Super-sized show

Industry involvement will be a key feature of the British Contact Lens Association's 31st Clinical Conference which opens in Manchester at the end of this month. The move from hotel venues to a dedicated conference centre, Manchester Central, has allowed the accompanying trade exhibition to expand. With nearly 900m2 of space, this year's exhibition will be the largest to date.

More than 750 delegates have already registered for the conference and the total number of visitors is expected to exceed the record attendances of the past two years. Although the conference has expanded from three days to four, the exhibition will again run from Friday to Sunday (June 1-3).