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
Advanced practice
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.
Advanced practice — Higher-level content for those working at or towards advanced practice, including specialist and enhanced clinical roles.
This is a provisional programme. Sessions, speakers and timings are still being confirmed and more will be added — please check back for the latest version.
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
Council Chair, Emma Noe
10:20
25 min
Keynote
Auditorium
Access to services to enage disadvantaged communities in exercise
Prof. Cathy Bowen, Professor of Clinical Biomechanics
10:45
20 min
Plenary
Auditorium
Scope of practice
Julian Barratt, Head of Centre for Advancing Practice
11:05
15 min
Plenary
Auditorium
State of the nations
TBC
11:20
5 min
Break
11:25
60 min
Core
TBC
Employment sector
TBC
Core
TBC
HCPC clinical standards
TBC
Advanced
TBC
Vascular: Beyond the Obvious Foot: Advanced vascular decision-making in complex and overlapping presentations
TBC
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, Aimee Patience, Podiatrist, Foot and Ankle Sonographer, Charlotte Dando, Lecturer
Advanced
TBC
Podiatric surgery
TBC
Advanced
TBC
MSK: From analogue to digital: Clinical and instrumented gait analysis in contemporary practice
TBC
Enrichment
TBC
Childrens: Stepping into children’s rheumatology: skills, pathways, and practice
TBC
Core
TBC
Learning disability
TBC
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 & exhibition — Hall 3
12:30
60 min
TBC
TBC
Students networking
TBC
13:30
60 min
Core
TBC
FCP: First contact lower limb vascular assessment and management of peripheral arterial disease
Dr Lindsey Cherry, Associate Professor, University of Southampton
Core
TBC
Diabetes: Referral pathways in independent practice to NHS MDT
Jayne Robbie
TBC
TBC
Core skills: maintain and consolidate
Stephanie Stanley
ADVANCEd
TBC
Forensics: Forensic Gait Workshop
Rachel Vernon, Nadia Asgeirsdottir
advanced
TBC
Podiatric surgery
TBC
TBC
TBC
Childrens: Small feet, big signals: Red Flags in Children’s Podiatric Assessment
TBC
Enrichment
TBC
Enhancing your clinical dermatology skills: pathways to enhance education in dermatology for podiatrists
Dr Ivan Bristow, Michelle Reynolds, Sarah Bradshaw, Dr Jennifer Andrews
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
TBC
TBC
TBC
Creating The Falmer clinic for podiatry placements: A partnership between University of Brighton and Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
TBC
14:30
30 min
Enrichment
TBC
First Contact Practitioners
TBC
Enrichment
TBC
First steps into research: Opportunities for entry level options
Dr Lindsey Cherry, Associate Professor, University of Southampton
CORE
TBC
Footwear
TBC
Advanced
TBC
Podiatric surgery
TBC
Enrichment
TBC
MSK: Treatment to Prevention: GLP-1 Therapies vs Exercise in Community MSK Care - A Clinical Debate
Chris Drake, Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist and Catherine Homer
Enrichment
TBC
CAIM: Integrated medical approach to paediatric rare skin genetic diseases
TBC
Trade
TBC
Trade learning lab: Poderm
TBC
CORE
TBC
The CUBED App
Sarah Bradshaw, Dr Jennifer Andrews, Michelle Reynolds, Michelle Cullen,
15:00
15 min
Break and poster presentations
15:00
15 min
trade
Hall 3 Trade Theatre
Trade Session: Firefly
15:15
45 min
COre
Auditorium
Short paper submissions
16:30
5 min
KEYnote
Auditorium
Bob Prince Lecture
TBC
16:55
5 min
Plenary
Auditorium
Close of conference
Conference Chair, Joseph Spanarri
17:00
1.5 hr
Evening
Hall 3 Trade theatre