TLC V - Optometrists Association Australia NSW/ACT Division

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TLC V
Tasmania’s Lifestyle
Congress 2009
Optometrists Association Australia (Tasmanian Division)
‘Optometry the Big Picture’
TLC V
Tasmania’s Lifestyle
Congress
i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e
E u r o p e a n E y e W e a r L o w V i s i o n S e m i n a r
‘Optometry the Big Picture’
The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel, 14-16 August 2009

Invitation from the President – Tim Powell
I would like to extend a special invitation to you and your colleagues to join us for some TLC (Tasmania’s Lifestyle Congress V) in Hobart
in August this year. We are building on the success of this intimate and accessible congress format and have an exciting list of speakers
to provide you with first rate continuing education. These include emerging international speaker Prof Joseph Sowka, the well known and
well regarded Prof Jan Lovie-Kitchin, optometrist Gary Page and ophthalmologist Dr Nitin Verma . TLC V will also see the continuation of
the immensely popular Hypotheticals - a relaxed and entertaining evening that allows registrants to access the panel’s expertise in novel
situations based on real life optometric cases.
This year we are focusing on ‘Optometry – The Big Picture’ with lectures that provide useful and usable take-home messages.
‘Optometry – The Big Picture’ will take a whole of profession look at the challenges of modern day practice, the frontiers of the future and
our increasing role in the health arena. TLC is all about quality education, meaningful interaction with the presenters and excellent
entertainment. A highlight is the CooperVision Congress Dinner which this year will be held at the Grand Chancellor’s Harbour View
restaurant and will showcase Tasmania’s finest food and wine.
In addition to our regular TLC program this year, we have decided to include a specific Low Vision Congress component on the Saturday morning. This is open to all registrants and
will provide novices and experts in the field with some pearls of practice in this challenging area. It is the only congress of its kind in Australia and we are proud to offer this extension
to our annual TLC in 2009.
This year’s congress will offer 34 CPD points as well as providing a great social event and the opportunity to delight in Tasmania’s world class scenery and lifestyle.
Prof Joseph Sowka
Prof Sowka received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his Doctor of Optometry degree and residency training from the
Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Prof Sowka is currently Professor of Optometry at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry where
he teaches the courses in glaucoma and retinal disease. Prof Sowka serves as Chief of The Advanced Care Service and Director of the Glaucoma
Service at the College’s Eye Institute.
Prof Sowka is an Associate Editor and a member of Editorial Review Board for Optometry- The Journal of the American Optometric Association. He
is also a Contributing Editor for Review of Optometry. He is the lead author on The Handbook of Ocular Disease Management. Prof Sowka
lectures nationally and internationally and has authored numerous publications and book chapters. Prof Sowka is a founding member of both the
Optometric Glaucoma Society and Optometric Retina Society and is an executive board member for both societies. He is also on the Glaucoma
Advisory Board for Alcon laboratories. Prof Sowka is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry – Disease Section, Glaucoma
Subsection.
Gary Page
Gary studied Orthoptics at La Trobe university and worked with ophthalmologists in Melbourne for 5 years before moving to Brisbane to study
optometry. He has worked in large ophthalmic co-management centres since 1995 and for the past 8 years has lived in Townsville. During his time
in Townsville Gary has worked in private practice, in conjunction with an ophthalmologist running a stand alone red eye / ocular triage centre and in
remote eye outreach schemes.
Gary was a councillor with the Queensland Optometrists Association in 2008 and lectured in the Post Graduate Therapeutics Course run by QUT in
2005, 2006 and 2007. He is currently serving on the Therapeutics Advisory Committee to the Optometrists Board of Queensland.
Nitin Verma
Richard Lindsay
Dr Verma received his degree in Ophthalmology in New Delhi and his Master of Medicine in Ophthalmology from the University of Sydney. He
obtained a specialist degree in ophthalmology from the Arztekammer des Saarlandies in West Germany as well as undertaking other courses
throughout the world. He is a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and has received numerous awards
including: The P Kutumbiah Gold Medal in Clinical Medicine, Dr Bodh Raj Sabbarwal Gold Medal, Distinguished Service Award RANZCO, certificates
of appreciation from Australian Government (AUSAID) and an Australian Red Cross.
Dr Verma has published and presented more than 100 papers.
He is currently Consulting Ophthalmologist at the Hobart Eye Clinic and Calvary Hospital and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine University of
Sydney, Senior Lecturer of Ophthalmology at the University of Tasmania and Visiting Medical Officer at the Department of Ophthalmology at the
Royal Hobart Hospital.
Dr Verma is the Honorary Consul in Tasmania for Timor Leste.
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
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.

