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Vision for the Future
13th International Cornea & Contact
Lens Congress (ICCLC)
8-11 October 2010

13th International Cornea and
Contact Lens Congress
President’s Message
On behalf of the Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia, I
would like to welcome you to the 13th International Cornea and
Contact Lens Congress. We are delighted to present a packed
three day program of internationally acclaimed speakers from
around the world at the exclusive Sheraton on the Park Hotel
in Sydney. Plans are in place for the Gala Dinner to be held on
Saturday night at the Waterfront Restaurant in the Rocks, Sydney.
Accompanied with spectacular views across Sydney Harbour
and the Opera House, dining at Waterfront is unforgettable.
Our planning committee has taken a fresh approach with the
program this year to provide a wide range of information
that will be invaluable to all practitioners. Whether you are a
conference regular or first time delegate, contact lens specialist
or just starting out, the ICCLC is the event for you.
The contact lens field is one of the most exciting and fastest
progressing segments of full spectrum optometry, and this year
we are pleased to offer refresher courses for those a little ‘rusty’
with contact lens fitting. We also have cutting edge research
into materials, corneal physiology, comfort and CL technology
being presented (some for the first time worldwide). Our “From
the Gurus” section will help interested CL practitioners refine
their advanced fitting skills, and we have a dedicated section
on one of the hottest topics in optometry - Myopia Control.
Top tips for fitting kids with contacts and successful presbyopic
fitting will also be covered in depth, along with business skills
for building a successful contact lens practice.
As well as high quality education with a practical focus, this
year’s ICCLC will also be an opportunity to network with other
professionals from interstate and overseas in a relaxed and
informal setting, including the very popular gala dinner on
Saturday night. Our conference venue is in the heart of Sydney,
located directly opposite Hyde Park in the CBD. The Sydney
Opera House and Harbour Bridge, aquarium, parks, museums
and of course great shopping spots are only minutes away
making this a very family friendly venue!
Our plan is to hold this meeting bi-annually in Australia, we are
coordinating the timing with our colleagues in New Zealand
who are planning their next meeting of the NZCCLC for 2011.
I look forward to seeing you in October.
Luke Arundel
National CCLSA President
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Useful information on Sydney
Location
Sydney CBD is located 15-20 minutes
from the Sydney Domestic and International
Airports. Sheraton on the Park is located
opposite Hyde Park in Sydney’s bustling
CBD.
Attractions, Tours, Sights
Museums and Galleries
Powerhouse Museum
www.powerhousemuseum.com
(02) 9217 0111
Australian Museum
www.australianmuseum.net.au
(02) 9320 6000
Art Gallery of New South Wales
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
(02) 9225 1700
Museum of Contemporary Art
www.mca.com.au
(02) 9245 2400
Sydney Observatory
www.sydneyobservatory.com.au
(02) 9921 3485
Attractions
Sydney Aquarium
www.sydneyaquarium.com.au
(02) 8251 7800
Taronga Zoo
www.taronga.org.au
(02) 9969 2777
Fort Denison
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Sydney_
Harbour/Fort_Denison/info.aspx
Bondi Beach
www.sydney.com.au/bondi-beach.htm
Activities
Guided Tours of the Opera House
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/Visit/index.aspx
(02) 9250 7111
BridgeClimb Sydney
www.bridgeclimb.com
(02) 8274 7777
Sydney Tower Oztrek & Skywalk
www.sydneytower.myfun.com.au
(02) 9333 9222
Transport
By taxi: probably the easiest form of transport
from the airport into the city approximately
$30.
By train: from either Domestic or International
Airport to Central Station. You will then need
to change platforms and catch another train
to Museum, St James or Town Hall Station
and walk from there to the hotel.
Sydney Public Transport
Information
For public transport information in Sydney;
Call: 131500
Web: www.131500.com.au
Climate
Sydney’s climate in October is starting to warm
up for summer. On average the maximum
temperature is 22 degrees Celsius with
minimums at around 13 degrees Celsius.
What to wear?
Smart casual is the dress code for the
congress. The dress code for the Gala Dinner
on Saturday 9th October will be cocktail.
Mobile Phones
Please ensure that all mobile phones are
switched off during the lectures.
Sydney Visitors Bureau
and tourist Information
Sheraton on the Park
www.sydney.visitorsbureau.com.au
www.sydneyaustralia.com/en
www.sydney.com.au
www.sydneyairport.com.au
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Time
Session Name
FRIDAY
18:00 - 20:00 WELCOME RECEPTION sponsored by Bausch & Lomb
SATURDAY
Time Session Name Paper Title Speaker
8:00 Registration
8:15 - 9:30 An RGP update - skills and knowledge
9:30 - 10:00 MORNING TEA
Update your knowledge - RGP back to basics
and modern fitting techniques
Kate Johnson
SESSION 1
Chairperson for session 1: Luke Arundel
10:00 - 10:15 Congress Opening Address
CCLSA President's Welcome and
Presentation of the Kenneth W Bell Medal
Luke Arundel and
Kenneth Bell
10:15 - 10:35 Kenneth W Bell Medal Address My life in contact lens research Debbie Sweeney
10:35 - 10:55 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort
Searching for comfort,
cleanliness and compatibility
Kathy Dumbleton
10:55 - 11:15 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort Material contamination and biofilm formation
Loretta
Szczotka-Flynn
11:15 - 11:30 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort Understanding ocular comfort and discomfort Eric Papas
11:30 - 11:45 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort
11:45 - 12:00 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort
12:00 - 12:15 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort
Understanding patients’ needs,
wants, desires and habits
Tear film and dry eyes - a systematic
approach for success
Preventing complications associated with
Meibomian gland dysfunction
Timothy Giles
Julie Newport
Charles
McMonnies
12:15 - 12:30 CL Materials, Tears and Maximizing Comfort Panel Speakers
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH / EXHIBITION
SESSION 2
Chairperson for session 2: Nathan Efron
13:30 - 13:50 Cornea - but not as you know it! Genetics of keratoconus
Loretta
Szczotka-Flynn
13:50 - 14:10 Cornea - but not as you know it! Collagen cross-linking Grant Snibson
14:10 - 14:30 Cornea - but not as you know it!
