| 3 - 5 February | 16th ESCRS Winter Meeting |
| Hilton Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic | |
| www.escrs.org | |
| 10 - 11 February | ANZGIG Annual Scientific Meeting |
| Royal Automobile Club of Australia, Sydney, Australia | |
| www.anzgig.org.au or kathpoon@bigpond.com | |
| 13 - 17 February | 14th International Mobility Conference (IMC14) |
| Palmerston North | |
| www.imc14.com | |
| 16 - 20 February | World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 2012 |
| Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company, United Arab Emirates | |
| www.woc2012.org | |
| 22 - 24 February | China 12th International Optics Fair |
| Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Centre, Shanghai, China | |
| www.siof.cn | |
| 29 Feb - 4 March | SECO 2012 |
| Georgia World Congress Centre, Atlanta, USA | |
| www.seco2012.com | |
| 1 - 4 March | American Glaucoma Society’s 22nd Annual Meeting |
| Waldorf Astoria, New York, USA | |
| www.glaucomaweb.org | |
| 2 - 3 March | Australia & New Zealand Strabismus Society Annual Conference |
| Auckland City Hospital, Auckland | |
| E-mail: aucklandorthoptics@yahoo.co.nz | |
| 11 - 13 March | MIDO Show and Conference |
| Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy | |
| www.mido.it | |
| 11 - 17 March | World Glaucoma Week |
| www.wgday.org | |
| 14 March | Eye Doctors Grand Rounds |
| Novotel Ellerslie, Auckland | |
| 15 - 16 March | 29th Australia & New Zealand Cornea Society Meeting |
| Langham Hotel, Auckland | |
| www.nz-nec.org.nz | |
| 18 March | 54th Cornea & Contact Lens Society Conference |
| Villa Maria Estate, Mangere, Auckland | |
| www.contactlens.org.nz | |
| 22 - 25 March | The 3rd World Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology (COPHy) |
| Istanbul, Turkey | |
| www.comtecmed.com | |
| 23 - 25 March | International Vision Expo East |
| Jacob Javits Centre, New York, USA | |
| www.visionexpoeast.com | |
| 30 March - 1 April | Red Puppy Appeal 2012 |
| 13 - 15 April | Australian Vision Convention (AVC) |
| Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia | |
| www.optometrists.asn.au/queensland | |
| 13 - 16 April | 27th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress |
| Bexel, Busan, Korea | |
| www.apaobusan2012.com | |
| 20 - 24 April | ASCRS - American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2012 Symposium & Congress |
| Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| www.ascrs.org | |
| 25 - 28 April | 57th Contact Lens Society of America Annual Educational Meeting |
| Marriott Newport Beach Hotel and Spa, Newport Beach, California, USA | |
| www.clsa.info | |
| 5 - 6 May | ACBO Intro to Behavioural Vision Care |
| South Australia, Australia | |
| Email: info@acbo.org.au | |
| 6 - 10 May | ARVO 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA | |
| www.arvo.org/sites/annual-meeting/2012 | |
| 15 - 17 May | The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Annual Congress |
| The Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool, UK | |
| www.rcophth.ac.uk | |
| 19 - 21 May | Southern Regional Congress (SRC) 2012 |
| Melbourne Convention Centre, Australia | |
| www.vicoptom.asn.au | |
| 22 May | Eye Institute Seminar |
| Novotel Ellerslie, Auckland | |
| 24 - 25 May | 3rd World Congress of Ophthalmic Anaesthesia |
| Ankara, Turkey | |
| www.wcoa2012.org | |
| 24 - 27 May | 36th BCLA Clinical Conference and Exhibition |
| International Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham, UK | |
| www.bcla.org.uk | |
| 24 - 27 May | The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists - NZ Branch Meeting |
| Claudelands Conference & Events Centre, Hamilton | |
| www.fp2.brandish.co.nz/ophthalmology2012 or Email: paula@fp2.co.nz | |
| 24 - 27 May | NZ Ophthalmic Nurses Annual Conference |
| Claudelands Conference & Events Centre, Hamilton | |
| www.fp2.brandish.co.nz/ophthalmology2012 or Email: paula@fp2.co.nz | |
| 24 - 27 May | British Contact Lens Association 36th Clinical Conference & Exhibition |
| International Conference Centre, Birmingham, UK | |
| www.bcla.org.uk | |
| 31 May - 3 June | 25th APACRS Annual Meeting in conjunction with |
| 4th Congress of Chinese Cataract Society | |
| Shanghai, China | |
| www.apacrs.org | |
| 1 June | Helen Keller Day |
| 8 - 10 June | North Queensland Vision 2012 |
| Hilton Hotel, Cairns, Australia | |
| www.optometrists.asn.au | |
| 13 June | Eye Doctors Grand Rounds |
| Ormiston Hospital, Botany Junction, Auckland | |
| 17 - 22 June | European Glaucoma Society: 10th Congress |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| www.eugs.org | |
| 26 - 29 June | XIIth International Orthoptic Scientific Congress |
| ‘Prisms in the Northern Lights - The Science of Orthoptics’ | |
