Programme of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics, from 19-21 april 2013 in Malaga (article en anglais)

The European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) has published the programme for its next conference in Malaga (Spain) at the Barceló Hotel, set to take place from 19-21 april 2013. The conference will bring together eye and vision care professionals from over 35 countries to discuss and share the latest research, education and clinical practice in optometry, optics and dispensing, and vision science.

More than 40 speakers will present, including:
•Dr Natalie Briggs, Chief Executive, Vision Aid Overseas, UK
•Dr Michael Crossland, Specialist Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
•Philip Fine, Senior Lecturer, Hadassah Academic College, Israel
•Dr Langis Michaud, Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, Canada•Prof Kovin Naidoo, Programs Director, Brien Holden Vision Institute, South Africa
•Aoife Phelan, Research Optometrist, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
•Dr Ellen Svarverud, Associate Professor, Buskerud University College, Norway

The programme includes:
•clinical workshops, including the latest advances in clinical dry eye diagnosis and management and demystifying the diagnosis of the strabismus
•discussion forums, including computerised screening for correctable visual impairment in older people and the potential of social enterprise to increase access to eye care
•case studies, including vision therapy as an alternative to surgery for the correction of acquired paediatric esotropia and sudden loss of vision in a young patient
•academic and research sessions, including dark-adapted visual function in dry age-related macular disease and binocular contrast summation with unequal monocular light scatter
•over 100 poster presentations.

The full programme and booking details can be found at www.malaga2013.info.