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
Dr Anna O’Connor, University of Liverpool
08.50 Session I (S)
Complex Strabismus/New Techniques
Moderated by Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree & Mr Ivan Yip, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
08.50 Management of Thyroid related strabismus – Mr Ivan Yip, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
09.02 Transposition surgery – Mr Bhamy Shenoy, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
09.14 Management of torsion – Results of Harada-Ito Surgery – Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital
09.26 Surgical planning for nystagmus – the essentials – Miss Maria Theodorou, Moorfields Eye Hospital
09.38 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
10.45 Refreshments at the trade exhibition and strabismus themed poster viewing
11.20 Session III (S)
Roger Trimble Lecture – Professor John Sloper tribute
11.25 The world seen by the amblyopic eye – Mr Oliver Ehrt (Germany), President of ESA
11.40 Intermittent exotropias: Have we moved on or have we progressed? – Miss Naz Raoof, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
11.55 John Sloper: His legacy for Orthoptics – Mrs Joy White, Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton
12.10 Presentation of Roger Trimble Medal to Mrs Myra Sloper by Mr Ian Marsh, Aintree University Hospital
12.15 BIPOSA David Laws travel fellowship
12.25 Manchester 2027
12.30 Awards followed by BIPOSA AGM
12.45 Lunch at the trade exhibition and paediatric themed poster viewing
13.15 – 13.40 Poster Village: presentations of selected posters
13.45 Session IV (S)
Rapid fire free paper presentations
Moderated by: Miss Sunila Jain, Royal Preston Hospital and Mr Craig Murray, University of Liverpool
14.15 Session V (S) (P)
GOSH/ICO Claud Worth rising star lecture
14.45 Session VI (P) (S)
BIPOSA Liverpool Championship
Moderated by Ms Rutika Dodeja, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Prof Saurabh Jain, London
14.50 Video symposium
15.15 Debates and controversies
16.00 Special round
16.15 Team champions announced