Piers Carozzi
Andrew Hogan
Piers graduated from Melbourne University at the end of 1993. In an act of faith, he was employed by the Victorian College of Optometry,
and has been there ever since. Piers' main passion is public health optometry, particularly eye care for those marginalised and
disadvantaged in our society. He is the Head of Outreach Services at the VCO, which encompasses the homeless persons’ eye care
program, and programs for SRS (supported residential services), Aged Care Facilities, and people with a disability. He is also heavily
involved in Low Vision Optometry, and has worked in Low Vision clinics in association with Vision Australia for the last 13 yrs as a
clinician. He enjoys the different focus that low vision optometry brings, and the opportunity to work in a team environment.
Andrew Harris
Andrew Harris obtained his Bachelor of Science Optometry from the University of Melbourne and has postgraduate diplomas in children’s vision and
ocular therapies.
Andrew has worked as Senior Clinician at the University of Melbourne (DOVS) and as Consultant at The Royal Melbourne Hospital Eye Clinic. Since
1990 he has been in private practice in North Melbourne.
Andrew has been a Board Member of the Victorian Division since 1996 and served as President from 2001-2005. He first joined the Optometrists
Association Australia in 1999 and has been President since 2007. He has also been a Member of the Board of the National Vision Research Institute
since 2006. Andrew is a fellow of the Victorian College of Optometry.
Prof Jan Lovie-Kitchin
Jan Lovie-Kitchin is Adjunct Professor in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) School of Optometry after a 26 year academic career
there. She has extensive clinical, teaching and research experience in the low vision field. Her postgraduate study in Melbourne in the 1970s
resulted in the Bailey-Lovie visual acuity charts, which are now used in low vision clinics and in major research studies throughout the world. She
has over 130 publications including many research papers on the assessment of age-related macular degeneration and the mobility and reading
performance of older people with visual impairment. In 1993, she established the QUT Vision Rehabilitation Centre, a multi-disciplinary
rehabilitation service for visually impaired people, within the School of Optometry where she is currently a consultant optometrist. She is an
Associate Editor of Clinical and Experimental Optometry and recently has carried out consultancies for the Optometry Council of Australia and New
Zealand. She is also a non-executive Director of Vision Australia.
Lainie Tomming
Lainie Tomming recently joined OAA as the National Marketing Manager, replacing Robert Hilkes. Lainie completed a bachelor of commerce
and masters of marketing and has been working in marketing and communication – predominately in health, fitness and leisure - for the past ten
years.
Prior to joining the Association, she worked in London for FitPro as the marketing communications manager, Tabcorp Australia’s membership
division as the product manager and Greyhound Racing Victoria as the state marketing manager.
Moving forward, she sees the marketing department becoming more active with the States and members and developing new campaigns that
assist in generating greater awareness of the profession and building business at practice level.
Graeme Sheil
In 1972 Graeme co-founded the company European Eyewear which has become Australia’s main supplier of magnification for the visually
impaired.
For the past thirty-seven years, Graham has been the conduit between practitioners in Australia and overseas manufacturers of magnification.
He has worked closely with the German firm Eschenbach Optik Nurnberg to develop new forms of magnification and the adoption of
specifications to simplify low vision prescribing. One aim of these developments has been to facilitate predictable outcomes when prescribing
magnification.
Graham has been a frequent attendee of international low vision conferences. Within Australia he has extensively conducted workshops and
given lectures to orthoptists, optical technicians, and to postgraduate optometrists.
Out of optics, Graham is a prolific writer of short stories and plays. His play BALI : ADAT was performed by the Melbourne Theatre Company
at the Melbourne International Arts Festival (the actress Meleta Jurassic was the state top acting award for her performance in this play), and
this play has been translated into Indonesian. His short stories have been widely published in Australia, the US, Canada, China and a number
have been translated into Mandarin, Indonesian and Arabic. Many of his stories are set in New Guinea.

