Blast Injury Conference

Since 2015, the Centre for Blast Injury Studies has held annual events to bring together those interested in the field of blast injuries. These started as Annual Networking and Research Update Events, and since 2018 have became known as the Blast Injury Conference. More information about the upcoming 2024 conference and previous events can be found below.

Blast and Conflict Injury Conference 2024

The Blast and Conflict Injury Conference is taking place on 11-12 July 2024 at Imperial College London. Join us for an exiting programme of keynote speeches, research talks and panel debates from international experts. The conference will cover topics such as civilian blast, paediatric blast, blast neurotrauma, musculoskeletal injury, and rehabilitation after injury.

For more information about the conference please visit the conference website. Details about registration, abstract submission and the finalised programme will all be available on the website.

Blast Injury Conference 2021

The 2021 Conference was hosted online and attracted our biggest ever international delegation from academia, medicine, military, industry and charity sectors.

View the 2021 Conference programme here

Blast Injury Conference 2019

The 2019 Conference brought together an international delegation to discuss a broad variety of topics associated with military and civilian blast injury research.

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Blast Injury Conference 2018

The 2018 Conference was the first Blast Injury Conference, and was a mostly national event.

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Annual Networking Event 2017

The 2017 Annual Networking and Research Update Event examined Care across the continuum, from point-of-injury to recovery.

Find out more about the 2017 Annual Networking Event

Annual Networking Event 2016

The 2016 Annual Networking and Research Update Event delved into regenerative and rehabilitative medicine, including the challenges in military rehabilitation as well as contemporary and future rehabilitation.

Find out more about the 2016 Annual Networking Event

Annual Networking Event 2015

In 2015, the Annual Networking and Research Update Event was hosted by the Imperial College Trauma Initiative and focused on stimulating collaborative research in trauma.

Find out more about the 2015 Annual Networking Event