Thursday 19 November 2026
NET Research Day 2026
Bringing New Zealand’s neuroendocrine cancer researchers together – research talks, workshops, and an afternoon showcase that patients are warmly welcome to join.
- Date
- 19 Nov 2026
- Time
- 9am – 5pm
- Venue
- Room 503-024, Grafton Campus, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, 1023
From previous NECNZ education days.
The programme
What the day looks like
A full day of research talks, workshops and discussion, closing with a showcase that patients are invited to. Register for the whole day – nobody minds if you can only make part of it.
9:00am
Welcome
Karakia and housekeeping.
- Tame Hauraki
9:10am
The NETs research landscape
NET research in Aotearoa, the link to COMMNETs, and the goal in bringing people together.
9:20am
NECNZ's role in research
- NETs research hub on the website
- Partnership with NETRF
- Patient engagement
- Patient-driven research priorities
9:30am
Research funding update
9:45am
Te Kupenga NET Hui and the PRRT database
10:30am
Morning tea
11:00am
Biobanking
11:30am
Research presentations
Presentations on NET research projects, with a Q&A on how these projects got off the ground.
- SDHB
- MEN-1
- Nutrition
12:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Research presentations
Either longer-form talks or the COMMNETs route – rapid-fire project ideas followed by a panel discussion or small-group workshops.
- Organoid models
- Radiation treatments
- Nutrition
- COMMNETs project ideas
2:30pm
Workshop, discussion and funding
3:00pm
Research showcase
Short talks on NET projects at various stages, from more established researchers. This is the session patients are warmly invited to join.
3:45pm
Closing karakia, and an invitation to stay
4:00 – 5:00pm
Mixer
On the day
- Presenting
- Registration asks for an abstract. We're particularly keen to hear from post-graduate students doing NET-related research – presentations are chosen from the abstracts submitted.
- Patients and public – the afternoon showcase
- The showcase from 3pm is the session for you: less a lecture, more a chance to meet the researchers and hear what's happening. It has its own short registration – no abstract needed. Register for the showcase.
- Certificate of hours
- You'll receive a certificate of hours for the day, for your CPD or CME record. We'll email it after the event.
- Venue
- Room 503-024, Grafton Campus, University of Auckland – Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1023. We'll email you a campus map before the day.
- Food
- Morning tea and lunch are provided. Tell us about any dietary requirements when you register and we'll pass them to the caterer.
This programme is still being finalised. Times and sessions may change, and we’ll email registrants the final version before the day.
Presented by
Co-organised by Neuroendocrine Cancer New Zealand and the national NET multidisciplinary meeting.
Register
Reserve your place
Registration is for the whole day. We’ll email a confirmation with a calendar invite, and the final programme closer to the time.