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
8.15 Registration with refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
08.45 Welcome and housekeeping – Mr John Somner, Cambridge
08.55 Session I (P)
Myopia
Moderated by Professor Chris Hammond, London
awaiting programme for this session
10.00 Session II (P) (S)
My most satisfying strabismus case – against all odds
Moderated by: Mr John Somner, Cambridge and Miss Naomi Tan, London
awaiting programme for this session
11.00 Refreshments at the posters and the trade exhibition
11.30 Session III (S)
Roger Trimble Lecture introduced by Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
Two Decades of Learning: Insights into Duane Syndrome
Dr. Ramesh Kekunnaya, Hyderabad
12.30 Rapid fire presentations
13.00 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, North West Anglia NHS Trust
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
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
15.20 Enhancing paediatric ophthalmology referrals and communication with optometrists: an evaluation of an online referral platform – Elena Novitskaya, Cambridge
15.25 Establishing a regional telemedicine retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) collaboration service – Miss Caroline Kilduff, London
15.30 Streamlining paediatric ophthalmology care: implementing an advice-and-refer service to enhance community management and reduce hospital referrals – Miss Caroline Kilduff, London
15.35 Medial rectus periosteal fixation for large angle exotropia in third nerve paresis at Moorfields Eye Hospital – Mr Charles Hennings, London
15.45 Refreshments at the posters and trade exhibition
16.15 Session V (S)
Strabismus skills share
Moderated by: Mr Saurabh Jain, London & Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
16.15 Tbc – 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 Tony Vivian, Cambridge
16.43 Small incision fornix-based surgery – Mr Vernon Geh, Southend
16.50 Recess, resect and adjust – Mr Saurabh Jain, London
Rapid fire presentations – skills share
Moderated by: Mr Saurabh Jain, London & Mr Anthony Vivian, Cambridge
17.00 Dual-Augmented transposition of vertical recti in chronic abducens palsy – Mr Mohamed Farid, Tayside
17.05 A nasal approach to a superior oblique tuck in the management of superior oblique palsy – Miss Amelia Rees, Manchester/London
17.10 Efficacy of a combined recession-resection procedure on a rectus muscle for incomitant strabismus – Mr Ken Kawamoto, London
17.15 Inferior rectus recession with capsulopalpebral fascia advancement to prevent lower lid retraction – Mr Iman Daoud, Birmingham
17.20 tbc