Belfast Eye Conference 2025
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November
This two day conference is for anyone, aimed in particular at medical, optometry and orthoptics students, early career doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals and scientists and anyone else interested in ophthalmology, optometry and visual science research.
Saturday 15th November – Sunday 16th November 2025
Online and free to attend!
Hosted by Doctors Academy
Presented by Queen's University Belfast
“This course will be excellent, offering a variety of clinical and scientific subjects, delivered by experts. It should be an inspiring highlight of autumn!”
Prof Michael Williams
Course details
The Belfast Eye Conference aims, for one weekend, to bring together those who are fascinated by clinical ophthalmology and vision related research around the world.
The conference will provide the stage for a set of speakers who will give broad and varied perspectives on eye related disease. You will hear clinically informative talks from Consultant Ophthalmologists who will discuss topics relating to their sub-specialty, and hear from other members of the multi-disciplinary team. And on Sunday, we are excited to showcase cutting edge vision related research.
Belfast Eye Conference will also provide a platform for delegates – you! - to showcase your research, in oral and poster formats. (See below for more details)
Location: Online via Doctors Academy
Time: Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November
Booking details
To register for the event please visit the registration page hosted by Doctors Academy
Deadline for registration: 5pm GMT, Wednesday 12th November
Delegates will be emailed a link to the conference. A detailed conference programme and abstract book will be made available on our website in advance of the conference.
Abstract submission
Belfast Eye Conference is an ideal opportunity for you to disseminate your ophthalmology related research or interesting case to the world!
Submissions are welcome for either poster display during the conference, and if you want your abstract can be considered for a 7-minute oral presentation on Sunday afternoon.
To submit an abstract, please visit the online submission form
Abstract submission deadline: 5pm GMT, Friday 10th October. None will be accepted after this time.
Provisional Programme (subject to minor change)
Saturday 15th Nov
| Time | Event | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 10.00 - 10.05 | Welcome | Prof M Williams and Dr P McCullough |
| 10.05 - 10.40 | Ocular Imaging | Prof M Williams |
| 10.40 - 11.10 | Paediatric Ophthalmology | Ms K Shirley, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 11.10 - 11.30 | Myopia | Dr L Doyle, Hospital Optometrist |
| 11.30 - 11.40 | Break | |
| 11.40 - 12.10 | Oculoplastics | Mr S Kamalaraja, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 12.10 - 12.40 | Macular Degeneration | Ms T Moutray, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 12.40 - 13.10 | Neuro-ophthalmology | Ms J Best, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 13.10 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Ocular Trauma | Ms K McGinnity, Specialist Trainee, Ophthalmology |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Cataract | Mr J Bonnar, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Glaucoma | To be confirmed |
Sunday 16th Nov
| Time | Event | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 10.00 - 10.05 | Welcome | - |
| 10.05 - 10.30 | Diabetic Eye Disease | Prof T Peto, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Vitreo-retinal | Mr M Upendran, Consultant Ophthalmologist |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Translational ophthalmology to tackle AMD | Prof I Lengyel, QUB |
| 11.30 - 11.40 | Break | |
| 11.40 - 12.10 | The retinal neurovascular complex: visualising what it does | Prof T Curtis, QUB |
| 12.10 - 12.40 | The Eye in Dementia | Dr L Csincsik, QUB |
| 12.40 - 13.00 | My MSc in Ophthalmology and Vision Science | Ms A Quah, Med Student, QUB |
| 12.40 - 14.00 | Lunch and attendees’ poster viewing | |
| 14.00 onwards | Students’ talks | |
| 16.00 - end | Close | |
Archive material: BEC Posters 2021
In the meantime, please have a look at our fantastic ePoster presentations from BEC21.
What delegates said about BEC 2021
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Christina, medical student
“Really enjoyed the talks, there are not many ophthalmology based conferences suitable for undergraduate level students, so thank you very much!”
- Owen, medical student
“Great opportunity for undergraduates to get experience with conferences/presenting posters.”
- Aleena, junior doctor
“Hearing about current research from the leading professors was fantastic. The conference was not only extremely educational but has motivated me to seek more research opportunities locally.”
- Hatim, junior doctor
“Absolutely the best conference that I have ever participated in! The structure of day 1 being more "teaching based" and day 2 being more "research based" worked extremely well. All of the speakers were hugely engaging. The three organisers (Philip, Dr Williams and Dr. Khan) were very professional and helped the speakers keep to timing. Their prompts in the chat box also encouraged me to participate in the discussions a bit more. Really inspiring conference, would highly recommend to anyone who's thinking about going into ophthalmology, and even to those who are not!”
- Marjorie, junior doctor
“Very well organised, insightful conference! I'll definitely recommend it to everyone with an interest in ophthalmology and vision science.”
Contact details
Please forward any questions to belfasteyeconference@qub.ac.uk
Conference Directors
| Mr Philip McCullough | Prof Michael Williams |
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| pmccullough17@qub.ac.uk | m.williams@qub.ac.uk |