BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition 2027

BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition 2027 takes place on 19–20 June 2027 at International Convention Centre (ICC) Birmingham, Birmingham. It is organised by British Contact Lens Association, and B2DB lists 49 sessions.

The BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition returns to the ICC Birmingham on 19–20 June 2027 as a special 50th anniversary edition, marking five decades of the British Contact Lens Association. The refreshed two-day programme is organised across five learning tracks (Application, Clinical, Cutting Edge and two Skills Development streams) and includes keynote presentations, research papers, workshops, the launch of BCLA CLEAR Astigmatism and an exhibition running alongside the conference.

Key facts

Agenda (49 sessions)

Day 1 — Saturday 19 June 2027

• Welcome and 50 years celebration 09:00–09:30 · Application Track
• 50 years BCLA where it started and how are we here? 09:30–10:00 · Application Track
• Co-care with cataract Sx 10:00–10:30 · Clinical Track
• Research Papers 10:00–11:00 · Cutting Edge Track
• 50 years for Contact Lens Anterior Eye Journal 10:00–10:30 · Application Track
• Picture tells 50 shades of diagnosis 10:30–11:00 · Clinical Track
• BCLA Astigmatism part - I 10:30–11:00 · Application Track
• Research Papers 11:30–13:00 · Cutting Edge Track
• BCLA Astigmatism part - II 11:30–12:00 · Application Track
• Dry eye - IP 11:30–12:00 · Clinical Track
• Sponsor session 12:00–12:30 · Application Track
• Dry eye - IP 12:00–12:30 · Clinical Track
• BCLA Astigmatism part - III 12:30–13:00 · Application Track
• Sponsor session 12:30–13:00 · Clinical Track
• Dry eye - IP 13:00–13:30 · Clinical Track
• BCLA Astigmatism part - III 13:00–13:30 · Application Track
• Keynote Presentation 14:00–15:00 · Application Track
• AI - what's next 15:30–16:30 · Application Track
• Speciality CL 15:30–16:00 · Clinical Track
• Research Papers 15:30–18:00 · Cutting Edge Track
• Speciality CL 16:00–16:30 · Clinical Track
• Speciality CL 16:30–17:00 · Clinical Track
• Speciality CL 17:00–17:30 · Clinical Track
• Speciality CL 17:30–18:00 · Clinical Track
• Irving Fatt Memorial Lecture 17:30–18:00 · Application Track
• BCLA Celebrates 19:00

Day 2 — Sunday 20 June 2027

• Keynote Presentation 09:00–10:00 · Application Track
• Best of British 10:00–10:30 · Application Track
• Myopia 10:00–10:30 · Clinical Track
• Research Papers 10:00–11:00 · Cutting Edge Track
• Sponsor session 10:30–11:00 · Application Track
• Myopia 10:30–11:00 · Clinical Track
• Myopia 11:30–12:00 · Clinical Track
• Soft hydrogel CL 50 years + 30 years of daily disposables 11:30–12:00 · Application Track
• Research Papers 11:30–13:00 · Cutting Edge Track
• Myopia 12:00–12:30 · Clinical Track
• Myopia 12:30–13:00 · Clinical Track
• Sponsor session 12:30–13:00 · Application Track
• Myopia 13:00–13:30 · Clinical Track
• BCLA medal address 2027 13:00–13:30 · Application Track
• Research Papers 14:00–15:00 · Cutting Edge Track
• Innovations and future directions - 5 mins rapid fires 14:00–15:00 · Clinical Track
• Research Papers 15:30–17:30 · Cutting Edge Track
• Business aspect - voice from Hi-street practice 15:30–16:00 · Clinical Track
• Optom - Opthal co-care aimed at future clinical care 15:30–16:00 · Application Track
• corneal ectasia - corneal rigids (decades 50 years) 16:00–16:30 · Clinical Track
• 50 shades of anterior eye Debates - 4 pairs for 1 hr 16:00–17:00 · Application Track
• BCLA Medal address 2025 17:00–17:30 · Application Track
• Prize giving and closing remarks, next conference 17:30–18:00 · Application Track

Organisers, sponsors and partners

Organiser (1)

British Contact Lens Association

Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.