Conference programme
Suitable for those returning to work or newly qualified optometrists
Sunday 19 March
1 LECTURE STREAM
SEMINAR STREAM
8am-9.15am
WORKSHOP STREAM 1
WORKSHOP STREAM 2
WORKSHOP STREAM 3
THERAPEUTICS STREAM
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SPONSOR STREAM 1
SPONSOR STREAM 2
Registration & trade exhibition
Registration & trade exhibition
9.15am-9.25am
Welcome
Welcome
9.25am-9.30am
Message from Topcon (platinum sponsor)
Message from Topcon (platinum sponsor)
9.35am-10.35am
Fishing for glaucoma modern strategies for detection Professor Rupert Bourne
When two eyes are better than one: BV in young children Dr J Margaret Woodhouse
1 10.40am-11.40am
OCT angiography
1 Systemic conditions and common medications taken by patients; a generalist’s viewpoint Dr Andrew Charley
1 11.40am-12.05pm 12.05pm-1.05pm
Smart contact lenses Jonathon Bench
1
3 SKILLS: Contact lenses for presbyopia: multifocal solution or multifaceted problem? 2
3
Corneal infections: the bad, the worse and the downright ugly Ed Farrant & Ankur Barua
SKILLS: Upside down, inside out: improving your volk skills 1 Sarah Dawson
3
3
1
Sponsored by Topcon
Are contact lenses materially different? Professor Philip Morgan
Low vision on the move: electronic video magnification devices Dr Robert Harper & Rachel Bambrick
Vitreo-macular interface pathology - a common cause of visual impairment Shahzad Shafquat
4.10pm-4.35pm
Digital device dispensing - debating the current implications of modern technology Andy Hepworth vs Sally Bates
SKILLS: The eye from every angle: gonioscopy for beginners 1 Adam Wannell
3
SKILLS: Going for gold: how to become a pro in the highest standard of IOP measurement 1 Imogen Hawthorne
1
1
SKILLS: Investigation or interrogation? A look at the art of history taking for differential diagnosis 1 Clair Bulpin
1
1
Essilor: Sunwear mini lab 1 (discussion workshop)
2
3
Thea Pharmaceuticals: Making the best recommendation for dry eyes (lecture)
1
Johnson & Johnson: Multifocal fitting made easy 1 (discussion workshop)
1
3
SKILLS: Investigation or interrogation? A look at the art of history taking for differential diagnosis 2 Clair Bulpin
3
1 Therapeutics clincial audit Kate Powell & Sonia Yong
DISCUSSION: Looking into the eyes of babes and children! 2 Catherine Viner
3
Topcon: How to make the most of my OCT for glaucoma detection (discussion workshop)
Interactive session 2 Topcon: The evolution of OCT imaging in primary care
1
CooperVision: #DigitalEyeFatigue - what 90% of your patients are not telling you (discussion workshop)
1
3
3
Johnson & Johnson: Multifocal fitting made easy
3
Optos: Introduction to integrating UWF into daily community practice, both clinically and commercially 2 (lecture)
Thea Pharmaceuticals: The ocular surface in glaucoma... the missing link to successful adherence? (lecture)
2
1
CooperVision: Silicone hydrogel lenses (discussion workshop)
3
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations
DISCUSSION: Integrating OCT into glaucoma assessment 2 Patrick Gunn
Gala dinner, The Vox
Non-surgical remedies for rational detachments in clinical decisions Dr Michael Johnson
Side effects of drugs for ocular use
DISCUSSION: Looking into the eyes of babes and children! 1 Catherine Viner
3
3
Sponsored by Topcon
Zeiss: Predicting the future? Using OCT and visual field progression analysis in glaucoma referral CooperVision: How to amaze your astigmats
Topcon: A new improved visual field test for the detection and management of glaucoma (lecture)
Lunch, trade exhibition & poster presentations
DISCUSSION: What’s new?: a review of blepharitis & MGD in practice 2 Sarah Farrant
Smoothing out a bumpy ride in oculoplastics: lid lumps and bumps, when to treat and when to refer Raj Das-Bhaumik
1
3
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations Diagnosing PVD vs RD - knock out with dynamic vitreous assessment Kam Balaggan
1 Interactive session 1
3
3
3
1
1
Optos: Introduction to integrating UWF into daily community practice, both clinically and commercially 1 (lecture)
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations
DISCUSSION: What’s new?: a review of blepharitis & MGD in practice 1 Sarah Farrant
1
Optegra Eye Health Care: Contemporary solutions for the surgical management of refractive error (lecture)
Periocular skin - seeing beyond the eye Dr Paula Beattie
SKILLS: Upside down, inside out: improving your volk skills 2 Sarah Dawson
Lunch, trade exhibition & poster presentations
1
Evening
DISCUSSION: Ethical dilemmas – what would you do? 2 Dr Susan Blakeney
DISCUSSION: Integrating OCT into glaucoma assessment 1 Patrick Gunn
1
4.35pm-5.35pm
3
1
Paediatrics Bal Manoj
1.05pm-2.05pm
3.10pm-4.10pm
SKILLS: Contact lenses for presbyopia: multifocal solution or multifaceted problem? 1
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations
Sponsored by Alcon
2.05pm-3.05pm
DISCUSSION: Ethical dilemmas – what would you do? 1 Dr Susan Blakeney
SPONSOR STREAM 3
SKILLS: The eye from every angle: gonioscopy for beginners 2 Adam Wannell
3
SKILLS: Going for gold: how to become a pro in the highest standard of IOP measurement 2 Imogen Hawthorne
3
3
Therapeutics peer review
Essilor: Sunwear mini lab 2 (discussion workshop)
3
3 Gala dinner, The Vox
Johnson & Johnson: Multifocal fitting made easy 2 (discussion workshop)
3
Avizor: Finding THE solution for your patients problem: topographical tear assessment & bespoke dry eye & contact lens solution prescribing 1 (skills workshop)
3