This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 01st – Friday03rd October, 2025
at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Friday 03rd October
8.15 Registration with refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
08.40 Welcome and housekeeping – Mr John Somner, Cambridge
08.45 Session I (P)
The Whole Child
Moderated by Professor Rachel Pilling, Bradford
08.45 ARFID and the eye – detection and implications of restrictive diets in children – Mr Richard Bowman, London
09.05 The F-words in CVI – thinking differently about visual function in children with complex disability – Miss Louise Allen, Liverpool
09.25 Visual Behaviours in Neurodiversity – Prof Rachel Pilling, Bradford
09.35 Are they looking? Are they seeing? Identifying children with sensory processing problems in education – Mr Daniel Downes, Salford
09.55 Panel discussion
Rapid fire presentations – the whole child
Moderated by Professor Rachel Pilling, Bradford
10.00 Neurodivergent Children with Corneal Ulcer – Food for Thought? – Mr Taiwo Makanjuola, Stoke
10.05
10.30 Session II (P) (S)
Diversifying the clinical role of orthoptists
Moderated by: Miss Debbie Mullinger, Cambridge
10.30 ACPs – Miss Charlotte Codina, Liverpool
10.40 Glaucoma – Mr Connor Beddow, London
10.45 Genetics – Mr Vijay Tailor-Hamlin, London
10.50 ROP – Miss Harriet St Ledger, London
10.55 IIH – Miss Alis Sejourne, London
Rapid fire presentations
Moderated by: Miss Debbie Mullinger, Cambridge
11.05 Long term outcomes in intermittent distance exotropia: a retrospective comparison of non-surgical management options – Miss Sara Syed, Manchester
11.10 Orthoptic-led paediatric eye emergency service: a service evaluation – Miss Rahilah Bukhari, Coventry
11.15 Orthoptic-led paediatric ophthalmology clinic: a service review – Ms Gillian Lowdon, Newcastle
11.20 De-skilling and dumbing down – an orthoptist fights back – Mrs Tess Garretty, Leeds
11.25 Collecting patient reported outcomes in strabismus surgery – lessons from ten years’ worth of questionnaires – Ms Debbie Mullinger, Cambridge
11.30 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
12.00 Session III (S)
GOSH-ICH Claud Worth Rising Star award introduced by Professor Chris Lloyd, London
awardee tbc
12.30 Rapid fire presentations
13.00 BIPOSA 2026 at Liverpool
13.10 BIPOSA Research Awards – Prof Chris Hammond, London
13.15 BIPOSA David Laws Travel Awards – Mr Bob Taylor, President of BIPOSA
13.20 BIPOSA David Laws Travel Award Winner 2024 – Mr Michael Gilhooley
13.25 Lunch at the posters and trade exhibition for non-members of BIPOSA
13.25 AGM BIPOSA members ONLY followed by lunch at the posters and exhibition
14.30 Session IV (S)
Controversies
Moderated by Mr Narman Puvachanda, Cambridge
awaiting programme
15.15 Session V (S) (P)
Debates
Moderated by Miss Tina Kipioti, Birmingham
awaiting programme