Event Programme

Friday 12th November 2010
15.00 onwards Registration and check-in
19.00 Buffet Dinner in Bentley’s Bar OR Twilight Spa Package
21.00 ‘Slide’ session (main meeting room)
Saturday 13th November, 2010 - FOCUS ON LASERS
09.15 – 09.30 Welcome
09.30 – 10.00 Lasers in veterinary ophthalmic practice – laser principles, choosing the right machine and more importantly - what delivery attachments to add (David Wilkie)
10.00 – 10.45 Clinical applications of lasers: treatment of iris melanoma, uveal cysts, retinal detachment (David Wilkie)
10.45 – 11.30 Coffee break and commercial exhibition
11.30 – 12.15 Clinical applications of lasers for glaucoma: TSCP, ECP or valves (David Wilkie)
12.15 – 12.45 Abstracts – 2 x 15 minutes (BrAVO Members)
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch and commercial exhibition
14.00 – 15.00 ECP – the UK experience (Rob Lowe & Claudia Hartley, followed by discussion)
15.00 – 15.45 Tea and commercial exhibition
15.45 – 16.45 ECP in human ophthalmic practice (Professor Bloom)
16.45 Meeting closes; leisure time
19.00 Pre-dinner drinks
19.30 Gala dinner with entertainment
Sunday 14th November, 2010 - LENS LUXATION
09.45 – 10.15 BrAVO AGM (BrAVO Members)
10.15 – 10.45 Travel scholarship reports x 2 (BrAVO Members)
10.45 – 11.15 Tea and commercial exhibition
11.15 – 12.00 Abstracts – 3 x 15 minutes (BrAVO Members)
12.00 – 12.30 Primary lens luxation – the genetics (Cathryn Mellersh)
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch and commercial exhibition
13.45 – 14.15 Medical vs surgical management of lens subluxation (Sue Manning)
14.15 – 15.15 Surgical management of lens luxation – ab interno and ab externo sulcus lens fixation (David Wilkie)
15.15 Close of conference