This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 30th September – Friday02nd October, 2026
at the Titanic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Liverpool
Friday 02 October 2026
08.00 Registration with refreshments at the trade exhibition
08.45 Welcome and housekeeping
Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital
08.50 Session I (S)
Complex Strabismus/New Techniques
Moderated by Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital & Mr Ivan Yip, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
08.50 Management of Thyroid related strabismus – Mr Ivan Yip, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
09.00 Transposition surgery – Mr Bhamy Shenoy, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
09.10 Management of torsion – Results of Harada-Ito Surgery – Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital
09.20 Surgical planning for nystagmus – the essentials – Miss Maria Theodorou, Moorfields Eye Hospital
09.30 How far can we manipulate the obliques? – Dr Sonal Farzavandi, Singapore National Eye Centre
10.00 Session II (P) (S)
Free paper presentations
Moderated by Miss Alison Rowlands, Arrowe Park Hospital and Mr Bob Taylor, York Hospital
10.02 Effect of inferior oblique weakening surgery on horizontal deviation – Andreas Roussos, Karthika Ullattil, Ayman Awadghanem, Arlinda Sulejmani, Laura Roberts, Anugya Agrawal, Vernon Geh, Southend University Hospital, Essex, UK
10.09 Bimedial recessions in distance esotropia in myopes: should angle of deviation or fusion range guide surgical decision making? – Davina Jugnarain, Jonathan Marler, Zhihang Cheng, Saurabh Jain, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
10.16 Binocular vision anomalies in Scotland at age 3.5-5.5 years, identified through pre-school screening – Miriam Conway, Lee Pentland, Benjamin Evans, Dave Edgar, Rakhee Shah, Bruce Evans, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
10.23 Visual and safety outcomes of refractive lens exchange with multifocal intraocular lens for the treatment of refractive accommodative esotropia – Orwa Nasser, Wahbi Wahbi, Orasis Eyecare Center, St, Karmi’el, Israel
10.30 Same stigma, new shapes: how strabismus stereotyping has evolved in children’s animation – Sebastian Yim, Sophie Mounouchos, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
10.37 Moderators’ round up
10.40 Refreshments at the trade exhibition and posters
11.15 Session III (S)
Roger Trimble Lecture – Professor John Sloper tribute
Introduced by Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital
11.20 The world seen by the amblyopic eye – Mr Oliver Ehrt (Germany), President of ESA
11.35 Intermittent exotropias: Have we moved on or have we progressed? – Miss Naz Raoof, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
11.50 John Sloper: His legacy for Orthoptics – Mrs Joy White, Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton
12.05 Presentation of Roger Trimble Medal to Mrs Myra Sloper by Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital
12.10 Manchester 2027 – Professor Jane Ashworth and Professor Sus Biswas
12.15 BIPOSA Awards – Professor Chris Hammond
12.25 David Laws Travel Fellowship awardee – Miss Elewys Hearne
12.30 BIPOSA AGM (members only) followed by lunch at 12.45 pm
12.30 – 13.40 Lunch starts for non-members at the trade exhibition and posters
12.55 – 13.30 Poster Village: presentations of selected posters
12.55 Poster village taking place during lunchtime – rapid fire presentation of selected posters located at the Mezzanine – Moderator’s introduction – Bernado Lopez
13.00 Poster 2: Can Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography (AS-OCT) Detect Inflammation Within the Anterior Chamber? – Jessy Choi, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
13.05 Poster 18: Prevalence and neuro-ophthalmic findings in children with brain tumours and Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in a paediatric tertiary centre – Susan Foster, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK
13.10 Poster 34: Orthoptic-led paediatric clinics for epiphora and eyelid lesions: improving access and reducing waiting times – Jennifer Earl, Newcastle Eye Centre, UK
13.15 Poster 36: 12-year data of Orthoptic led primary vision screening – Sonia MacDiarmid, Jennifer Shave, Milly Bowen, North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Trust
13.20 Poster 46: Extraocular Muscle Plication as an Alternative to Resection in Strabismus Surgery: A Comparative Study -Sarah O’Beirne, Suin Lee, Jessy Choi, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
13.25 Poster 48: The use of anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) to determine the insertion of the horizontal extra-ocular muscles – Joshua Simmons, Jessy Choi, Thomas Evans, Martin Rhodes, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
13.30 Moderator’s round up
13.35 Lunch finishes
13.40 Session IV (S)
Rapid fire free paper presentations
Moderated by: Miss Sunila Jain, Royal Preston Hospital and Mr Craig Murray, University of Liverpool
13.42 Creation of a national strabismus online audit tool for BIPOSA members – Saurabh Jain, Gail Maconachie, Helen Davis, Robert Taylor, John Somner
13.47 Three patients with cocaine induced pseudo granulomatosis with polyangiitis presenting with manifest strabismus – Laurence Cox, Shiama Balendra, Maria Theodorou, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
13.52 Incidence and management of strabismus following ocular brachytherapy: a 10-year retrospective review – James RC Miller, Mandeep Sagoo, Maria Theodorou, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
13.57 An orthoptic audit of Cerebral Visual Impairment identification in a special educational needs school using Royal College practice points – Allison Kenwright, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St Helens, UK
14.02 Neuro-ophthalmic and orthoptic assessment findings using virtual reality technology in 585 children and young people in the Wandsworth Children’s Eye Study – Annegret Dahlmann-Noor, Megan Jacobson, Alicia Fothergill, Varshie Jeyarajah, Vijay Tailor-Hamblin, NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
14.07 Visual snow syndrome in children: a single-centre retrospective cohort study of demographics, comorbidities and management – Victoria Barnett, Aarti Patel, Sui Wong, Louise Hartley, Naz Raoof, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
14.12 Moderators’ round up
14.15 Session V (S) (P)
GOSH/ICO Claud Worth rising star lecture
Genomics in context: From genetic discovery to improving care in paediatric ophthalmology
Mr Panos Sergouniotis, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
14.45 Session VI (P) (S)
BIPOSA Liverpool Championship
Moderated by Ms Rutika Dodeja, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Professor Saurabh Jain, London
Judges: Prof Chris Lloyd, London Prof Helen Davis, Sheffield, Ms Megan Wood, Liverpool
A fast-paced team competition bringing together education, argument, quick thinking and ophthalmic knowledge. Six teams will battle it out, each led by one of our team captains: Ryan Davies (Wales) Team Honey, I dilated the kids! • Jane McKinnon (Scotland) Blurry Marginals • Jessy Choi (Sheffield) Team Steel City Visionaries • Lola Solebo (London) Team The London Eye’s’• Sarah Chamney (Ireland) Team Green Giants • Sally Painter (Birmingham) Team Birmingham Bulls-eye
Across four very different rounds, teams will earn points towards the overall Championship
14.50 🎬 Round 1 — Video Grand Round
Each team brings one clinical video to the Championship. It could demonstrate an unusual case, an important clinical sign, a surgical technique, a diagnostic challenge or simply a brilliant teaching point
14.50 Videos
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- Birmingham Bulls-eye: 30 muscles in one day
- The London Eye’s’: Goodnight, little eyes
- Honey, I dilated the kids!: Y not?
- Blurry Marginals: Smartphone squint and the ‘Could you just’ sign?
- Green Giants: National Children’s Hospital Trailer
- Steel City Visionaries: Synoptophore in 60 seconds – 100 years of brilliance
15.15 ⚔️ Round 2 — The Debates
Teams will be challenged to argue for or against on the following topics:
Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus was the best career move – arguing for London, arguing against Wales
Social media is essential to sucess for a career in Ophthalmology– arguing for Sheffield, arguing against Scotland
AI will replace Orthoptists sooner than Ophthalmologists – arguing for Ireland, arguing against Birmingham
15.55 🔤 Round 3 — Word Scramble
Teams race against each other to unscramble words and phrases, testing both their ophthalmic vocabulary and their ability to think under pressure
15.55 🧠 Round 4 — The Quiz
The final showdown
Teams face a final series of questions testing their knowledge across paediatric ophthalmology, strabismus, orthoptics, general ophthalmology — and perhaps a few surprises
16.25 At the end of four rounds, one team will be crowned…
🏆 BIPOSA Liverpool Champions 2026