The must-attend clinical event for all UK optometrists
8 - 9 March 2015 The Brighton Centre
Earn up to 15 interactive CET points!
Discounted tickets
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The College of Optometrists’ annual conference and trade exhibition
Topical subjects, leading experts, latest developments and networking with peers – all under one roof Optometry Tomorrow has established itself as one of the UK’s leading optometric events. The 2014 event was our most successful to date, with over 700 delegates. In 2015, we will deliver more clinical content, giving you skills, knowledge and tips to take back into practice, as well as those vital interactive CET points. The packed programme will feature:
• skills and discussion workshops • peer discussion sessions • lectures and seminars on clinical topics • a therapeutics stream, including an independent prescribing peer discussion session • a trade exhibition where you can learn about innovative product developments • the chance to discuss the latest research with clinical and academic experts • sessions on OCT, paediatrics, AMD, low vision and dry eye • the chance to earn up to 15 interactive CET points over two days • interactive CET sessions with exhibitors.
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Meet your CET requirements at Optometry Tomorrow 2015
Are you on track to meet your CET requirements before this cycle ends? Between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2015, you must have:
• gained 36 general CET points • gained a minimum of six points each year • ensured at least 18 of the points have been achieved through interactive CET • ensured at least one point was obtained for participation in a peer review or peer discussion • ensured that points were gained in each optometry competency unit (pictured below). There are additional requirements for therapeutic specialist optometrists, which include participation in at least one peer review or peer discussion using therapeutics cases, and 18 additional therapeutics speciality CET points.
Competencies for optometrists
Delegates with a two-day ticket could earn up to 15 interactive CET points, helping you on your way to meeting, or exceeding, your requirements for this cycle. Therapeutics stream We are proud to present a dedicated, one-day therapeutics stream, when hot topics including glaucoma drugs, red eye and uveitis will be discussed. These seminars are designed especially for those who need to meet the therapeutics competency requirements. Although aimed at those with the therapeutics qualification, the sessions are open to all delegates. This stream also includes a therapeutics peer discussion session for IP-qualified optometrists only, to help you meet your peer review requirements for this cycle.
Competencies for therapeutic optometrists
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Programme highlights Lectures
Workshops
Sessions include: • AMD • Inflamed eyes – the serious ones • How to catch glaucoma and how not to get caught out • Myopia and soft contact lenses; changing the optometrist’s role, from correcting to treating.
Sessions include: • Interpretation of optical coherence tomography • Honey I refracted the kids • Wet or dry? Don’t let AMD make you cry! • Fundus photography; should I refer this case?
Seminars
Therapeutics stream
Sessions include: • Why and when: corneal collagen crosslinking with case examples • How to avoid soup on toast: the latest rehabilitation strategies in visual impairment • Inflammation and allergy; understand the first, understand the second • Can’t see, won’t see – investigating patients with unconvincing loss of vision.
Sessions include: • Has Britain got talent in diagnosing glaucoma? • The redder the better - the view from an IP-optometrist and an ophthalmologist on red eye cases • Working in the community with IP.
Interactive session Delegates will spend 30 minutes with two exhibitors, Topcon and Carl Zeiss, at their stands as part of an hour-long educational CET session on keratoconus and glaucoma.
*If you are IP-qualified we welcome you to attend the entire therapeutics stream, but please call Sammi Kwok on +44 (0)20 7766 4377 to book your place onto all sessions.
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George Giles Memorial Lecture: What you don’t see can hurt you – vision and driving Professor Joanne Wood MCOptom
Summary
Professor Joanne Wood Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Most developed countries set visual standards for driving eligibility, with visual acuity and visual fields being the most prevalent vision standards worldwide. While previous research has failed to show that increased crash rates are associated with reduced vision, more recent evidence supports a strong relationship between driving performance and functional vision measures. This lecture will provide a current and comprehensive overview of the relevant research in this area, and discuss their implications with respect to optometrists assessing a patient’s visual fitness for driving and providing relevant advice.
The lecture will discuss why vision is important for driving, and will bring together material from research literature, including data from research undertaken by Professor Wood about the relationship between vision and driving. These findings will be related to the practical issues regarding vision testing for licensing and assessing fitness to drive with emphasis on the critical role of the optometrist. Biography Joanne Wood is a Professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science and the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and has research expertise spanning a number of key areas. Joanne graduated with first class honours in optometry from Aston University and spent two years in optometric practice before returning to Aston University to complete a PhD in automated visual field investigation. Her PhD was followed by a Post Doctoral fellowship in clinical psychophysics at Oxford University. She then joined the School of Optometry at QUT in Brisbane, Australia in 1989 as a Post Doctoral Fellow and currently holds the position of Professor in the School.
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New linked topics for 2015
More skills workshops than in 2014
Learning paths
Glaucoma
Optometry Tomorrow will teach you new skills and knowledge that can help you in everyday practice. See the full conference programme on pages 8-11 to choose the sessions you wouldn’t want to miss.
If you want to improve your knowledge on how to diagnose, refer, treat and manage glaucoma then look no further than the glaucoma sessions we have on offer. You can hear from glaucoma experts on current treatment options, find out the latest research on how a patient sees with glaucoma, learn how to manage different glaucoma cases and update your skills on contact tonometry and gonioscopy.
The conference programme covers a broad range of clinical topics, giving you many opportunities to update your skills and knowledge on topics such as paediatrics, contact lenses, red eye, glaucoma, tumours, dispensing, and low vision. New for 2015, we have identified linked topics to guide you through sessions on particular areas of interest to help maximise learning opportunities. Some of the key topic areas on the programme are detailed here.
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Paediatrics We have sessions that will help you improve your confidence in managing and treating children. Sessions include how to diagnose children, deal with children who claim not to be able to see, how to manage amblyopia and how to refine your cycloplegic and refraction techniques.
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Contact lenses Do you want to perfect your skills on how to fit multifocal lenses, how to manage orthokeratology patients, and how to manage allergies in contact lens wearers, as well as hear an update on recent innovations in contact lenses? If so, our contact lens sessions will be ideal for you. The impact of lifestyle on vision Learn more about how diet, supplements, and the effects of UV and smoking can have an impact on vision. You will also be able to improve your skills in communicating healthy lifestyle messages to patients. In addition, get the latest update on the links between vision and falls and vision and driving.
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Conference programme Sunday 8 March LECTURE STREAM
SEMINAR STREAM
8am-9.15am
WORKSHOP STREAM 1
Registration & exhibition
9.15am-9.30am
Welcome
9.30am-10.30am
AMD Shahram Kashani
Why and when: corneal collagen crosslinking with case examples Shruti Malde
DISCUSSION: Latest cases and strategies in dry eye management 1 Sarah Farrant
10.35am-11.35am
Paediatrics Professor Gill Adams
Update on lifestyle effects on vision
DISCUSSION: Latest cases and strategies in dry eye management 2 Sarah Farrant
Professor John Lawrenson (diet, supplements and smoking) & Karen Walsh (UV)
11.35am-12noon 12noon-1pm
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations Can optometrists help prevent falls? Professor David Elliott
1pm-2pm
IOLs Dr Phillip Buckhurst
DISCUSSION: Orthokeratology 1 Katie Harrop
Lunch, trade exhibition & poster presentations
2pm-3pm
How to catch glaucoma and how not to get caught out Nicholas Strouthidis
Don’t lose sight of dementia Professor David Edgar & Dr Rakhee Shah
DISCUSSION: Honey I refracted the kids 1 Simon Frackiewicz
3.05pm-4.05pm
Innovation in contact lens practice Dr Katherine Evans
It’s logical – as far as I’m concerned. Why belief gets in the way when communicating good sense Andy Cole
DISCUSSION: Honey I refracted the kids 2 Simon Frackiewicz
4.05pm-4.30pm 4.35pm-5.35pm
Evening
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations Inflamed eyes – the serious ones Ed Hughes
Can’t see, won’t see – investigating patients with unconvincing loss of vision Dr Susanne Kelly & David Sculfor
DISCUSSION: Orthokeratology 2 Katie Harrop
Gala dinner, Hilton Brighton Metropole
*We have identified sessions that cover common topics. If you have an interest in these topics, you may wish to attend the highlighted sessions.
