Abstracts

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT BY 5PM on FRIDAY 25 JULY (BST)

We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for this year’s BCOVS (British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science) conference on the 1-2 September 2025. The conference brings together researchers from across the fields of optometry, orthoptics, ophthalmology, vision science, and psychology. Open to vision researchers at all stages of their careers, BCOVS especially welcomes submissions from PhD students and early-career researchers.

If you wish to contribute to the conference programme, we invite you to submit your abstracts.

We are looking for submissions for research talks and posters, particularly from early-career and PhD students, but everyone is welcome to submit. This call is also open to undergraduate students who have completed a project (providing their supervisor agrees) and we would like to encourage clinicians and teaching staff to also submit clinical or educational/pedagogic abstracts.

Abstract submission deadline extended

Great news: the abstract submission deadline for BCOVS 2025 has been extended to 25 July 2025! 🎉

This gives you a bit more time to polish your work and be part of this vibrant event. Don’t miss the opportunity to join us here in Glasgow and to connect with fellow vision researchers.

Please email your abstract in Word format to bcovs@gcu.ac.uk; please ensure that you include ‘BCOVS 2025 abstract submission’ in your email header.

👉 Don’t wait, submit your abstract and be part of BCOVS 2025!

We look forward to welcoming you in September.

All abstracts will be reviewed in order to promote fairness and equality amongst the submissions.

Abstract guidelines
Please follow this guidance when developing your abstract.

Structure: Please include the following section: Title, Authors (incl. affiliations), Aims/Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions

Word count: Please do not exceed 250 words

Submission: Please email your abstract in Word format to bcovs@gcu.ac.uk; please ensure that you include ‘BCOVS 2025 abstract submission’ in your email header.

In your submission email, please indicate your preference for poster or talk. (Please note that we cannot guarantee all presenters their preferred mode of presentation.) The final decision on mode of presentation will be made by the Organising Committee.

The submitting author is required to ensure that all co-authors are aware of the content of the abstract before submission.

The presenting author must be registered to attend BCOVS, and attend the conference, or the abstract will be withdrawn. Should first author attendance not be possible please notify the Organising Committee in advance using bcovs@gcu.ac.uk.

Publication of abstracts in OPO: Abstracts presented at the conference will be published as an online supplement to Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (OPO), unless you opt-out. Note that abstracts previously published will not be accepted.

There will be prizes for the best talk and best poster!

Best of luck with your submission.

If you have any questions, please email bcovs@gcu.ac.uk

Key dates

1 June               Abstract submission opens

25 July              Abstract submission closes

1 Aug               Author notification sent to first authors

1-2 Sep           Conference taking place