BOA Annual Congress 2021

21st – 24th September, P&J Live, The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) www.boa.ac.uk/Congress #BOAAC21

Flagship event

Following a successful application for gateway status, this year’s Congress has been designated a Flagship event by the Scottish Government, which means it will be going ahead as a face-toface event. Further information can be found on the events sector guidance page on the Scottish Government website: www.gov.scot/ publications/coronavirus-covid-19-stadia-andlive-events-advice-for-event-organisers.

Registration

Full registration will close on Sunday 5th September and late registration will open online on Monday 6th September until 14th September. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there will be no on-site registration this year, so please book your place before 14th September if you wish to attend in Aberdeen. Please find the registration rates on the Congress website at www.boa.ac.uk/registration.

COVID-19 guidance

The BOA would like to confirm that plans are in place to deliver Congress taking government restrictions into consideration that will still be in place in Scotland in September. Please read through our stay safe guidelines www.boa.ac.uk/covid-guidance.

Programme update

The theme of the Annual Congress 2021 is ‘Tackling Infection’ and we look forward to presenting to you a mix of educational and scientific sessions with a number of high calibre speakers for our plenary and revalidation sessions.

This year’s presidential Guest Lecturer is Professor Stephen Powis, looking at COVID 19, Lessons and Challenges. Stephen is the National Medical Director of NHS England and NHS Improvement and Professor of Renal Medicine at University College London.

The Howard Steel Lecture will be delivered by Oliver Budd, Chartered Civil Engineer who works for COWI. He has given papers at international conferences and has interests including better design, high strength materials, and minimising embodied carbon in bridges.

The Robert Jones Lecture from Sarah Muirhead-Allwood entitled ‘Joint Ventures’ focusses on the value and importance of orthopaedic surgeons collaborating with engineers and other scientific disciplines to further improve orthopaedics. Sarah is a highly regarded British orthopaedic surgeon, operating exclusively on hips.

Other sessions from the BOA Include BOA Ortho Committee’s ‘Elective Care Restart and Recovery: Where are we now and what have we learnt?’, BOA Research Committee’s ‘Research for Optimising Orthopaedics’ and Medico-Legal Committee’s ‘Guilty or Not Guilty; Cases of Potential Medical Negligence’ & ‘Medicolegal Reporting – Why, How and When’.

The Naughton Dunn Lecture from our very own Honorary Secretary Simon Hodkinson.

New for 2021, delegates will need to register separately for all Friday sessions of the BOA Annual Congress. Educational sessions, include: Good Clinical Practice Training, Clinical Examination Course, TOES, Non- Technical Skills Training & Medical Students Session, as well as a virtual Webinar co-hosted by International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA) & Women in Orthopaedics Worldwide (WOW), focussing on ‘Career Breaks & How to Bounce Back’. The programme is available at www.boa.ac.uk/ programme. Don’t forget to visit the BOA stand while walking around the venue to meet the BOA team!

Download the new BOA App to access Congress content

Make sure to download the new BOA app to access everything you need for Congress this year. Just search for ‘British Orthopaedic Association’ in the Apple App Store or Google Play. Plan ahead and bookmark your sessions in advance, create your own itinerary, view podium and poster presentations and connect with other delegates. The BOA App will ensure that you have all the information you need at your fingertips for an enjoyable Congress! There is no printed Programme Book this year so make sure to download the BOA App to ensure you can make the most of your Congress experience, before, during and after the event. Find out more at www.boa.ac.uk/boa-app.

Accommodation & travel

Make sure to book your accommodation now so you don’t miss out! More information on hotels near to the Congress venue is on the BOA website at www.boa.ac.uk/accommodation which includes a helpful distance map.

We are delighted to welcome over 70 exhibitors including, DePuy Synthes, Medacta, Circle Health, Heraeus, Link Orthopaedics, ConvaTec, Smith and Nephew, Corin Group, Stryker, Zimmer Biomet and many more! For further details please visit www.boa.ac.uk/annual-congress/exhibitorsand-sponsors.html.