Confocal microscopy -
understanding the ocular effects of contact lens Nathan Efron
wear
14:30 - 14:50 Cornea - but not as you know it! Role of inflammation in dry eye Colin Chan
14:50 - 15:10 Cornea - but not as you know it! Advances in corneal surgical techniques Grant Snibson
15:10 - 15:30 Cornea - but not as you know it!
The risk of vision loss in contact lens
wear and following LASIK
Fiona Stapleton
15:30 - 16:00 AFTERNOON TEA / EXHIBITION
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SESSION 3
Chairperson for session 3: Ian Sim
16:00 - 16:15 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I A eulogy for rigid contact lenses Nathan Efron
16:15 - 16:35 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I What your topographer can tell you Patrick Caroline
16:35 - 16:50 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I
Does monocular keratoconus exist?
An evaluation of topographic data
Nelson Oliver
16:50 - 17:10 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I Mini-sclerals - lens design and fitting techniques John Mountford
17:10 - 17:30 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I Post-surgical contact lens fitting techniques
Loretta
Szczotka-Flynn
17:30 - 17:45 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I RGPs forever! Vijay Mistry
17:45 - 18:00 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - I Panel Speakers
19:00 - 23:00 GALA DINNER sponsored by CIBA VISION Waterfront and Wolfies Restaurants at The Rocks
SUNDAY
Time Session Name Paper Title Speaker
SESSION 1
Chairperson for session 1: Charles McMonnies
8:30 - 8:50 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - II
Aphakic children and CLs –
shouldn’t I be redundant by now?
Lynne Speedwell
8:50 - 9:10 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - II Specialty OK fitting - 2010 and beyond Patrick Caroline
9:10 - 9:30 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - II Advanced OK fitting - when things go wrong! John Mountford
9:30 - 9:45 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - II Clinical performance of SynergEyes contact lenses Jessica Chi
9:45 - 10:00 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - II
Clinical applications of the
ClearKone hybrid contact lens
David Stephensen
10:00 - 10:15 From the gurus: Advanced fitting - II Panel Speakers
10:15 - 10:45 MORNING TEA / EXHIBITION
SESSION 2
Chairperson for session 2: Brien Holden
10:45 - 11:15 Myopia - Can it be Controlled? Understanding the biology of myopia development Earl Smith
11:15 - 11:30 Myopia - Can it be Controlled?
11:30 - 11:45 Myopia - Can it be Controlled?
Control of myopia with contact
lenses and spectacles
Dual-focus contact lenses and myopia
progression in children
Padmaja
Sankaridurg
Nicola Anstice
11:45 - 12:00 Myopia - Can it be Controlled? Optics of ortho-K and myopia control Patrick Caroline
12:00 - 12:15 Myopia - Can it be Controlled? Ortho-K for myopia control - clinical results Helen Swarbrick
12:15 - 12:30 Myopia - Can it be Controlled?
Effect of orthokeratology on
childhood myopic progression
Laura Downie
12:30 - 13:00 Myopia - Can it be Controlled?
Panel discussion - Myopia control
and its impact on optometry
Speakers
13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH / EXHIBITION
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SESSION 3
Chairperson for session 3: Russell Lowe
14:00 - 14:20 Leadership, Communication and Business Skills
14:20 - 14:40 Leadership, Communication and Business Skills
14:40 - 15:30 Leadership, Communication and Business Skills
15:30 - 16:00 AFTERNOON TEA / EXHIBITION
Give them what they want:
Communication skills for CL practitioners
Diamond Sponsor Presentation -
Leadership in Practice
Panel discussion - Keys to a
successful contact lens practice
Jenny Saunders
CIBA Vision
Speakers plus
Arundel, Johnson,
Poon, Chi,
Scott-Hoy
SESSION 4
Chairperson for session 4: Tony Phillips
16:00 - 16:30 Babies, Kids, Teens and Contacts Tips for fitting kids #1: Learn about The Wiggles Lynne Speedwell
16:30 - 16:50 Babies, Kids, Teens and Contacts Contact lenses for babies - clinical results Tony Phillips
16:50 - 17:10 Babies, Kids, Teens and Contacts Kids and ortho-K Kate Johnson
17:10 - 17:30 Babies, Kids, Teens and Contacts Kids and contact lenses - Case studies Luke Arundel
17:30 - 17:45 Babies, Kids, Teens and Contacts Panel Speakers
MONDAY
Time Session Name Paper Title Speaker
BREAKFAST FORUM Chairperson: Richard Lindsay
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast forum Medicare, health funds and contact lens practice
8:30 - 8:45 Break
Laura Downie,
Steve Zantos,
Jim Kokkinakis
SESSION 1
Chairperson for Session 1: Narelle Hine
8:45 - 9:05 Satisfying Presbyopes
The secrets of success in presbyopic
contact lens fitting
Kathy Dumbleton
9:05 - 9:20 Satisfying Presbyopes Talking contact lenses with presbyopes Helen Gleave
9:20 - 9:35 Satisfying Presbyopes Contact lenses for the emerging presbyope Desmond Fonn
9:35 - 9:50 Satisfying Presbyopes
Soft translating bifocal disposable
lens design and performance
Don Ezekiel
9:50 - 10:25 Satisfying Presbyopes
Panel discussion - Case studies,
fitting tips and clinical pearls
Speakers plus
Lindsay & Johnson
10:25 - 10:45 Diamond Sponsor Presentation Bausch & Lomb
10:45 - 11:15 MORNING TEA / EXHIBITION
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SESSION 2
Chairperson for session 2: Fiona Stapleton
11:15 - 11:35 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections Infiltrative keratitis - epidemiology and risk factors
11:35 - 11:50 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections
11:50 - 12:05 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections
12:05 - 12:25 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections
12:25 - 12:40 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections
12:40 - 12:55 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections
Risk factors for CL complications
in US clinical practices
Risk-taking propensity and
practitioner perception of compliance
When it all goes horribly wrong!
