Northern Ireland Optometric Society Conference 2015

Faith is the current President of the Northern Ireland Optometric Society (NIOS) which held their highly successful conference on the 10th and 11th of October 2015 in the beautiful surroundings of the Galgorm Resort and Spa, Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

Delegates from the profession included Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and Ophthalmologists. They attended lectures and workshops conducted by world-class speakers on both Saturday and Sunday mornings. Saturday’s programme featured Mr Barry Duncan (ABDO) who presented a Business lecture followed by a workshop on dispensing and Mr Ed Farrant (IP Optometrist) who carried out a workshop on ‘Tales from Eye Casualty’. Sunday morning lectures focused on Glaucoma and were led by Prof Ted Garway-Heath (Moorfields) and Prof Augusto Azuara-Blanco (Queen’s University and RVH).

Overall a fantastic conference with delegates having the opportunity to network and keep abreast of the latest developments in Optometry.