*NEW* Sight Care Group Annual Conference
Retail consultant Clare Rayner, the Retail Champion, joins the speaker line-up for this year’s Sight Care Group conference, a one-day event on business issues for independent practitioners. The date is Monday 27 February. The venue is the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. And the theme? Dare to be different! READ FULL DETAILS
*NEW* SECO 2012
SECO 2012 is The Education Destination, a programme of education, exhibits and events designed to help eye care professionals and their staff expand their scope of practice. The Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta will host this year’s event, which runs from 29 February - 4 March. LEARN MORE
*NEW* Netherlands Contact Lens Congress
British researchers Dr Philip Morgan and Professor James Wolffsohn will be among the line-up of speakers for Holland’s biennial contact lens conference. NCC2012 is a two-day, triple-track congress on the theme ‘Getting in control’ and will be held at the NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven on 11-12 March. FIND OUT HOW TO REGISTER
*NEW* World Glaucoma Week
Organising a screening event, giving a lecture to a patient support group or issuing a press release for local media are just some of the ideas for marking World Glaucoma Week, which takes place from 11-17 March. Visit the website or read THE VISION CARE INSTITUTE® article on ‘Beyond the Consulting Room’ and be inspired! MORE DETAILS OF WGW2012READ HOW TO PROMOTE EYE CARE AND EYE HEALTH IN YOUR PRACTICE
*NEW* No Smoking Day
No Smoking Day and the British Heart Foundation have joined forces to invite smokers to ‘Take the Leap’ this year and quit smoking on 14 March. Health professionals are invited to take part by planning a No Smoking Day activity. Visit the website for creative ideas for your campaign. TAKE THE LEAP
*NEW* Optometry Tomorrow 2012, Brighton
Professor David Henson will deliver the 2012 keynote address, the Charter Lecture, at the College of Optometrists’ annual conference, Optometry Tomorrow. Five streams of lectures, seminars and workshops plus a full social programme run over the two days of the conference, at The Brighton Centre on 18-19 March. ACCESS THE FULL PROGRAMME
*NEW* European Academy 2012, Dublin
The Irish capital will play host to Europe’s educators and researchers as the European Academy of Optometry and Optics gathers at the Croke Park Conference Centre and Dublin Institute of Technology from 20-22 April. This conference is also of interest to professionals and students from optics, optometry and vision science. FIND OUT MORE
*NEW* WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands campaign
The World Health Organisation runs one of two annual campaigns on the importance of hand hygiene in health care and offers useful resources to support its campaign. This year’s focus is on and around 5 May. Why not download THE VISION CARE INSTITUTE® poster promoting hand hygiene to display in your practice.
THE VISION CARE INSTITUTE® runs a course helping practitioners get hands-on education about Health Eyes and Healthy Practices – book your place on-line!ACCESS WHO RESOURCES
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*NEW* ARVO 2012, Fort Lauderdale
ARVO is the world’s largest gathering of international eye and vision researchers and this year takes place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 6-10 May. ‘Translational research: seeing the possibilities’ is the theme, bridging the gap between scientific discoveries and the treatment of vision disorders.MORE INFORMATION
*NEW* EFCLIN 2012
Industry body EFCLIN’s Annual Congress and Exhibition provides a forum for international contact lens and IOL manufacturers and suppliers to meet and exchange ideas. Budapest, Hungary is the chosen venue for the 2012 EFCLIN congress, now in its 39th year. The dates for your diary are 10-12 May. FIND OUT MORE
*NEW* BCLA 2012
In this Olympic year, ‘Competing for excellence’ is the sporting theme for the British Contact Lens Association’s 36th Clinical Conference and Exhibition. A new venue – the ICC in Birmingham city centre – and new features are set to make this year’s event even more successful than ever. Be there from 24-27 May or miss out! RESERVE YOUR PLACE
*NEW* National Eye Health Week
Eye care charities, organisations and health professionals from across the UK will join together to promote the importance of eye health and regular sight tests during National Eye Health Week (11-15 June). The Vision UK 2012 Conference, hosted by the RNIB, takes place in London on 12 June to coincide with the week’s events. FIND OUT HOW TO SUPPORT NATIONAL EYE HEALTH WEEKDISCOVER MORE ABOUT VISION UK 2012
