Ticket prices

Ticket type

One-day ticket

  Two-day ticket 

50% early bird

Full rate

50% early bird

Full rate

College member

£135

£270

£185

£370

Newly-qualified member (since July 2018) 

£125

£250

£175

£350

Student/pre-reg trainee1 member

-

£85

-

£135

Non-member

-

£480

-

£520

Additional workshops 

£30

Peer review for one-day ticket holders

£30

Ticket conditions

Conference tickets are VAT exempt. 

  1. To qualify for the student/pre-reg trainee ticket you must, at the time of the event, be an undergraduate student undertaking a degree course in optometry from a UK university approved by the GOC OR an EU student completing a conversion course at a UK university approved by the GOC OR an enrolled pre-registration trainee. You must also be registered as a Student Optometrist with the GOC.
  2. Non-members and students (UK full-time student)/pre-registration trainees cannot purchase workshops or peer review sessions.
  3. Students (UK full-time student)/pre-registration trainees cannot attend sponsor sessions. 
  4. Member and newly-qualified member two-day ticket holders are entitled to one complimentary workshop place and can purchase up to an additional three workshop places (where spaces are available). 
  5. Member and newly-qualified member one-day tickets holders can purchase up to two workshop places and Monday ticket holders can purchase one peer review place (where spaces are available).
  6. To be eligible for the College member rate, you must be a member of the College at the time of the event.

Conference fee deadlines

  • The 50% early bird rate is available until midnight on Friday 6 May 2022.
  • The full rate comes into effect on Saturday 7 May 2022.