| Westin Harbour Castle Hotel and Convention Centre,Toronto, Canada | |
| www.torontoioacongress.org | |
| July | Glaucoma New Zealand Awareness Month |
| www.glaucoma.org.nz | |
| 21 - 22 July | NACBO Vision Conference 2012 |
| Victoria, Australia | |
| Email: info@acbo.org.au | |
| 22 - 27 July | ISER 2012 |
| XX Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research | |
| Berlin, Germany | |
| www.kenes.com/iser | |
| 28 - 29 July | ACBO NZ seminar - Vision, Visualisation and Visual Neuroscience |
| Dr John Abbondonza | |
| Venue TBA Email: kmiller@visique.co.nz | |
| 1 - 4 August | Snowvision Down Under |
| Crowne Plaza, Queenstown | |
| Contact Grant Watters, Email: grant@mortimerhirst.co.nz | |
| 7 August | Eye Institute Seminar |
| Novotel Ellerslie, Auckland | |
| 9 - 12 August | Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (AUSCRS) |
| Hilton Queenstown Hotel, Kawarau Village, Queenstown | |
| www.auscrs.org.au | |
| 11 - 12 August | WAVE 2012 (Western Australia Vision Education) |
| Perth Exhibition and Convention Centre, Perth, Western Australia | |
| Email: admin@optometrywa.org.au | |
| 24 – 26 August | TLC VIII, Tasmania’s Lifestyle Congress |
| Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | |
| www.optometrist.asn.au/tas | |
| or Email: optometristsasn.tas@bigpond.com | |
| September | Save Our Sight Month |
| Organised by the New Zealand Association of Optometrists | |
| www.nzao.co.nz | |
| 6 - 8 September | Vision Expo West |
| Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| www.visionexpowest.com | |
| 6 - 8 September | OLA 2011 |
| Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |
| www.ola-labs.org | |
| 8 - 9 September | 2nd World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus |
| Milan, Italy | |
| www.wcpos.org | |
| 8 - 12 September | XXX Congress of the ESCRS |
| Milan, Italy | |
| www.escrs.org | |
| 10 - 12 September | 25th China International Optics fair (CIOF 2012) |
| China International Exhibition Centre, Beijing | |
| www.ciof.cn | |
| 12 September | Eye Doctors Grand Rounds |
| Novotel Ellerslie, Auckland | |
| 17 - 20 September | International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) |
| Ninth General Assembly | |
| Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India | |
| www.9ga.iapb.org | |
| 27 – 28 September | 36th Annual Meeting of UKISCRS |
| (UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons) | |
| Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK | |
| www.ukiscrs.org.uk | |
| 1 October | World Sight Day |
| 4 - 7 October | Silmo 2012 |
| Exhibitions Parc of Paris Nord, Villepinte, Paris, France | |
| www.silmoparis.com | |
| 5 - 7 October | Visionz - NZOWA Trade Exhibition |
| Skycity Conference Centre, Auckland | |
| Contact Alex Bicheno Email: abicheno@gmail.com | |
| 5 - 7 October | EduVisionz |
| Skycity Conference Centre, Auckland | |
| Contact Alex Bicheno Email: abicheno@gmail.com | |
| 5 - 7 October | Association of Dispensing Opticians Annual Conference |
| Skycity Conference Centre, Auckland | |
| www.adonz.co.nz/events | |
| 7 - 8 October | World Ocular Trauma Congress (ISOT) |
| Jaipur, India | |
| www.isotcon2012.org | |
| 13 - 15 October | 14th International Cornea & Contact Lens Congress (ICCLC) |
| Shangri La Hotel, Sydney, Australia | |
| www.cclsa.org.au | |
| 15 October | International White Cane Day |
| 22 - 24 October | 25th International Optical fair Tokyo (IOFT) |
| Tokyo Big Sight, Japan | |
| ww.ioft.jp/en | |
| 23 - 29 October | Blind Week 2012 |
| 24 - 27 October | American Academy of Optometry - Academy 2012 |
| Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel and Hyatt Regency Phoenix | |
| Phoenix, Arizona, USA | |
| www.aaopt.org | |
| 26 - 28 October | 82nd New Zealand Association of Optometrists Annual Conference |
| Wairakei Resort, Taupo | |
| Email: info@nzao.co.nz | |
| 4 November | Eye Institute Conference |
| Venue to be advised | |
| 6 - 9 November | CLMA - 50th Contact Lens Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting |
| Estancia La Jolla Resort in La Jolla, California, USA | |
| www.clma.net | |
| 10 - 13 November | 114th American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting and 4th joint Meeting with the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) |
| McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA | |
| www.aao.org | |
| 24 - 28 November | RANZCO 44th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Congress |
| Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia | |
| www.ranzco.edu | |
| 24 - 28 November | Orthoptics Australia 69th Annual Scientific Conference |
| Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia | |
| www.orthoptics.org.au |