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:20260721T140817Z - 10715@19---xneelo-5 DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251024T083000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251026T150000 CREATED:20260721T140817Z DESCRIPTION:Cont actConnect 2025\nAccommodation Bookings: Click Her​e Program Guide P reliminary Program for the ContactConnect 2025 (Subject to Change) Program - Friday Program - Saturday Program - Sunday ContactConnect 2025 - Our Sp eakers Dr. Christine W. Sindt Dr. Christine W. Sindt is a 1994 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She completed a disease-b ased residency at the Cleveland VA Medical Center where she also did subsp ecialty rotations in low vision and advanced contact lens fitting. Dr Sind t joined the Faculty of the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 1995\, where she is a Professor of Clinical Ophtha lmology and Director of the Contact Lens Service. Dr Sindt is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry. She is the 2010-2011 AOA CLCS Chair\, P ast President of Women of Vision and the Past President and co-founder of the Scleral Lens Education Society Daddi Fadel - DOptom\, FSLS\, FBCLA\, F AAO\, FIACLE She is a clinical scientist at the Center for Ocular Research and Education (CORE) and an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Waterloo\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada. She is a Pioneer of modern len s designs and a specialist in contact lenses for irregular cornea\, sclera l lenses\, myopia control\, and orthokeratology. She studied optometry at Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optometriche (ISSO) in Rome (1998-2001)\, a four-year course achieved in three years with honors. She is the Founder o f the European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE)\, the Global Ophthalmi c Women (GLOW)\, and The Summit of Specialty Contacts (SSC). Fadel is also the Chair of the Global Ambassadors of the British Contact Lens Associati on (BCLA)\, a member of the GPLI Advisory Board\, a member of the medical advisory board of the International Keratoconus Academy (IKA)\, and a clin ical advisor of Myopia Care. Dr. Byki Huntjens - Consultant educator and r esearcher [...] DTSTAMP:20260721T140817Z LOCATION:235 Sixth Rd\, Kempton Park\, Johannesburg GP 1619\, South Africa SUMMARY:ContactConnect 2025 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:ContactConnect 2025\nAccommodation Bookings: Click Her​ e Program Guide Preliminary Program for the ContactConnect 2025 (Subject t o Change) Program - Friday Program - Saturday Program - Sunday ContactConn ect 2025 - Our Speakers Dr. Christine W. Sindt Dr. Christine W. Sindt is a 1994 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She comp leted a disease-based residency at the Cleveland VA Medical Center where s he also did subspecialty rotations in low vision and advanced contact lens fitting. Dr Sindt joined the Faculty of the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 1995\, where she is a Professor o f Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of the Contact Lens Service. Dr Sind t is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry. She is the 2010-2011 A OA CLCS Chair\, Past President of Women of Vision and the Past President a nd co-founder of the Scleral Lens Education Society Daddi Fadel - DOptom\, FSLS\, FBCLA\, FAAO\, FIACLE She is a clinical scientist at the Center fo r Ocular Research and Education (CORE) and an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Waterloo\, Waterloo\, Ontario\, Canada. She is a Pion eer of modern lens designs and a specialist in contact lenses for irregula r cornea\, scleral lenses\, myopia control\, and orthokeratology. She stud ied optometry at Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optometriche (ISSO) in Rome (1998-2001)\, a four-year course achieved in three years with honors. She is the Founder of the European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE)\, the Global Ophthalmic Women (GLOW)\, and The Summit of Specialty Contacts (SS C). Fadel is also the Chair of the Global Ambassadors of the British Conta ct Lens Association (BCLA)\, a member of the GPLI Advisory Board\, a membe r of the medical advisory board of the International Keratoconus Academy ( IKA)\, and a clinical advisor of Myopia Care. Dr. Byki Huntjens - Consulta nt educator and researcher [...] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR