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47th Virtual Annual General Meeting
Dear Members of the International Orthoptic Association (IOA),
You are invited to attend the 47th Virtual Annual General Meeting of the IOA.
Date: Saturday, 22 January, 2022
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 am Central European Standard Time (GMT+1)
Location: ZOOM (Link can be found in the Members Area / AGM documents)
Please pre-register for the AGM.
ESA-ISA Autumn Webinars 2021 - third webinar
Sunday December 12th at 2.00pm - 3.30pm GMT.
Registration is now open for the third webinar.
Final call for the second ESA-ISA Autumn Webinar 2021
The When and How of Redo Strabismus Surgery.
Sunday November 21st at 2.00pm - 3.30pm GMT.
Virtual AACO 2021 National Conference
The AACO would like to invite you to the virtual AACO 2021 National Conference, scheduled for Saturday, November 13th through Monday, November 15th. Registration fees are reduced for AACO, TCOS and IOA members. Orthoptic students and orthoptists who certified this year are invited to attend the meeting at no cost!
Autumn Webinars - Registration is now open!
Registration is now open for the first webinar!
Free registration at:
ESA - ISA Autumn Webinars - Series 2
The ESA and the ISA are once again joining their expertise to offer three free webinars of interest.
Registration (free) will open within the next couple weeks, as the first webinar is scheduled for Oct 31. Information on these sessions will be posted soon on the ISA website: www.isahome.org. Those interested will be able to register through the website.
Online 46th Annual General Meeting
Dear Members of the International Orthoptic Association (IOA),
You are invited to the online 46th Annual General Meeting of the IOA.
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2020
Time: 14:00-15:00 (Central European Time)
Location: IOA ZOOM Webinar
Register here
Orthoptics Australia Online Weekend 14-15 November 2020
Join us for our first OA Online Weekend, where together we will be ‘connected as far as the eye can see’!
The event will be live online on the 14-15 November 2020 and available on-demand until 31 January 2021.
www.orthoptics.org.au/education-cpd/2020-oa-online-weekend/
This two-day event will include keynote sessions presented by eminent speakers, as well as, research and clinical presentations from orthoptists and eye health researchers from Australia and internationally. Sessions will be...
Winner of the Orthoptic Selfie Contest
Congratulations to Laura Worrall from Royal Stoke University Hospital for her First Place win in the 2020 IOA World Orthoptic Day Selfie Contest!
What’s better than one Orthoptist, 2 Orthoptists!! We commonly treat adults and children with double vision, treating them with prisms #WorldOrthopticDay#orthopticselfie
Well done! Bragging rights go to you and your willing model Claire.
And coming a close second in the contest is
Laura Wilson
New ways of working.........something isn’t quite...
IOA & OCE Racism Statement
Dear IOA and OCE Members,
As inclusive, international associations, the International Orthoptic Association (IOA) and the Orthoptic Council of Europe (OCE) have diverse memberships that reflect the communities we work in. Right now, people around the world are grieving, angry and mobilizing because systemic anti-black racism lives in the world and because black lives matter. The IOA and OCE recognize the unique challenges our black colleagues, patients, and their families face. We stand in...