- Compliance in contact lens wear
Clinical performance of the silver
impregnated contact lens storage cases
Therapeutics in CL practice - what to use and
when
Loretta Szczotka-
Flynn
Lisa Keay
Nicole Carnt
Kathy Dumbleton
Jaya Dantam
David Stephensen
12:55 - 13:15 Solutions for Cases, Microbes and Infections Panel Speakers
13:15 - 14:15 LUNCH / EXHIBITION
SESSION 3
Chairperson for session 3: Kate Johnson
14:15 - 14:35 Predicting the Future of CL Practice
Pursuing the perfect contact lens
- are we there yet?
Kathy Dumbleton
14:35 - 14:55 Predicting the Future of CL Practice Contact lens additives - what's next? Mark Willcox
14:55 - 15:15 Predicting the Future of CL Practice Onlay - a lens of the future Jennifer Choo
15:15 - 15:35 Predicting the Future of CL Practice
Global trends in contact lens practice and future
predictions
Nathan Efron
15:35 - 15:55 Predicting the Future of CL Practice Panel Speakers
15:55 - 16:00 Congress Closing Address CCLSA President's Farewell Luke Arundel
ExHIBITORS
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Kathy Dumbleton
Kathy graduated from
the University of Wales,
completed her preregistration
year at
Moorfields Eye Hospital
and received her MSc
from the University of Waterloo, Canada. She
is currently a Senior Clinical Scientist at the
Centre for Contact Lens Research, University of
Waterloo.
Kathy is a fellow of the British Contact Lens
Association, a diplomate of the Cornea
and Contact Lens Section of the American
Academy of Optometry, a board member of
the American Optometric Foundation and a
council member of the International Society
for Contact Lens Research. She is also the
moderator of the “Question and Answer” panel
of www.siliconehydrogels.org and a frequent
contributor to the website. She has published
widely in refereed journals and professional
publications and has presented papers and
given invited lectures and continuing education
courses at conferences worldwide. Her
research interests include the ocular response
to contact lenses, silicone hydrogel materials,
visual performance, and the measurement of
ocular discomfort.
Earl Smith
Earl is a professor of the
University of Houston (UH).
He received his OD (1972)
and PhD (1978) from UH
and subsequently joined the
faculty of the UH College
of Optometry. During his tenure he has served
as the Chair of the Basic Sciences Department
(1990-2001) and as the Associate Dean for
Graduate Studies and Research (2001-2003).
He currently holds the distinguished Greeman-
Petty Professorship in Vision Development
(since 1987) and is serving as the Dean of the
College of Optometry (since 2003).
His primary research interests are focused
on the optics of the eye, in particular on the
environmental and physiological factors that
influence the eye’s refractive status. In 1996,
he received the Glenn Fry Award from the
American Academy of Optometry for his
research on the role of vision in regulating
refractive development and eye growth. He
has received 28 years of research funding
from the National Institute of Health (NIH).
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of
Optometry, an ARVO Fellow (inaugural class),
a past President of the American Optometric
Foundation (2002), a past Member and Chair
of NIH Central Visual Processing Study Section
(1998-2003) and a past member of NIH
National Advisory Eye Council (2005-2008).
Earl currently serves on the Board of Directors
of Prevent Blindness Texas, on the Board of
Directors of the Partnership Foundation for
Optometric Education, and as the President-
Elect of the Association of Schools and
Colleges of Optometry.
Lynne Speedwell
Lynne has spent the majority
of her career in hospital
optometry in London, initially
at Moorfields Eye Hospital
before becoming Head
of Optometry at Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children while still
continuing part time at Moorfields.
Her main specialties are contact lenses and
paediatric optometry. Her particular area of
expertise is fitting lenses for abnormal ocular
conditions and eye disease to patients of all
ages.
She undertook a Master’s degree in Health
Psychology at City University, London, carrying
out a study on where parents acquire their
information regarding their child’s eye problems
and what help is available in education
and social care once their child had been
diagnosed with visual impairment.
Together with Anthony Phillips, she is co-editor
of the 5th edition of Phillips & Speedwell
“Contact Lenses” published by Elsevier. She is
author of the contact lens chapter in “Paediatric
Ophthalmology and Strabismus” edited by
David Taylor & Creig Hoyt. She has written or
co-written several papers and produced various
information booklets for patients.
Lynne is an examiner for the College of
Optometrists and has lectured extensively
on various aspects of her work at national
and international optometric and ophthalmic
conferences. She also lectures university
students and gives CET accredited talks to postgraduates.
Until last year she was a member of the
Hospital Optometric Committee in the UK
and has previously been on the Council of the
British Contact Lens Association.
