Programme 2024

Thursday 11th July 2024

TimeRoom A: Chemistry Lecture TheatreRoom B: Sir Michael Uren Hub, 12th floor
08:15Registration & Refreshments
09:00Welcoming and Housekeeping
09:10Plenary Speaker 1
09:50Change-over time
10:00Session 1A:
Biology/Physiology of Blast and Conflict Injury and Rehabilitation
Workshop 1:
Development of Physiologically Based Injury Criteria for Behind Armor Blunt Trauma
11:30Refreshment break
12:00Session 2A:
Paediatric Blast Injury
Workshop 2:
Neck Injury Studies in Warfighters
13:30Lunch break
14:30Session 3A:
Musculoskeletal Injury
Workshop 3:
Is attacking the self identity of the victim the prime purpose of an explosive weapon?
15:30Refreshment break
16:00Session 4A:
Living with Blast and Conflict Injury and the Lived Experience
Workshop 4:
Impact of Repetitive Blast Exposure on Military Health and Performance –Multinational Efforts and Guidelines
17:30Plenary Speaker 2
18:10End of Scientific Content

Conference Banquet from 19:00 at DoubleTree Hilton, Ealing.

Friday 12th July 2024

TimeRoom A: Chemistry Lecture TheatreRoom B: Sir Michael Uren Hub, 12th floor
08:30Registration & Refreshments
09:00Welcoming and Housekeeping
09:10Plenary Speaker 3
09:50Change-over time
10:00Session 5A:
Head & Brain Injury (Blast and Conflict Neurotrauma) – Treatment and Rehab
Session 5B:
Blast Force Protection
11:30Refreshment break
12:00Session 6A:
Head & Brain Injury (Blast and Conflict Neurotrauma) – Prediction and Prevention
Workshop 5:
A Consensus Meeting to Develop Guidelines for Paediatric Patients Undergoing Surgical Amputation Following Blast Injury – Updating the Paediatric Blast Injury Manual
13:30Lunch break
14:30Session 7A:
Osseointegration
Workshop 6:
What are the clinical challenges of contemporary conflicts? How can we solve them? Developing a modified Delphi approach
16:00Refreshment break
16:20Plenary 4
17:00End of Conference

The Works Restaurant & Bar (Ground floor of the Sir Michael Uren Hub) is booked for our use after the conference from 17:00