TLC V
Tasmania’s Lifestyle
Congress 2009
Optometrists Association Australia (Tasmanian Division)
TLC V
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
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Accommodation
The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel
1 Macquarie Street, Hobart, TASMANIA 7000, 1800 814 676 (reservations)
N.B. Please quote when booking – “optometrists conference 14 August 2009”
Standard
$140 per night
Studio Apartments
$150 per night
1 Bedroom Apartments $170 per night
N.B. There are also many other Hotels in close proximity.
‘Optometry the Big Picture’
Tasmania’s Lifestyle Congress V and the European Eye Wear Low Vision Seminar
The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel, Hobart, 14-16 August 2009
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Friday 14 August 6.30pm-9.00pm Official Opening and Hypotheticals (Parliament House Hobart)
6.30pm
Welcome drinks and cocktails
7.15pm
Official Opening – Hon Lara Giddings MHA, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health
7.30pm
Optometry Giving Sight – Liz Kearny
7.45pm-9.00pm
Hypotheticals – Daryl Guest
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Saturday 15 August 9.00am-12.00pm European Eyewear Low Vision Seminar
9.00am-10.30am
Prof Jan Lovie-Kitchin - Low Vision in Your Consulting Room
10.30am-10.45am
Morning Tea
10.45am-11.00am
Graeme Sheil – Taking the Guesswork out of Prescribing Magnification
11.00am-12.00pm
Prof Jan Lovie-Kitchin - Advanced Low Vision (attendees at this session should have attended
session one)
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12.00pm
OAA Tas AGM
12.30pm
Lunch
1.00pm
Annual Keith Mackriell Lecture – Gary Page
Post op care by optometrists in a regional setting.
2.00pm
Prof Joseph Sowka
Interactive discussion in glaucoma case analysis.
3.00pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30pm
Dr Nitin Verma
Management of visual loss in diabetic eye disease.
4.30pm
Piers Carozzi
Taking the mystery out of low vision optometry.
5.30pm
Tasmanian College of Optometry AGM
7.30pm
CooperVision Congress Dinner
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Sunday 16 August 7.30am- 9.00am Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia - ACL Breakfast & AGM – Richard Lindsay
Thinking outside the sphere – post operative contact lens fit and other challenges.
9.00am
Prof Jan Lovie-Kitchin
Critical visual field size for mobility of low vision adults.
10.00am
Prof Joseph Sowka
Interactive discussion in neuro-opthalmic disease.
11.00am
Morning Tea
11.30am
Gary Page
Common infective and inflammatory corneal conditions.
12.30am
Andrew Hogan
Case reports.
1.15pm
Lunch
2.00pm
Catia Sicari
Who is Glaucoma Australia? What do they do?
2.15pm
Lainie Tomming
Using the Association’s services to enhance your practice.
2.45pm
Graeme Sheil
Something old, something new.
3.30pm
Andrew Harris
Drip therapy.
4.30pm
Close – Tim Powell and Andrew Harris
Registration Fee
• Full TLC V Congress 34 CPD Points $460 - includes Low Vision Seminar and CooperVision Congress Dinner
• Student 34 CPD Points $50 – does not include CooperVision Congress Dinner
• Low Vision Seminar Only 6 CPD Points $95
The Hotel Grand Chancellor
1 Davey Street, Hobart, TASMANIA 7000, (03) 6235 4548 (ph)
N.B. Please quote when booking – “optometrists conference 14 August 2009”
Harbour View Rooms
Mountain / City View Rooms
Breakfast (full buffet)
N.B. There are also many other Hotels in close proximity.
$185 per night
$150 per night
$28 per person

TASMANIA’S LIFESTYLE CONGRESS V, 2009
Registration Form
OAA Tas ABN: 18 332 330 199
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This form becomes your tax invoice once payment has been made. Refunds are not available after Friday 31 July 2009
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Full Registration includes all sessions, European Eye Wear Low Vision Seminar, Cooper Vision Dinner, Contact Lens Industry
Council Breakfast and all lunches and morning and afternoon teas.
Registration
Amount
Full Registration (including European Eye Wear Low Vision Seminar) $460.00
Student Registration (does not include CooperVision Dinner) $50.00
Day Registration
Friday 14 August $95.00
EE Low Vision Seminar Saturday Morning 15 August $95.00
Saturday Afternoon 15 August $135.00
Sunday 16 August $290.00
Additional Cooper Vision Guest $115.00
TOTAL
For catering purposes (only if you have registered for full registration): please tick if you will NOT be attending
Friday Night Drinks
Saturday Lunch ; Saturday Evening CooperVision Dinner
Sunday Morning Contact Lens Industry Council Breakfast ; Sunday Lunch
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OAA Tasmanian Division
Commonwealth Back of Australia, Hobart
BSB 067 000, Account Number 0078 1582
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