This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 01st – Friday03rd October, 2025
at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Thursday 02nd October
7.00 BIPOSA run
Meet at Cambridge Punting, Silver Street bridge – what3words ///swift.clever.larger
8.00 Registration with refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
08.45 Welcome and housekeeping – Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
08.55 Session I (P)
Myopia
Moderated by Professor Chris Hammond, London
09.00 Myopia treatments – everything but Atropine – Prof Chris Hammond, London
09.15 Results of the CHAMPS-UK study and implications for practice – Prof Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, London
09.30 Myopia rapid fire presentations
Moderated by Professor Chris Hammond, London
09.30 Unilateral lateral rectus resection in patients with acquired distance esotropia: does it work? – Miss Sara Syed, Manchester (Abstract ID-130034)
09.35 How much is too much? An analysis of surgical dosage for myopic esotropia – Mr Qasim Alarabiat, London (Abstract ID-130131)
09.40 Modification of Lateral Rectus Plication for Distance Esotropia in Adults – Mr Robert Taylor, York (Abstract ID-130251)
09.45 Correlating Outdoor time, Screen-time and Myopia In pre-school Children: The COSMIC Study – Miss Simran Khutan, Leicester (Abstract ID-125943)
09.50 Myopia-X-1: phase 2 randomised controlled trial of blue-light blind spot stimulation to reduce myopia progression in children: 6-month results – Prof Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, London (Abstract ID-125927)
09.55 Cost of myopia in UK and France– Prof Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, London (Abstract ID-125926)
10.00 Session II (P) (S)
My most satisfying strabismus or paediatric case – against all odds
Moderated by: Mr John Somner, Cambridge and Miss Naomi Tan, London
10.02 Adjusting Thyroid cases – Mr Robert Taylor, York
10.09 Nothing Is Lost – Mr Simone Bruschi – Nottingham
10.16 Unpinning Insecurity: The Return of the Bobby Pin – Mr Jamie Mistry, Cambridge
10.23 Everything but the kitchen sink – Miss Lucy Barker, London
10.30 When lightning strikes twice – Miss Victoria Tang, London
10.37 Subtle art of realignment- correcting tip, turn & tilt! – Dr Ramesh Kekkunaya, India
10.48 Rapid fire presentations
Moderated by: Mr John Somner, Cambridge and Miss Naomi Tan, London
10.50 Limbal dermoid cysts excision with corneal graft transplantation in paediatric patients: A case series of outcomes and complication rate – Mr Syed Faraj, Manchester (Abstract ID-130141)
10.55 Functional analysis of the RPE65 variant p.Thr162Pro leads to the treatment of the first Irish patient with Voretigene Neparvovec – Miss Christine Bourke, Dublin (Abstract ID-130243)
11.00 Static on the Line: The Interrupted Conversation Between Nerve and Muscle in Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes – Miss Tracie Liu, Sheffield (Abstract ID-130329)
11.05 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
11.45 Session III (S)
Roger Trimble Lecture introduced by Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
Two Decades of Learning: Insights into Duane Syndrome
Dr. Ramesh Kekunnaya, Hyderabad
12.45 Lunch at the posters and trade exhibition
14.00 Session IV (S) (P)
Pathways to innovation
Moderated by Miss Louise Allen, Cambridge
14.00 Intro & innovation journey: from ideation to creation – Miss Louise Allen, Cambridge
14.15 Innovation journey: from creation to practice – Dr Zarnie Khadjesari, University of East Anglia
14.25 Innovating in orthoptic workflows – Miss Beth Ellis, Cambridge
14.35 Practical problems need sensible solutions – Mr Damien Yeo, Liverpool
14.45 Psychophysical trips – Dr Peter Jones, London
14.55 Will AI change our practice (in our lifetimes)? – Prof Konstantinos Balaskas, London
15.05 Q&A / panel discussion
15.15 Rapid fire presentations on innovation
Moderated by Miss Louise Allen, Cambridge
15.15 Prediction of long-term visual outcomes in infantile nystagmus using handheld optical coherence tomography: a 12-year longitudinal study – Mr Sohaib Rufai, Leicester (Abstract ID-130028)
15.20 Enhancing paediatric ophthalmology referrals and communication with optometrists: an evaluation of an online referral platform – Miss Elena Novitskaya, Cambridge (Abstract ID-130313)
15.25 Establishing a regional telemedicine retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) collaboration service – Miss Caroline Kilduff, London (Abstract ID-130400)
15.30 Streamlining paediatric ophthalmology care: implementing an advice-and-refer service to enhance community management and reduce hospital referrals – Miss Caroline Kilduff, London (Abstract ID-130401)
15.35 Refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
16.10 Session V (S)
Strabismus skills share
Moderated by: Prof Saurabh Jain, London & Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
16.15 Less is more: economy of movement & minimal touch – Miss Tina Kipioti, Birmingham
16.22 Practical torsion measurement – Miss Alice Donnachie, London
16.29 How to tuck a superior oblique – Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya, India
16.36 Tips for successful Yokoyama – Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
16.43 Small incision fornix-based surgery – Mr Vernon Geh, Southend
16.50 Recess, resect and adjust – Prof Saurabh Jain, London
17.00 Rapid fire presentations – skills share
Moderated by: Prof Saurabh Jain, London & Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
17.00 Dual-Augmented transposition of vertical recti in chronic abducens palsy – Mr Mohamed Farid, Tayside (Abstract ID-130118)
17.05 A nasal approach to a superior oblique tuck in the management of superior oblique palsy – Miss Amelia Rees, Manchester/London (Abstract ID-130334)
17.10 Efficacy of a combined recession-resection procedure on a rectus muscle for incomitant strabismus – Mr Ken Kawamoto, London (Abstract ID-130343)
17.15 Inferior rectus recession with capsulopalpebral fascia advancement to prevent lower lid retraction – Miss Iman Daoud, Birmingham (Abstract ID-130002)
17.20 Medial rectus periosteal fixation for large angle exotropia in third nerve paresis at Moorfields Eye Hospital – Mr Charles Hennings, London (Abstract ID-130003)