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BPNS Autumn Meeting 2021: F2F
Start Date
End Date
Friday 24 Sep 2021 10:00 AM
Friday 24 Sep 2021 16:45 PM
Location
St George's @ The Kia Oval, Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SS
Details

The Autumn 2021 Meeting will be hosted by St George's Hospital at the Kia Oval. 

F2F places will be limited to 50 and available on a first come first served basis. 

The costs below are for F2F attendees. If there are no F2F spaces left or you prefer remote attendance, please select the virtual meeting to register at reduced price: £20 ordinary members, £10 associate (and retired) members, £30 non-members. Virtual attendees are limited to a total of 100. 

 

Registration

Meeting registration deadline will be 1 week before the meeting on Friday 17th September, but as spaces are limited to 50 we strongly encourage early registration. Virtual registration may still be possible as long as we have spaces available until Wednesday 22nd September.  

If you have special dietary requirements please ensure you specify this in the special requirements box prior to completing your booking (it is easy to miss). 

 

Abstracts

We encourage delegates to submit abstracts through the website for presentation at the meeting (link below, above programme). Abstracts may be presented in person or virtually. The abstract deadline is Friday 3rd September.  

Even if planning to attend virtually, please submit abstracts through this abstract link for the F2F meeting.  

 

Venue

The main venue is the India Room & Terrace of The Oval - home of Surrey County Cricket Club, in South West London. 

 

Travel directions

We recommend using public transport to arrive. The Oval is located a short walk from both Vauxhall Station (London Underground, Victoria Line; and National Rail services) and Oval Station (London Underground, Northern Line). 

Please enter via the Alec Stewart Gate. The India Room is on the 2nd Floor of the JM Finn Stand, directly opposite the gate. 

Full travel information is available on the Kia Oval website.

 

Conference dinner:

Further information will be sent soon about the conference dinner, which will be booked separately through the website. 

 

We are grateful to our industry sponsors. Sponsors of the meeting have no input into the organisation or programme. 

 

- Niran Nirmalananthan, on behalf of St George's Neuromuscular Team and BPNS.  

 

 
Submit an abstract for consideration
Programme (can change before the event)
DateTimeType Presenter
Fri 24 Sep 202109:30Registration  
Fri 24 Sep 202109:55Other Welcome  
Fri 24 Sep 202110:00Abstract Four cases of Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy with prominent facial diplegia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccination Dr Louisa Kent
Fri 24 Sep 202110:20Abstract A rash diagnosis Dr Ryan Keh
Fri 24 Sep 202110:40Abstract 99 Luftballons Dr Ahmed Abbas
Fri 24 Sep 202111:00Refreshment Tea, coffee, biscuits  
Fri 24 Sep 202111:30Lecture Entrapment neuropathies - lessons from translational sciences Dr Annina Schmid
Fri 24 Sep 202112:15Abstract A show of Hands Dr Ali Al-Memar
Fri 24 Sep 202112:35Abstract Immune Attack Against Ganglia: Is Postganglionic Denervation Reversible? Dr Shiwen Koay
Fri 24 Sep 202112:55Refreshment Lunch  
Fri 24 Sep 202114:00Lecture Peripheral Nerve Imaging - a primer for non-radiologists Dr Nik Papadakis, Dr Faraan Khan
Fri 24 Sep 202114:45Abstract Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Median Nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Dr Djamila Rojoa
Fri 24 Sep 202115:05Refreshment Afternoon Tea  
Fri 24 Sep 202115:30Lecture Ig thrombosis risk & clinical update; rituximab commissioning Dr Aisling Carr & Prof Mike Lunn
Fri 24 Sep 202116:00AGM Annual General Meeting  
Fri 24 Sep 202117:00Close  

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