BOA Annual Congress 2024

17th – 19th September, ICC Birmingham www.boa.ac.uk/Congress

Programme update

The theme for this year’s flagship event will be ‘Recruit, Sustain, Retain: The T&O Work Force’, taking place from 17th – 19th September at the ICC, Birmingham.

This year’s Howard Steel Lecture will be delivered by John McFall, former British Paralympic sprinter, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut reserve. In 2022 John was selected to take part in ESA’s feasibility study ‘Fly!’ to improve our understanding of, and overcome, the barriers space flight presents for astronauts with a physical disability.

The BOA’s Presidential Guest Lecture from Dr Ann Van Heest, President American Orthopaedic Association (AOA). Dr Van Heest presently serves in several national leadership positions, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota, a Director at the ABOS, and a member of the ACGME orthopaedic RRC. She is also the past president of Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society, and on the BOD for Perry Initiative.

The Robert Jones Lecture will be delivered by Professor Deborah Eastwood. She is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, UCL. She works at Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Professor Eastwood also works in the generality of paediatric orthopaedic surgery but has a particular interest in children with overgrowth syndromes, metabolic bone diseases and those with neurological problems. She is also the surgeon for the GOSH Ponseti service.

Our Hunterian Lecturers will be:

• Hannah James – An ST8 on the Warwick Rotation and current NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit. She completed an award-winning PhD investigating patient benefit from cadaveric simulation for postgraduate T&O trainees.

• Fergal Monsell – A paediatric Consultant at the Royal Hospital for Children. He has a longstanding interest in education, is Director of the Avon Centre for Musculoskeletal Education and Projector at the Grand Academy.

• Matthew Costa –Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. His research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal trauma interventions.

• Imran Ahmed – An orthopaedic registrar on the Warwick Orthopaedic Rotation and previous NIHR doctoral research fellow at the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit.

Other sessions from the BOA include:

• BOA Diversity and Inclusion Session

• BOA Congress Theme Plenary - Recruit, Sustain, Retain

• BOA Ortho Committee Session - ReadySteady Go - Elective Hubs for High Risk Patients - Performance and Impact

• BOA Big Debate/Question Time - Physician Associates in T&O: Ensuring a Safe and Collaborative Future

• BOA SAS Session - Retaining and developing SAS/LED Orthopaedic surgeons

• BOA Medico-legal Committee SessionAsk the Expert - The ‘Difficult’ Joint Report

• Industry Thought Leader Session

• BOA Radiation and Exposure in Theatre Session

We will also once again be working closely with the specialist societies to deliver a mix of revalidation and hot topic sessions. The full details of the programme can be found on the Congress website at www.boa.ac.uk/programme.

Registration

General Registration is open for both BOA members and Non-members, and will close at 23:59 on Monday 2nd September! Full details can be found at www.boa.ac.uk/registration.

Accommodation

Book your exclusive accommodation rates online, through BCD M&E with HotelMap, the BOA Annual Congress 2024’s official hotel booking partners. Find out more at www.boa.ac.uk/accommodation.

BOA App

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Exhibition and sponsorship opportunities

Thank you to all our Industry Sponsors at this year’s exhibition. We are delighted to welcome over 80+ exhibitors, including our Diamond and Platinum sponsors - Heraeus Medical GmbH, IBSA UK, Smith & Nephew, along with our Gold sponsors Getinge, Medacta, Orthofix, Summit Medical, IGEA Medical & All Aces Medical Couriers.

A full listing of our exhibitors can be found at www.boa.ac.uk/exhibitor-list.