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Identity Optical Training January, February, March 2012
Location: London
Contact: For further details contact Sally Bates on 020 8504 0967 or email sal_bates@hotmail.com
email: sal_bates@hotmail.com
Tel: 020 8504 0967
Pre-Registration Dispensing Programme, three Mondays, 10am - 4pm, £35 per session, London.

BCLA - Evening meeting 30 January 2012
Location: 76 Portland Place, London. 6.30-8pm.
Contact: For details email events@bcla.org.uk or telephone 020 7580 6661
email: events@bcla.org.uk
Tel: 020 7580 6661

Identity Optical Training - Practical Exam Revision Course February 2012
Location: London
Contact: Contact Sally Bates on 020 8504 0967 or email sal_bates@hotmail.com
email: sal_bates@hotmail.com
Tel: 020 8504 0967
Practical Exam Revision Course for the old syllabus final practical exams in March, Section 2 prescription analysis, Section 3 frame materials, special optical appliances and repairs, Section 4 frame fitting, order writing and dispensing, £75 per day, London. For further details contact Sally Bates on 020 8504 0967 or email sal_bates@hotmail.com

Area 6 CET event Sunday 4th March 2012
Organisation: ABDOO Area 6
Location: The Village Hotel, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF14 7EF @ junction 32 off the M4
Contact: Lee Price lee@phillipsopticians.co.uk
This a great opportunity to accumulate those all important points just prior to the end of this round of CET. Refreshments and lunch will be provided throughout the day. There will be informative lectures on lenses, contact lenses, LVA and maximising professional and clinical skills - and also an ABDO Visual Recognition Quiz. THE DAY WILL BE WORTH AT LEAST 6 CET POINTS More details regarding specifics (name of lecture/speaker, booking details etc.) in due course. PLEASE SAVE THIS DATE TO YOUR DIARIES! If you have any queries in the meantime, feel free to email Lee Price at lee@phillipsopticians.co.uk

Area 5 CET Event 12th March 2012
Organisation: ABDO
Location: The Riverside Centre, Riverside Court, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8HX, 01332 332044
Contact: ABDO Membership Services
CET Points: 5
Area 5 all day CET event on Monday 12th March 2012 at The Riverside Centre, Riverside Court, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8HX, 01332 332044 Registration is at 9.00am and the CET will commence at 9.30am We have a full program of events providing at least 6 standard CET points. The event has been kindly sponsored by Alcon, Continental Eyewear and Orasis Practice Management. There is a small charge of £20.00 per delegate to cover lunch and administration. Please contact membership@abdo.org.uk or call 01227 733912 if you wish to attend. The program includes: The day will begin with registration at 9.00am and will finish by 5.30pm and the event has been kindly sponsored by SILHOUTTE and ORASIS. Speakers and topics will include: Duncan Counter “Who wants to be a dispensing optician (part two)” 1 point Andy Clark “Communicating Value” 1 point Peter Ziemann “The next generation – Electronic lenses” 1 point Lyndsay Dickens (Essilor) “Keys to antireflective lenses” 1 point ABDO table top workshop “A Myopia Miscellany” 2 points

Area 4 (East Anglia) 28th March 2012
Location: Shamir Head Office
Contact: For more details email abdoarea4@gmail.com
email: abdoarea4@gmail.com
Tel: 020 8989 1996
We are pleased to announce our next area CET event, kindly sponsored by Shamir Optical.The meeting will be held on Wednesday 28th March 2012, 7.30pm, at Shamir Head Office: Shamir Bridge House Saxon way Bar Hill Cambridge CB23 8AP Scott Haynes from Shamir will be giving a CET accredited talk on occupational lenses and a guide tour of the facilities. Refreshments will also be provided. To reserve your place email abdoarea4@gmail.com Or call 020 8989 1996 and ask for Joanne Or by post to: Joanne Abbott, c/o E Aves Opticians, 135a George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AN Hope to see you there, Joanne Abbott Area 4 Secretary 020 8989 1996 and ask for Joanne

BCLA - Evening meeting 28 March 2012
Location: 76 Portland Place, London. 6.30-8pm.
Contact: For details email events@bcla.org.uk or telephone 020 7580 6661
email: events@bcla.org.uk
Tel: 020 7580 6661

European Academy of Optometry and Optics - Conference 20-22 April 2012
Location: Dublin
There is currently a call for abstracts for workshops, oral presentations and posters (closing date November 30) members interested in submitting should follow the link http://www.eaoo.info/en/Dublin_2012/callfor-abstracts.cfmrame

BCLA Clinical Conference and Exhibition 24-27 May 2012
Location: ICC Birmingham.
Contact: For details visit www.bcla.org.uk
Link: http://www.bcla.org.uk

ABDO Conference and Exhibition 29-30 September 2012
Location: Holiday Inn, Stratford-upon-Avon.
email: rsvp@eventexchange.co.uk
Tel: 01225 869000
For sponsorship opportunities and to book exhibition space contact the ABDO Conference Office Event Exchange Ltd) by email at rsvp@eventexchange.co.uk or call 01225 869000.

Optrafair 2013 13-15 April 2013
Location: NEC, Birmingham
Contact: For further details about Optrafair 2013, telephone Alys Cochrane at Managed Events on 0121 767 2780
Show organiser, the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians (FMO), said it had announced the date well in advance to help optical companies schedule their marketing plans. Malcolm Polley, chief executive of the FMO, is keen to hear from optical organisations keen to plan their events and meetings around the three-day event. For further details about Optrafair 2013, telephone Alys Cochrane at Managed Events on 0121 767 2780.