Meet the 2026 speakers | More to be announced very soon. Loading Prue Leith Broadcaster, author and culinary icon Adam Wylegała MD DM, Silesian Medical University Alis Sejourne Recruitment and Visibility Lead for Orthoptics, Barts Health NHS Trust Amardeep Bedi CEO and founder, Mastery Coaching Global Ameenat Lola Solebo Wellcome Fellow and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health / Great Ormond Street Hospital Amun Sachdev Consultant ophthalmologist, Wye Valley Hospital Trust Amy Baig Head of product, education & professional services, Nikon Lenswear UK Andy Miller Head of post-registration education, College of Optometrists Aneel Suri Principal contact lens optometrist and Principal cornea & external disease optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital Annaliese Dayes Catwalk Presenter Anthony Khawaja Professor of Ophthalmology and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Bartosz L. Sikorski MD, PhD, FEBO Ophthalmologist, Nicolaus Copernicus University Bhavik Parmar Head of CPD, Specsavers Bruce Allan Professor of Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery and Consultant Surgeon, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Bruce Evans Visiting Professor, City St George's, University of London Caitríona Shelley Medical and professional affairs manager, Scope Caroline Casey Global diversity, equity & inclusion board member, L'Oréal Cathy Egan Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, University College London Ceri Smith-Jaynes OT clinical multimedia editor, Association of Optometrists Charlotte Bell Myopia Consultant South, Hoya Vision Charlotte Timbury Director of medical and professional affairs, EssilorLuxottica Clare Pearce Director and Optometrist, Pearce & Blackmore Opticians Dame Mary Perkins Co-founder, Specsavers Daniel Barnes Founder, Pop Specs Daniel Green Senior dispensing and contact lens training manager, Specsavers Daniel Sibley Consultant eye surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital Darren Smith Chair, Herefordshire LOC David Robinson Accredited courses tutor and dispensing advancement manager, Specsavers Dean Dunning Head of qualifications, The Association of British Dispensing Opticians Dean Waugh Founder & Creative Director, Retail Experience Design Denise Voon Clinical adviser, College of Optometrists Dr Peter Pham Founder and CEO, Zocular Dr Peter Thomas Chief clinical information officer and director of digital development, Moorfields Eye Hospital Eduard Shantsila Head of Department of Primary Care and Mental Health, University of Liverpool Efa Schmidt Lawyer - Head of clinical negligence, Association of Optometrists Eleanor Curzon Barrister, 23ES Elizabeth Lumb Director of global professional affairs, Coopervision Eluned Creighton-Sims Independent clinical educator, Excelsior Optical Education Emanuel Trucco NRP Chaire of Computational Vision in Computing, School of Science and Engineering, University Of Dundee Eve Lambert Professional affairs consultant, Coopervision Farah Topia Clinical and regulatory adviser, Association of Optometrists Fflur Roberts Global insights manager luxury goods, Euromonitor International Fiona Rowe Professor of Orthoptics, University of Liverpool Francesca Blackmore Director And Practice Manager, Pearce & Blackmore Opticians Garry Kousoulou Managing Director, Loving Social Media Gerard Ainsworth Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner, Newmedica Gheorghita Suta Senior consultant ophthalmologist, Hospital CFR Timisoara Giancarlo Montani Optometrist, University of Salento Giles Edmonds Clinical Services Director, Specsavers Grace Downes Head of marketing, MONDOTTICA Grant Duncan Director of professional development, Specsavers Harminder Singh Dua, CBE Consultant Ophthalmologist and Professor of Ophthalmology, Nottingham University Hayley Brunsden Founder, CBTR Opticians Helen Curran Dispensing optician, Specsavers Husain Khaki Heart Eye Diagnostics Limited Ian Beasley Head of education, Association of Optometrists Indie Grewal Professional services consultant in myopia management, Coopervision James S Wolffsohn Professor of optometry, Aston University Jane Galpin Style Consultant, Prue Leith Ltd Jane Macnaughton Specialist optometrist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Jasleen K Jolly Associate Professor in Vision Science, Jolly Vision Science Limited Jason Halsey Product and training manager, Rodenstock (UK) Jason Higginbotham Consultant optometrist, OPTOPOL Technology / BiB Jason Kirk CEO, Kirk and Kirk Jayne Abel Co-founder & CEO, Eyespace Jigna Teli Optometrist and Director, Linklater & Warren Joe Scott Retinal product specialist, Mainline Instruments John White Director of communications and external affairs, Association of Optometrists Jonny Girling Communications consultant specialising in campaigning and advocacy, Association of Optometrists Josh Richards Communications consultant and former parliamentary aide, Association of Optometrists Julie Walker-Morecroft Head of Marketing Karan Vyas Specialist optometrist and optometrist engagement lead, Newmedica Karl Jeebaun Founder and CEO, AOS Kevin Gutsell Dispensing optician, The Association of British Dispensing Opticians Kez Latham Professor of optometry, Anglia