Optometry NSW/ACT is hosting its annual fun-filled weekend conference for members in Thredbo from 8-10 August 2025.
With lectures timed to work in with the bus timetable and allow some time on the mountain, delegates can choose to stay locally at Thredbo or take the Snowy Mountains bus to their accommodation.
The conference presents the opportunity to earn 8.5 hours of accredited continued professional education as well as opportunities to network with colleagues.
Lecture Schedule
Friday 8 August
4-5pm – Andrew McKinnon: ‘Understanding your workplace rights’, CPD 1
5-6pm – Blanka Golebiowski: ‘Smoke in my eyes: the ocular effects of environmental change’, CPD 1T
The conference presents the opportunity to earn 8.5 hours of accredited continued professional education as well as opportunities to network with colleagues
Saturday 9 August
8-9am – Tom Ford: ‘The role of microbial culture in ophthalmic disease’, CPD 1Ti
9-10am – Blanka Golebiowski: ‘Sex, gender, hormones – what does it all have to do with the (dry) eye?’, CPD 1
4.00pm – Thao and Grant Hannaford: ‘Interactive case discussion: Spectacle lens prescribing in monocular EDOF patients’,
4.50pm – Thao Hannaford: ‘Seeing beyond the marketing: degressive versus anti-fatigue spectacle lens prescribing’, and
5.40-6.30pm – Grant Hannaford: ‘The role of ocular biometry in prescribing progressive lenses’.
CPD 2.5i (for afternoon session).
Sunday 10 August
8-9am – Tom Ford: ‘Prescribing topical corticosteroids following Flarex market withdrawal’, CPD 1Ti.
Due to the popularity of this event, it is essential to book in early. Find out more and book for the annual ski conference here.
