Despite an apparent low volume of visitors passing through its exhibition, organisers of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians' annual conference in Brighton hailed the event as a 'huge success', while ABDO members voted against a change of name for the Association.
Held at Brighton's Hilton Metropole hotel and conference centre from October 4-6, the event's gala dinner was attended by 400 optical professionals, while the previous evening's cocktail party attracted 335 guests. Full attendance figures were not available as Optician went to press.
ABDO general secretary Sir Anthony Garrett commented: 'This year's ABDO conference in Brighton was a huge success and even surpassed our experience in Manchester last year. On Saturday we had a very well attended Association AGM followed by a packed cocktail party hosted by Essilor. The exhibition looked superb, our main plenary sessions were very well supported and the gala dinner, sponsored by Transitions, on Sunday was the largest ABDO event for very many years.'
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