Programme
Please note the below programme is subject to change.
- 09.00 - 09.25
Arrival and registration
- 09.25- 09.30
Welcome / Overview of day
Matt Wilkes
SESSION 1 - Introduction - Aviation Physiology in Context
Chair: Matt Wilkes
- 09.30 - 10:00
History of Aviation Medicine Research
David Gradwell
- 10:00 - 10:30
Extreme Physiology: Mountaineering vs Flight
Joe Britton
- 10:30 - 10:45
Panel
All speakers
REFRESHMENTS - 10.45 - 11.15
SESSION 2 - Powered Flight
Chair: Mike Bagshaw
- 11.15 - 11.45
G force and acceleration atelectasis
Alec Stevenson
- 11.45 - 12.15
Portable Oxygen Systems for Helicopter Aircrew
Pete Hodkinson
- 12.15 - 12.45
Hawk Aviation Medicine Flight
Gaz Kennedy
- 12.45 - 13.00
Panel
All speakers
LUNCH - 13.00 - 14.00
SESSION 3 - Unpowered Flight
Chair: Pete Hodkinson
- 14.00 - 14.30
Pulmonary Circulation at Cabin Altitudes
Tom Smith
- 14.30 - 15.00
Decompression illness in high altitude parachuting
Will Sharp
- 15.00 - 15.30
Paragliding: an extreme sport becomes aviation
Matt Wilkes
- 15.30 - 15.45
Panel
All speakers
REFRESHMENTS - 15.45 - 16.00
SESSION 4 - Keynote Lecture
Chair: Dan Martin
- 16.00 - 16.45
Birds at Altitude
Lucy Hawkes
- 16.45 - 17.00
Final questions and closing remarks
All speakers