2026 CPD Programme

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Stay ahead of your CPD cycle with this world-leading programme at 100% Optical, curated in partnership with the Association of Optometrists (AOP). With 7,000+ seats and 100+ CPD points available, join us across 28 February - 2 March 2026 at Excel London to gain cutting-edge insights, practical skills, and fresh perspectives on the biggest themes and key trends shaping the optical industry.

From clinical excellence and patient care to business growth and the latest technology, choose sessions that suit your learning style - whether that’s interactive workshops, peer reviews, inspiring main stage talks, or exciting catwalk shows.

Please note that CPD session bookings will be open from mid-January 2026. Make sure to register for your pass now to get priority access.
 

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NewMedica On-Stand
  1. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Discussion workshop
    Studies from all over the world have indicated normal tension glaucoma (NTG) constitutes anywhere between 30% to 92% of primary open angle glaucoma cases. Without the flag of raised intraocular pressu ...
  2. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Discussion workshop
    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK and with around 40,000 patients developing ‘wet’ AMD each year (NOD 2023) it is likely that primary care optometrist ...
  3. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Extended depth of focus (EDOF) lenses are becoming increasingly used as an alternative to traditional monofocal lenses during cataract surgery so it is important that community optometrists and dispen ...
Main Stage
  1. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    This session will examine how the ever-increasing data and image acquisition in optometry impacts upon how we appraise information and the risks that can pose. Drawing from the AOP case files we will ...
  2. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    The introduction of Rho-kinase (ROCK) inhibitors represents an important advance in the medical management of glaucoma. By targeting the trabecular meshwork to enhance conventional outflow, these agen ...
  3. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    This session will explore how we can support patients in achieving better visual quality while reducing dependence on eye drops! We will review current and emerging technologies in dry eye disease man ...
  4. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Early peripheral retinal changes often go unnoticed, yet timely detection is vital for managing disease. Ultra-widefield imaging now allows clinicians to visualise and track pathology in the periphery ...
  5. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Myopia is no longer just a refractive inconvenience - it is a growing public health concern with lifelong consequences. This lecture will explore the evolving landscape of myopia, focusing on its impa ...
  6. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Myopia is a growing global concern, with prevalence rising rapidly among children and young adults. Effective management strategies are essential to slow progression and reduce long-term ocular health ...
Optical Academy

 

Hosted by

EssilorLuxottica

  1. Optical Academy
    • Demonstration and discussion workshop
    The workshop will start with a brief introduction to large language models and its use in healthcare/ophthalmology. We will narrow down on ChatGPT and similar models to explain its use in clinical pra ...
  2. Optical Academy
    • Discussion workshop
    In our increasingly litigious society, one of the most stressful scenarios for a healthcare professional is receiving notification of a clinico-legal complaint against them. This may be civil litigati ...
  3. Optical Academy
    • Lecture
    A new generation of optical treatment has been designed to manage contrast levels at the retina to slow myopia progression. Eye growth and refractive development are visually guided processes, and man ...
  4. Optical Academy
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Join this session to build confidence in managing digital eye strain and presbyopia in everyday practice. The session will explore the clinical value of prescribing low adds for patients experiencing ...
  5. Optical Academy
    • Discussion workshop
    This interactive discussion workshop explores how multi-modal Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) – including OCT-A, wide-field imaging, high-resolution and anterior segment scans – supports modern opt ...
  6. Optical Academy
    • Discussion workshop
    Optometrists are often the first clinicians to assess patients with anterior uveitis, with an increasing number of independent prescribing (IP) optometrists managing these cases in primary care practi ...
Dispensing Workshop
  1. Dispensing Workshop
    • Peer review
    This peer review session will explore case scenarios involving patients who present to primary care with reduced vision and request support with everyday tasks. Participants will discuss how to carry ...
  2. Dispensing Workshop
    • Discussion workshop
    Following the spectacular spectacle success in the 2025 battle between spectacles and contact lenses, this discussion workshop will see these two optical solutions go back into the ring in a session a ...
    ABDO
  3. Dispensing Workshop
    • Peer review
    This peer review session will cover the importance of accurate record keeping from a clinical defence perspective, and a review of GOC standards in regards to record keeping. Delegates will be talked ...
  4. Dispensing Workshop
    • Discussion workshop
    This peer review will include three patient encounters, acted out in front of the registrants. For each case the patient will be in communication with a clinician in a setting outside of the examinati ...
    ABDO
  5. Dispensing Workshop
    • Lecture
    Every career journey is different. Hear Women in Vision UK members share the twists, turns, and lessons learned along their career paths, demonstrating that there’s no single ‘right’ route in optics, ...
AOP Lounge

 

In partnership with

AOP

  1. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    In the last five years alone, over 2,500 peer-reviewed articles have been published on myopia management, with significant contributions from journals such as Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Scien ...
  2. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    With some manufacturers stating first fit success in the region of 90% of new fits, this workshop will explore whether this is still relevant. By addressing many of the clinical and practical factors ...
  3. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    Getting started with orthokeratology can be daunting, but it doesn’t need to be. This session is designed for practitioners who are just starting their ortho-k journey and will cover everything from w ...
  4. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    With some manufacturers stating first fit success in the region of 90% of new fits, this workshop will explore whether this is still relevant. By addressing many of the clinical and practical factors ...
  5. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    Getting started with orthokeratology can be daunting, but it doesn’t need to be. This session is designed for practitioners who are just starting their ortho-k journey and will cover everything from w ...
  6. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    In the last five years alone, over 2,500 peer-reviewed articles have been published on myopia management, with significant contributions from journals such as Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Scien ...
Future Practice: Alcon


Hosted by

Alcon

  1. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Peer review
    This peer review session explores the clinical, professional, and practical considerations of same-day sign-offs for contact lens fittings. Using scenarios and guided discussion, participants will ref ...
  2. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Discussion workshop
    This session is designed to challenge common myths and misconceptions about soft toric contact lenses. We will take you through three real-world case studies, exploring the pitfalls of preconceptions, ...
  3. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Discussion workshop
    This workshop offers a space to reflect on where communication and trust can quietly break down within the contact lens journey. Whether it is the assumptions made between colleagues or the gap betwee ...
Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education

 

Sponsored by

Johnson & Johnson

  1. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
  2. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
  3. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
Specsavers: On-Stand Education


Sponsored by

Specsavers

  1. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Visual recognition test and discussion
    This interactive visual recognition and discussion session will offer insights into the importance of fundus image quality in the identification of a number of common conditions, including diabetic re ...
  2. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    This session explores the opportunities that are available to us as clinicians when we embrace further qualifications such as the Professional and Higher Cert in Glaucoma. We will discuss the benefit ...
  3. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    This session focusses on the importance of dual wear in practice and being able to confidently make recommendations based on lifestyle and hobbies. Both spectacles and contact lenses can have a signif ...
  4. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    An estimated 2 billion people have presbyopia and the burden from a lack of or suboptimal correction of presbyopia on productivity, lifestyle and health is evident across the world. Whilst we can’t he ...
OSA


Hosted by

OSA

  1. OSA
    • Discussion workshop
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming both everyday life and the future of eye care. This session will explore how AI is already shaping clinical decision-making, diagnostics, and patient inter ...
  2. OSA
    • Lecture
    This presentation explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence and wearable technology in modern eyecare. From AI-driven diagnostics to smart glasses and other eyecare wearables, emer ...
  3. OSA
    • Discussion workshop
    The TFOS DEWS III report encourages personalised dry eye management recommendations tailored to individual patient needs. This interactive session will explore how identifying key tear film biomarkers ...
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NewMedica On-Stand
  1. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Discussion workshop
    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK and with around 40,000 patients developing ‘wet’ AMD each year (NOD 2023) it is likely that primary care optometrist ...
  2. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Extended depth of focus (EDOF) lenses are becoming increasingly used as an alternative to traditional monofocal lenses during cataract surgery so it is important that community optometrists and dispen ...
  3. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Discussion workshop
    Studies from all over the world have indicated normal tension glaucoma (NTG) constitutes anywhere between 30% to 92% of primary open angle glaucoma cases. Without the flag of raised intraocular pressu ...
Main Stage
  1. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    This presentation explores Glaucoma UK's co-produced outreach work with African and Caribbean communities to raise awareness of glaucoma and promote early detection. It highlights how relationships we ...
  2. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Eye care is facing unprecedented pressures: rising cases of glaucoma and AMD, fragmented pathways and postcode lottery access. Patients are impacted by delays and uncertainties, while NHS ophthalmolog ...
  3. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Traditional measures of ametropia focus on the visual axis, yet ocular growth and refractive development occur in three dimensions. Two individuals may share identical on-axis refractions but differ m ...
Optical Academy

 

Hosted by

EssilorLuxottica

  1. Optical Academy
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Visual field tests are often disliked by patients (and practitioners!). This session will explore how to get the most out of visual fields, from the choice of test, to preparing the patient and analys ...
  2. Optical Academy
    • Peer review
    This peer review session offers the opportunity to explore and debate a range of clinical and ethical scenarios in small groups. Together with fellow specialty (AS/SP/IP) optometrists, you will reflec ...
  3. Optical Academy
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    This session is designed to inspire and equip optometrists with practical leadership and mindset strategies that directly improve patient care and team performance. It explores how the unique strength ...
Dispensing Workshop
  1. Dispensing Workshop
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is now a familiar feature of everyday practice. This session will give dispensing opticians a practical introduction to OCT, focusing on age-related macular degenera ...
  2. Dispensing Workshop
    • Peer review
    This session centres on making the best prescribing and dispensing recommendations through engaging, scenario-based discussions featuring well-known characters. Delegates will assess each character’s ...
  3. Dispensing Workshop
    • Demonstration and discussion workshop
    This session uses three case records to explore how practitioners can identify and respond to patients’ needs, wants, and expectations in everyday practice. Through discussion, delegates will consider ...
  4. Dispensing Workshop
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Evidence-based practice is a key driver for positive outcomes for patients, but what if some of the most practical evidence is closer than we think? This interactive session will demonstrate how every ...
  5. Dispensing Workshop
    • Discussion workshop
    Following the spectacular spectacle success in the 2025 battle between spectacles and contact lenses, this discussion workshop will see these two optical solutions go back into the ring in a session a ...
    ABDO
  6. Dispensing Workshop
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    How often do we show a patient a near vision test type and ask them if they can read a small print like N5, to be told “Well I can see it, but I wouldn’t want to read it for a long time”? This session ...
AOP Lounge

 

In partnership with

AOP

  1. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    This interactive discussion workshop will explore key moments in the contact lens journey of presbyopic patients, illustrating how small clinical decisions can serve as "sliding doors" moments, shapin ...
  2. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    Looking to boost your success with presbyopic patients, including those with astigmatism? This interactive peer review session will explore key strategies to maximise patient satisfaction with multifo ...
  3. AOP Lounge
    • Discussion workshop
    This interactive discussion workshop will explore key moments in the contact lens journey of presbyopic patients, illustrating how small clinical decisions can serve as "sliding doors" moments, shapin ...
  4. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    Looking to boost your success with presbyopic patients, including those with astigmatism? This interactive peer review session will explore key strategies to maximise patient satisfaction with multifo ...
  5. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    This peer review session offers the opportunity to explore and debate a range of clinical and ethical scenarios in small groups. Together with fellow optometrists and dispensing opticians, you will re ...
Future Practice: Alcon


Hosted by

Alcon

  1. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Discussion workshop
    This workshop offers a space to reflect on where communication and trust can quietly break down within the contact lens journey. Whether it is the assumptions made between colleagues or the gap betwee ...
  2. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Peer review
    This peer review session explores the clinical, professional, and practical considerations of same-day sign-offs for contact lens fittings. Using scenarios and guided discussion, participants will ref ...
  3. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Discussion workshop
    This session is designed to challenge common myths and misconceptions about soft toric contact lenses. We will take you through three real-world case studies, exploring the pitfalls of preconceptions, ...
Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education

 

Sponsored by

Johnson & Johnson

  1. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
  2. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
  3. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
Specsavers: On-Stand Education


Sponsored by

Specsavers

  1. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Peer review
    This session highlights the importance of prioritising mental health and well-being as an eye care professional to improve decision making and enhance patient outcomes. Research has identified unique ...
  2. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Peer review
    This session explores how we can lead the way in sustainable healthcare by reducing waste and improving patient outcomes. Through practical case studies, we’ll examine how climate change, including ri ...
  3. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    This session explores three cases involving anterior eye conditions, seen and managed in primary care. Delegates will discuss the investigations required to gather relevant diagnostic information, and ...
  4. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    This session explores the opportunities that are available to us as clinicians when we embrace further qualifications such as the Professional and Higher Cert in Glaucoma. We will discuss the benefit ...
OSA


Hosted by

OSA

  1. OSA
    TFOS DEWS III was published in 2025, providing clarity on the definition and diagnosis of dry eye disease. The drivers of dry eye were expanded, from just aqueous deficiency and evaporative subtypes, ...
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  2. OSA
    • Lecture
    This presentation explores the relationship between eyecare and hearing care, with a focus on the overlapping demographics of their patient populations. Vision and hearing loss often co-occur, particu ...
NewMedica On-Stand
  1. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Discussion workshop
    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK and with around 40,000 patients developing ‘wet’ AMD each year (NOD 2023) it is likely that primary care optometrist ...
  2. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Discussion workshop
    Studies from all over the world have indicated normal tension glaucoma (NTG) constitutes anywhere between 30% to 92% of primary open angle glaucoma cases. Without the flag of raised intraocular pressu ...
  3. NewMedica On-Stand
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Extended depth of focus (EDOF) lenses are becoming increasingly used as an alternative to traditional monofocal lenses during cataract surgery so it is important that community optometrists and dispen ...
Main Stage
  1. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Complaints don’t always arise from major errors. Often it’s the small things, like missed opportunities to listen or unclear communication, that escalate into formal disputes. This session will unpack ...
  2. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    This lecture will provide an overview of fitness to practise proceedings of the General Optical Council and consider the role that remediation can play in those investigations. The presentation will a ...
  3. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Our daily habits shape more than just our lifestyle, as they play a vital role in both overall wellbeing and ocular health. This lecture draws on behavioural science and wellbeing research to explore ...
  4. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Some of the most valuable clinical lessons aren’t found in textbooks, but they come from experience. This session shares practical tips drawn from real-life case studies that highlight those "if only ...
  5. Main Stage
    • Lecture
    Glaucoma remains one of the leading causes of irreversible vision loss, yet its detection and management continue to evolve rapidly. This lecture will revisit the definition and pathophysiology of gla ...
Optical Academy

 

Hosted by

EssilorLuxottica

  1. Optical Academy
    • Peer review
    This peer review session offers the opportunity to explore and debate a range of clinical and ethical scenarios in small groups. Together with fellow optometrists and dispensing opticians, you will re ...
  2. Optical Academy
    • Peer review
    Mental well-being is increasingly recognised as a vital aspect of professional practice within the optical sector. Unmanaged workplace stressors for optometrists and dispensing opticians can contribut ...
  3. Optical Academy
    • Lecture
    This lecture introduces the emerging use of light-based therapy as a non-invasive option for patients with cataract-related visual impairment. Early studies suggest that this approach could partially ...
  4. Optical Academy
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    This session introduces SeeAbility’s Special School Eye Care Service and explores why it plays such a vital role in improving access to eye care for children with learning disabilities and autism. Par ...
  5. Optical Academy
    • Peer review
    Swollen optic nerves present a diagnostic challenge in primary care. This peer review session will use straightforward case differentials based on age, gender, and presenting features to guide practit ...
Dispensing Workshop
  1. Dispensing Workshop
    • Discussion workshop
    This peer review will include three patient encounters, acted out in front of the registrants. For each case the patient will be in communication with a clinician in a setting outside of the examinati ...
    ABDO
  2. Dispensing Workshop
    • Peer review
    This peer review session offers the opportunity to explore and debate a range of clinical and ethical scenarios in small groups. Together with fellow optometrists and dispensing opticians, you will re ...
  3. Dispensing Workshop
    • Discussion workshop
    Following the spectacular spectacle success in the 2025 battle between spectacles and contact lenses, this discussion workshop will see these two optical solutions go back into the ring in a session a ...
    ABDO
  4. Dispensing Workshop
    • Lecture
    This lecture explores global prescribing trends in myopia management since 2015, drawing on survey data and practitioner insights. It highlights how attitudes toward myopia control have evolved, with ...
  5. Dispensing Workshop
    • Lecture with discussion workshop
    Effective communication is central to delivering truly person-centred care. This session explores how to carry out a thorough history and symptoms for patients with sight loss and other support needs ...
AOP Lounge

 

In partnership with

AOP

  1. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    This session explores the role of 200-degree ultra-widefield and OCT imaging in comprehensive retinal examinations, highlighting the clinical advantages of each modality. Through four detailed case st ...
  2. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    This session explores the role of 200-degree ultra-widefield and OCT imaging in comprehensive retinal examinations, highlighting the clinical advantages of each modality. Through four detailed case st ...
  3. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    This session explores the role of 200-degree ultra-widefield and OCT imaging in comprehensive retinal examinations, highlighting the clinical advantages of each modality. Through four detailed case st ...
  4. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
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  5. AOP Lounge
    • Peer review
    This session explores the role of 200-degree ultra-widefield and OCT imaging in comprehensive retinal examinations, highlighting the clinical advantages of each modality. Through four detailed case st ...
Future Practice: Alcon


Hosted by

Alcon

  1. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Discussion workshop
    This session is designed to challenge common myths and misconceptions about soft toric contact lenses. We will take you through three real-world case studies, exploring the pitfalls of preconceptions, ...
  2. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Discussion workshop
    This workshop offers a space to reflect on where communication and trust can quietly break down within the contact lens journey. Whether it is the assumptions made between colleagues or the gap betwee ...
  3. Future Practice: Alcon
    • Peer review
    This peer review session explores the clinical, professional, and practical considerations of same-day sign-offs for contact lens fittings. Using scenarios and guided discussion, participants will ref ...
Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education

 

Sponsored by

Johnson & Johnson

  1. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
  2. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
  3. Johnson & Johnson: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    Experience a cutting-edge mission that combines innovation and teamwork to perfect toric multifocal contact lens fitting. In this interactive, escape-room style session, you’ll use your clinical exper ...
Specsavers: On-Stand Education


Sponsored by

Specsavers

  1. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Visual recognition test and discussion
    This interactive visual recognition and discussion session will offer insights into the importance of fundus image quality in the identification of a number of common conditions, including diabetic re ...
  2. Specsavers: On-Stand Education
    • Discussion workshop
    An estimated 2 billion people have presbyopia and the burden from a lack of or suboptimal correction of presbyopia on productivity, lifestyle and health is evident across the world. Whilst we can’t he ...
OSA


Hosted by

OSA

  1. OSA
    Join Hanson Medical, in collaboration with ZEST from The Body Doctor, for an engaging session on the critical role of high-quality clinical imagery in dry eye management. This session will showcase ho ...
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