IACLE holds first meeting in Italy under new partnership

Istituto Benigno Zaccagnini (IBZ) held its annual interdisciplinary optical congress at the Savoia Regency Hotel in Bologna, Italy, in April and this year was the biggest meeting to date. This was the 19th annual IBZ congress and the theme was ‘Eye and Vision: Focus on Environment, Pollution and Nutrition’.

This year marked special new collaborative partnerships for the IBZ congress as the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) held sessions at the meeting. The other two partners in the congress were the Società Optometrica Italiana (SOPTI) and Accademia Italiana Lenti a Contatto (AILAC).