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Linked topics* Paediatrics
WORKSHOP STREAM 2
WORKSHOP STREAM 3
AMD
Contact lenses
Tear film
Glaucoma
Lifestyle and communication
Low vision
THERAPEUTICS STREAM
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
Registration & exhibition Welcome SKILLS: Feeling under pressure? Contact tonometry 1 Thurka Sivapalan
DISCUSSION: Fundus photography; should I refer this case? 1 Wendy Newsom
Glaucoma drugs Lucy Titcomb
SKILLS: Feeling under pressure? Contact tonometry 2 Thurka Sivapalan
DISCUSSION: Fundus photography; should I refer this case? 2 Wendy Newsom
The redder the better - the view from an IP optometrist and an ophthalmologist on red eye cases Ed Farrant & Damian Lake
INTERACTIVE SESSION: Topcon - Am I seeing early keratoconus? Carl Zeiss - Evolving glaucoma management
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations DISCUSSION: Interpretation of optical coherence tomography 1 Pearse Keane
SKILLS: Wet or dry? Don’t let AMD make you cry! 1 Shamina Asif
Has Britain got talent in diagnosing glaucoma? Adam Wannell
sponsored by Topcon
Lunch, trade exhibition & poster presentations DISCUSSION: Interpretation of optical coherence tomography 2 Pearse Keane
SKILLS: Wet or dry? Don’t let AMD make you cry! 2 Shamina Asif
Therapeutics peer discussion
SKILLS: Not a dry eye in the house? How to assess dry eye in practice 1 Kate Powell
Black dots, white spots and red all over - the management of uveitis Helen Wilson
sponsored by Topcon
DISCUSSION: Glaucoma care: NICE work if you can get it 1 Angela Whitaker
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations DISCUSSION: Glaucoma care: NICE work if you can get it 2 Angela Whitaker
SKILLS: Not a dry eye in the house? How to assess dry eye in practice 2 Kate Powell
How do you work in the community with IP? John Tickner
Gala dinner, Hilton Brighton Metropole
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Conference programme Monday 9 March LECTURE STREAM
8am-9am 9am-10am
SEMINAR STREAM
WORKSHOP STREAM 1
Registration & exhibition Myopia and soft contact lenses: changing the optometrist’s role from correcting to treating Professor Bruce Evans
How to avoid soup on toast: the latest rehabilitation strategies in visual impairment Professor Chris Dickinson
DISCUSSION: Optometric management of amblyopia: a case study discussion 1
Innovations in technology for optometry Professor David Thomson
DISCUSSION: Optometric management of amblyopia: a case study discussion 2
Professor Kathryn Saunders
supported by BCLA
10.05am-11.05am
I’ve no eye, dear Joyce Burns
Professor Kathryn Saunders
11.05am-11.30am 11.30am-12.30pm
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations Glaucoma through the eyes of the patient Professor David Crabb
12.30pm-1.30pm 1.30pm-2.30pm
Inflammation and allergy: understand the first, understand the second Peter Frampton
SKILLS: Low vision - understanding the bigger picture 1 Jane Macnaughton & Dr Joy Myint
Lunch, trade exhibition & poster presentations George Giles Memorial Lecture: What you don’t see can hurt you – vision and driving Professor Joanne Wood
SKILLS: Low vision - understanding the bigger picture 2 Jane Macnaughton & Dr Joy Myint
2.30pm-3.30pm
The College of Optometrists’ AGM & Benevolent Fund AGM
3.30pm-3.55pm
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations
3.55pm-4.55pm
Tumours Mandeep Sagoo
Dispensing Professor Mo Jalie
SKILLS: When a good flush out is the answer. Unblocking the mystery of the lacrimal system 1
Colin & Amanda Davidson
5pm-6pm
No lecture in this timeslot
No seminar in this timeslot
SKILLS: When a good flush out is the answer. Unblocking the mystery of the lacrimal system 2
Colin & Amanda Davidson *We have identified sessions that cover common topics. If you have an interest in these topics, you may wish to attend the highlighted sessions.
