Wild about Vision: International Eye Care Conference

Exclusive Event! Limited Places remaining!
Join the Pride! Reserve your space now

14 & 15 June 2025

Radisson Hotel, Hoedspruit, South Africa

R 6,950 (early-bird special)
extended to end March 25
for in-person & online CPD

Note: the above price does not include accommodation, meals unless specified, transfers or flights. Early bird special until 31 March 2025

Win a tablet at the event in our lucky draw

30 CPD applied for

Get ALL your CPD for the year from one event (in-person lectures as well as FREE extra post-conference online articles)

We’re going beyond Paeds and BV and offering a Multi-Faceted program. Come and stimulate your brain, be “edutained” and join us as we bring together leading experts in vision to share insights, research and best practices in eye care.

Explore the latest advancements, network with peers and shape the future of eye care while visiting the magical African Bushveld.

Let’s make it a roaring success!

Are you wanting to differentiate yourself from the pack? Upgrade your skillset, learn new techniques and be ready to offer unique services to your clients.

Have fun & be edutained with top leaders in their field at our Wild About Vision Conference

Top international and local speakers including:

Dr Dirk Booysen (SA), Prof Bennett McAllister (USA), Prof Nicholas Rumney (UK), Prof Sue Cotter (USA - virtual), Dr Claire Cullen (SA), Prof Solani Mathebula (SA), Dr Nina Kriel (SA), Tania Constable (Ireland - virtual), Prof Wayne Gillan (SA), Leoni Joubert (SA), Dr Nabeela Hasrod (SA), Dr Marietjie Richter (SA), Dr Elizabeth Chetty (SA), Marolize Botha (Netherlands), Mahwash Khan (SA), Seth Dunlee (SA), Nadia Jankielsohn (Canada - virtual) and more!

Game drive lectures! Learn and earn CPD while you explore stunning wildlife

In-person lectured topics* will include:

  • What’s that blob? Advanced OCT interpretation – Dr Dirk Booysen

  • Rapid Fire Grand rounds - fun, fast learning! – Various speakers

  • Too much 02 - ROP and its Management – Dr Claire Cullen

  • One starfish at a time - Co-management of challenging Paeds and BV cases – Dr Claire Cullen and Leoni Joubert

  • Things I know now that I didn’t know last year - latest eye care trends – Prof Bennett McAllister

  • VKC (Very Katastrophic Condition) -Doing it right so we can save children’s sight – Mahwash Khan

  • Boomer BV: The incidence and management of binocular vision anomalies in the elderly – Prof Nicholas Rumney

  • Seeing the world wildly – the amazing diversity of visual adaptations. On the go game drive CPD! – Prof Wayne Gillan and Leoni Joubert

  • Everything hurts! Managing the visual aspects of the ageing visual system. – Prof Nick Rumney

  • The Magic Molecule: The rise and fall (of waistlines) - Ozempic effects on vision and its implications for diabetics – Leoni Joubert

  • What could possibly go wrong, go wrong, go wrong...? AI in healthcare (with an ethics spin) – Dr Nina Kriel

  • Rapid Fire Research - fun, fast learning! Our Academics weigh in! – Dr Nabeela Hasrod, Dr Elizabeth Chetty, Ayesha Suliman, Prof Solani Mathebula

  • Whence VA - how to do magic with your VA chart. – Prof Bennett McAllister

  • The “Eye opening” benefits of neutraceuticals – Seth Dunlee

  • To cut or not to cut, that is the question? When is surgery an option for strabismus – Marolize Botha

  • Social media in healthcare - how NOT to do it! Ethics made fun (yes we can!)  - Dr Nina Kriel and Leoni Joubert

  • What’s in a Term? The Origins of Common Ophthalmic Terminology – Another on the go game drive CPD! – Dr Dirk Booysen

PLUS free extra post-conference online articles

Exhibitors will be there showcasing new products and instruments

Boma braai and fun social gatherings!

Our venue is a family friendly hotel with beautiful facilities including spa/gym/swimming pools and restaurants.

But that's not all!

FREE extra post-conference online articles and recorded lectures on a variety of amazing topics by more top presenters like Prof Sue Cotter, Tania Constable, Nadia Jankielsohn and more!

Bring the family and stay a while and explore the beautiful surrounds of Hoedspruit - take a scenic cruise on the Blyde River Canyon (largest green canyon in the world!). Visit Kruger National Park, enjoy top private game lodges/reserves, try hot air ballooning, scenic flights, local cultural village tours, top restaurants, spas, scenic panorama route drives, mountain biking and walking trails, quaint shops, padel courts, animal rehabilitation facilities and so much more!

Our 2025 Speakers List

International Gurus plus Top Local Speakers

Nick Rumney

Prof Rumney

Prof Bennet McAllister

Prof McAllister

Dr Dirk Booysen

Dr Booysen

Dr Claire Cullen

Dr Cullen

Tawna + Carrie | Christa + Bobby

PROF COTTER (virtual)

Prof Wayne Gillan

Prof Gillan

Prof Solani Mathebula

Prof Mathebula

Dr Nina Kriel

Dr Kriel

Leoni Joubert at the Paediatric Academy Congress

Leoni Joubert

Nabeela Hansrod

Dr Hasrod

Elizabeth Chetty

Dr Chetty

Marietjie Richter

Dr Richter

Mahwash Khan

Mahwash Khan

Anthony Carlson

Anthony Carlson

Marolize Botha at the Paediatric Training Academy

Marolize Botha

Ayesha Suliman

Ayesha Suliman

Marilize Le Roux

Marilize le Roux

seth dunlee

Seth Dunlee

Werny Moolman

Werny Moolman

by City Headshots Dublin

TANIA CONSTABLE (virtual)

Nadia Jankelsohn

NADIA JANKIELSOHN (virtual)

 

*Final Speakers and final topics to be confirmed
**Please note that game drives are an additional cost

Ready to have fun, be edutained and learn from top leaders in the field?