Invitation to Attend

In the darkness of June Hobart will once again welcome everyone to the DARK  Mofo festival with its famous Winter Feast.
Join us in Hobart for artistic enlightenment and also to illuminate some of the perhaps more impenetrable areas of comprehensive ophthalmic practice – paediatrics and genetics.
As previously two half day scientific sessions will run on Saturday and Sunday mornings, with the GP workshop on Saturday afternoon.  Arrive on the Friday night for a welcome reception at story bar and the opportunity to explore the Dark Mofo festival at your leisure. Bring your woollens for the Winter Feast on Saturday Night.
Nude dawn swim is optional.

Accommodation in Hobart will book out very early. Limited rooms have been reserved at the conference venue but please book ASAP.

Dr Guy Bylsma and Prof Alex Hewitt
Organising Commmittee

Important Dates

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN

7 February 2022

REGISTRATIONS OPEN

7 February 2022

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS CLOSE

22 May 2022

ABSTRACT REVIEW RESULTS

29 April

CONFERENCE DATES

17 – 19 June 2022

Registrations
Full Meeting
RANZCO Fellow $450 AUD
Senior or Retired Fellow $280 AUD
Medical Student $50 AUD
Orthoptist $120 AUD
Registrar/Junior Doctor $220 AUD
Non-Members $650 AUD
RANZCO Councillor $300 AUD
Accompanying Persons $200 AUD
  • All conference sessions (Fri-Sun)
  • Daily Full Catering
  • Welcome Reception
Day Registration
Member $170 AUD
Non-Member $270 AUD
  • All conference sessions (On your allocated day)
  • Daily Catering (on your chosen day)
  • Social function tickets are available for purchase
Sponsorship
Allocations
1 Novartis 9 Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision
2 Credabl 10 Ellex | Quantel Medical – Lumibird Medical
3 Seqirus 11 Bausch & Lomb
4 Bayer 12 Apellis
5 BOQ Specialist 13 Avant
6 Roche 14 Device Technologies
7 Carl Zeiss Pty Ltd 15 Design For Vision
8 Glaukos Australia 16 Alcon
Sponsors

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Preliminary Program

The program overview below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.

Friday 17 June 2022
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Reception

Story Bar MACq01
Story Bar is located at the MACq01 Hotel, 18 Hunter St Hobart TAS 7000

Dress code: Business Casual

Join us for a night of networking and catching up with colleagues and friends at the welcome reception for the 2022 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists Tasmania Branch Meeting.

                                                        Saturday 18 June 2022
0830 – 0855 Registration, Arrival Tea and Coffee – Mezzanine, Level 1
Scientific Session – Hotel Grand Chancellor, Harbour View 1
0855 – 0900 Introduction and Welcome
Dr Guy Bylsma, Meeting Convenor, Tasmanian Branch of RANZCO
Session Chair Dr Kristin Bell
0900 – 0930 Paediatric Update
Dr Anu Mathew
0930 – 1000 Myopia Dropping Off?
Prof James Elder
1000 – 1030 Managing Paediatric Glaucoma
Dr Jon Ruddle
1030 – 1100 Morning Tea – Mezzanine, Level 1
Scientific Session – Hotel Grand Chancellor, Harbour View 1
Session Chair Dr Dean Cugley
1100 – 1120 Whose notes are these anyway? – an audit on transferring patient records from one practice to another
Dr George Smith 
1120 – 1140 NF1 screening
Ms Navdeep Kaur 
1140 – 1200 Australian Vision Research Update
Mr Phil Cenere
1200 – 1220 RANZCO Presidential Update
Clinical Professor Nitin Verma AM, RANZCO President
1220 – 1245 ANZEF Update
Dr John Kennedy
1245 – 1315 Lunch – Mezzanine, Level 1
1830 – 2130 Informal Dinner

This year we will not be hosting a formal dinner and instead, we invite you to enjoy the Dark Mofo festival.

Dark Mofo, Mona’s midwinter festival in Tasmania, delves into centuries-old winter solstice rituals. Based around the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice, every year we celebrate the dark through large-scale public art, music, fire, food, light and noise. Signature events include the delectable Winter Feast on Hobart’s waterfront.

