COVID-19 has affected the BLRS conference, like many other medical conferences. The 2020 meeting in Manchester was cancelled, and it is likely that we will still be similarly limited in 2021.
In view of this, the BLRS conference will become an e-conference. The online facility will allow CPD to be collected, and the guest speakers will provide on line presentations that you can view in your own time.
The question and answer sessions for presenters will still go ahead, but in the form of a webinar, which will be held once a week to allow the sessions to be staggered over time.
You will be able to present your research findings and the selected research presentations will be published in the BJJ proceedings.
This promises to be a great conference, despite the limitations of COVID 19, and we hope that you find the content relevant to your practice.
Thursday 15th April



0800 Registration opens and tea/coffee available
0900 Welcome
0915 3D Printing Symposium
- Professor Paulo Bartolo – Manchester University – From the lab to the OR
- Professor Bahattin Koc – Sabanci University, Istanbul – Biological 3D Printing
- Professor Gordon Blunn – Medical Implant technology
- Mark Davies – Sheffield – Using 4WEB for bone defects
1030 Morning Coffee and Industry Exhibition
1100 Major Incident Symposium
- Professor Begue – University of Paris – The Bataclan and Paris Attacks
- Justine Theaker – Manchester – Rehab after Major Incidents
- Paul Price – A Bombing Victim’s Perspective
- Graeme Groom – King’s College Hospital – Responding to Violence in Gaza
1215 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Peter Thomas – Keele University – The Basic Science of Fractures
1300 Lunch and Industry Exhibition
1400 Symposium : Orthofix
1400 AHP Workshop ( running simultaneously)
1500 Free Papers
1600 Afternoon Tea and Industry Exhibition
1630 Knee Symposium
- Matt Dawson – Carlisle – Periarticular Osteotomies
- Amir Qureshi – Southampton – Frame management of Plateau Fractures
- Hamish Simpson – Knee Distraction for Osteoarthritis
1730 AGM
1930 Drinks Reception at Whitworth Hall, University of Manchester
2030 Dinner at Whitworth Hall
2300 Carriages
Friday 16th April



0830 Free Papers
0930 Paediatric Foot Symposium
- Om Lahoti – King’s College Hospital – Ilizarov and Hexapod Management of the Paediatric Foot
- TBC
1030 Morning Coffee and Industry Exhibition
1100 AHP Address
- Psychology for Major Surgery
- Preparing for Surgery
- Patient Experience – A Mother’s Perspective
1200 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Thierry Begue – The Induced Membrane Technique
1300 Lunch and Industry Exhibition
1400 Symposium: Smith and Nephew
1400 AHP Workshop ( running simultaneously)
1500 Afternoon Tea and Industry Exhibition
1530 Research and Reports
- Deepa Bose – Travelling Fellowship Report
- Hermant Sharma – the ACTIVE trial
- TBC
1600 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor Dr. Med. Rainer Baumgart – Reverse Planning
1700 Thanks and Presentations
1715 Conclusion