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ABDO announces dates for the ABDO Clinical Conference

15 April 2024 | optometry, optician, Dispensing, conference, events, UK, Paediatric, myopia, acute, eyecare

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has announced the dates for its second clinical conference. The ABDO clinical conference will take place on Sunday 6 and Monday 7 October at the ABDO National Resource Centre, Birmingham, providing two opportunities for members to attend.

The third #AspireOphth Competition is here!

12 April 2024 | #AspireOphth, competition, free book, giveaway, FRCOphth, Part 1, Sohaib Rufai, RCOphth2024, EyeConUK, conference, event, meeting, congress, RCO24

The RCOphth 2024 Annual Congress / #EyeConUK is coming up and you know what that means, we're teaming up again with Sohiab R Rufai for another #AspireOphth Competition!

Report: Kabgayi International Ophthalmology Conference 2024

27 March 2024 | events, international, congress, meeting, Africa, Rwanda, conference, report

My journey to Rwanda in April 2022 aimed to expand vitreoretinal services, but it also highlighted the need for robust scientific discourse, akin to the UK's ophthalmology culture, and so we seized the opportunity to plan an 'international' ophthalmology conference to coincide with a visit from five of my former UK consultant colleagues.

BCLA ASIA 2024 triumphantly takes place in Chengdu, China

22 March 2024 | BCLA, optometry, optometrist, Opticians, contact lens, conference, event, meeting

The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) marked an historic milestone with the successful staging of BCLA ASIA in mainland China.

The Retina International World Congress will take place in Dublin from June 5-8

22 March 2024 | retina, conferences, events, congress, fighting blindness, dublin, ireland

The Retina International World Congress hosted by Fighting Blindness will take place in Dublin, Ireland, from June 5-8.

Animal antics for children with vision impairment

20 March 2024 | RNIB, charity, children, young people, zoo, community, events, Shape and Share

Nine families with children with vision impairment got up to some animal antics at a mini zoo in Perth, thanks to the charity RNIB.

Understanding optical lab processes at 100% Optical

14 March 2024 | 100%, events, conferences, cpd, optometry, optician, contact, lens

Boosting understanding amongst the entire practice team about what happens in the optical lens manufacturing process was a keynote lecture which drew a packed audience to the OSA stand at 100% Optical.

In conversation with Vasuki Sivagnanavel at 100% Optical

11 March 2024 | 100%, conference, events, meetings, ahp, allied health professions, optometry, ophthalmology

At 100% Optical at the end of February, we were lucky enough to run into Vasuki Sivagnanavel, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at The Royal Eye Unit, Kingston Hospital, shortly after her presentation: 'Diagnostic insights with retinal ultra-widefield multimodal imaging - perspectives from an optometrist and ophthalmologist'.