AOT Annual Conference 2026

Key Information:

📍 Venue: Hilton Bournemouth
📅 Conference: 9:00-17:00, Friday 5th June 2026, £105

🍹Dinner: 19:00-00:00, Friday 5th June, £75
📅 Social: 11:00-19:00, Thursday 4th June 2026, £40

🎓 Join us for the AOT Annual Conference 2026, the flagship national meeting for ENT trainees across the UK, taking place at the Hilton Bournemouth on Friday 5th June 2026.

This trainee-led conference brings together doctors from foundation level to senior registrars, and welcomes medical students for a full day of inspiring talks, practical insights, and forward-looking discussions on surgery, training, innovation, and the future of ENT.

🍽️ The day will conclude with a 3-course black tie conference dinner, with a pre-conference social on Thursday 4th of June, offering excellent opportunities for networking and reconnecting with colleagues.

🎟️ Tickets are limited! Please secure your place early and join us in Bournemouth for an unmissable AOT event.

Challenges, opportunities and a positive vision

• Navigating the balance between service provision and professional development
• The evolving role of technology and AI in ENT training and surgical practice
• A perspective from the BRS President on how funding constraints have affected training and how the specialty can move forward
• An update from the SAC Chair on ISCP and curriculum changes, including challenges and opportunities to improve the trainee experience

• Practical workshops and talks covering Core Surgical Training, ST3 applications, FRCS preparation, and consultant appointments
• Subspecialty-focused sessions with practical advice on how to succeed and thrive across the full breadth of ENT

We welcome oral and poster abstracts from trainees at all levels, from medical students to post-CCT fellows. Abstracts are limited to 1,600 characters (~250 words) and will be peer-reviewed anonymously. Each author may submit up to two abstracts.
🚩Abstract submission link:AOT Annual Conference 2026 - Bournemouth – Fill in form

Categories:
Audit · QIP · Research · Service evaluation · Education / training

Subspecialties:
Head & neck · Rhinology · Otology · Paediatric ENT · Laryngology · Endocrine · Education · General (management & innovation)

⏰ Deadline: Midnight, Sunday 12 April
(Abstracts cannot be edited after submission.)

Three oral presentations (5 minutes + 2 minutes Q&A).
Prize: £250 for best oral presentation.

Please indicate whether you wish to be considered for oral only or oral and poster presentation.

All abstracts are considered for posters. Accepted posters should be printed A1 landscape (594 × 841 mm).
Prize: £150 for best poster.
We encourage eco-friendly printing where possible.

📧 Outcome notification: Sunday 19 April
Successful presenters must register for the conference.

Join us for a 3-course black-tie dinner at the Hilton Bournemouth following the conference, with live music entertainment after dinner.

Join us for a relaxed pre-conference social on Thursday 4 June (11:00–19:00), including crazy golf ⛳, zip-lining from Bournemouth Pier 🪂, fish and chips on the beach 🐟🍟, and more.

Step-free access, baby-changing facilities, and a dedicated breastfeeding/lactation room will be available, making this event suitable to attend as a Keeping in Touch (KIT) day during maternity leave.

The AOT Annual Conference 2026 is proudly sponsored by:

Golden Sponson: CAREBIT
Oticon · Karl Storz · Inomed · MED-EL

Info: The story of ENT Masterclass, is how a dream of ‘giving back’ to our specialty started as a small course in a district general hospital and managed to develop into a world-wide free educational platform, helping three generations of trainees in UK. Providing ‘free, quality education’ has been its ethos and today over 250 senior faculty members from 16 countries across 4 continents have been sharing their expertise via this multimedia platform free at the point of delivery for over 20 years.

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