Loretta Szczotka-Flynn
Loretta is Associate Professor
at Case Western Reserve
University Department of
Ophthalmology & Visual
Sciences and is Director
of the CL Service at the
University Hospitals Case Medical Center in
Cleveland, Ohio.
She received her Doctorate of Optometry
and Masters of Physiological Optics from
Ohio State University in 1992, and her PhD
in Epidemiology from Case Western Reserve
University in January 2010. She is a Diplomate
in the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses
and Refractive Technologies of the American
Academy of Optometry and Program Chair for
the Section.
Her research interests include contact lens
complications, extended wear, silicone
hydrogels, keratoconus, post-surgical contact
lens fittings and corneal topography.
She was Ohio’s 1997 Young Optometrist of
the Year, and she received the Nissel Award
from the British Contact Lens Association in
2000 for excellence in rigid CL research.
She is the recipient of two Ezell Fellowships
for the years 2004-05 and 2005-06 from the
American Optometric Foundation, a Female
Scholar Award from Prevent Blindness Ohio
in 2007, and a CLAO Educational Research
Foundation Award in 2007 which all support
her research in silicone hydrogel related
infiltrative complications.
Her most recent interests include the genetic
causes of keratoconus which she studies in
collaboration with Sudha Iyengar PhD, a
genetic epidemiologist from Case Western
Reserve University.
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Nicola Anstice
Nicola obtained her
B.Optom (Hons) degree from
the University of Auckland in
1998 and then worked in
private optometry practice
for six years. She returned
to the department in 2005 to undertake her
PhD looking at a new contact lens to slow
myopia progression in children. She submitted
her PhD in 2009 and spent a year working as
a paediatric optometrist in the Department of
Ophthalmology, Manukau Super Clinic before
returning to take up a lecturerís position in the
Department of Optometry & Vision Science.
Luke Arundel
Luke is the current national
president of the CCLSA,
and graduated with
Honours in Optometry from
QUT in 1998. He worked
in a variety of private and
corporate practices in Australia and Ireland
before taking up his current position at a
contact lens specialist practice in Brisbane. This
practice has a 90% contact lens demographic
and and predominantly handles keratoconic,
post-graft, paediatric, prosthetic and OK lens
fitting. Luke is a supervisor at the QUT contact
lens clinic and has presented lectures at ICCLC
2007, QV2007–2010, QUT and UNSW.
He obtained his therapeutic qualification
in 2007, was awarded a Fellowship of the
CCLSA in 2007 and became an Adjunct
Associate Professor of the University of Missouri
in 2008.
Nicole Carnt
Nicole Carnt graduated
from UNSW in Optometry
in 1989 and worked in
private practice in Australia
and the UK before taking
a position with the CCLRU
in 1999, where she has held a variety of
roles. In recent years, she has been Principal
Investigator on IER Matrix studies, an ongoing
evaluation of silicone hydrogel and solution
combinations. She is currently undertaking a
PhD on Epidemiology of Contact Lens Related
Infection and Inflammation, with particular
interest in patient factors, such as risk taking
behaviour, compliance and genetics. She was
recently granted the 2010 Dallos Award from
the British Contact Lens Association.
Patrick Caroline
Patrick serves as an
Associate Professor at the
Pacific University College of
Optometry in Forest Grove,
Oregon and Past Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology
at the Oregon Health University in Portland,
Oregon. He is a Fellow member and Diplomat
of the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the
American Academy of Optometry.
Patrick is a Council member of the International
Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR)
as well as a member of the International
Association of Contact Lens Educators and the
American Association of Optometric Educators.
For the past fifteen years Patrick has served as
a contributing editor for Contact Lens Spectrum
and is on the editorial board for Contact Lens
and Anterior Eye journal. He has published
extensively on a wide range of contact lens
topics and lectures frequently throughout the
world on contact lens design and fitting.
Colin Chan
Dr Colin Chan is a Cornea
and Refractive specialist
at Vision Eye Institute in
Sydney. He was fellowship
trained in Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles. He has published
25 peer reviewed articles, won the Best paper
of Session award at ASCRS twice and was an
invited speaker for the World Cornea Congress
in 2010. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the
School of Optometry at the University of New
South Wales. His main areas of interest are
keratoconus including newer treatments such
as collagen crosslinking and corneal rings and
dry eye.
Jessica Chi
Jessica Chi obtained her
Bachelor of Optometry
degree from the University
of Melbourne in 2007 and
has since been working
alongside Richard Lindsay
in his private practice in East Melbourne.
Jessica’s particular interest in optometry is in
the field of contact lenses, which is convenient
as approximately 95% of her patients wear
contact lenses. She manages a diverse range
of patients with various conditions including
keratoconus, post-graft, ocular trauma, high
refractive error, and many paediatric contact
lens patients, including those born with
congenital cataracts. Jessica prescribes a
broad range of contact lenses, anywhere from
soft disposable contact lenses to custom rigid
lenses and hybrid contact lenses.
Jennifer Choo
Dr Choo currently serves
as Project Leader for the
Corneal Onlay project at
Adventus Technology Inc
and the Brien Holden Vision
Institute (BHVI) in Sydney,
Australia. She previously served as Project
Director for Orthokeratology research at the
BHVI.
Dr. Choo completed a Bachelor of Science
degree in Cell Biology and Genetics at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
She obtained her Doctor of Optometry degree
from Pacific University College of Optometry
in Portland, USA and recently completed her
PhD on the topic of Orthokeratology at the
University of New South Wales in Sydney,
Australia under the guidance of Professor Brien
Holden.
She is a recipient of several awards including
the Contact Lens Society of Australia Research
Award and the prestigious American Academy
of Optometry William C. Ezell Fellowship.
