This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 30th September – Friday02nd October, 2026
at the Titanic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Liverpool
Wednesday 30th September 2026
08.15 Registration with refreshments at the trade exhibition
08.45 Welcome and housekeeping
Mr Damien Yeo, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
08.55 Session I (P)
Our role within Paediatrics: do they need us?
Moderated by Ms Rutika Dodeja, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
09.00 10 eye signs that can save a child’s life. Mr Ken Nischal, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
09.15 Why look at the posterior segment? Professor Jane Ashworth, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
09.30 Why do we check ocular motility and pupils? Ms Brinda Muthusamy, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
09.45 Do geneticists need us? Professor Jay Self, University Hospital of Southampton
10.00 Session II (P)
Paediatric Uveitis Cases: When it is not JIA
Moderated by Mr Jose Gonzalez-Martin, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Miss Lola Solebo, Institute of Child Health, London
10.05 “Just another papilloedema referral, or more?” Mr Jose Gonzalez-Martin, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool
10.15 “The eyes that break the rules: Listening for the clues” Miss Lola Solebo, Institute of Child Health, London
10.25 “Another optic nerve head drusen? DON’T give up” Miss Jessy Choi, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
10.35 “Friendly Fire in paediatric ocular oncology” Mr Sam Gurney, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham
10.45 “Inflammation, Imitation, or Inheritance” Ms Ana Rodriguez Martinez, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
10.55 Refreshments at the trade exhibition and paediatric themed poster viewing
11.35 Session III (P)
ROP and Retina
Moderated by Mr CK Patel, Oxford Eye Hospital
11.35 Dexamethasone drops for the treatment of ROP, Lund – Dr Lotta Hanse, Skane University
11.47 Global impact of ROP – Miss Aeesha Malik, London
12.05 ROP/Retina free paper presentations
12.55 Lunch at the trade exhibition and paediatric themed poster viewing
14.25 Session IV (P)
Craniofacial
Moderated by: Mr Ankur Raj, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
14.27 Anusha Hennedige, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
14.40 Mr Vejay Vakharia, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
14.53 Mr Austin Mccormick, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, University Hospital Aintree
15.06 Mr Vasiliki Panteli, London
15.20 Session V (P) (S)
Rapid fire presentations themed on paediatric cataract and paediatric glaucoma
Moderated by Chris Lloyd
16.05 Refreshments at the trade exhibition and paediatric themed poster viewing
16.40 Session VI (P)
Anterior Segment
Moderated by Professor Sus Biswas, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
16.42 Corneal Emergencies – Mr Aravind Reddy, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
16.57 SJS/TENs – Prof Sus Biswas. Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
17.12 Anterior Segment Dysgenesis – Mr Ken Nischal, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
17.27 Congenital Lamellar Ichthyosis – Miss Anne Cook, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital