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As always the breadth of topics covered via a mix of lectures, seminars, workshops, business breakfasts and lunches, and good old chatting at the bar, was way more than any one person could take in. Here are a few of the highlights that caught my eye. Next week I will review some of the products and instruments launched and promoted at the event.
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As expected, myopia, its global impact and theories about its progression and possible management were prominent as was an involvement of UK-trained optometrists. During one session, Dr Mark Rosenfield (ex-Aston, now State University of New York) presented research on oculomotor changes in myopia. He had co-authored a paper with Jaclyn Benzoni (SUNY) that compared three techniques for measuring heterophorias (namely Maddox Rod, Von Graefe and Modified Thorington) and found all three to be perfectly adequate for measuring small changes in oculomotor alignment. Professor Bernard Gilmartin (Aston University) gave an excellent review of potential future interventions in managing myopia, the success of which are totally interrelated to understanding the various influences on myopic progression.
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