Visionz2016

14-16 October 2016Ellerslie Event Centre, Auckland

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Visionz

Eduvisionz

- Free to attend industry exhibition

- Education programme and social events

Low Vision Conference (6.65 General Points)

Practice Management Conference (6.5 General Points)

St John Basic Life Support Course Visionz Happy Hour 25+ exhibitors

Visionz TimetableLow Vision Conference – Friday 9:00am - 7:00pm

Eduvisionz Day 1 – Saturday 9:00am - 5:30pm

Eduvisionz Day 2 – Sunday 9:00am - 2:00pm

The Visionz industry showcase will be open to all optometrists, ophthalmologists, dispensing opticians and practice staff.Entry is free. There will be 35+ exhibitors displaying all that’s new in the industry including frames, sunglasses, lenses, equipment and instruments, accessories, software and services.

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Eduvisionz™ Speaker ProgrammeLow Vision Speaker Programme

Programme

Saturday 15 October 2016Friday 14 October 2016

TIME SPEAKER TOPIC TIME SPEAKER TOPIC

10:30am Morning Tea

10:30am Morning Tea

12:30pm Lunch

3:15pm Afternoon Tea

4:45pm Finish

12:20pm Lunch

3:15pm Afternoon Tea

5:15pm Finish

2:40pm Panel

8:55am Introduction

1:30pm John Saywell Conducting a SWOT analysis

4:30pm Jane Moore Education in vision rehabilitation

4:45pm Gordon Sanderson The Seven Ages of Low Vision

9:00am Alan Johnston A sliding scale calculator for logMAR visual acuity

9:00am Juanita Neville The fundamentals of Retail - Te Rito Marketing

9:45am Mike Brunel Changing the way your staff view sales

2:30pm Karen Baird Picking the best team - getting it right from the start

11:45am Stephen Caunter Why Complaints Matter and how they create a better business

4:15pm Tanya Unkovich Creating and Living a life of Fulfilment

7:00pm ADONZ Gala Dinner Tickets can be obtained from hayley@adonz.co.nz

10:15am Sunny Li Apps can be a game-changer for people with low vision

10:50am Stephen Lord Falls in Older People: Visual Risk Factors and Intervention Strategies

1:00pm St John St John First aid level 1 course 4 hours Guinness Room 3 (separate registration required)

3:45pm Andrew Swensen A Reasonably Practicable Approach to Managing Health and Safety in a Retail Environment

1:10pm Mary Butler Low vision education for allied health professionals

5:30pm- Cocktail Party 7:00pm

9:45am Mary Butler The role of occupational therapists in neurological vision impairment, and the use of mobility scooters by people with low vision

11:00am Linda Cole Does my practice need to have a social media platform? Will it do anything for my bottom line except cost me money?

11:50am Mike O’Rourke Intraocular mini telescope implant - a life-changing procedure to regain some extra sight for the low vision patient

1:40pm John Veale Incorporating low vision clinics into a busy optometry practice and what devices to have available to demonstrate to patients

2:10pm Gail Hughes Hints and tips on how to make things easier for low vision patients with day to day tasks

3:35pm Sandra Budd Blind Foundation’s Prevalence Study Work and its plans to reach more people and work collaboratively

3:55pm Alan Johnston Telescopes for low vision: principles, practice and rationales for clinical choice

TIME SPEAKER TOPIC

10:30am Morning Tea

12:00pm EduVisionz™ Close

9:00am Elaine Silk Seduction of the Senses

11:00am Renee Edgar Sports Vision Training

9:30am Nicola Peaper Maximising Multifocals: Intermediate and Near

11:30am Jennifer Martin Engaging your consumers in a digital world

10:00am Stuart Allan How to prepare your practice for sale and how much is my practice worth?

Sunday 16 October 2016

Exhibitors

• Eyeline Optical

• Essilor

• Maui Jim

• Euro Optics /Elegance In Eyewear

• MSO

• General Optical

• Optica

• Healy Optical

• Corneal Lens

• Optique Line

• Eyes Right

• BTP

• Optimed

• Zeiss

• Hoya

• VMD

• Phoenix

• CR Surfacing

• OIC

• Bolle

• Independent Lens Specialists

• Macular Degeneration of New Zealand

• NZ Couriers

• Webz Development

Eduvisionz Conference - Speakers

Low Vision Conference - Speakers

JUANITA NEVILLE - TE RITOAn Aussie by birth and Kiwi at heart, Juanita is the founder of retail specialist consultancy, The Retail Collective. The Retail Collective knows retail intimately and understands shopper journeys and the many touch-points on the path to purchase that can make a shopper feel good, bad or indifferent.

MIKE BRUNELMike began his career in broadcasting over 25 years ago, working on a brand new start-up radio station in Napier. He subsequently held various sales director roles in New Zealand. As a co-founder of NRS Media he made his mark running extremely successful and innovative campaigns around the world.

LINDA COLELinda is a professional speaker, author and trainer in the area of social media and building relationships at Blue Banana. Having run an optical superstore in the UK turning over $4m annually, she knows all about eyes and running a successful practice. She has also worked for both OPSM and Visique in regional roles.