Ruskin University Kirsteen Newman Head of dispensing development, Specsavers Kishan Devraj Optometrist and founder, Clinician People Lance Campbell Eye care champion, London Lindsay Rountree Assistant Professor, University of Bradford Liz Stephenson Head of employment, Association of Optometrists Lizzie Bartlam Teaching Fellow, Aston University Lorcan Butler Optometrist/ Optical engagement manager, The Brain Tumour Charity Louise Gow Head of eye health, optometry and low vision, RNIB Madyan Qureshi Consultant Ophthalmologist, Practice Plus Group Hospitals Malvi Patel Clinical lead optometrist, SeeAbility Mandy Davidson Optometrist & Medical & Professional Affairs Manager, Scope Ophthalmics Marie-Therese Hall Optometrist & professional affairs consultant, Johnson & Johnson Martyn Howlett Senior dispensing optician, SeeAbility Matthew Chan Optometrist, Bristol Eye Hospital Max Halford Clinical and policy director, The Association of British Dispensing Opticians Megan Vaughan Melanie McDowall Contact lens optician & professional affairs consultant, Johnson & Johnson Michael Bowen Director of knowledge and research, The College of Optometrists Michelle Beach Optometrist director, Park Vision Mike Horler Clinical performance consultant, Specsavers Mohamed Kasmani Optometrist, Feltham Eyecare Centre Monica Duggal Professional education and development manager, Alcon Nancy Gries Chair, OWA International Expansion Committee Natasha Cazin Global insights manager: eyewear, Euromonitor International Neelam Patel Optometrist & professional affairs consultant, Johnson & Johnson Neil Donnelly Optometrist and owner, Eyelines Opticians Neil Retallic Head of optometry development, Specsavers Niall Strang Professor of vision sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University Nicky Latham Professional affairs lead for myopia management, Coopervision Nicola Bennett Head of Clinical Education, Keeler, Co-host of the Dry Eye & Menopause education series created by Keeler & Scope Nigel Kirkpatrick Consultant ophthalmologist, Newmedica Niraj Shah Leonardo Vision Care specialist, EssilorLuxottica Pallavi Tyagi Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner, Newmedica Paramdeep Bilkhu Clinical adviser, The College of Optometrists Paul Chapman-Hatchett Clinical advisor, Optical Consumer Complaints Service Paul Morris Director of professional advancement, Specsavers Pearse Keane Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital Peter Black CPD advisor, AIO Vision Ltd - The Association for Independent Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Peter Greedy Senior consultant, Peter Greedy Associates Peter Hampson Clinical and policy director, Association of Optometrists Peter Shah Consultant ophthalmic surgeon, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Preeti Singla Optometry and low vision engagement manager, RNIB Pretty Basra CEO, Mental Fitness Academy Priya Kakkad Optometrist & professional services associate, ZEISS Vision UK Priya Udani Ophthalmologist with special interest in oculoplastics and dry eye, Aesthetic Visual Result LTD Professor Konstantinos Balaskas Medical director, ophthalmology, Practice Plus Group Hospitals Professor Nicola Logan Professor of optometry, Aston University Professor Yit Yang Consultant ophthalmologist and retinal specialist, Practice Plus Group Hospitals Qasim Mansoor Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner, Newmedica Rebecca Thompson Eyewear strategist and dispensing optician, Eye Style Journal Ricardo Peixoto Consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Newmedica Richard Spencer Director, Burghart Vision Care Rupal Morjaria Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner, Newmedica Rupert Bourne Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Health at the Vision and Eye Research Institute, Anglia Ruskin University Sachin Patel Optometrist and owner, Safarian and Simon Opticians Sameen Qayyum Leonardo Vision Care training expert, EssilorLuxottica Sana Hamid Consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Sarah Morgan Communication specialist & staff development consultant, Eyecommunicate Sayantan Biswas Lecturer, Aston University Scott Mackie Director, Mackie Opticians part of the Hakim Group Scott Vallance Head of Ophthalmic Vision & Science, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT Serena Box Head of media, PR and external affairs, Association of Optometrists Sharmina Khan Consultant Ophthalmologist, Sharmina Khan Eye Clinic & Moorfields Eye Hospital Sheena Tanna-Shah Optometrist, Inspiring Success Sheila Luk Ophthalmic Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Lecturer, Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Brunel Medical School Simon Jones Editor of Optician, Founder of Eyes on Sustainability Sundeep Deol Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner, Newmedica Tammie Loughlin Director, Loughlin’s Optics Tony Burke UK Manager, Blueworks Vikesh Chauhan Clinical lead optometrist, Edmonds & Slatter Opticians Vishal Gohil Professional education and development manager, Alcon Wen Hwa Lee CEO, Foresight Research Ltd. and Action Against AMS Yasmin Whayeb Research optometrist, Aston University Yiyuan Chen Chief scientist, Edinburgh Biosciences Ltd