2025 Melbourne Winter Anaesthetic Meeting
Join us for the 2025 Melbourne Winter Anaesthetic Meeting 30-31 August 2025.
Overview
On behalf of the Victorian regional committee of ANZCA and the Victorian committee of ASA, we warmly invite all fellows and trainees to ‘chilly’ Melbourne in winter for our Melbourne Winter Anaesthetic Meeting: 45th Annual ANZCA/ASA combined continuing medical education meeting.
Our Saturday meeting presentations will be held in the Arthur Streeton Auditorium at the Sofitel, and this year a cultural safety session will be included, along with our popular optional M&M small group table discussions in the last session. You will need to bring a case to discuss on the day for the M&M session and this will attract additional CPD points.
There will be a selection of small group discussion workshops and emergency response workshops being held over three sessions on the Sunday in the LaTrobe Ballroom and Level 35 meeting rooms, plus there will also be an off-site Veterinary Anaesthesia workshop at Werribee Zoo. The emergency response workshops will include ALS, obstetric haemorrhage and anaphylaxis.
Overall the weekend meeting will tick off a lot of your CPD boxes.
We hope to see you there.
Dr Adriana Bibbo and Dr Tabara Dione
Co-convenors, ANZCA VRC
Program
See our fantastic line-up of speakers/talks and workshops on our program here.
We would like to thank all the speakers and workshop facilitators who donate many hours of their time to organise, prepare and present at this meeting.
Social program
The meeting will conclude with drinks and canapes where delegates can mingle and relax with colleagues and speakers.
There is also a dinner arranged at Sofitel's No35 Restaurant (additional option to add in your registration).
Cost and registration
Registration is now open. You can register online with your college ID. All other delegates including allied health members and other medical specialties will also be able to register online. Please select “Create Account” at the top of the page and enter your details. Once you are set up, search for the event and register. You will also be able to use your ID number and password to register for future meetings. If you require assistance, please contact us.
Registration includes (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and conference proceedings). Saturday night dinner and Sunday workshops must be selected separately when registering.
- Saturday meeting:
Full registration: $550
Allied health professionals/trainees: $440 - Saturday night dinner: $165 (includes 3 course meal and drinks) held at Sofitel No35 Restaurant
- Sunday workshops: $132 each workshop
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Cancellation Policy - Refunds will only be provided for cancellations advised in writing prior to the registration close date. Cancellations after the close date still incur venue and catering costs and therefore can’t be refunded
All registration fees are quoted in Australian dollars and inclusive of GST. Please visit the ANZCA terms and conditions when registering for an event.
Practice evaluation: Small group M&M
An optional session at the end of the program which requires:
- Specific registration (opt-in) required at meeting registration (no extra cost)
- Overall meeting registration is available to all anaesthetists and trainees who are either a member of ANZCA or ASA but the practice evaluation session is for senior trainees and anaesthetists only (i.e. no medical students, no prevocational trainees)
- Attendees will be expected to come prepared to discuss a case relating to an anaesthetic incident or challenge that they would share in a small group discussion and be willing to reflect on
- Attendees will be expected to participate actively during the small group discussions
For this session everyone will relocate to tables (located in the Latrobe Ballroom in the Sofitel) to conduct small group discussions. Each small group of 8-10 participants will be facilitated by an anaesthetist colleague, who will facilitate the group in engaging in reflective discussion in a purposeful and respectful manner.
This session will create a safe, judgement free environment where you may discuss cases that you found interesting or challenging. For example, cases may feature because you learnt something particular or because it was unusual, presented a clinical, diagnostic, management or communication challenge or because it will change your practice moving forward etc.
We expect active participation from all members of the group. It also goes without saying that discretion and confidentiality will be needed to bear in mind.
Please bring a case along that you will be willing to discuss in your small group.
Formal case presentation is not required, a brief case outline and then discussion is all that is required. We do not want perceived lack of a case to be a barrier to attending. So, if you do not feel you have a suitable case, perhaps you would like to discuss a case that occurred a bit further in the past or that you witnessed, or a colleague was involved in. It is not necessary that an adverse outcome / morbidity or mortality occurred. When reflecting on your case in the group session, some questions to consider would include, for example:
- What happened?
- Why was it important?
- How might you have influenced things for a different outcome?
- How did this change your practice?
Accommodation
Accommodation for this event is not included within the registration fee and can be booked by contacting Sofitel Melbourne on Collins Hotel Reservations on +61 3 9653 0000 Or use the direct link here to book online.
If you wish to stay at the meeting venue it is advisable to book your accommodation early as the event falls over a weekend.
Continuing professional development
Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program will automatically have their attendance auto-populated to their CPD portfolio within 14 days of the conclusion of the meeting.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program
This event is claimable by ANZCA and FPM CPD participants within the knowledge and skills, practice evaluation or emergency responses categories.
Category 1: Practice evaluation
Category 1: Practice evaluation – Morbidity & Mortality session
Category 1: Practice evaluation – Cultural Safety activity
Category 2: Knowledge and skills activities
Category 2: Knowledge and skills – learning sessions
Category 2: Knowledge and skills – short format learning
Category 3: Emergency responses activities
Where the outline states that the workshop satisfies an Emergency Response CPD requirement, the workshop will be prospectively recognised as suitable to be claimed as an emergency response activity.
- Advanced Life Support (Cardiac arrest)
- Anaphalaxis
- Obstetric Haemorrhage
If you're not a member of our CPD program
If you’re not participating in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program, please check with your respective college/provider regarding your CPD classifications. Post-event, you may request an electronic certificate of attendance for CPD evidence from the event coordinator.
Exhibitors
If you wish to be an exhibitor at the 2025 Vic ACE Winter Meeting, please click here to view the prospectus.
Contact us
For further information, please contact us.
