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ABDO announces dates for the ABDO Clinical Conference
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.
Report: Kabgayi International Ophthalmology Conference 2024
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.
The Retina International World Congress will take place in Dublin from June 5-8
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
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
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
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'.
100% Ophthalmology Programme Insights
We spoke to some of the Eye News family about their upcoming presentations at 100% Opthalmology, 24–26 February 2024, ExCeL London, UK.
CooperVision announces ‘Fresh Start’ the next phase of its ‘Fresh Thinking’ campaign at 100% Optical 2024
Leading manufacturer continues conversation with eyecare professionals on shaping the future of the contact lens patient fitting journey.
Orbis and FundamentalVR to talk at 100% Optical
The health care technology company teams up with the global non-profit to showcase how simulation, telemedicine and virtual reality (VR) are changing the landscape of cataract surgery education.
Don’t miss Optometry Tomorrow 2024
There is still time to register for the College of Optometrists’ flagship event, Optometry Tomorrow.
Inaugural IP education session hailed a hit
A pioneering session has brought together a group of independent prescribers to create content ‘for practitioners by practitioners’ for use in real world scenarios.
ABDO College and bookshop at 100% Optical
At 100% Optical, ABDO College will be offering attendees the chance to learn more about ABDO College courses, from the popular optical assistant course through to ophthalmic dispensing and contact lenses optician qualifications.
