The New Zealand Branch RANZCO committee welcomes everyone to Auckland for the 2018 conference.
This year we have decided to not have a specific educational theme, but rather to offer a broad range of subspecialty topics, useful to both generalists and subspecialists in medical, nursing and orthoptic fields. The meeting is combined with the NZ Ophthalmic Nurses and the NZ Orthoptic Society, offering plenary sessions targeted to all attendees, followed by concurrent streams for each group.
Our keynote speakers are Professor David Mackey (genetic ophthalmologist, Australia), Dr Brendan Vote (vitreoretinal and cataract specialist, Australia), Associate Professor Lyndell Lim (uveitis and retinal disease, Australia), and Helen Gibbons (Clinical Lead Nurse, UK). These speakers are internationally renowned for their clinical and scientific expertise and their dynamic presentations. They will be joined by a further 60 speakers covering a very wide range of topics including anterior segment, cornea, cataract, uveitis, glaucoma, retina, paediatrics, oculoplastics, oncology, infectious disease, trauma, health care provision, nursing, psychophysics, basic science and emerging technologies.
The conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel which sits in a prime waterfront location in the heart of Auckland, adjacent to all the central Auckland shopping and entertainment venues.
We would like the conference to have a relaxed, collegial, “weekend” feel, and as such, the dress code is casual.
