PM The Inaugural COKS Golf Tournament
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Queenstown Wine Tour
Depart Millbrook at 12 noon

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