Programme - Thursday 7th December 2023
07:45 - 08:55: Registration
08:55: Welcome to the Conference, Mr Ajai Tyagi, Birmingham
09:00 - 10:15
Just for fun/light hearted/historical (Back to the future!)
Chair: Mr Theodoros Potamitis, Limassol, Cyprus (profile)
Starting the session with; The good, the bad and the ugly times
Lamb chops and Lasers: memories of Church Street
Prof Jonathan Gibson, Edinburgh, UK (profile)
BMEH - Looking Back in Time
Mr Shashi Aggarwal, Birmingham, UK
BMEH to BMEC a therapeutic and scientific transformation to current practice
Joint presentation by: Ms Rosie Auld, Birmingham, UK (profile), Dr Peter Good, Birmingham, UK and Dr Waheeda Ilahi, Birmingham, UK
10:15 - 11:15
Therapeutics and Drug Systems
Chair: Mr Maged Nessim, Birmingham, UK
Mabs, Mibs, and Nibs in macular degeneration
Prof Gemmy Cheung, Singapore, Rep. of Singapore (profile)
Strategies for the prevention of refractive errors
Prof Christopher Hammond, London, UK
Glaucoma surgery: charting the uncharted
Prof Tarek M. Shaarawy, Geneva, Switzerland
Panel Discussion
11:15 - 11:45: Refreshments and Exhibition
11:45 - 12:45
Simulation and Technology
Chair: Arijit Mitra, Birmingham, UK
Practice many, Do many, Teach many
Mr Arijit Mitra, Birmingham
Wet lab
Mr James Innes, Hull
Evaluation and regulation of artificial intelligence health technology: Ensuring it is effective, safe and equitable
Prof Alastair Denniston, Birmingham
Panel Discussion
12:45 - 14:00: Lunch and Exhibition
14:00 - 15:00
Genetics and Epigenomics
Chair: Dr Desiree Murray, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Inherited optic neuropathies
Mr Michael Burdon, Castle Barnard
Trading genes along the Silk Road
Dr Graham Wallace, Birmingham (profile)
Gene therapy for x-linked RP
Prof Robert MacLaren, Oxford
Panel Discussion
15:00 - 16:00
Debates
Chair: Prof Yit Yang, Wolverhampton, UK
Debate 1 - Clinical
Motion: Ocular trauma should be managed in a specialist trauma centre
Presenter For: Mr Ankur Barua, Birmingham
Presenter Against: Miss Anupama Pherwani, Stoke on Trent
Debate and Audience vote
Debate 2 - Training
Motion: Independent Providers should provide cataract training
Presenter For: Prof Niro Narendran, Wolverhampton
Presenter Against: Mr Kim Son Lett, Birmingham
Debate and Audience vote
16:00 - 16:30: Refreshments and Exhibition
16:30 - 17:30
Eponymous Lecture: BMEH Distinguished Lecture
Introduced by Prof Alastair Denniston, Birmingham, UK
Transforming ophthalmology with artificial intelligence
Professor Pearse Keane (profile)
NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
17:30 - 17:45
BMEH Alumni Association Annual General Meeting
19:00 - 23:00: BMEH Bicentennial Dinner - Council House