36ᵗʰ Conference 28–30 October 2026 · Darwin NT · registrations open
The annual conference

Where the community
meets.

Each year the Society hosts its annual conference in Australia or New Zealand: invited local and international speakers, papers and posters, industry on display, and the Society's Annual General Meeting.

Darwin 2026

Critical care in the air:
remote, real and relentless.

The 36th Conference lands at the Darwin Convention Centre, 28 to 30 October 2026. Members register at the member rate; organisation and corporate members bring five delegates each.

Darwin Convention Centre at dusk
Darwin Convention Centre, home of the 36th Conference.
Every year

Three days at the
frontier.

A gathering of pilots, clinicians, crews, engineers and services from across Australasia and beyond.

01

Papers and posters

Papers and posters are invited for presentation, with awards for the best presentation and the best poster.

02

Invited speakers

Prominent invited local and international guest speakers.

03

The AGM

The Society's Annual General Meeting, including the election of its committee.

04

Industry

Industry supports each conference through sponsorship, with a wide range of commercial products and services on display.

Since 1990

Every meeting,
every city.

Presentations from 2009 to 2018 are available from each year’s page.

  1. 2026

    Darwin, Northern Territory

    28 to 30 October

    Conference website (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2025

    Hobart, Tasmania

    24 to 26 September

  3. 2024

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    24 to 26 September, Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre

  4. 2023

    Adelaide, South Australia

    4 to 6 September, Adelaide Convention Centre

  5. 2022

    Brisbane, Queensland

    30 August to 1 September

  6. 2019

    Perth, Western Australia

    15 to 17 October, Crown Perth

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  7. 2018

    Hobart, Tasmania

    26 to 28 September

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  8. 2017

    Sydney, New South Wales

    30 August to 1 September

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  9. 2016

    Queenstown, New Zealand

    24 to 26 August

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  10. 2015

    Darwin, Northern Territory

    19 to 21 August

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  11. 2014

    Brisbane, Queensland

    10 to 13 September, with ASAM

  12. 2013

    Melbourne, Victoria

    28 to 30 August

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  13. 2012

    Cairns, Queensland

    29 August to 1 September

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  14. 2011

    Perth, Western Australia

    31 August to 3 September

    Presentations (opens in a new tab)
  15. 2010

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    8 to 11 September

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  16. 2009
  17. 2008

    Adelaide, South Australia

  18. 2007

    Wellington, New Zealand

  19. 2006

    Marcoola, Queensland

  20. 2005

    Sydney, New South Wales

  21. 2004

    Fremantle, Western Australia

  22. 2003

    Darwin, Northern Territory

  23. 2002

    Whangarei, New Zealand

  24. 2001

    Adelaide, South Australia

  25. 2000

    Melbourne, Victoria

  26. 1999

    Auckland, New Zealand

  27. 1998

    Surfers Paradise, Queensland

  28. 1997

    Windsor, New South Wales

  29. 1996

    Melbourne, Victoria

  30. 1995

    Gold Coast, Queensland

    Bond University

  31. 1994

    Adelaide, South Australia

  32. 1993

    Sydney, New South Wales

    Darling Harbour, an international meeting

  33. 1992

    Sydney, New South Wales

    Hurstville, and Kingsford

  34. 1991

    Brisbane, Queensland

  35. 1990

    Sydney, New South Wales

    Little Bay, the first meeting

Sponsors and exhibitors

Put your organisation
in front of the sector.

If your organisation would like to sponsor or exhibit at the conference, contact the Society's conference organiser.