EBPOM London: World Congress 2025 

LIVE in London

08 - 10 July 2025

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EBPOM’s aim is to keep our ticket prices low to ensure as many people can join us, and at the same time, honour our commitment to accessible education.

Please note:  The Welcome Reception on Tuesday 8 July is included in the price of the in person ticket.

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Prices

EARLY BIRD PRICES – ENDS 30 APRIL 2025

What will you pay? – 3 day ticket

Tier 1: NHS Consultants – £695

Tier 2: Nurse | Dietician | CRNA | Resident | Fellow – £595

Tier 3: Students | Retired – £580

Tier 4: International delegate – £995

Tier 5: Industry partner – £1195

EBPOM World Congress 2025 - Programme

09.00 – 09.10

Welcome and Meeting Instructions 

Meeting Chairs: Mike Grocott & David Walker

09:10 – 10:30 | Session 1.1

‘Summit IV’ – value generation in postoperative care

Chair: Ramani Moonesinghe

Speakers:

Esrom Leaman – The hidden pandemic: the (postoperative) cost of ageing

Guy Ludbrook – Data: what it can (and can’t) tell us about value in perioperative care

Alan Goldman – Data: what executives and payers need to know about new initiatives

Panel Discussion:  Esrom Learman, Guy Ludbrook, Alan Goldman, Liz Sutton, Maxime Cannesson & TJ Ga

10:30 – 11:00 | Mid-morning break

11:00 – 12:30 | Session 1.2

Perioperative Cancer Care – 1

Chair: Mike Grocott

Speakers:

Vijay Gottumukkala – Global Perspectives on Perioperative Cancer Care

Sham Jhanji – Emerging Cancer Therapies

Joyce Yeung – VITAL – a registry-enabled RCT

Panel Discussion:  Vijay Gottumukkala, Sham Jhanji & Joyce Yeung 

12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break 

13:30 – 14.45 | Session 1.3

Improving care with national data

Chair: Joyce Yeung 

Speakers:

Ramani Moonesinghe – PQIP report 2025: The headlines and the interesting

Mike Grocott – Macmillan/NIHR/CPOC ‘Prehab for people with cancer’ Guidance

Antony Johansen – Improving inpatient pathways for frail and older people – 30 years of hip fracture audit

Panel Discussion: Ramani Moonesinghe, Mike Grocott, June Davis & Antony Johansen

14.45 – 15.05 | Afternoon break

15.05 – 16.35 | Sessions 1.4 

Improving care with exercise and training

Chair: Joel Symons

In this session, leading experts will explore how exercise and training can be used to enhance patient care. Speakers and panel to be announced soon.

16.35 – 17.20 | Session 1.5 

EBPOM Visiting Plenary Professor

Chair: Mike Grocott

Speaker: 

Anoushka Afonso – Title TBC

17:20 – 17.30 | Close of Day 1

17.30 – 19.00 | Delegate drinks reception 

09.00 – 09.10

Welcome and housekeeping 

Meeting Chairs: Mike Grocott & David Walker

09:10 – 10:30 | Session 2.1

Global challenges and perspectives?

Chair: Mike Grocott

Speakers:

Dave Selwyn – UK Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) – what next?

Vanessa Beavis – ANZCA-Perioperative Special Interest Group (SIG) – what next?

Maxime Canneson – ASA Centre for Perioperative Medicine (CPMed) – what next?

Panel Discussion: Claire Shannon, Dave Selwyn, Vanessa Beavis, Maxime Canneson 

10:30 – 11:00 | Mid-morning break

11:00 – 12:30 | Session 2.2

Technology “Dragons Den”

Chair: John Whittle 

In this session, we will hear from colleagues at the forefront of design and innovation in what will be a quick-fire tour of new technologies. Speakers from clinical innovators and industry will be announced soon. 

12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break 

13:30 – 14:50 Session 2.3

Perioperative Cancer Care – 2

Chair: Ramani Moonesinghe

Speakers: 

Bernhard Riedel – Prehabilitation in cancer care: opportunities and scaling for impact

TJ Gan – Beyond fluids: haemodynamic management for cancer surgery

Anoushka Afonso – ERAS in perioperative cancer care: accelerating return to intended oncological treatment (RIOT)

Panel Discussion: Bernhard Riedel, TJ Gan, Anoushka Afonso & Denny Levett

14.50 – 15.10 | Afternoon break

15:10 – 16.40 | Session 2.4

Leadership and Service Development

Chair: David Walker

Speakers: 

Nora Colton – Collective Healthcare Leadership: A gender perspective

Emma McCone – Developing and leading a national Patient Preoperative Assessment Service in the UK

Ramani Moonesinghe – TBC

Panel Discussion: Emma McCone, Ramani Moonesinghe, Nora Colton, Adam Firth-Hunt & Vanessa Beavis 

16:40 – 17:25 | Session 2.5

Ernest Henry Starling Lecture

Chair: Denny Levett

Speaker: 

Maxime Cannesson – Title TBC

17:25 – 17:30 | Close of Day 2

09.00 – 09.10

Welcome and housekeeping 

Meeting Chairs: Mike Grocott & David Walker

09:10 – 10:30 | Session 3.1

Perioperative Late Breaking News

Chair: John Whittle

Speaker: 

TBC – Perioperative Anaemia Services 2.0  

Angie Edwards – Title TBC

Paul Myles – Transfusion thresholds in non-cardiac surgery: a black hole? 

Panel Discussion: Angie Edwards, Paul Myles

10:30 – 11:00 | Mid-morning break

11:00 – 12:00 | Session 3.2

John Snow Lecture

Chair: Mike Grocott

Speaker:

Claire Shannon – Title TBC

12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch break 

13:00 – 14:30 | Session 3.3

Patient case-based discussion with experts

Chair: David Walker

Speakers:

Maggie Wong – TBC

David Story – TBC

Vanessa Beavis – TBC

Bernhard Riedel – TBC

Panel Discussion: Maggie Wong, David Story, Vanessa Beavis, Bernhard Riedel & Patient representative

14.30 – 15.00 | Afternoon break

15:00 – 16.10 | Session 3.4

EBPOM World Congress Abstract Competition Final 

Chair: Paul Myles

Five finalists 8-minute presentations and 4-minute Q&A

Judges: International Faculty Members

 

16:10 – 17:10 | Session 3.5

Emergency Surgery

Chair: Denny Levett

Speakers:

Mark Edwards – Emergency surgery – developing care  

Paul Myles – Measuring the trajectory of full recovery after surgery 

Panel Discussion: Mark Edwards, Paul Myles, Tim Miller 

17.10 – 17.15 | Closing Remarks and Award of Prizes