This year’s BIPOSA takes place
on Wednesday 01st – Friday03rd October, 2025
at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
BIPOSA’s charitable support
BIPOSA exists to advance education in the subject of eye conditions and diseases in children and in people with ocular motility problems for the public benefit. To encourage research and advance education the charity makes a variety of awards throughout the year to enable orthoptists, trainee doctors and early career researchers to undertake research and disseminate their results to a wider public
Presentation prizes
To enourage early career researchers, orthoptists, trainee doctors and medical students to undertake research into paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, BIPOSA is offering four free paper presentation awards of £500 each.
Abstracts accepted as a free paper will be considered for one of the presentation prizes on offer – there are two categories of prize: two for medics in training and two for early career orthoptists (5 years or less qualified) or early career non-medic researchers.
Please provide your qualifying details on the abstract submission form.
There will be four prizes (each value of £500) in the free paper sessions
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- Best Paediatric free papers (two prizes)
- Best Strabismus free paper (two prizes)
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There will be one prize (value of £250) awarded to the best rapid-fire paper
The Royal Society of Medicine Ocular Motility section awards a £250 cheque to the best strabismus oral presentation awarded to any grade
Poster prizes
This year we are offering e-posters only. There are no printed posters
We have prizes for the best eposters in the following categories:
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- case or case series
- scientific – audit, research
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The prizes are open to any applicant that submits and complies within the BIPOSA rules
All poster authors must be registered by 01st August 2025 to be included in the listing and programme and to be eligible for a prize
Squint Forum prize
The Royal Society of Medicine’s Squint Forum has kindly donated a prize to BIPOSA delegates
The prize is for the best strabismus free or strabismus rapid fire paper presented at the BIPOSA annual meeting. The prize is for £250 plus the opportunity to present the paper at the annual Squint Forum meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine
Abstract submission
Read our guidelines
Please ensure you have read the guidance before submitting an abstract as incorrect / incomplete submissions will be disgarded
Submit an abstract
Free paper and rapid fire presentations
Producing a good free paper presentation
Please check out our guidelines and submission details for presenting a free paper
Producing a good rapid fire presentation
Please check out our guidelines for presenting a rapid fire free paper
Posters
This year posters are all electronic posters. There are no paper posters. You must have bought a registration ticket for the meeting to show your e-poster and for it to be listed online and in the programme.
All poster authors must be registered by 01st August 2025 to be included in the listing and programme
Please check out our guidelines for producing a good e-poster
Bursaries and additional support
Supporting newly qualified / student orthoptists
BIPOSA supports student orthoptists and awards prizes to the top student nominated by their course tutor. This applies to the University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool, University of Glasgow and University of London
BIPOSA provides each prizewinning student with a free ticket to the meeting on Thursday & Friday PLUS an honorarium of £200 to go towards their travel / accommodation.