Dr. Choo is also an Assistant Clinical Professor
of Optometry at Pacific University College
of Optometry as well as an Advisory Board
Member for the Pennsylvania College of
Optometry.
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Jaya Dantam
Jaya Dantam graduated
with B.S. Optometry degree
from Bausch & Lomb School
of Optometry, India in
2006. After graduation,
she worked in cornea and
contact lens department of L.V. Prasad Eye
Institute. She commenced PhD in 2008 at the
Institute for Eye Research, University of New
South Wales, Australia and currently working
on “evaluation of the antibacterial contact
lens storage cases” under the supervision of
Prof. Fiona Stapleton and Dr Hua Zhu. She
was awarded a student travel grant by the
International Society of Contact Lens Research
in 2009. Her interests include development of
contact lens materials and contact lens care
products, ocular-microbiology.
Laura Downie
Dr. Laura Downie has
specialized in contact lens
practice since she completed
a combined Bachelor of
Optometry/Diploma of
Music at The University of
Melbourne in 2003. In 2008, Laura was
conferred a PhD at the same institution, which
investigated the cellular mechanisms involved in
retinopathy of prematurity. This work identified a
drug that promotes normal blood vessel growth
and has significant potential for treating this
disease. Further to her PhD research, Laura has
published several first-author papers in highimpact
scientific journals and in 2007 Laura
was one of only seven Australian PhD students
selected to attend the prestigious Meeting of
Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. Laura
also completed the Postgraduate Certificate in
Ocular Therapeutics.
Over this time, Laura has also continued to
practice as a clinical optometrist in private
practice. She has worked extensively in
specialist contact lens practice, in particular in
the areas of keratoconus, orthokeratology and
post-penetrating keratoplasty contact lens fitting.
Laura has been an invited speaker at a number
of international optometric meetings including
The Southern Regional Conference (SRC,
Melbourne 2007) and the Orthokeratology
Society of Oceania Conference (OSO, Gold
Coast 2008) and is also a clinical instructor
to undergraduate optometry students at The
University of Melbourne. She is currently
practicing at Eyetech Optometrists in Carlton
and Vision Camberwell.
Nathan Efron
Nathan Efron completed
his BScOptom and PhD at
the University of Melbourne
in 1981, and after two
years of post-doctoral
studies in Berkeley, USA
and Sydney, he returned to Melbourne as
senior lecturer responsible for contact lens
education. In 1990 he took up the foundation
Chair of Clinical Optometry at the University
of Manchester, England, and established a
contact lens research and consultancy unit
known as Eurolens Research. In Manchester, he
served as Head of Department from 1992-97
and Dean of Research for the university from
2001-2004, and was admitted to the degree
of Doctor of Science in 1995. Professor Efron
returned to Australia in 2006 and joined the
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
and School of Optometry at the Queensland
University of Technology, as Research Professor.
He has served as President of both the Contact
Lens Society of Australia (1981) and the British
Contact Lens Association (1997). He lectures
extensively world-wide and has published over
700 scientific papers, abstracts and textbook
chapters, and has written 6 books in 11
editions — his most recent being ‘Contact Lens
Practice 2nd Edition’ (Butterworth-Heinemann,
2010). Professor Efron has won a number of
prestigious awards, including the Optician
journal’s ‘Contribution to Optics’ award (UK,
1997), the Gold Medal of the British Contact
Lens Association (UK, 2001) and the Max
Schapero Award (USA, 2003).
Don Ezekiel
Graduated 1956 He did
his Post graduate contact
studies in London where
he obtained his FACLP and
DCLP. While in London he
worked in the practice of
Joseph Dallos who influenced him to make his
own contact lenses.
Started a contact lens laboratory (Gelflex) in
1971. The laboratory is active in research
and has developed several lenses including
the IOGEL intraocular lens, the Gas Permeable
Scleral lens and the Triton soft Translating
bifocal lens. He has lectured and conducted
workshops worldwide.
In 1997 he was made a Member of the Order
Of Australia, Australia’s third highest honor for
his contribution to the development of contact
lenses. In 2005 he was awarded the Hershel
gold medal by the International Society of
Contact Lens Specialists.
Desmond Fonn
Desmond Fonn is a Professor
and Director of the Centre
for Contact Lens Research
at the School of Optometry,
University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada. He is a fellow of the American
Academy of Optometry and a diplomate
of the Cornea and Contact Lens section, a
past President of the International Society for
Contact Lens Research and a founding member
of the International Association of Contact Lens
Educators in which he served as Vice President
for 15 years. In 2003 Desmond Fonn received
the prestigious Max Shapero award from the
American Academy of Optometry which is
awarded to individuals who have made a
significant contribution to the cornea and
contact lens field. He received the Wichterle
medal from the Czech Contact Lens Society
in 2003, the Kenneth W Bell medal from the
Australian Contact Lens Society in 2007, was
the 2008 British Contact Lens Association
Gold Medal recipient and received the Clair
Bobier distinguished lecture award from the
School of Optometry, University of Waterloo.
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He currently serves as Editor-In-Chief of Eye &
Contact Lens and is on the editorial boards of
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics and The
Ocular Surface. Professor Fonn is the author of
over 100 peer-reviewed papers.
Timothy Giles
Dr. Giles is the Global
Director of Professional
Education for CIBA
VISION’s Professional
Affairs Department. While
attending the Southern
California College of Optometry, he received
a Master of Science degree in Vision Science
in addition to a Doctor of Optometry degree
in 1985. He then completed his Master of
Business Administration in 2001.
Dr. Giles is a member of the American
Optometric Association, a member of the
American Academy of Optometry, and a
fellow of the British Contact Lens Association
and International Association of Contact
Lens Educators. He lives in Duluth, Georgia
where he is actively involved in the Georgia
Optometric Association.
Helen Gleave
Helen Gleave graduated
from City University in
London with honours. Post
graduation she worked in
Colchester Hospital before
joining an independent
practice in Portsmouth. She became a company
director and developed the practice over 16
years. During this time she formed a special
interest in contact lenses and participated in
numerous clinical trials and was a member
of contact lens manufacturer Advisory Panels.
She joined CIBA VISION in 2007 as the
Professional Affairs Manager for Australia and
New Zealand.
Narelle Hine
Narelle graduated in
Queensland and after
working in private practice
and studying for her DCLP
in the UK she returned
to Sydney as a senior research optometrist at
the CCLRU, working mainly on bifocal lens
development studies and completing her MSc
degree. She established her own full scope
practice in the Sydney CBD twelve years ago
and continues to pursue her interest in contact
lens practice. She is a long serving contact
lens clinic supervisor and guest lecturer at the
School of Optometry UNSW.
Brien Holden
Brien Holden is Professor
of the University of New
South Wales, CEO of the
Brien Holden Vision Institute
(formerly the Institute for Eye
Research) and CEO of the
Vision Cooperative Research Centre. He is
also CEO and President, Adventus Technology
Inc.
He was previously founder and Director of the
Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit and
Director of the Cooperative Research Centre
for Eye Research and Technology.
He is also very active in public health through his
role as CEO of ICEE – the International Centre
for Eyecare Education. He was appointed
Chair of the Refractive Error Working Group of
the World Health Organisation, and is on the
Board of Trustees of the International Agency
for Prevention of Blindness. He was Founding
Co-Chair of the Vision 2020 Australia group,
which works collaboratively to eliminate
avoidable blindness and impaired vision due
to uncorrected refractive error. He is Executive
Chair of the global Optometry Giving Sight
fund-raising initiative.
Professor Holden is internationally recognised
for his work in eyecare. He has received five
Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Science from
universities in the UK (The City University), the
US (State University of New York, Pennsylvania
College of Optometry and Ohio State
University), and South Africa (University of
Kwa Zulu Natal) as well as numerous other
national and international awards, including a
special recognition Award of the Association
for Research in Vision and Optometry,
Honorary Fellowship from the British College
of Optometry and the Medal of the Order of
Australia in 1997 for contributions to eyecare
research and education.
Kate Johnson
Kate Johnson owns and
operates an independent
practice in Brisbane, QLD,
with specialty interests in
contact lens fitting, binocular
vision and paediatric
optometry. Kate has a patient base of around
500 Orthokeratology wearers, both children
and adults, and is particularly interested in
OrthoK’s potential for myopia control.
Kate Johnson graduated from Queensland
University of Technology (QUT) in 2003 with
First Class Honours and a University Medal,
and has completed post graduate Ocular
Therapeutics certification. She is a fellow of
the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)
and the International Association of Contact
Lens Educators (IACLE). Kate has presented in
Australia and internationally on OrthoK, and is
a visiting lecturer and part-time clinical instructor
at QUT. She is the current Vice-President of the
OAA QLD/NT Division, CCLSA National
Vice President and National Treasurer of the
Orthokeratology Society of Oceania (OSO).
Lisa Keay
Lisa Keay received her
optometry qualifications
from University of New
South Wales, School of
Optometry and Vision
Science in 1993. She has
worked in clinical and research optometry in
Australia and the UK. She received her PhD
on the epidemiology of contact lens related
microbial keratitis in 2006. Her current
research interests include epidemiology of
corneal infections associated with contact
lens wear, ophthalmic epidemiology, vision
care in developing countries and the impact
of changes to visual function in older adults.
She holds an Australian National Health
and Medical Research Council post-doctoral
Research Fellowship and has completed a
post-doctoral research fellowship at the Dana
Center for Preventative Ophthalmology at Johns
Hopkins University. She is a senior research
fellow at the George Institute for International
Health at University of Sydney, Australia.
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Richard Lindsay
Richard Lindsay obtained
his BScOptom degree from
the University of Melbourne
in 1984 and a MBA from
the same institution in
1991. He is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Optometry and
a Diplomate of its Cornea and Contact Lens
Section. He is a Past-President and a Founding
Fellow of the Cornea and Contact Lens
Society of Australia. Mr Lindsay was Head of
Contact Lens Clinics at the Victorian College
of Optometry from 1989 to 1998. Presently
he manages his own specialist contact lens
practice in East Melbourne, Australia, where
he manages a diversity of patients referred for
contact lens management of conditions such
as keratoconus, irregular corneal grafts, failed
refractive surgery, paediatric aphakia, high
astigmatism and ocular trauma.
Russell Lowe
Russell Lowe directs a
clinical and research
practice specialising in
contact lenses and corneal
reshaping in Carlton,
Australia. A graduate and
past Academic Associate of the Department
of Optometry at the University of Melbourne,
Russell has lectured and published internationally
in the contact lens arena and is a professional
consultant to a number of contact lens firms.
His primary research interest is the effect of
orthokeratology on the regulation of myopia.
Russell is a Fellow of the American Academy
of Optometry, a member of the International
Society for Contact Lens Research and a
Past-President of the Contact Lens Society of
Australia.
Charles McMonnies
Graduated from the School
of Optometry UNSW where
he is now a professorial
visiting fellow. He practised
in Sydney for over 40 years.
He is a Member of Council
for the International Society of Contact Lens
Research., member and Past President Cornea
and Contact Lens Society of Australia and life
member Cornea and Contact Lens Society of
New Zealand. He is the author of 3 books,
5 text book chapters and over 90 scientific
and clinical papers. He was awarded the
British Contact Lens Association Medal for
outstanding contributions to the field of contact
lenses.
