After a five-year hiatus, Snowvision is back, offering four days of optometry education and skiing in Queenstown from 2-5 August. Hosted at the Crowne Plaza, the conference has retained its popular format of dedicating mornings and afternoons for optometry learning with the middle of the day left free for skiing and other activities.
This year’s line-up includes American keynotes Associate Professor Matt Bovenzi from State University of New York (SUNY) and Professor Steve Ferruci from the Southern California College of Optometry at the Marshall B Ketchum University.
A/Prof Bovenzi is the head of advanced care of the State University Eye Centre and a clinical instructor at SUNY, where his subjects include glaucoma and primary care clinics. A 2014 SUNY graduate, he completed a residency in ocular disease and family practice optometry at the East New York Diagnostic and Treatment Centre and was the 2015 recipient of the American Optometric Foundation’s Douglas W Hopkins Primary Care Residency award. Prior to optometry, he served as a surface warfare officer in the US Navy after receiving bachelor’s degrees in both biological sciences and music from Cornell University, which he attended on a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship.