For more information about Dark Mofo please click here 

Sunday 19 June 2022
0730 – 0830 Annual General Meeting 
0730 – 0850 Registration, Arrival Tea and Coffee – Mezzanine, Level 1
Scientific Session – Hotel Grand Chancellor, Harbour View 1
0850 – 0900 RANZCO Tasmanian Branch Update
Dr Andrew Traill, Secretary, Tasmanian Branch of RANZCO
Session Chair Dr Rob McKay
0900 – 0930 Retinoblastoma in Australia & Around the World – Screening & Treatment Update
Dr Sandra Staffieri 
0930 – 0950 Genetic Testing in Ophthalmology – Finally?
Prof Alex Hewitt 
0950 – 1010 Curing Batten’s Disease
Ms Primrose Mandalawatta  & Dr Rajendra KC
1010 – 1030 Genetic Correction of Inherited Retinal Diseases
Ms Freya Patterson
1030 – 1100 Morning Tea
Scientific Session – Hotel Grand Chancellor, Harbour View 1
Session Chair Dr Lucy Goold
1100 – 1130 Paediatric Red Flags
Dr Anu Mathew
1130 – 1210 Bruce Hamilton Lecture – The ophthalmology of cerebral palsy
A/Prof James Elder
1210 – 1215 Meeting Close
Prof Alex Hewitt, Tasmanian Branch of RANZCO
Call for Abstracts

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to present at the RANZCO Tasmania Branch Annual Scientific Meeting to be held from 18 – 19 June 2022 in Hobart, Tasmania.

The theme for the meeting this year is the “Paediatrics & Genetics”

There will be a limited number of spots available for oral presentations encompassing Challenging Case Discussion & Audit Presentations on Sunday 19 June.

We encourage submissions addressing all areas of ophthalmology.

Presenters will be allocated 10 mins to present on their topic followed by a 5-minute discussion.

The call for abstracts will close Sunday 5 June 2022, with notification of abstract acceptances distributed the following week.

Accepted presenters will be required to register for the meeting, pay the appropriate registration fee and meet their own travel and accommodation costs.

If you have any questions in relation to the event or submitting an abstract, please contact our meeting secretariat – Conference Design at mail@conferencedesign.com.au.

We look forward to receiving your abstract and the possibility of seeing you in Hobart.

Dr Guy Bylsma
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Meeting Convenor, Tasmanian Branch of RANZCO

Social Program
Welcome Reception

Date: Friday 17 June 2022

Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Cost: Inclusive with full registrations.
Day registrations and additional tickets – $65.00 AUD

Dark Mofo Festival

This year we will not be hosting a formal dinner and instead, we invite you to enjoy the Dark Mofo festival.

Dark Mofo, Mona’s midwinter festival in Tasmania, delves into centuries-old winter solstice rituals. Based around the southern hemisphere’s winter solstice, every year we celebrate the dark through large-scale public art, music, fire, food, light and noise. Signature events include the delectable Winter Feast on Hobart’s waterfront.

For more information about Dark Mofo please click here 

COVID-19 Statement

The health and safety of all attendees is of utmost importance to RANZCO and the organisers. The conference will follow all COVID-19 guidelines and protocols implemented by the government and host venue. We will work closely with the venue, suppliers, and stakeholders to provide the safest possible environment for conference attendees, and we will continue to monitor and adhere to government advice as planning proceeds.

Please consider that governments and/or venues may require all in-person attendees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination, or valid exemption. We will continue to monitor all requirements, including vaccination, as planning proceeds and advise delegates. We will facilitate changes to your registration if you are impacted at any time.

About the Association

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) is the medical college responsible for the training and professional development of ophthalmologists in Australia and New Zealand. This includes maintaining a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) system, a Vocational Training Program (VTP), organising scientific congresses and meetings, and much more.

We are the leaders in collaborative eye care – focused on our commitment to:

  • Working with others involved in the delivery of eye health care nationally and internationally, including working with government and policy development; and
  • Providing best quality education, training and continuing professional development.

RANZCO has a three-year Strategic Plan 2021-2023, which aims to build on the College’s successes to date while clearly articulating our vision, mission and strategic priorities.

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