Vijay Mistry
Vijay Mistry graduated from
the Queensland University
of Technology (QUT) in
2007 with Honours. After
working interstate, he
joined Gerry & Johnson
Optometrists in May 2008
which has a specialty interests in contact lens
practice, paediatrics and binocular vision.
Vijay enjoys all areas of contact lens fitting and
management, particularly RGP fitting. Vijay
teaches for a half-day per week as a clinical
supervisor at the QUT School of Optometry
Contact Lens Clinic and is currently in the
process of completing the Graduate Certificate
of Ocular Therapeutics.
John Mountford
John Mountford graduated
from QUT in 1975 and
entered private practice
specializing in contact
lenses for keratoconus, post-
PK, paedriatric aphakia,
orthokeratology and the
medical applications of scleral lenses.
He has published numerous papers and
articles on Silicone lenses, scleral lenses and
Orthokeratology as well as text-book chapters
on the subject for Phillips and Speedwell’s
Contact lenses, 4th and 5th Edition, and
Hom’s Contact Lens Practice. He is the Principal
author of “Orthokeratology; Principles and
Practice, published by Elsevier.
He is a Fellow of the American Academy of
Optometry, a Foundation Fellow of the Cornea
and Contact Lens Society of Australia, and a
fellow of the BCLA.
In 2003 he was Awarded a Don Fraser
Fellowship by QUT, and is a Research Fellow
and visiting lecturer to the Departments of
Optometry at QUT and UNSW. He is also
an Adjunct Professor of USML and an external
preceptor for the University of Waterloo.
He was awarded the Roger Kame Award
for outstanding contributions to the field of
Orthokeratology in 2005, the Hamlyn Brier
Award and the Hon. Bill Hayden Queensland
Optometrist of the year in 2006.
Julie Newport
Julie Newport graduated
with honours from QUT’s
School of Optometry
in 1989, gaining her
therapeutic qualifications
in 2005. She is in private
practice in Bardon (suburban Brisbane) where
she specializes in treatment of dry eyes,
and in her spare time she is a director of the
Queensland Philanthropic Orchestra.
Nelson Oliver
Nelson graduated from
QUT in 1991. In the time
since he has worked in a
wide variety of optometry
modes and practices. He
has been a state president
and national councillor of the Optometrists
Association Australia. He has been working in
the field of refractive surgery for the last 8 years,
during this time he has developed an interest
in safety in refractive surgery and has lectured
to both optometrists and ophthalmologists on
the subject.
Eric Papas
Associate Professor Eric
Papas is Executive Director
of Research & Development
and Director of Postgraduate
Studies at the Brien Holden
Vision Institute and Vision
Co-operative Research Centre as well
as Senior Visiting Fellow at the School of
Optometry and Vision Science, University of
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. After
several years in specialist contact lens practice
in the UK, he managed corporate clinical
research groups for Hydron and Allergan.
On moving to Australia he was appointed
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Director of Clinical Research at the Cornea
and Contact Lens Research Unit (CCLRU)
and later Co-operative Research Centre for
Eye Research & Technology (CRCERT) where
he was a contributor to the development of
silicone hydrogel contact lenses. Currently he
oversees a suite of programs aimed at solving
major vision correction problems worldwide in
addition to looking after the academic needs
of over 50 postgraduate research students.
His current research interests include the ocular
surface, tear film and presbyopia. He has
appeared on television and radio and is a
regular speaker at scientific and educational
meetings internationally.
Tony Phillips
Tony Phillips is an optometrist
in a specialist contact lens
practice in Adelaide, S.A.
He also heads the Medical
Contact Lens Unit at the
Flinders Medical Centre and
the Infant and Baby Contact Lens Unit at the
Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Tony is perhaps best known as the co-editor
of the textbook “Contact Lenses” for more
years than he now cares to remember. He has
published widely in other texts and journals and
lectured extensively around the world. More
recently he has published “The Optometrist’s
Practitioner-Patient Manual’ to help clinicians
make more easily understood explanations of
ocular conditions to their patients.
Tony is a Past President of the CLSA. In 1992
he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in the
Medical Use of Contact Lenses.
Padmaja Sankaridurg
Dr Padmaja Sankaridurg
is Program Director,
Myopia Program of the
Brien Holden Vision
Institute and the Vision Cooperative
Research Centre,
Sydney, Australia.
She was awarded her B.Opt from the Elite
School of Optometry, Chennai, India in 1989
and in 1999 she gained her PhD degree from
the University of New South Wales, Australia.
After working for a number of years at the
L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, India as the Chief of
Contact Lens Services, she took up a position
at the Brien Holden Vision Institute (formerly
the Institute for Eye Research) and the Vision
Cooperative Research Centre. She is also a
Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New
South Wales. Her research areas include
refractive errors of the eye, contact lens
induced infection and inflammation of the eye.
In addition, Dr Sankaridurg also manages the
Intellectual Property portfolio of the Institute.
Jenny Saunders
Jenny is Director of
Live the Life, a medical
marketing agency that
helps manufacturers and
practices improve their
communications and service
delivery. She has experience across the range
of practice types, from medical specialists to
retail optometrists, locally and in the USA. Her
philosophy is to tell the truth in an interesting
way and to keep it practical.
Ian Sim
Graduated in 1965 from
Australia’s first full time and
specific Optometry degree.
His expertise with contact
lenses is derived from his
experience with a broad
range of patients from both private practice
and a large tertiary teaching hospital. Ian
Sim runs a private practice in Perth, Western
Australia, with emphasis upon contact lenses
and he is an Optometrist Consultant at the
Royal Perth Hospital Eye Clinic.
Grant Snibson
Following his medical
and specialist training in
Melbourne, A/Prof Snibson
completed fellowships in
Diseases and Surgery of the
Cornea in both Oxford and
London. On returning to Australia, he joined
the Corneal Unit of the Royal Victorian Eye &
Ear Hospital where he continues as Principal
Specialist, having stepped down from the role
of Unit Head in 2006. A/Prof Snibson has
held an honorary appointment in the Centre
for Eye Research Australia and University of
Melbourne Department of Ophthalmology
for many years and was Medical Director of
the Lions Corneal Donation Service for over a
decade. He is a co-founder and current Director
of the Melbourne Excimer Laser Group. His
private practice as a principal of Eye Surgery
Associates is limited to Corneal, Cataract and
Refractive Surgery. A/Prof Snibson is currently
leading a number of research projects relating
to corneal collagen cross-linking, including the
world’s first randomised controlled trial of this
treatment in the management of keratoconus.
Fiona Stapleton
Professor and Head of
School of Optometry and
Vision Science, University of
New South Wales, Sydney,
NSW, Australia
Senior Research Associate, Institute for Eye
Research, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Professor Stapleton graduated in Optometry
from the University of Cardiff, Wales and
was awarded her PhD from City University
and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Her
research areas include the epidemiology of
lens-related disease, ocular microbiology,
bacterial resistance, contact lens care systems,
and ocular defence mechanisms. She
holds numerous memberships and executive
affiliations with optometric and scientific
organisations, is a regular reviewer for a
range of journals, belongs to the international
editorial board of four journals, has over 120
peer reviewed publications, has contributed
15 chapters to textbooks and published a
book on the diagnosis and management of
anterior segment disease.
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David Stephensen
David conducts a specialty
contact lens fitting practice
from practices in the Brisbane
CBD and the southside
suburb of Moorooka. David
is a Fellow of the Cornea
and Contact Lens Society of Australia and
has been actively involved in The Cornea
and Contact Lens Society of Australia for
many years. He held the Queensland Chapter
Presidency from 2000 to 2006 and the
National Presidency in 2004. Currently he is
the Chair of the written examination section for
the Fellowship of the CCLSA. As well as his
undergraduate Optometry qualification, David
also holds a business degree, majoring in the
area of Logistics and Operations Management.
David was amongst the first graduating class
of the QUT Graduate Certificate in Ocular
Therapeutics in 2005, making him one of
the first therapeutically qualified Optometrists
in Queensland. David has interests in anterior
segment eye conditions, toric intraocular lenses,
contact lens correction for presbyopia, and in
contact lens correction of abnormal corneas –
particularly pellucid marginal degeneration,
post graft, and keratoconus.
Helen Swarbrick
Associate Professor Helen
Swarbrick gained her
optometric qualifications in
New Zealand and worked
in private optometric
practice in New Zealand and England. After
11 years at the CCLRU, in 1995 Dr Swarbrick
joined the School of Optometry and Vision
Science, UNSW, with responsibility for
contact lens education. Dr Swarbrick’s primary
research interest is the corneal response to
orthokeratology for the correction of refractive
errors, for which she continues to receive
substantial funding through the Australian
Research Council Linkage project scheme.
In 2004 she was awarded the Rodger
Kame Memorial Award in recognition of her
efforts, innovation and research in the field
of orthokeratology and corneal reshaping.
Dr Swarbrick has published widely on
orthokeratology and other contact lens-related
topics in the international scientific literature
and has presented many talks at national and
international conferences.
Debbie Sweeney
Professor Deborah Sweeney
is Director of Research,
College of Health and
Science at UWS.
Deborah received her
Bachelor of Optometry from
UNSW in 1980, and completed her PhD in
1992. She has held various executive roles
within the Cornea & Contact Lens Research
Unit, School of Optometry and Vision Science,
UNSW and the CRC for Eye Research &
Technology and the Vision CRC. Her research
interests centre on biomedical aspects of the
cornea and modalities of vision correction
including contact lenses, refractive surgery,
corneal implants and prostheses. Deborah has
published over 100 peer-reviewed articles,
numerous book chapters as well as edited a
book about new generation contact lenses –
silicone hydrogels.
She is active in national and international
organizations, and holds executive positions
in the International Association of Contact Lens
Educators, the Keratoprosthesis Study Group,
VisionCare NSW, the CRC Association and
the International Society of Contact Lens
Research, and is a Director on the Board for
Vision 2020 Australia.
Mark Willcox
Mark Willcox is a Professor
in School of Optometry and
Vision Science, UNSW
and Chief Scientific Officer
of the Brien Holden Vision
Institute Ltd. He specialises
in ocular microbiology, tear film biochemistry
and corneal immunology. Mark has published
over 200 refereed journal articles, 5 patents,
6 book chapters, and over 300 conference
abstracts. Mark is on the editorial board of
Eye & Contact Lens Science & Clinical Practice
and Current Eye Research.
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Jim Kokkinakis
Anson Poon
Lachlan
Scott-Hoy
Steve Zantos
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Hyde Park Inn
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A 4 Star Hotel in
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The Hyde Park Inn
Sheraton on the Park
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Sheraton on the Park is located directly
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of the city in the hotels health club, pool,
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Run of House Room:
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Park Regis Hotel
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Park Regis City Centre is perfectly located in
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Three Bedroom Apartment:
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• Maximum 6 guests (3 x King beds
or 6 x single beds)
• Minimum stay of 2 nights
• 2 bathrooms
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