2008 INDUSTRY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
To submit your event to this calendar, send information in the format used below to Executive Editor Mary Kane at mkane@jobson.com. Please be sure to include dates, venue, complete contact information and the number of CE credit hours available.
Details are subject to change, so attendees or participants should contact event organizers directly for more information.
MAY 2008
30—31
OptExpo
Gromada Congress & Exhibition Centre
Warsaw, Poland
Contact: Mikolaj Sokolowski, +48 41 365 12 22
Fax: +48 41 345 62 61
Web site:www.targikielce.pl
JUNE 2008
12—15
Review of Optometry’s Maui 2008…A Meeting of Clinical Excellence
Westin Maui Resort & Spa
Ka'anapali Beach
Contact: Lois DiDomenico, (866) 658-1772
Email: ldidomenico@jobson.com
Web site: www.revoptom.com/maui2008/0108Maui.html
25—29
American Optometric Association
111th Annual Congress "Optometry’s Meeting"
Seattle, Wash.
Contact: Dawn Gittemeier, (314) 991-4100, ext. 4214
Web site: www.aoa.org
JULY 2008
Date: TBD
Wenzhou Optics Fair
Wenzhou, China
Contact: Vicky Chen, +86 577 8890 2800
Fax: +86 577 8890 1788
Web site: www.donnor.com/mould
16—19
Abioptica
Transamerica Expo Center
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Contact: Elter Santos, +55 11 3045 2090
Fax: +55 11 3045 2090
Web site: www.abiotica.com.br
17—20
Review of Optometry & SECO’s Bermuda 2008…A Meeting of Clinical Excellence
Fairmont Hamilton Princess
Hamilton, Bermuda
Contact: Lois DiDomenico, (866) 658-1772
Email: ldidomenico@jobson.com
Web site: www.revoptom.com/bermuda2007
AUGUST 2008
Date: TBD
Optiferia Expo Optica
Buenos Aires Argentina
Contact: Sergio Besseman, +54 11 4312 7945/6320
Fax: +54 11 4312 7945/6320
Web site: www.optiferia.com
SEPTEMBER 2008
5—7
Optometric Retina Society 2008 Annual Meeting
Radisson Hotel
Boston, Mass.
Contact: Lois DiDomenico, (866) 658-1772
Email: ldidomenico@jobson.com
Web site: www.revoptom.com
Date: TBD
Wisconsin Optometric Association Annual Meeting and Convention
Venue: TBD
Contact: Joleen Breunig, (608) 274-4322
Fax: (608) 274-8646
Email: Joleenwoaoffice@tds.net
Web site: www.woa-eyes.org
26—28
China 21st International Optical Fair (CIOF)
China International Exhibition Center, Beijing
Contact: Orient International Exhibition Co., (852) 2789-3220
Fax: (852) 2789-3260
Email: orientex@netvigator.com
Web site: www.orientexhibition.com.hk
26—28
The Florida Retina Symposium
Omni Orlando Resort
at ChampionsGate
Orlando, Fla.
Contact: Michael Barnes, (800) 472-8867
Email: info@crmd.net
Web site: www.retinasymposium.com
OCTOBER 2008
1—3
IOFT International Optical Fair Tokyo
Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, (011) 81 3-33498508,
Fax: (011) 81 3 3345-7929
Email: ioft-eng@reedexpo.com
Web site: www.ioft.jp
2—5
EastWest Eye Conference
Cleveland Convention Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Contact: (800) 999-4939
Fax: (614) 781-5521
Email: info@ooa.org
Web site: www.eastwesteye.org
3—5
International Vision Expo West
The Sands Expo and Conference Center
Las Vegas, Nev.
Contact: Association Expositions and Service, (203) 840-5610
Email: inquiry@vision.reedexpo.com
Web site: www.visionexpowest.com
14—18
College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
COVD 38th Annual Meeting
Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Contact: Jackie Cencer, (330) 995-0718
Fax: (330) 995-0719
Email: jcencer@covd.org
Web site: www.covd.org
16—19
Great Western Council of Optometry
Doubletree Hotel and Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Ore.
Contact: Marti L. Wangen, CAE (406) 443-1160
Email: info@gwco.org
Web site: www.gwco.org
22—25
American Academy of Optometry, Academy 2008
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim Marriott Hotel
Anaheim Hilton Hotel
Anaheim, CA
Contact: (301) 984-1441
Fax: (301) 984-4737
Email: AAOptom@AAOptom.org
Web site: www.aaopt.org
30—NOVEMBER 2
Silmo International Optics and Eyewear Exhibition
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris
Contact: Isabelle Ferreira, 33 (0)1 43 46 27 61
Fax: 33 (0)1 43 46 27 62
Email: iferreira@silmo.fr
Web site: www.silmo.fr
NOVEMBER 2008
Date: TBD
China International Fair
Shenzhen, China
Contact: Nancy Liu +86 755 8364 3481 831
Fax: +86 755 8364 3450
Web site: www.vision-expochina.com
6—8
Hong Kong Optical Fair
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center,
Wanchai, Hong Kong
Contact: Patrick Cheng, (852) 2240 4393
Fax: (852) 2824 0026
Email: exhibitions@tdc.org.hk
Web site: www.hkopticalfair.com
6—8
OLA 2008
Optical Laboratories Association’s Annual Meeting and Convention
Gaylord Opryland Convention Center
Nashville Tenn.
Contact: Carmen Sevilla., (800) 477-5652 or (703) 359-2830
Fax: (703) 359-2834,
Email: carmen@ola-labs.org
Web site: www.ola-labs.org
7—9
Vision Canada 2008
Marriott Harbourfront
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Contact: Pat Dobbyn, (204) 982-6060
Email: convention@vision-canada.ca
Web site: www.vision-canada.ca
8—11
American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Ga.
Contact: American Academy of Ophthalmology, (415) 561-8500
Fax: (415) 561-8533
Web site: www.aao.org