BAPIO Wales Conference 2025

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Lecture Theatre 4, UHW, Cardiff

BAPIO Wales Annual Conference on Saturday 5th April 2025.Who are weBAPIO is a non-profit organization open to all healthcare professionals in the UK. We are acclaimed for our commitment to empowering doctors and nurses, fostering professional development, and promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the National Health Service (NHS). Since its conception in 1996 with the initial aim of supporting international medical graduates, BAPIO has grown in stature and influence to become one of the largest organizations of its type in the country.BAPIO collaborates with UK Healthcare stakeholders including the General Medical Council, Health Education England, and the Royal Colleges to enhance the professional skills of doctors and to monitor, highlight and address the difficulties faced by doctors from ethnic minorities. Since its inception, we have successfully carried out many campaigns against discrimination and have come a long way in reducing the inherent inequality in many aspects of education, training, and career progression. BAPIO has professional links with ethnic minority medical organizations and our charitable activities are focused on supporting disaster events globally. 10:00 to 05:30 PM - Conference @ Lecture Theatre 4, UHW, Cardiff CF14 4XWLecture Theatre 4 is on the ground floor - A block - Down spiral staircase from LT1 foyer.This can be approached from the entrance opposite the Dental School.It can also be approached from opposite the 2 storey Car Park 8 located at the entrance of UHW.(see picture below)Car parking: Nearest car park to Lecture Hall 4 is car park 8 - picture attached below the agenda and link maps here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JavEec2yrYSR2AyWA?g_st=awCar parking is free in all car parks for the whole day.

BAPIO Wales Conference 2025 : Agenda5th April 2025: Lecture Th 4, University Hospital of Wales, CardifImproving Welsh Healthcare <a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Registration, Tea/Coffee: 10.00 am to 11.00 am</a> 11.00 AM Welcome: Prof Hasmukh Shah BEM, Secretary BAPIO WalesVisiting Professor, University of South Wales 11.03 AM Welcome Address: Dr Ramesh Mehta, CBE - President BAPIO11.10 AM Women’s Forum: Chairs: Ms Leena Gokhale &amp; Ms Sharmila Gaitonde Women in Medicine: Take me up as you climb: Inspiring younger generations.11:13 Lord Carwyn Jones11:20 Prof. Meena Upadhyaya OBE11:27 Panel Discussion: Awen Iorwerth- CD T/O CTMUHB,Dr Jyoti Bansal, Dr Nidhika Berry, Dr Jehan Khatib, Dr Miti Khurana11.41 AM Dr Nitin Parekh: Digital solutions and savings in CTM- A case study 11.48 AM Chairs’ Address: Keshav Singhal CBE11.53 PM Formal Inauguration of the Conference by Jeremy Miles, MS Cabinet Secretary,, Health and Social CareAddress by Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Miles 12.05 PM BAPIO Training Academy:Chairs: Dr Murali Verma, Dr Dupinder ChopraProf. Parag Singhal, Executive Director, BTA: Indo-UK CollaborationsDr Manali Hazarika: Moving beyond qualificationsPanel Discussion: Raj Krishnan DMD Swansea Bay UHB, Mr Sandeep Hemmadi-CBD Cardiff &amp; Vale UHB, Mr Satyajit Bhatia, Prof Sashin Ahuja 12.45 PM Is our Regulatory framework Kind &amp; Compassionate Chairs: Mr Amit Chandratreya, Mr Sandeep Hemmadi12:47 Prof Tom Lawson - Medical Director HEIW12:54 Dr Anita Parbhoo, Consultant Geriatrician CTM &amp; Chair of REN13:03 Panel Discussion: “3 wise people”-Disciplinary processes: Mr Emmanuel Ogbonna CBE, Mr Amol Pandit, Julie Morgan MS, Ashish Wagle 13.30 PM Lunch<a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">14.10 PM </a>Financial Talk by Dinesh Bharwani, Wealth Genius14.30 PM Laughter Yoga by Mr Yogesh Nathdwarawala 14.35 PM Innovations: Artificial Intelligence: The Good, Bad and UglyChairs: Mr Satyajeet Bhatia, Mr Ajay Sharma14:37 Dr Phil Wardle, Director Welsh Image Academy14:44 Aniruddha Singhal, AI expert @ Tata Consultancy15:01 Panel Discussion: How to Embed AI innovations.Prof Parag Singhal, Chair BTA, Mr Ashish Khurana, Dr Murali Varma, Mr Bikram Chaudhary - GP Collaborative Lead, Ms Aditi Miskin 15.20 PM Anti Racist Wales &amp; WRESChairs: Dr Ashish Wagle and Mr Khitish Mohanty15:22 Rt Hon Prof Mark Drakeford, MS Cabinet Secretary for Finance &amp; Welsh Language.15:30 Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice &amp; Chief Whip15:38 Panel Discussion: Dr Ramesh Mehta CBE, Mrs Usha Ladwa- Thomas OBE, Judge Ray Singh CBE, Prof. Emmanuel Ogbonna CBE, Ms Chantal Patel 16.00 PM Get it right first time GIRFTChairs: Mr Rahul Kotwal and Mr Sandeep Berry16:04 Keynote Speaker: Prof Tim Briggs, CBE16:25 Panel Discussion: How to embed GIRFT into daily practise, limitations and blocksProf Parag Singhal, Prof Tim Briggs, Mr Mario Saldhana, Dr Sandeep Kamath 16:40 PM Mentimeter Surveys:16:42 NHS Leadership structures are not fit for purposeMentimeter Survey – Mr Anil Singhal16:47 Prioritising frontline workers for NHS Treatment,Mentimeter Survey – Mr Atul GaitondeQ and A Session on Mentimeter survey 17.10 PM Vote of Thanks by Mr Hemang MehtaThis conference provides six hours of educational content. Car Park 8 picture underneath:

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