Seminar bookings for 100% Optical, taking place at London’s Excel from 1st to 3rd March 2025, have been confirmed by the organisers in collaboration with the AOP, the event’s long standing education partner.
AOP priority bookings will be available on Monday 13th January 2025, followed by ABDO priority a week later on 20th January, ahead of all remaining sessions for registered visitors becoming available to book on Wednesday 22nd January.
To avoid double bookings and to ensure everyone has an opportunity to attend CPD sessions at the UK’s largest optical event, the organisers will be releasing additional seminars as well as capacity on the 10th of February and will hold back 20% capacity for walk-ins on the day, available on a first-come-first-served basis at the show.
The organisers of the free to attend show are working closely with its exhibitors and sponsors including Olleyes, Essilor International, Moorfields Private Eye Hospital, CHEC, Topcon, RetinAI, Mainline Instruments and Mainline Connections to curate a world-class education programme.
Approximately 7,000 seats are available featuring over 100 hours of CPD sessions across the education programme full of content that is led by the industry. With January 2025 marking the first year of a new CPD cycle, delegates have a high chance of fulfilling their education requirements at an early stage. 100% Optical will be offering 1-3 points across all sessions, with a mixture of discussion workshops, peer reviews and lectures.
Key themes this year include advanced imaging techniques, myopia management, artificial intelligence, contact lenses, dispensing, clinical decision making, glaucoma, and many more.
Highlights include:
Saturday
Main Stage, 11:45, Charles Kanavati and Yit Yang
Optical Academy, 13:00, Aneel Suri
Sunday
Main Stage, 14:15, Paul Morris, Giles Edmonds and Nishani Amerasinghe
Dispensing Workshop, 11:45, Dr Alicia Thompson and Max Halford
Monday
Main Stage, 10:30, Dr Michael Powner
CooperVision, 11:45, Nicky Latham
New themes being explored this year include ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence models for optometric practice, and Allyship in practice, as well as No Skin off My Eye – a dermatology drive-by for periocular skin.
Highlights for Ophthalmologists include:
Saturday: 16:45 – Mastering ophthalmic diagnostics: Practical tools, apps and tricks illustrated with unforgettable frontline cases with Iain Livingstone, Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Forth Valley
Sunday: 14:15 – Cataract surgery in the context of corneal disease: a roadmap to success with Masara Laginaf, Consultant Ophthalmologist, OCL Vision
Monday: 15:30 – New horizons in posterior segment treatment: photobiomodulation for dry AMD management with Professor Giuseppe Giannaccare, Ophthalmologist, University of Cagliari
Dr Ian Beasley, head of education at the AOP and OT clinical editor, said: “The education programme will offer more than 100 sessions across a variety of topics on areas of contemporary practice for all practitioner types.”
To register for 100% Optical for free visit, https://100percentoptical.reg.buzz/cab-op and for 100% Ophthalmology it’s https://100percentophthalmology.reg.buzz/cab-oph
