As I stepped off the plane onto the sun-kissed shores of Hamilton Island for the 2024 meeting of the Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (AUSCRS), I couldn’t help but feel a blend of excitement and mild dread. After all, I was about to immerse myself in a whirlwind of cutting-edge ophthalmic knowledge while trying not to think about the fact I was on a beautiful tropical island, but in a dark lecture hall… So near, yet so far!
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