NIOS Annual Conference - Ballycastle

19th – 21st September 2025

Programme

Friday 19th

Golf: Contact Sylvia Watt for more details

Saturday 20^th September

8.45am – 9.15am: Registration & Networking / Exhibitors

9.15am – 10.15am: Mr David Lockington FRCOphth PhD

‘IP Optometrists’ – Armed and Dangerous’

(3 CPD points OO/IP Speciality Peer Discussion Workshop)

10.15am – 11.15am: Mr David Lockington FRCOphth PhD

‘Not Just Another Dry Eye’

(3 CPD points OO/DO/IP Speciality Discussion Workshop)

Coffee / Tea / Exhibition Break

11.45pm – 12.00pm: Haag Streit EyeSi / Biometer / 3D Slit Lamp Introduction

12.00pm – 12.45pm: (Option 1) * allocated groups assigned on registration

EyeSi Simulator Discovery Clinical Cases [Session Lead – Mr David Lockington)

(2 CPD points OO/IP Speciality Peer Discussion Workshop)

12.00pm – 12.45pm: (Option 2) *allocated groups assigned on registration

Interactive Foreign Body Workshop with 3D Slit Lamp [Session Lead – Michael Foster]

(2 CPD points OO/IP Speciality Skills Workshop)

12.45pm – 1.45pm : Elizabeth Yeowart-Montgomery – Essilor Luxottica

‘The Long and the Short of Myopia Management’

(3 CPD points OO/DO Discussion workshop)

Lunch & Exhibition - Session Close

Sunday 21^st September

9.00am – 9.30am: Registration & Networking / Exhibitors

9.30am – 10.30am: Dr Kathy Morrison NHS Scotland

‘Pathways, Prescribing and Possibilities’

(3 CPD points OO/IP Speciality Discussion Workshop)

10.30am – 11.15am: (Option 1) * allocated groups assigned on registration / Session repeat

EyeSi Simulator Discovery Clinical Cases [Session Lead – Dr Kathy Morrison]

(2 CPD points OO/IP Speciality Peer Discussion Workshop)

10.30am – 11.15am: (Option 2) *allocated groups assigned on registration / Session repeat

Interactive Foreign Body Workshop with 3D Slit Lamp [Session Lead – NIOS]

(2 CPD points OO/IP Speciality Skills Workshop)

Coffee / Tea / Exhibition Break

11.45am - 12.00pm: ONI Update (Chair - Brian McKeown)

12.00pm – 13.00pm: Mr Stephen Harding – ABDO / Hoya

‘On the Plus Side’

(3 CPD points OO/DO Discussion Workshop)

Thanks & Conference Close

Prices

Golf & dinner - £50 

Dinner only - £25

Saturday lunch - £10

Gala dinner £40 pp (Black Tie)

(CPD NIOS members) FREE

(CPD) NON-NIOS Members - £50 per day

Tennis - free (Saturday afternoon)

Kids under 16 - free