Please note the program is subject to change without notice. This is the provisional final program.
Provisional Program
17:00 - 18:00
Informal Meet and Greet Pegasus Restaurant – Radisson
07:15 - 08:00
Registration and arrival tea/coffee08:00 - 08:15
Welcome08:15 - 09:00
Things I know now
Prof Bennett McAllister09:00 - 09:15
Medical volunteering info session
Dr Inez Allin09:15 - 09:45
Too much 02 - ROP and its Management
Dr Cullen09:45 - 10:15
One starfish at a time - Co-management of challenging Paeds and BV cases
Dr Claire Cullen and Leoni Joubert10:15 - 10:30
Product burst10:30 - 11:00
Tea Break and visit exhibitions11:00 - 11:45
Everything hurts! Managing the visual aspects of the ageing visual system with common age-related conditions
Prof Nicholas Rumney11:45 - 12:30
What’s that blob? Advanced OCT
Dr Dirk Booysen12:30 - 13:30
Lunch & visit exhibitions13:30 - 14:15
What could possibly go wrong? AI in healthcare
Dr Nina Kriel14:15 - 15:00
Boomer BV: The incidence and management of binocular vision anomalies in the elderly
Prof Nicholas Rumney15:00 - 15:30
Tea break & visit exhibitions15:30 - 16:15
Rapid Fire Grand rounds 1 - fun, fast learning!
Various speakers (Marilize Le Roux, Werny Taljaard, Anthony Carlson)OR
15:15 - 19:00 Group 1 Game Drive
The Eyes have it - amazing lectured game drive
Prof Wayne Gillan, Leoni Joubert
What's in a term
Dr Dirk Booysen19:00 - late
Boma Braai under the stars! Radisson Hotel
05:30 - 09:00 Group 2 Game Drive
The Eyes have it - amazing lectured game drive
Prof Wayne Gillan, Leoni JoubertOR
07:30 - 08:15
Arrival tea or coffee08:15 - 09:00
Rapid Fire Grand rounds 2 - fun, fast learning!
Various speakers (Dr. Richter, Prof Mathebula, Alicia Erasmus)09:00 - 09:45
Rapid Fire Research - fun, fast learning! Our Academics weigh in!
Dr Chetty, Prof Metsing, A Suliman09:45 - 10:00
Product burst10:00 - 10:30
Tea break and visit exhibitions10:30 - 11:15
The Magic Molecule: Ozempic- The rise and fall (of waistlines) and implications for diabetics
Leoni Joubert11:15 - 12:00
VKC (Very Katastrophic Condition) -Doing it right so we can save children’s sight
M Khan12:00 - 12:45
To cut or not to cut, that is the question? When is surgery an option for strabismus
Marolize Botha12:45 - 13:30
Lunch & visit exhibitions13:30 - 14:15
Whence VA
Prof McAllister14:15 - 15:00
The “Eye opening” benefits of neutraceuticals
Seth Dunlee15:00 - 15:30
Tea break15:30 - 16:15
Social media in healthcare - how NOT to do it! Ethics made fun (yes we can!)
Dr Nina Kriel and Leoni Joubert16:15 - 16:30
Closing and lucky prize draw (win a TABLET!)18:00 - 20:00
Celestial Safari – Astronomy under African skies. Radisson Hotel.
Ben Coley













