Speakers Hub @NSC25
Thank you for accepting our invitation to share your expertise at the forthcoming Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA) National Scientific Congress (NSC) to be held at the National Convention Centre Canberra 2-5 October 2025.
Invited speakers agreement
Please complete the form to confirm your participation and to provide the relevant details for us to be able to facilitate and promote your involvement in this year’s ASA NSC including
- biography for our session chairs to use during introductions at the start of each session. This information will also be displayed in our event app for all attendees.
- the title and a short session description, as you would like this to appear in NSC marketing materials
Speakers' charities
All speakers and facilitators have the opportunity to donate to a Congress-nominated charity or receive a gift as a thank you for your participation in our program.
This year we have selected the following options. Please click on the title to be directed to their website. Please select your preference within the speaker’s agreement form.
Located in West Timor within the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), Indonesia, the Muder (Mother) Ignacia Clinic, a general hospital (including maternal services) provides health care to the people of one of the poorest regions of Indonesia. Since 2016, the hospital has cared for over 65,000 patients.
Remarkably, the hospital was built almost entirely through the efforts of Dr David O’Rourke OAM, who invited his own patients to contribute to the project by donating part of their consultation or surgical fee – not to him, but directly to the cause.
With the support from the ASA NSC25 speakers’ donation, the “One Birth as a Time” project will provide free antenatal visits and a safe, supervised delivery at the hospital. Each mother will also receive a take-home kit with essential supplies to support both her and her newborn.
The project continues the clinic’s mission of hope and healing – improving maternal and infant health, one safe birth at a time.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors without Borders provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.
Lifebox addresses critical gaps in surgical safety through tools, training, and partnerships. They focus on three core pillars of safer surgery – improving anesthesia safety, reducing surgical infection, and strengthening surgical teamwork. So far, this approach has made surgery safer for 181 million patients around the world.
Fund a Fellow through World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists offers Fellowships to anaesthesiologists from low and middle-income countries to increase their skillset and become leaders for anaesthesia once they return to their home countries.
Powerpoint templates
We have created two PowerPoint templates for you to use during your presentations at the congress. These templates are designed to help you deliver your content effectively and professionally. Feel free to choose the one that best suits your needs and style.
Marketing and social media
Please take the opportunity to promote the NSC through your social media channels linking the following hashtag #NSC25
Acknowledgment of Country
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Ngunnawal people, the traditional owners of the Canberra region where NSC 2025 will be hosted. The Ngunnawal people have a deep, spiritual connection to the land and are responsible for ensuring it is respected by all that use it.
We commit to respecting the land, people and culture of the Ngunnawal Nation during the conference, and at all times.