Optometry Tomorrow conference to focus on everyday optometry

Leading figures from the profession will be presenting a series of lectures and workshops on matters affecting optics at the Optometry Tomorrow conference in March 2007. Taking place at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead hotel, the two-day event will cover both the theory and practical issues of everyday optometry.

This year, Bertil Damato, director of the ocular oncology service at Royal Liverpool University Hospital, will deliver the George Giles Memorial Lecture on prospects for change in the treatment of uveal melanoma. Professors Chris Hammond (pictured) and David Henson will debate whether visual field testing should be performed routinely on all patients aged over 40 and Dr Philip Morgan will be predicting the future for contact lenses.