Join Optometry NSW/ACT on 26-28 July 2024 for a fun-filled weekend conference in Thredbo! With up to 9 CPD hours (including 5i), grab your annual quota of interactive CPD in one hit.
Stay locally at Thredbo or take the Snowy Mountains bus to your accommodation. Lectures are timed to work with the bus timetable.
Book your own accommodation AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND as it books out early!
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Discuss your legitimate tax deduction for travel, accommodation and conference costs with your accountant.
- Strictly OA members ONLY
- Early Bird until 11.59pm 31/5/24 $395
- Standard Rate until 11.59pm 13/7/24 $445
Inclusions
- 9 hours (including 4Ti / 5i) of quality CPD at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel event centre – meet all of your interactive CPD requirements for 2024!
- Friday evening drinks and canapes during session 1
- Saturday morning breakfast during Session 2
- Saturday evening drinks and canapes during Session 3
- Sunday morning breakfast during Session 4
Exclusions
- Delegates must arrange their own accommodation
- National Park entrance fees
- Lift passes, gear hire
- Travel to and from the conference venue
- Snow chain hire if driving above snowline (unless your car is AWD)
Program
Friday 26 JULY
- 4-5pm – Judy Nam: AMD vs Pachychoroid – Monitor or refer?
- 5-6pm – Matt Trinh: Keeping up with the literature (for dummies, including me)
SATURDAY 27 JULY
- 8-9am – Paula Katalinic and Audrey Molloy: An approach to recommending restrictions for driver licences
- 9-10am – Speaker TBA
- 4-5pm – Audrey Molloy: A go-to approach for dealing with the upset, angry or disappointed patient
- 5-6pm – Matt Trinh: The complete guide to using OCT to predict late AMD
SUNDAY 28 JULY
- 8-9am – Judy Nam: Telehealth/AI technology in eye care
- 9-10am – Andrew McKinnon: Lecture title TBA
Speakers
Matt Trinh is a clinician-researcher working in private practice and at UNSW, with a strong interest in retinal imaging. He completed his PhD at the Centre for Eye Health, developing new ways of clinically assessing AMD. He now works more broadly using retinal imaging and artificial intelligence to develop predictive (diagnostic and prognostic) models of retinal disease and systemic health. You may see him tumbling down the mountain, in style.
Andrew McKinnon has been CEO of Optometry NSW/ACT for over 20 years. He graduated with a Business Degree (UTS) in 1986 and since added an MBA and Graduate Certificate in Employment Law. He is passionate about supporting optometrists throughout their careers.
Paula Katalinic is the Professional Services and Advocacy Manager at Optometry NSW/ACT where she has been part of the team since 2004. Paula graduated with Bachelor of Optometry from UNSW School of Optometry in 1999 and subsequently completed a Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics in 2008 and Masters of Optometry in 2010. Soon after graduating, she developed a strong interest in diabetic eye disease whilst working at Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute in Boston for nearly four years. From 2009 until 2021, she was a principal optometrist and lead clinician at the Centre for Eye Health and currently continues to work on projects within the UNSW School of Optometry and Vision Science. She has also worked as a staff optometrist in the UNSW School of Vision Science and practiced in both rural and urban practices in Australia. She has a keen interest in optometric education and has presented at numerous conferences and educational events both nationally and internationally as well as participating in clinical research throughout her career.
Audrey Molloy has practised optometry in Australia since 1998. She completed post-graduate studies in Advanced Contact Lenses and Ocular Therapeutics at UNSW while working in private practice where she developed a special interest in dry eye and corneal disease. She worked for Vision Eye Institute, a group ophthalmology practice, for 15 years, in a range of roles including consultant optometrist (post-laser and cataract), referrer liaison, content marketing and communications. Audrey acquired Diplomas in Marketing (2005) and in Editing & Publishing (2014). She completed ocular therapeutics at ACO in 2018. She has worked for Optometry NSW/ACT in the role of Strategic Communications and Member Liaison since 2017.
Judy Nam graduated with a Bachelor of Vision Science and Master of Clinical Optometry from the University of New South Wales. As a research-focused clinician at the Centre for Eye Health, her interests lie in improving early diagnosis and utilising imaging technologies to develop improved health management systems. Judy is also Chair of Optometry NSW/ACT’s Early Career Optometrists committee, ECONA, where she advocates for young optometrists such that the profession continues to be an integral part of the healthcare community.