Events

GenEye 21-23 May 2025

Unlike traditional conferences, GenEye uses immersive learning to focus on the mind, body, and surgical skills required for exceptional care.

With a multidisciplinary team of ophthalmologists, psychologists, physiotherapists, and industry leaders presenting, GenEye explores rarely discussed yet critical topics that elevate good practitioners to great ones. Ophthalmologists and trainees, optometrists, medical students, and junior doctors are all welcome; the event spans three one-day courses, tailored to specific professional groups.

GenEye 2025 will take place at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria.

Visit: geneye.org.au

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10th ASO Skills Expo 2025
31 May – 1 June 2025

The Australian Society of Ophthalmologists (ASO) Skills Expo is one of the largest gatherings of the Australian ophthalmology industry.

This event tests industry thinking with robust debates on the key topics and challenges doctors and their patients are navigating. Additionally, it’s an event where doctors share the latest in best practice, knowledge, and cutting-edge medical technology developments.,

The ASO Skills Expo 2025 takes place at The Westin Brisbane.

Visit: asoeye.org

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ODMAFair25 27–29 June 2025

ODMAFair, presented by the Optical Distributors and Manufacturers Association, will showcase the latest eyewear, lenses, and devices while also offering a series of educational sessions and hands-on workshops designed to arm delegates with new knowledge and skills to immediately elevate their optometric practice. Catering to all practice members, the sessions will be organised into three distinct streams: Business, Practice Management, and Dispensing.

ODMAFair25 will be held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney’s Darling Harbour precinct.

Visit: odmafair.com.au

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Super Sunday 29 June 2025

The keynote speaker for this year’s Super Sunday is Dr Kate Gifford, an internationally renowned clinician-scientist optometrist, Visiting Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, and co-founder of Myopia Profile. Other speakers include Dr Jack Phu, Celia Bloxsom, Dr Michael Chilov, Marc Eskander, Dr Tanya Trinh, and Heidi Hunter, plus a team of panellists. Topics covered include glaucoma, myopia, age-related macular degeneration, anterior eye conditions, and more.

Super Sunday will take place at the International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney.

Visit: optometry.org.au/institute-of-excellence/cpd-events/super-sunday-2025

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2025

May 4–8, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Salt Lake City, US. Info: arvo.org/annual-meeting

May 5–7, BCLA Clinical Conference and Exhibition, The ICC, Birmingham, UK. Info: bcla.org.uk

May 17, Optometry Virtually Connected, Day 1 Online. Info: optometry.org.au/institute-of-excellence/conferences

May 21–23, GenEye 2025, Melbourne, VIC. Info: geneye.org.au

May 25, PersonalEYES Annual Scientific PEACE Conference, Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, NSW. Info: personaleyes.com.au/events

May 30–June 1, Australian Society of Ophthalmologists Skills 2025, Brisbane, QLD. Info: asoeye.org/events

May 30–June 1, Eyecare Plus Entrepreneurs’ Club, Noosa, QLD.

June 14–15, Australian and New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists (ANZSRS) Meeting 2025, Melbourne, VIC. Info: ranzco.edu/events/categories/event-ranzco-conferences

June 25–28, 11th World Glaucoma Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, US. Info: worldglaucomacongress.org

June 27–28, ACBO Connect Conference – Vision Beyond Sight, International Convention Centre, Sydney, NSW.

June 27–29, ODMAFair25, International Convention Centre Sydney, NSW.

June 27–29, International Orthoptic Congress 2025, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, QLD. Info: ioc2025.com.au

June 29, Optometry Australia Super Sunday, International Convention Centre, Sydney, NSW. Info: optometry.org.au/institute-ofexcellence/conferences

June 29–July 1, 3rd Congress of the Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS) 2025, Brisbane, QLD. Info: apspos2025.com.au

July 16–19, AUSCRS 2025, Darwin, NT. Info: auscrs.org.au/2025-conference

July 19, The 2nd International Myopia Society Meeting, Singapore.

July 26–27, International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISSO) Virtual. Info: isoo.org/isoo-meetings

August 8–10, Optometry Australia Ski Conference, Thredbo Alpine Resort, Thredbo, NSW. Info: optometry.org.au/institute-of-excellence/conferences

August 17–18, Optometry Australia Optometry Clinical Conference, Centrepiece at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC. Info: optometry.org.au/institute-of-excellence/conferences

August 21–23, 37th Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS 2025), Ahmedabad (Gandhinagar), India. Info: apacrs2025.org

August 30–31, Ophthalmology Updates!, Fullerton Hotel, Sydney, NSW.

September 9–11, The 36th China International Optics Fair (CIOF2025), China International Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China. Info: ciof.cn/eng/fairinfo.php

September 11–12, NOSA 2025 and NeuroVision Training Day, Fable Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Info: email:

Kathleen Poon kathpoon@bigpond.com

September 12–14, Eyecare Plus Boot Camp, Parkroyal Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW. Info: y.safier@eyecareplus.com.au

September 12–16, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeon (ESCRS) Congress, Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Info: congress.escrs.org

September 13–14, Optometry Victoria South Australia's (OV/SA) Blue Sky Congress, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, SA. Info: bluesky.optometry.org.au

September 17–20, International Vision Expo West, The Venetian Expo, Las Vegas, US. Info: west.visionexpo.com

September 20–21, Tasmania's Lifestyle Congress, Mövenpick Hotel, Hobart, TAS. Info: optometry.org.au/institute-ofexcellence/conferences

September 26–29, SILMO 2025, Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France. Info: silmoparis.com/en

September 27–28, Optometry Australia Cairns Interactive, Pullman International, Cairns, QLD.

October 17–18, Eyecare Plus AGM and Boot Camp, Parkroyal Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW. Info: y.safier@eyecareplus.com.au

October 31 – November 1, Optometry Australia Adelaide Interactive, Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, Adelaide, SA.

November 14–17, 56th RANZCO Annual Scientific Congress, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne. VIC. Info: ranzco.edu/events/56th-ranzco-annualscientific-congress

November 16, Optometry Virtually Connected, Day 2 Online. Info: optometry. org.au/institute-of-excellence/conferences

November 19–22, SILMO Istanbul Optical Fair, Istanbul, Türkiye. Info: silmoistanbul.com

December 12–14, The18th Congress of the Asia-Pacific Vitro-Retina Society, Manila, Philippines. Info: 2025.apvrs.org

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January 31–February 1-2, MIDO Eyewear Show, Milan, Italy. Info: mido.com

February 28 – March 2, 100% Optical, Excel London, UK. Info: 100percentoptical.com

March 9–16, Ski Conferences for Eye Care Professionals, Rusutsu, Japan.