Our first regional conference for 2025 will be held at Kilhey Court Chorley Road, Standish Nr Wigan, WN1 2XN. You can find information regarding the hotel here.  

Exciting New Initiative:

Fully Funded Tickets for Our Next Regional Conference

We are thrilled to announce an exciting new initiative aimed at strengthening our connection with our members and making our conference accessible to all our members. As part of our commitment to inclusivity and engagement, we are trialling a new initiative that offers fully funded tickets to our next regional conference.

About the Initiative

This initiative is designed to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to experience our next regional conference. There will be a limited number of tickets available and they will be issued on a first come first served basis. We recommend you ensure your BAPO membership is fully up to date to ensure you are eligible.

Non-members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets at the early bird price of £105 per ticket. After this period ends, tickets will be available to purchase for £120 each.

How It Works

• Eligibility: The funded ticket program is open to all BAPO members.
• Application Process: BAPO members can register for a ticket through our website when the tickets go live on February 19th 2025 at 10am.
• Terms and Conditions: Full terms and conditions will be released once registration opens.

Tickets

• One ticket per member: Only one funded ticket per member can be claimed for this event.
• Transferring tickets: Tickets cannot be re-sold. Tickets can only be transferred to another BAPO member via BAPO.

We are excited to embark on this journey to make our events more inclusive and accessible. We encourage BAPO members to take advantage of this opportunity and experience our conference firsthand.

As of 19th February at 10:00 am please log on to your member account to register for your ticket. Be quick, we anticipate these tickets to sell out fast! 

We look forward to welcoming you to our conference!

Call for Abstracts

Submission deadline for free paper abstracts has now closed. 

Oral presentations and poster presentations will be notified by Friday 21st February 2025

The full programme will be published by Friday 28th February 2025

If you have any questions regarding your submission, please email enquiries@bapo.com

Invited Speakers

Richard Shorney’s Bio

Richard Shorney

The importance of developing your future leaders

Richard has a unique and diverse background in healthcare and business. His skill set has been developed over the past 28 years in both clinical practice and having worked in the medical device and life sciences sectors.
Richard is the proud founder of Real Healthcare Solutions Ltd. That has been set up for the benefit of healthcare organisations; industry; the clinician and ultimately focused on improved outcomes for patients. He has a Business Certificate from Ashridge Management College and an MSc from the University of Cardiff.
Richard speaks passionately about leadership and global healthcare issues and has been fortunate to facilitate national healthcare leadership programmes; global advisory groups and DHSC steering groups.
He is well-published in a number of peer reviewed journals and speaks at national and international events on business and healthcare topics.
He enjoys his family life in Cheshire and pursues his passions of most sports, both actively and from the comfort of an armchair.

Dr Siobhán Strike’s Bio

Dr Siobhán Strike

The biomechanics of prosthetic gait (and why this is important)

Dr Siobhán Strike is Associate Provost at Regent College London. Over the past 30 years I have lectured and researched musculoskeletal biomechanics, bridging the gap between Exercise Science and Exercise Medicine. My expertise in laboratory, clinical and field technologies to measure different constructs of strength and functional movement results in data to inform, manage and assess exercise-based rehabilitation and prosthetic design. This research has underpinned the development and validation of an effective physical activity intervention and the evaluation of prosthetic stiffness. I have published widely and has presents internationally across a range of fields. I have recently started a consultancy to support clinicians to monitor gait capacity in patients.

Venus Madden’s Bio

Venus Madden

From Niche to Influence: Empowering P&O

Venus Madden, a registered Occupational Therapist with over 20 years’ experience in the health and care sector, is currently the Associate Director of Allied Health Professions (AHPs) at an acute Trust. Formerly a Clinical Fellow to England’s Chief AHP Officer, she supported and socialised the implementation of the latest AHP strategy. Passionate about cognitive diversity, organisational behaviour, and BAME representation, Venus draws on her lived experiences to inspire change. She runs a mentoring and consultancy business and is an active public speaker and volunteer. Outside of work, Venus enjoys lecturing, eating dumplings, and watching Korean dramas.

Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunity

Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at our event? Get in touch with enquiries@bapo.com to find out more. Select the buttons below and follow the link to fill out the sponsorship information.

More exhibitors are to be announced shortly, exhibitor tables are sold out, please contact enquiries@bapo.com if you want to be placed on the waiting list.