Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust at BNA2025

We’re excited to invite you to join us for the annual Sutcliffe-Kerr Lecture on Monday 28th April 2025.

The annual Alan Sutcliffe meeting is named in honour of Liverpool's first accredited Neuroscience clinician, and founder of the Walton Neurosurgery Unit, which evolved into the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust. We are delighted to have incorporated the 2025 meeting into the programme of the International Festival of Neuroscience at the ACC Liverpool, and to announce the inauguration this summer of the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre at the University of Liverpool. We are also delighted to welcome eight distinguished speakers - home and away, bedside to bench, brain and nerve - covering challenges in clinical science and practice that go beyond 'localising the lesion'.

Agenda

15.00 – 15.10

Welcome and Introduction

Dr Rhys Davies, The Walton Centre

15.10 – 16.10

Session 1: Brain: Exploring Cognitive Reserve

Prof Benedict Michael, University of Liverpool

Prof Richard Henson, University of Cambridge

Prof Raj Kalaria, Newcastle University

Dr Michael Bonello, The Walton Centre

16.10 – 16.20

Session 1 Q&A

16.20 – 16.50

Break

16.50 – 17.50

Session 2: Pain: Exploring Symptom-based Diagnoses of the Spine and Nerves

Dr Andrew Marshall, University of Liverpool

Prof Andreas Goebel, University of Liverpool

Mr Nish Srikandarajah, The Walton Centre

Miss Deepti Bhargava, The Walton Centre

17.50 – 18.00

Session 2 Q&A

18.00 – 18.10

Introducing the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre

Prof Benedict Michael, University of Liverpool

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Employees of the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust are invited to attend from 1:00 PM, explore the poster sessions, enjoy lunch, and participate in the Walton Centre special session from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.

Registration via this site is free but grants access only from 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM on Monday, 28th April 2025. If you would like to attend the full day on Monday 28th April (£60 + VAT), then please book here: Day passes registration.

To register for the entire Festival (27th–30th April), please visit the main site here.
About The International Festival of Neuroscience, (BNA2025)

BNA2025 is the British Neuroscience Association’s biennial international conference, scheduled to take place in Liverpool, UK, from April 27-30, 2025. This prestigious event gathers thousands of neuroscientists from around the world to showcase cutting-edge research and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. With a focus on brain health, mental wellbeing, and societal impacts of neuroscience, BNA2025 will feature lectures, symposia, and workshops by leading experts, alongside interactive sessions for professionals at all stages of their careers.

www.bna2025.org

Host or Publisher The British Neuroscience Association