This was the 10th Pioneers Conference put together by Nigel Burnett Hodd and his co-host this year was Professor James Wolffsohn who delivered the evening Pioneers Lecture. The programme featured all-British presenters and a panel discussion on contact lens inventions of the past.
The interface between research, practice and manufacturing is one that Britain, and the BCLA, manages particularly well, so it was fitting that the theme for this year’s anniversary event was ‘The best of British’.
Predicting success
Professor Wolffsohn (Aston University) argued that practitioners need to learn about and reflect on the latest science to predict patient success with contact lenses. This would allow more targeted advice, and appropriate lenses and treatments to be prescribed.
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