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Linked topics* Paediatrics
WORKSHOP STREAM 2
WORKSHOP STREAM 3
AMD
Contact lenses
Tear film
Glaucoma
Lifestyle and communication
Low vision
PEER DISCUSSION
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
Registration & exhibition SKILLS: Wet or dry? Don’t let AMD make you cry! 3 Shamina Asif
SKILLS: Peer discussion 1 How to get the best out of your OCT (for beginners) 1 Mike Horler & Peter Marson sponsored by Topcon
SKILLS: Wet or dry? Don’t let AMD make you cry! 4 Shamina Asif
SKILLS: Peer discussion 2 How to get the best out of your OCT (for beginners) 2 Mike Horler & Peter Marson sponsored by Topcon
INTERACTIVE SESSION: Topcon - Am I seeing early keratoconus? Carl Zeiss - Evolving glaucoma management
Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations DISCUSSION: Paediatrics 1 Dr Maggie Woodhouse
SKILLS: Presbyopia - have you tried it yet? 1 Simon Donne
Peer discussion 3
Lunch, trade exhibition & poster presentations DISCUSSION: Paediatrics 2 Dr Maggie Woodhouse
SKILLS: Presbyopia - have you tried it yet? 2 Simon Donne
Peer discussion 4
The College of Optometrists’ AGM & Benevolent Fund AGM Break, trade exhibition & poster presentations SKILLS: Welcome to the chamber of secrets: the dark art of gonioscopy (for beginners) 1 Dr Dan Rosser
DISCUSSION: Interpretation of optical coherence tomography 3 Pearse Keane
SKILLS: Welcome to the chamber of secrets: the dark art of gonioscopy (for beginners) 2 Dr Dan Rosser
DISCUSSION: Interpretation of optical coherence tomography 4 Pearse Keane
Peer discussion 5
sponsored by Topcon
Peer discussion 6
sponsored by Topcon
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Enjoy networking at our social events Sponsored by
The conference venue The Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Brighton, BN1 2GR.
Welcome reception Saturday 7 March, 6pm-8pm The Brighton Centre Dress code: Smart casual
The Brighton Centre is located just a mile from Brighton railway station. The Brighton Centre boasts a panoramic sea view and a light, airy interior.
Marking the official start of Optometry Tomorrow 2015, the welcome reception is free to conference delegates. The reception will be held in the exhibition area of the conference, creating the perfect setting to network with your industry peers, pre-register for the conference and meet exhibitors before the event gets underway.
It takes just a few minutes to travel between meeting rooms which are accessible via lifts and stairs.
The conference registration desk will be open throughout the event, so beat the Sunday morning crowd and pick up your delegate pack during the reception.
Gala dinner Sunday 8 March, 7.15pm - midnight Hilton Brighton Metropole Dress code: Black tie The gala dinner is the main social event of the conference. Bringing the outdoors in, the Hilton Brighton Metropole will be transformed into a seaside scene with plenty of entertainment including seaside stall games and a live band, as well as a drinks reception and three course dinner. The Hilton Brighton Metropole has a reputation for delivering high quality gala dinners and the hotel is centrally located on Brighton’s seafront, less than a five minute walk from the Brighton Centre.
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Don’t miss out – book your place now!
50% off if you book by 12 December
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To be eligible for the College membership rate, you must be a member of the College at the time of the event. To be eligible for the newly-qualified member rate, you must be a College member and have qualified after January 2013. The 50% off offer is available to College members until midnight 12 December 2014. The early bird rate is available from 13 December 2014 until midnight on 30 January 2015.
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Three easy ways to book Online: Visit www.optometrytomorrow.org By post: Complete and return the enclosed booking form By phone: Call +44 (0)20 7766 4347
What your ticket includes
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Over 700 delegates attended the 2014 conference and 98% of delegates said they would consider attending Optometry Tomorrow again.
“Yet another excellent event - the CET is of a high standard, varied and interesting.” “I was very impressed with the level of organisation and the calibre of the talks and workshops.” “A fantastic conference.” 42 Craven Street London WC2N 5NG www.college-optometrists.org www.optometrytomorrow.org #OptometryTomorrow Registered charity number: 1060431