ABDO switches venue to cut conference cost

ABDO has slashed the cost of attending this year's conference and exhibition in a bid to make the event more accessible and fit in with the pressures of the tough economic situation.

This year's event - from October 9-10 - has also been switched to the Bristol Marriot City Centre and will not be held at the Celtic Manor golf resort following a 'total rethink after Brighton'.

The cost of attending the conference will be £65 or £165 including accommodation and meals, that compares with £450 for last year's event

Elaine Grisdale, Association of British Dispensing Opticians head of professional relations, said that when assessing the 2009 Brighton conference the effects of the economic situation had become clear. The situation had now totally changed and many of ABDO's expectations for Brighton failed to materialise.