STEPHEN CAUNTERStephen is a business training manager with the ANZ Bank. Nine years as a public speaker, entertainer and educator to New Zealand business owners. He bring a passion to inspire owners to get more out of their business. Stephen brings his banking and life experiences together to tell stories that will ring true for you.

JOHN SAYWELLAqualifiedpharmacist,Johnisalsoaretailscientistand the CEO of Christchurch software and consulting company RPM Retail. The company’s RPM software is used by more than 180 pharmacies and 500 retailers and suppliers in 10 retail chains.for you.

KAREN BAIRDKarenisaconsultantatHumankind’sAucklandoffice.Humankind (formerly HR Shop) specialise in offering HR advice, resources and support to small and medium businesses so they don’t have to set up their own HR department.

ANDREW SWENSENAndrew is an experienced operational leader, health and safety manager and executive, who has invested years developing an appreciation for how important itistogetworkdoneefficiently,safelyandtomeetstakeholder expectations.

STEPHEN LORDProfessor Stephen Lord is a Senior Principal Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia. He has published over 400 papers in the areas of applied physiology, instability, falls and fractures in older people and is acknowledged as a leadinginternationalresearcherinhisfield.

GORDON SANDERSONAssociate Professor Gordon Sanderson originally qualifiedintheUKandhasbeenlecturingattheDepartment of Ophthalmology at the University of Otago since 1972. Although semi-retired, he continues to lecture both there and to optometrists in NZ and overseas.

SUNNY LISunnyLiisafifthyearmedicalstudentwithastronginterest in technology and how that could be utilised to help patients. Sunny joined oDocs Eye Care team and MobileEye when she learnt about the inspiring work these two groups are doing, committed to preventing blindness through accessible eye care.

JANE MOOREJane is currently the professional practice leader at the blind foundation. She has extensive quality and technicalexperienceinthenotforprofit,privateandeducation sector, with an emphasis on working with people with vision impairments.

MARY BUTLERMary Butler (PhD, NZROT) is an occupational therapist with over 25 years’ experience working with brain injury. She is currently employed as principal lecturer and master’s coordinator at the School of Occupational Therapy in Otago.

SANDRA BUDDSandra Budd is an experienced transformational chief executiveinthenotforprofitenvironment.Shehasextensive experience in health service change and service delivery in New Zealand and Australia; bringing experience from her clinical nursing and midwifery background.

ALAN JOHNSTONDr Alan Johnston is a former Reader and Associate Professor in the Department of Optometry at the University of Melbourne. He completed his undergraduate optometry in Melbourne then worked three years in private optometry practice before completing his Master of Science degree, then a PhD in visual ergonomics.

GAIL HUGHESGail (dipOT, LTCL) is an occupational therapist who has been working in low vision rehabilitation at the Burwood Low Vision Clinic in Christchurch for over 13 years. She works closely with the optometrist to enable clients to achieve their goals for daily living and reading in particular.

JOHN VEALEAn optometrist, John owns an optometry practice, Merivale Optical, in Christchurch and has been involved in the area of low vision since 1986. Before graduating, he went to UC Berkeley and was principal optometrist working with Professor Larry Stark who was investigating the central control of accommodation.

MIKE O’ROURKEDr Mike O’Rourke is an ophthalmologist based at Tauranga Eye Specialists. He is a retinal specialist with an interest in advanced macula degeneration vision function.

TANYA UNKOVICHTanya started her business career as a chartered accountant before launching in to self-employment, specialising in business consultancy and computer software support. She was one of the original MYOB consultants. After working with hundreds of small tomediumsizedbusinesses,Tanyaidentifiedtheimportance of psychology in business.

ELAINE SILKElaineisaUKqualified,Nelson-based,designerspecialising in optometry practice design. In addition to havingtrainedinfineart,sculptureandgraphicdesign,Elaineisalsoaqualifieddispensingoptician,makingherexpertinefficientpracticedesign.

NICOLA PEAPERNicola Peaper BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Optics. Cet 4 TAE graduatedfromtheUniversityofWalesandqualifiedas an optometrist in the UK in 1985. She practised in both private and corporate practice in the UK for 20 years including eight years in her own practice. In 2001/2 she was employed as ophthalmic advisor to Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Health Authority.

RENEE EDGARRenee is an optometrist at McClellan Grimmer Edgar Optometrist in Wellington. She has a keen interest in sports after participating in many different sports growing up. Renee has long been intrigued by the amountoftimeathletesspendgettingfitandstrongbutpresuming they are seeing well.

JENNIFER MARTINJennifer is a digital marketing consultant helping NZ businesses make the right choices, as they take their firststepsintotheworldofdigital.AfterworkinginClient Services with agencies, and discovering that many New Zealand businesses were struggling to get to grips with their digital strategy, Jennifer started Honey Digital to focus on helping companies get their strategy right, from the beginning.

STUART ALLANStuart has been a business consultant, specialising in professional service providers for over 25 years, the last 15 years within the optics industry.He was group general manager for Matthews Eyewear Eyecare for eight years and since 2010 has been the director of OpticsNZ who provide the industry with locum, recruitment, business consulting and practice brokering services. Based out of Nelson, OpticsNZ has clients nationwide.

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