Programme
Open to all
Conference & Exhibition · 26–27 Nov
Members only
Learning Academy Immersive Day · 28 Nov
Thu
26
Nov
Fri
27
Nov
Sat
28
Nov
Members
Keynote
Plenary
Core
Advancing
Enrichment
Trade
Core — Essential knowledge and skills relevant to every registered podiatrist, whatever your setting or specialism.
Enrichment — Sessions that broaden your practice: new areas of interest, career pathways, research, policy and wider professional development.
Advancing — Higher-level content for those working at or towards advanced practice, including specialist and enhanced clinical roles.
Explore the conference programme below and start planning your schedule. There's more to come: further speakers and sessions will be announced as they're confirmed. Please note that timings may change.
09:00
60 min
Registration
10:00
20 min
Plenary
Auditorium
Conference opening
Conference Chair, Joseph Spannari
Plenary
Auditorium
Welcome to conference
Chief Executive and General Secretary, Jane Pritchard
Plenary
Auditorium
Welcome to conference
Chair of Council, Emma Noe
10:20
25 min
Keynote
Auditorium
Access to services to engage disadvantaged communities in exercise
Professor Catherine Bowen, Professor of Podiatry, University of Southampton
10:45
20 min
Plenary
Auditorium
Moving the boundaries: Advancing practice in podiatry
Julian Barratt, Head of Centre for Advancing Practice
11:05
15 min
keynote
Auditorium
State of the nations
Michelle Tennyson, Chief AHP Officer for Northern Ireland
Gareth Evans, Chief AHP Adviser for Wales
11:20
5 min
Break
11:20
20 min
Trade
Hall 3 Trade Theatre
Trade theatre: Celtic SMR
Michelle Tennyson, Chief AHP Officer for Northern Ireland
Gareth Evans, Chief AHP Adviser for Wales
11:25
60 min
Core
executive room 1
Employment in the independent sector post-Employment Relations Act 2026
Speaker details to be announced
Core
hall 10b
HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics
Sharon Gray, Professional Support Officer, Royal College of Podiatry
Core
HAll 11a
Rheumatology: Is there ‘rheum’ for more in your assessment? Core skills in the assessment of the rheumatology-presenting foot and ankle
Christopher Joyce, Extended Scope Podiatrist in Rheumatology
Helen McKeeman, Principle Podiatrist for MSK
Dr Aimee Patience, Podiatrist, Foot and Ankle Sonographer
Dr Charlotte Dando, Lecturer
Core
Hall 9
Podiatric Surgery: Address from the Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
Ms. Helen Milnes
core
Hall 9
MSK: From analogue to digital: Clinical and instrumented gait analysis in contemporary practice
Dr David Lunn, Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Modelling
Colin Papworth
Enrichment
Hall 6a
Children's Podiatry: Stepping into children’s rheumatology: Skills, pathways and practice
Shauna Gamble, Advanced Podiatrist
Core
TBC
Learning disability
Speaker details to be announced
advancing
hall 6b
CAIM: Management of recalcitrant viral warts
Dr Tariq Khan, Consultant Podiatrist
Core
TBC
Forensics: How do I study for a PhD? A personal account of a challenging PhD journey in forensic podology
Nick Howsham
12:30
60 min
Lunch
12:30
60 min
TBC
TBC
Students networking
Speaker details to be announced
13:25
20 min
Core
Hall 9
Imaging foot & ankle problems in sport
Sidd Muzumdar
13:30
60 min
Core
Hall 10b
Diabetes: ‘Help, my patient has a critical ulcer’: Referral pathways from independent practice to the NHS MDT
Jayne Robbie, Associate Professor, Specialist Podiatrist
Stephanie Stanley, Consultant Podiatrist
TBC
TBC
Core skills: maintain and consolidate
Stephanie Stanley
advancing
TBC
Forensics: Forensic Gait Workshop
Rachel Vernon, Nadia Asgeirsdottir
advancing
TBC
Podiatric Surgery
Speaker details to be announced
advancing
Hall 6b
Children's Podiatry: Small feet, big signals: Red flags in Children’s Podiatric assessment
Zeinah Bray, MSK Specialist Podiatrist with Paediatric interest and MSK Podiatry Team Lead
Lucy Beaumont, Podiatrist
Enrichment
hall 11b
Dermatology: Enhancing your clinical dermatology skills – pathways to enhance education in dermatology for podiatrists
Dr Ivan Bristow, Honorary Professor
Michelle Reynolds, Podiatrist
Sarah Bradshaw, Podiatrist
Dr Jennifer Andrews, Lecturer and Research Fellow
TBC
Hall 10a
How does the move to neighbourhood health services affect podiatry and what are the opportunities
Head of Policy, Department of Health and Social Care
TBC
TBC
Learning disability
Speaker details to be announced
Enrichment
hall 11a
MSK: Treatment to prevention: GLP-1 therapies vs exercise in community MSK care - a clinical debate
Chris Drake, Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist
Catherine Homer
Enrichment
hall 6a
Forensics: Every step tells a story: Clinical vs forensic gait analysis
Rachel Vernon, Forensic Podiatrist
TBC
Executive room 1
First Contact Practitioner: Primary care management of peripheral arterial disease
Emma Mitchell, First Contact Practitioner Podiatrist
Louis Marmode, Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Kate Waldron
14:30
30 min
Enrichment
TBC
First Contact Practitioner
Speaker details to be announced
Enrichment
Hall 6A
Research, Development and Innovation: First steps into research: Entry-level opportunities
Dr Lindsey Cherry, Associate Professor, University of Southampton.
Dr Jane Lewis, Reader in Podiatric and Circulatory Medicine, Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
CORE
TBC
Footwear
Speaker details to be announced
advancing
TBC
Podiatric Surgery
Speaker details to be announced
Enrichment
TBC
CAIM: Integrated medical approach to paediatric rare skin genetic diseases
Speaker details to be announced
Trade
TBC
Trade learning lab: Poderm
Speaker details to be announced
CORE
hall 10b
Dermatology: The CUBED App
Sarah Bradshaw, Podiatrist
Dr Ivan Bristow, private practitioner, consultant and Honorary Professor at Health Sciences University
Dr Jennifer Andrews, Podiatry Lecturer and Research Fellow, University of Salford
Michelle Reynolds, podiatrist and postgraduate researcher at Health Sciences University
Michelle Cullen, podiatrist
15:00
15 min
Break and poster presentations
15:00
15 min
trade
Hall 3 Trade Theatre
Trade Session: Firefly
15:15
60 min
COre
Auditorium
Short paper submissions: Part 1
Joseph Spannari, Conference Chair
16:40
30 min
KEYnote
Auditorium
Bob Prince Lecture
To be announced
16:55
5 min
Plenary
Auditorium
Thursday closing remarks
Joseph Spannari, Conference Chair
17:00
1.5 hr
Evening
Hall 3 Trade theatre