Optical Calendar of Conferences and Trade Shows for 2012

 

   
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