
2020 program

Australian Vision Convention VIRTUAL is on 4 - 5 April 2020.
With the introduction of AVC2020 VIRTUAL, delegates can opt to watch the stream live on the weekend, or watch a recorded stream on 6 - 7 April 2020. The CPD allocation for each option is provided below:
Attend live stream (4 + 5 April) + complete optional assessment
Up to 47.25, 21T, 3M
Attend recorded stream (6 + 7 April) + complete optional assessment
Up to 31.5, 14T, 2M
NOTE: Recorded stream will be available from Sunday 5 April at 7pm (QLD Local time).
Please note: All sessions will be as per QLD Local Time. Please take note of daylight savings changes and timezone impacts.
DAY 1
DAY 2
Please note: Program is subject to change.

DAY ONE
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2020
MORNING TEA
10.00 - 11.00
ROTATION 2 | Main LectureS or Workshop
MAIN LECTURES
Ophthalmic Optics: Considerations in selecting the best spectacle lens for your patient
James Gibbins
Equity of access for our Ophthalmology patients
Nalani Cox & Liz Travers
WORKSHOPS as per rotation 1
11.00 - 12.00
ROTATION 3 | Main LectureS or Workshop
MAIN LECTURES
Optimising collaborative care and technology to improve glaucoma patient outcomes
Annie Gibbins
Reducing Microbial Adverse Responses in Contact Lens Wear
Prof Fiona Stapleton
WORKSHOPS as per rotation 1
LUNCH
8.30 - 9.00
ROTATION 1 | Main Lecture or Workshop
MAIN LECTURE
Rapid Fire Research presentations
WORKSHOPS
1. Microbial Keratitis: Treatment and outcomes
Dr Matthew Green
2. Does this patient have glaucoma? Critical appraisal of clinical information
Dr Jack Phu
3. Examination and Management of accommodative esotropia and intermittent exotropia
Dr Phillipa Sharwood
4. A practical guide to successfully Implementing Dry Eye treatment in Private practice
Ryan Mahmoud
Johnson & Johnson Sponsored Workshop
5. A 'new' look at 'old' dry eye
Jason Holland
Device Technologies Sponsored Workshop

DAY ONE
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2020
MORNING TEA
13.00 - 13.30
The optometrist's guide to angle-closure spectrum disease
Presented by Dr. Jack Phu
13.30 - 14.00
What's current and on the horizon for the management of the BIG 3 retinal diseases - AMD, DR, RVO
Presented by A/Prof Tony Kwan
14.00 - 14.30
All you need to know about HSV
Presented by Dr. Brett Drury
14.30 - 15.00
Milestones over 40 Years, what have I missed?
Presented by Michael Hare
Optos Sponsored session
LUNCH
AFTERNOON TEA
15.30 - 16.00
Microbial Keratitis: Epidemiology and differential diagnosis
Presented by Dr. Matthew Green
16.00 - 16.30
Is it amblyopia?
Presented by Dr. Phillipa Sharwood
16.30 - 17.00
Myopia: the measurements, management and monitoring
Presented by Dr. Emily Pieterse
17.00 - 17.30
Does this patient have Glaucoma? Critical appraisal of clinical information
Presented by Dr. Jack Phu
7.00 - 7.15
Official Opening with President, Melinda Toomey
7.15 - 8.30
Redefining Vision - Redefining Possibilities
Presented by Gavin Swartz & Emma Gillies
Contact Lens Centre Australia Sponsored session
8.30 - 9.30
Rapid Fire Research presentations
Presented by Rebecca Cox, Rohan Hughes, Damien Fisher
10.00 - 10.30
Ophthalmic Optics: Considerations in selecting the best spectacle lens for your patient
Presented by James Gibbins
10.30 - 11.00
Equity of access for our Ophthalmology patients
Presented by Nalani Cox
11.00 - 11.30
Optimising collaborative care and technology to improve glaucoma patient outcomes
Presented by Annie Gibbins
11.30 - 12.00
Case based lessons in glaucoma management
Presented by Dr. Brett Drury

7.00 - 8.15
Redefining Vision - Redefining Possibilities
Presented by Gavin Swartz & Emma Gillies
Contact Lens Centre Australia Sponsored session
DAY ONE
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2020

DAY ONE
SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2020
7.00 - 8.15
Redefining Vision - Redefining Possibilities
Presented by Gavin Swartz & Emma Gillies
Contact Lens Centre Australia Sponsored session

DAY two
Sunday 5 APRIL 2020
MORNING TEA
13.15 - 14.15
Melting Point - Managing Corneal Compromise
Presented by David Foresto
14.15 - 14.45
Advancements in Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking
Presented by Dr. Brendan Cronin
14.45 - 15.15
Children's vision, classroom performance and screen time - how does it all piece together?
Presented by Dr. Shelley Hopkins
LUNCH
AFTERNOON TEA
15.45 - 16.15
Managing patients after anterior eye procedures
Presented by Rachel de Leon
16.15 - 16.45
Reducing Microbial Adverse Responses in Contact Lens Wear
Presented by Prof. Fional Stapleton
16.45 - 17.15
Glaucoma: New directions in medical and surgical management
Presented by Dr Brendan Cronin
17.15
Official Opening with President, Melinda Toomey
7.15 - 8.30
Dry Eye with a segment on COVID-19
Presented by Dr. Andrew Apel
8.30 - 9.00
Ophthalmic emergencies in optometry practice - what to do and when to refer
Presented by Dr. Nathan Walker
9.00 - 9.30
At the Coalface - Real World Evidence and my experience with anti-VEGF intravitreal injections.
Presented by Dr. John McCoombes
9.30 - 10.00
Bright Side of Contact Lenses
Presented by Hirdesh Nair
Johnson & Johnson sponsored session
10.30 - 11.15
Ocular and environmental factors underlying human myopia
Presented by A/Prof Scott Read
11.15 - 11.45
Dry Eye - Who gets it, what causes it, and diagnosis and management update
Presented by Prof. Fiona Stapleton
11.45 - 12.15
Conjunctival Lesions
Presented by Dr. John Hogden