Liverpool 2026 Scientific Programme
Thursday 23rd April 2026; The Spine, Liverpool
Indicative Programme
| Time | Spaces One & Two (Top Floor) | Space Six-Nine (Floor 12) | Space Four (Floor 12) |
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| 08:30 | Registration & Coffee (The Axis) | Registration & Coffee (The Axis) | |
| 08:55 | Main Conference - Presidents Welcome |
Oral Medicine Essentials Course - Welcome Chair - Dr Philip Atkin |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Challenges in OED Risk Prediction & management
Prof. Richard Shaw (University of Liverpool) |
09:00 - Oral Lichen Planus
Dr Alex Perks (Birmingham Dental Hospital) |
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| 09:30-10:00 | Infrared Spectroscopy in Cancer Diagnostics
Prof. Peter Weightman (University of Liverpool) |
09:30 - Oral Cancer & Dysplasia
Dr Thomas Howe (Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Sheffield) |
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| 10:00-10:30 | The Dysplasia Microenvironment
Prof. Keith Hunter (University of Liverpool) |
10:00 - Burning Mouth syndrome
Dr Priya Thakrar (Eastman Dental Institute) |
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| 10:30-10:45 | Q&A | ||
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee break | Coffee break | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Vaccination in the Pre-Malignancy Setting
Prof. Christian Ottensmeier (University of Liverpool) |
11:15 - Aphthous Ulceration & Behcets
Dr Rachel Botrugno - University Hospital Liverpool Group Ms Sarah Hardy - University Hospital Liverpool Group 11:45 - Dry Mouth & Candidosis Dr Melanie Simms - University Health Board, Wales
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| 12:00-12:45 | Tyldesley Lecture
Introduced by Prof. Anne Field Prof. Joyce Tyldesley OBE (University of Manchester) |
12:15 - Orofacial Granulomatosis
Dr Gita Gale (University of Gothenberg) |
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| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch & Poster Viewing | Lunch & Poster Viewing | |
| 13:45-15:15 | BISOM Free Papers
Chairs - Dr Roddy McMillan & Dr Will Harrison |
BSOMP/ SFOPOM Slide Seminar
Chair - Prof Daniel Baumhoer |
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| 15:15-15:30 | Coffee break | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | BISOM Free Papers
Chairs - Dr Roddy McMillan & Dr Will Harrison |
BSOMP & SFOPOM Free Papers | Digital & AI Tools in Oral Pathology/Oral Medicine
Chairs - Prof. Sven Niklander & Prof. Ali Khurram Prof. Ali Khurram (University of Sheffield, UK) Dr Stephanie Craig (Queen's University Belfast) Prof. Akhil Chaurasia (King George's Medical University, India) Dr John Adeoye (University of Hong Hong)
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| 17:00-17:15 | Comfort break | Comfort break | Comfort Break |
| 17:15-18:15 | BISOM AGM | BSOMP AGM | SFOMOP AGM |
Friday 24th April 2026; The Spine, Liverpool
Indicative Programme
| Time | Spaces One & Two (Top Floor) | Space Six-Nine (Floor 12) |
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| 8:45 | Registration & Coffee (The Axis) | Registration & Coffee (The Axis) |
| 9:00-10:00 | Pindborg Lecture
Speaker to be accounced on day |
Facial Pain Symposium
Chair - Dr Francis O'Neill
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| 10:00-11:00 | Update on fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial bones
Prof. Daniel Baumhoer (University Hospital Basel) |
Facial Pain Symposium
Prof. Joanna Zakrzewska (Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals) Prof. Malin Ernberg (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) Ms Deepti Bhargava (The Walton Centre, Liverpool) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 11:15-12:45 | Clinicopathological Conference
Chair - Dr Max Robinson Facilitator - Prof. Jairo Robledo |
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| 12:45-13:00 | Presentation of BISOM and BSOMP 2027 and Formal Close of Joint Meeting | |
| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch & Poster Viewing | Lunch & Poster Viewing |
| 13:45-15:15 | Behçet's Symposium
Chair - Dr Paul Yesudian (Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wales) Prof. Robert Moots (University Hospitals Liverpool Group) Prof. Nima Ghadiri (University Hospitals Liverpool Group) Dr Clare Pain (Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool) |
H&N Histopathology EQA Review
Chair - Dr Adam Jones (University Dental Hospital, Cardiff) |
| 15:15-15:30 | Coffee break | Coffee break |
| 15:30-16:00 | Update from Diversity in Dentistry Action Group (DDAG) | H&N Histopathology EQA Review
Chair - Dr Adam Jones (University Dental Hospital, Cardiff) |
| 16:00-17:00 | Session title to be announced | H&N Histopathology EQA Review
Chair - Dr Adam Jones (University Dental Hospital, Cardiff) |
| 17:00 | Close of conference | Close of conference |