25th Bowman Club Annual Meeting
Scientific Programme
4th April 2025: 08.45 - 17.10 (CPD = 7 hours)
08.45 - 09.00
Welcome - Naing L Tint, Edinburgh, UK
09.00 - 10.00
Bowman Club fellow award presentations
Chairs:
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Presentations to be confirmed post abstract close
10.00 - 11.00
NHS BLOOD & TRANSPLANT SESSION
Chairs:
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Donations and Transplant Activity Update
Cathy Hopkinson, Bristol, UK
Overview of Serious Adverse Events Related to Corneal Transplantation
Ulrike Paulus, Bristol, UK
Update from OTAG and future plans
Parwez Hossain, Southampton, UK
Questions from the Audience to the Panel
11.00 - 11.30 - Coffee, Posters and Exhibition
11.30 - 12.45
KERATOCONUS
Chairs:
UK KC Consortium
Sally Hayes, Cardiff, UK
ICRS
Seema Anand, Leeds, UK
CAIRS
TBC, Chennai, India
Discussion
12.45 - 13.45 - Lunch, Posters and Exhibition
13.45 - 14.15
INTERESTING CASES
Chairs:
Presentations to be confirmed post abstract close
14.15 - 15.45
SYMPOSIUM ON STEM CELLS AND REGENERATION
Chairs:
Conjunctival Stem Cells
Rosalind M K Stewart, Liverpool, UK
Endothelial Regeneration
Hannah Levis, Liverpool, UK
Single Regenerative Medicine Technology Platform for Multiple Corneal Disease
Graziella Pellegrini, Modena, Italy
Discussion
15.45 - 16:15 - Tea, Posters and Exhibition
16.15 - 17.00
EASTY LECTURE: Facing the Challenges of Managing Severe Ocular Surface Disease
2025 Easty Lecturer
Edward J. Holland Biog
Director of Cornea, Cincinnati Eye Institute. Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, USA
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17.00 - 17.10 - Announcement of the Bowman Fellow's Prize and Close - Naing L Tint, Edinburgh, UK
19.00
Bowman Club Drinks and Dinner at The Georgian Tearoom, The Dome
Drinks from 19.00