BOA Annual Congress 2023

19th – 22nd September, ACC Liverpool

This year’s flagship Annual Congress is taking place 19th-22nd September, ACC Liverpool under the theme ‘Sustainable Systems’: www.boa.ac.uk/congress.

General registration is now open, but late registration begins on Monday 4th September 2023 at 23:59. Please find the registration rates on the Congress www.boa.ac.uk/boa-annual-congress-2023/registration.html.

Programme Update

The theme of the Annual Congress 2023 is ‘Sustainable Systems’ 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 will be delivered by Dr Kristy L Weber, MD, Director of the Sarcoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center, USA.

The Howard Steel Lecture will be delivered by Nick Robinson, a British journalist and the current presenter of the BBC’s Today programme. He will be looking at why politics isn’t delivering. Nick Robinson has been reporting and presenting on radio and television for over 30 years. He is the only broadcaster to have been Political Editor for both the BBC and ITV News.

This year’s Robert Jones Lecturer is Professor Andrew Carr, Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford, whose research has focused on the development and evaluation of surgical implants. His lecturer is titled ‘Innovation, Regulation, and Evaluation in Orthopaedic Surgery’.

Other sessions from the BOA include:

• BOA Diversity and Inclusion Session.

• Congress theme plenary SOS: Sustainable Orthopaedic Systems.

• BOA Trauma Committee – ‘Only do what you need to do – when less is more in orthopaedic trauma’.

• BOA Ortho Committee – ‘More is Less; Sustainable Orthopaedics’.

• BOA Research Committee – Big Studies of 2023.

• BOA Medico-legal Committee – ‘Post pandemic recovery of orthopaedic services’ – update.

• BOA Debate – ‘This House Believes … that Apprentice Training of Doctors represents the Future’. Full details of the programme is available at www.boa.ac.uk/programme

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.

Exhibition & Sponsorship

We are delighted to welcome over 80 exhibitors at this year’s BOA Annual Congress – including DePuy Synthes, Smith+Nephew, Biocomposites, Circle Health Group, Ethicon, Let’s Talk Dr, Link Orthopaedics, Orthofix Medical Inc, Stryker, Zimmer Biomet UK and many more! Explore the full list of exhibitors on our website: www.boa.ac.uk/exhibition-sponsorship #BOAAC23 #orthotwitter

Product Theatre

New for 2023 and in partnership with the ABHI (Association of British HealthTech Industries), we are pleased to launch our first Product Theatre at this year’s exhibition. Join us and discover the latest innovative products and solutions to the market. We have a great line up planned, with sessions from DePuy Synthes, Smith+Nephew and the ABHI, who will discuss how the HealthTech industry is contributing towards the net zero targets and protocols for trusts. Register and join us! Limited spaces available and seats are on a ‘first come first serve’ basis. Visit our website for the full programme of events and discover all the exhibitors featuring inside the theatre. www.boa.ac.uk/product-theatre n