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Invited Lectures & Talks
‘Medical Cannabis’ presented to:
-Chinese Congress of Neurological Rehabilitation, Shanghai China, March 2017
-Asia Oceania Conference on Neurological Rehabilitation, Tagaytay Philippines, August 2017
-AGM of United Patients Alliance, Birmingham UK, September 2017
-International Foundation Year, Academic Study Skills for Dentists and Medics, University of Leeds, October 2017
-11th World Congress of International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Buenos Aires, May 2017
- United Patients Alliance AGM, Birmingham UK, September 2017
-Asia-Oceania Congress on Neurological Rehabilitation, Tagaytay City Philippines, August 2017
-Committee to Irish parliament, April 2017
-Cannabis festival, Durham, April 2017
-University of Leeds medical undergraduate talk, October 2017
-CannaTech investor conference, London, October 2017
-Northern Ireland Medical Cannabis Summit, Belfast UK, January 2018
-United Patients Alliance (Northern Ireland), Belfast January 2018
-10th World Congress of Neurological Rehabilitation, Mumbai India, February 2018
-Cannacord Genuity conference, London, February 2018
-UPA AGM, Brighton, September 2018
-APPG on Medical Cannabis under Prescription, October 2018
-University of Leeds medical students course, October 2018
-European Parliament., October 2018
-Cannacord Genuity conferecne, London, October 2018
-Sintons solicitors, November 2018
-Academy of Medical Sciences, January 2019
-Royal Institution, January 2019
-Cannabis Europa conference, Paris, February 2019
-UK Health Select Committee, March 2019
-Isle of Man parliament, March 2019
-Jersey parliament, March 2019
-Irish parliament, March 2019
-Edinburgh Science festival, April 2019
-Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society, June 2019
-London Toxicology Group, June 2019
-Cannabis Europa Week, June 2019
-New Zealand medical practitioners (three days), August 2019
-Hull postgraduate meeting, September 2019
-University of Galway, September 2019
-BritSpa meeting, Birmingham, September 2019
-WhatIf Innovation, London, October 2019
-Giant health conferecne, October 2019
-Cannabis Investor Forum, London, October 2019
-Cannabis conference, Malta, November 2019
-Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society Annual meeting, London, November 2019
-CSM UK annual conference, Leeds, November 2019
-Cannabiz Hub, London, December 2019
-NNRC Training day, Birmingham, December 2019
-Royal College of Psychiatrists meeting, Edinburgh, January 2020
-Film for Romania TV, February 2020
-West Midlands Acquired Brain Injury Forum, March 2020
-Controlled Drugs Officers meeting, Cambridge, March 2020
-Apothem staff teaching , March 2020
-Podcast with Sharleen Spiteri, June 2020
-Podcast with UB40, July 2020
-Mackrells webinar, September 2020
-Webinars for Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society – x6 Summer/ Autumn 2020
-Podcast for Mary Biles podcast series, October 2020
-Podcast with John Bishop, October 2020
-Personal Injury conference, Scottish Law Society, November 2020
-Podcast for Romanian parliament, November 2020
-Podcasts for Cannabis Health magazine, November 2020
-Podcast for EMG Medical, November 2020
-Webinars for Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society 2020- current
-Webinar at conference on medical cannabis for Romanian parliament. Feb 2021
-Podcast for Can Card (Carly Barton) March 2021
-Podcast for Drug Science March 2021
-Barts/London Paediatric conference March 2021
-SW Paediatric Society May 2021
-Drug Science webinar June 2021
-Cannaman podcast June 2021
-Podcast for MCCS June 2021
-Psychiatry UK June 2021
-Oliver Mammon podcast June 2021
-MCCS webinars June / July 2021
-Milk the cow podcast June 2021
-Podcasts for Cannabis Health magazine July 2021
-Ananda webinar September 2021
-European Neuro Convention, Birmingham September 2021
-Cannabis Society podcast, September 2021
-Cambridge Medico-legal conference September 2021
-Cannabis investor conference , October 2021
-GP conference, Birmingham, October 2021
-MCCS webinar (CBG) - October 2021
-ICCM webinar, October 2021
-COP26 satellite, Glasgow, November 2021
-Cannabis Europa, London, November 2021
-CannabizMD webinar, December 2021
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'Ageing and disability' presented to:
-Training session for SJP Law, Hull UK, January 2018
'Choosing the right expert' presented to:
-Stewarts Law, Leeds UK, January 2018
'How can the private sector help?' presented to:
-CRG for Trauma Rehabilitation conference, Birmingham UK, March 2018
"Pushing the Boundaries in Brain Injury"
-Cygnet Health Care Conference, Leeds UK, October 2018
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Rehabilitation Prescription' presented to:
-UKABIF Conference, Leeds, December 2017
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'Being a medico legal expert',presented to:
- Bedford Row chambers conference with SJP Law, London, November 2017
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'What's it is like to do expert witness work' presented to:
-SJP Law Seminar, London UK, November 2017
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'Missed and Messed up in Brain Injury' presented to:
- Stewarts Law, Leeds, January 2018
- SJP Law, Hull, January 2018
- Fletchers, Southport, January 2018
- National Neurological Rehabilitation conference, London, October 2017
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'Ageing and brain injury' presented to:
- SJP Law, Hull, January 2018
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'Finding the Right Expert' presented to:
- Fletchers, Southport, January 2018
-Stewarts Law, Leeds, January 2018
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'Principles of Neurological Rehabilitation' presented to:
- Blossom Centre, Ibadan Nigeria, March 2017
- ARNI conference, London , October 2017
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'Brain injury' presented to:
- Full Sutton High Security Prison, December 2016
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'Life expectancy' presented to:
- National Neurological Rehabilitation Chambers meeting , London, November 2016
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'Advances in Neurological Rehabilitation' presented to:
Republika Srbska Rehabilitation Society, Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina, October 2016
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'Issues and pitfalls of being a medico legal expert’ presented to:
- UKABIF Medico Legal Seminars: What to do in the Court Room? Experience a Mock Trial, Manchester & London UK, October 2015
‘Endocrine issues following brain injury’ presented to:
- National OT Brain Injury Forum Conference, Nottingham UK, September 2015
‘Pathophysiology and management of spasticity’ presented to:
- Neurosurgery Update Course, Coventry UK, September 2015
‘The uses and abuses of the law in brain injury’ presented to:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists, Faculty of Neuropsychiatry Annual Conference, London UK, September 2015
‘Brain injury and its consequences’ presented to:
- UKABIF/Thompsons seminar ‘Rehabilitation issues for Acquired Brain Injury’, Birmingham UK, September 2015
‘Future of neurorehabilitation’ presented to:
-1st Asia-Oceanian Congress for NeuroRehabilitation (AOCNR 2015), Seoul Korea, September 2015
‘How to improve engagement in a rehabilitation programme’ presented to:
- St Andrew’s NBIC Conference 2015 ‘Switch off resistance, switch on recovery’, Nottingham UK, March 2015
‘What can lawyers, case managers and deputies do to help people with acquired brain injuries during litigation?’
- UKABIF Workshop: Capacity Issues for People with Acquired Brain Injuries, London UK, January 2015
‘The hidden, the unusual and the misunderstood’ presented to:
- Exploring the Long Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injuries, Lambourn UK, October 2014
‘Children’s Brain Injury Manifesto’ presented to:
- Yorkshire Acquired Brain Injury Forum, York UK, May 2014
'Developing World debate on neurorehabilitation: issues around the world’ presented to:
- 8th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, Istanbul Turkey, April 2014
- Ipsen Symposium at International Movement Disorder Congress, Stockholm Sweden, June 2014
'Listening to patients for an improved treatment plan: patient perspectives on the management of spasticity’ presented to:
- Ipsen Symposium at 8th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, Istanbul Turkey, April 2014
‘Neuro-rehabilitation and the future’ presented to:
- Neurology Guest Lecture, Imperial College London, London UK, March 2014
‘What can lawyers, case managers and deputies do to help people with acquired brain injuries during litigation?’ presented to:
- UKABIF Workshop on Capacity Issues for People with Acquired Brain Injuries, Leeds UK, March 2014
‘UKABIF manifesto’ presented to:
- Sussex Acquired Brain Injury Forum, Brighton UK, June 2013
‘Endocrine problems in acquired brain injury’ presented to:
- UKABIF workshop - Brain injury: common, disabling and overlooked problems, London UK, June 2013
‘Value of rehabilitation and how to choose a rehab unit’ presented to:
- Liverpool Law Society Brain Injuries Conference 2012, Liverpool UK, December 2012
‘Life expectancy’ presented to:
- APIL Child Injury Conference 2012, London UK, November 2012
‘Sleep disorders after brain injury’ presented to:
- The 4th Annual UKABIF Conference, Birmingham UK, November 2012
‘Neurological rehabilitation – law and practice’ presented to:
- Parklane Plowden Conference – ‘Catastrophic injury claims: reconsidering the approach’, Leeds UK, October 2012
‘Endocrine problems in acquired brain injury’ presented to:
- UKABIF Brain Injury Workshop – ‘There’s no such thing as a minor brain injury’, Leeds UK, October 2012
‘Overview of developments in neuro-rehabilitation’ presented to:
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Commissioning Strategy Conference, Ashford UK, October 2012
‘The UKABIF Brain Injury Manifesto’ presented to:
- National Brain Injury Centre Conference 2012, Birmingham UK, October 2012
‘Choosing your experts and rehabilitation centre’ presented to:
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Annual Residential Catastrophic Injuries Conference, Manchester UK, June 2012
‘The role of the neurologist and the rehabilitation physician – who is better for the expert report?’ presented to:
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Brain Injury Conference, Leeds UK, March 2012
‘Rehabilitation in the community: an answer to an epidemiological problem in neurology’ presented to:
- ICNE 2012, Seville Spain, March 2012
‘Endocrine problems after brain injury’ presented to:
- XXth World Congress of Neurology, Marrakesh Morocco, November 2011
‘Round Table: Neurorehabilitation in Europe’ presented to:
- ENRC 1st European NeuroRehabilitation Congress, Merano Italy, October 2011
‘Stroke rehabilitation in the young’ presented to:
- EFNS Regional Teaching Course in Sub-Sahara Africa 2011, Cameroon Africa, July 2011
‘Funding for living in the community’ presented to:
-Joint British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine & Society for Research in Rehabilitation meeting, Keele UK, July 2011
‘Guide to the best practice – the holistic lawyer – interface between rehabilitation and the medico-legal process’ presented to:
- Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Annual Conference, South Cerney Gloucestershire UK, July 2011
‘Developments in brain injury rehabilitation over the past 15 years’ presented to:
- British Association of Brain Injury Case Managers (BABICM), BABICM 15th Birthday, London UK, June 2011
‘Slow stream rehab and the new Independent Neurorehabilitation Providers Alliance’ presented to:
- Rehabilitation for Clinicians and Lawyers, Exchange Chambers, Birmingham UK, June 2011
‘Community-based rehabilitation post stroke’ presented to:
- VII Scientific Symposium of Polish Society of Neurological Rehabilitation, Tarnowskie Gory Poland, April 2011
‘Community based neurorehabilitation’ presented to:
50th Anniversary of Upper Silesian Rehabilitation Centre ‘Repty’, Tarnowskie Gory Poland, April 2011
'Caring for Clients in a Cost Effective Way’
- Thompsons Solicitors, Leeds UK, February 2011
‘Update on the management of spasticity and clinical practice guidelines’ presented to:
- The 2010 Asian Congress of Neurorehabilitation, Bangkok Thailand, December 2010
‘The practicalities of managing ‘best interests’ in clinical practice’ presented to:
- The British Psychological Society course – ‘The Ethical Interface between Psychology and Neuroscience and the Law’, London UK, November 2010
‘Post acute rehab/slow stream rehab’ presented to:
- Exchange Chambers / Hunters Moor conference, Birmingham UK, November 2010
‘Problems of the Mental Capacity Act’ presented to:
- OPSYRIS meeting, Newcastle upon Tyne UK, October 2010
‘Life expectancy in catastrophic brain injury’ presented to:
- APIL conference, Birmingham UK, July 2010
‘Community Rehabilitation’ presented to:
- Exchange Chambers conference, Manchester UK, June 2010
‘Practising neurological rehabilitation from the physiatrist’s and neurologist’s view: The neurologist’s view’ presented to:
- 6th World Congress of Neurorehabilitation, Vienna Austria, March 2010
'Treatment of spasticity’ presented to:
- 6th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, Vienna Austria, March 2010
‘Stroke rehabilitation’ presented to:
- 19th World Congress of Neurology, Bangkok Thailand, October 2009
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Rehabilitation in spasticity’ presented to:
- 19th World Congress of Neurology, Bangkok Thailand, October 2009
‘Some thoughts on the measurement of spasticity’ presented to:
- The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Annual Congress, Liverpool UK, October 2009
‘Neurorehabilitation: the state and times ahead’ presented to:
- 2nd Middle East Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Congress, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
‘Neurorehabilitation: new concepts’ presented to:
- 13th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies, Florence Italy, September 2009
‘The use of botulinum toxin’ presented to:
- Spasticity Study Day, Physiotherapists Interested in MS, Dublin Ireland, June 2009
‘Update on the management of spasticity’ presented to:
- Spasticity Study Day, Physiotherapists Interested in MS, Dublin Ireland, June 2009
‘Community rehabilitation for people with neurological disability’ presented to:
- Four Seasons Healthcare Conference, London UK, June 2009
‘Community rehabilitation – lessons from abroad’ presented to:
- Life After Brain Injury, Newcastle upon Tyne UK, March 2009
For the full list of invited talks from 1983 - 2009 please get in touch.