This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 30th September – Friday02nd October, 2026
at the Titanic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Liverpool
Thursday 01 October 2026
07.00 BIPOSA run
08.00 Registration with refreshments at the trade exhibition
07.30 – 0.80 workshops
(paid ticket required: first come first served, and must have a valid meeting registration ticket to purchase)
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- Pre-registered Advanced Strabismus Surgical Demonstration Course (venue: first floor foyer)
- Pre-registered Retinal Imaging Simulation Lab (venue: exhibition hall)
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Pre-registered Retinal Imaging Simulation Lab (Venue: Exhibition Hall)
This is a small group tutorial/demonstration on retinal imaging devices and simulators. The delegate will be shown imaging techniques on different makes and models of cameras as well as a ROP simulator. The demonstrations will be performed by experienced users who can take the delegate through the strengths and limitations of the software/hardware on each machine.
Open to: Medics or Allied Health Professionals involved with/wish to undertake retinal imaging or ROP screening
Stations include: SUOER SW8000, Phoenix ICON, FORUS NEO, Retcam ENVISION, Haag Streit-Simulator
Faculty: Rutika Dodeja, Susmito Biswas, Michael Beech, Ashwin Reddy, CK Patel
Cost: £30.00
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 7.30am to 08.30am 1st October
to register, please book via the conference website
maximum spaces: 16
Pre-registered Advanced Strabismus Surgical Demonstration Course (Venue: 1st Floor Foyer)
This is a small group tutorial/demonstration using strabismus models. Delegates are expected to have some basic surgical experience (i.e able to do a recess/resect). This is an opportunity for the strabismus practitioner to consolidate their surgical knowledge and pick up clinical pearls from an experienced faculty.
Open only to: Surgeons (Minimum Level 4 RCOphth equivalent and above including Consultants)
Procedures demonstrated include: Inferior Oblique Transposition, Muscle Plication, Nishida, Superior Oblique Tuck
Faculty: Anindita Hom-Choudhury, John Ferris, Ian Marsh, Anna Maino, Saurabh Jain
Cost: £30.00
Duration: 1 hour
Time: 7.30am to 08.30am 1st October
to register, please book via the conference website
maximum spaces: 16
08.45 Welcome and housekeeping
Mr José Gonzalez-Martin, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
08.50 Session I (P) (S)
Artificial Intelligence
Moderated by Dr Anna O’Connor, University of Liverpool
09.00 AI and Strabismus – Mr Madhav Vempali, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hertfordshire
09.15 Paediatric OCT imaging, and AI – Dr Mervyn Thomas, University of Leicester
09.30 Ethics and AI – Dr Anna O’Connor, University of Liverpool
09.45 Beyond Refraction: the use of AI in paediatric myopia care and control – Dr Janice Lam, National University Hospital, Singapore
10.00 Session II (P) (S)
Free paper presentations
Moderated by Dr Jigs Mehta, University of Liverpool and Mr Sean Chen, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Galway
11.00 Refreshments at the trade exhibition and paediatric themed poster viewing
11.35 Session III (S)
Claud Worth Lecture introduced by Dr Anna O’Connor, University of Liverpool
Rethinking Amblyopia: New Insights and Evolving Therapies
Dr Eileen Birch, Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
12.35 Lunch at the trade exhibition and paediatric themed poster viewing
13.20 – 14.00 Poster Village: presentations of selected posters
14.05 Session IV (P)
Rapid fire free paper presentations
Moderated by: Mr Mike Beech, Arrowe Park Hospital and Miss Haya Razzouk, Warrington Hospital
14.40 Session V (S) (P)
Cerebral Visual Impairment: Lived experiences. Shared Knowledge. A Common Voice
Moderated by Mr Arvind Chandna, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Expert Panel: Mr Richard Bowman, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Ms Janet Harwood, Qualified Teacher of Vision Impairment and Founder of The CVI Society, Prof Rachel Pilling, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Prof Cathy Williams, Bristol Eye Hospital
Recorded conversations with children and adults with CVI bring lived experiences of challenges with visually guided behaviours into focus. An expert panel will reflect on these narratives, offering insight into interpretation of CVI while discussing practical strategies, accommodations, and interventions, with emphasis on their clinical relevance and application.
15.45 Refreshments at the trade exhibition and orthoptist themed poster viewing
16.20 Session VI (P) (S)
Neuro
Moderated by Prof Fiona Rowe, University of Liverpool and Mr. Zhihang Cheng, University Hospitals of Liverpool
16.25 Driving and Vision: Clinical cut‑offs, uncertainty, and conversations with families – Dr Lauren Hepworth, Senior Lecturer in Orthoptics, University of Liverpool
16.40 Free Paper Presentations