BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:SAST TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260721T174309Z - 13633@19---xneelo-5 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20230901T083000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20230903T150000 CREATED:20260721T174309Z DESCRIPTION:ContactConnect 2023 (Registration Closed)\nContactConn ect 2023 - Our Speakers Brian Tompkins - BSc Hons FC Optom FBCLA Brian is an experienced independent practitioner in his stunningly refurbished and contemporised Victorian house-practice in Northampton UK. He is a Past Pre sident of the BCLA and a former AOP Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year at the multi award winning TK&S. He lectures internationally on business\, imaging technology\, dry eye and specialist contact lens topics\, all bas ed on real life experience in the consulting room. Brian learnt that peopl e retain more by being entertained while being educated and so since that time his lectures and workshops have been interactive and fun\, sometimes even hilarious\, but always informative. He is maybe Optometry’s best kn own EDUTAINER. Dr Melissa Barnett - OD\, FAAO\, FSLS\, FBCLA Melissa Barne tt is passionate about helping people improve their lives by optimizing th eir vision\, health and wellness with a customized approach. An internatio nally recognized expert in specialty and scleral lenses\, dry eye disease\ , keratoconus\, and presbyopia\, Dr. Barnett is a key opinion leader\, fre quent lecturer and advocate for expanding the scope of practice through te chnology and sharing best practices. She has authored books and numerous r esearch publications and sits on boards of multiple specialty organization s. Dr. Barnett was awarded the inaugural Theia Award for Excellence for Me ntoring by Women In Optometry and was granted the Most Influential Women i n Optical from Vision Monday. Sarah Morgan - Sarah Morgan is an optometris t\, and has worked in clinical research at The University of Manchester wh ere she gained her MPhil – she continues to lecture and lead clinical se ssions and holds the post of Vision Sciences Fellow. Her business consulta ncy includes a wide portfolio of projects including staff development and training\, advising professional organisations\, and [...] DTSTAMP:20260721T174309Z LOCATION:Irene Country Hotel & Conference Centre\, Nellmapius drive\, Irene \, Pretoria 0062 SUMMARY:ContactConnect 2023 (Registration Closed) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:ContactConnect 2023 (Registration Closed) \nContactConnect 2023 - Our Speakers Brian Tompkins - BSc Hons FC Opto m FBCLA Brian is an experienced independent practitioner in his stunningly refurbished and contemporised Victorian house-practice in Northampton UK. He is a Past President of the BCLA and a former AOP Contact Lens Practiti oner of the Year at the multi award winning TK&S. He lectures internationa lly on business\, imaging technology\, dry eye and specialist contact lens topics\, all based on real life experience in the consulting room. Brian learnt that people retain more by being entertained while being educated a nd so since that time his lectures and workshops have been interactive and fun\, sometimes even hilarious\, but always informative. He is maybe Opto metry’s best known EDUTAINER. Dr Melissa Barnett - OD\, FAAO\, FSLS\, FB CLA Melissa Barnett is passionate about helping people improve their lives by optimizing their vision\, health and wellness with a customized approa ch. An internationally recognized expert in specialty and scleral lenses\, dry eye disease\, keratoconus\, and presbyopia\, Dr. Barnett is a key opi nion leader\, frequent lecturer and advocate for expanding the scope of pr actice through technology and sharing best practices. She has authored boo ks and numerous research publications and sits on boards of multiple speci alty organizations. Dr. Barnett was awarded the inaugural Theia Award for Excellence for Mentoring by Women In Optometry and was granted the Most In fluential Women in Optical from Vision Monday. Sarah Morgan - Sarah Morgan is an optometrist\, and has worked in clinical research at The University of Manchester where she gained her MPhil – she continues to lecture and lead clinical sessions and holds the post of Vision Sciences Fellow. Her business consultancy includes a wide portfolio of projects including staff development and training\, advising professional organisations\, and [... ] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR