From the Ed:
The organizing committee of Contact Connect can pat themselves on the back for what they have achieved with this conference. The venue is superb in every respect with a perfect lay-out for the wet labs. The programme was cleverly structured to avoid clashes, as has been the case with several conferences in the past. They had a great line-up of speakers which included four internationals. The fact that almost all the delegates stayed at the hotel, lend itself to socialising and party time it was in the evenings. What stood out for me and several others I spoke to, was that the all-round vibe was really great.

Organising Committee: Annalize van Zyl, Pieter Naudé, Peter Brauer, Willem Pietersw, Jeanne Wentzel

Speakers: Tom Arnold, Murry Reyburn, Jason Jedlicka, Dirk Booysen, Marilize le Roux, Bonita Lutzka Nic Rumney

In session

Alan Saks from Australia

The Cooper Vision Team: Jeanette Schultz, Caley Loots, Liezel Kotze, Sandy Burger, Karen Grisselle, Adri van der Westhuizen, Tobi Radebe, Anton du Preez

Liezel Kotze – Country Manager Cooper Vision.

Leon van Vuuren en Anré Prinsloo – EyeCover

Eurotech lab session

OB Malope Visionstryt and Tom Arnold USA.

The Jimmy Green Machine on stage: Chris Faul,Terry Faul, Basil Kotze and David Green

South Africa’s All Optometry Band in full swing –party time!

Basil Kotze – National Sales & Marketing Manager, Optometry Instruments

Janice Prinsloo and Lana du Toit – Optive

Adrie (A3) Schoeman Bausch + Lomb

A pensive Willem Pieterse

Tom Arnold and Charl Laas

Bonita Lutzka (presenter) – The contact Lens Laboratory of South Africa

John Stein, who along with Jenny Stein and Shirley Van Rooyen, did a magnificent job of keeping things together.

Charl Laas and Basil Kotze – founders of Innocon

Willem Pieterse, optometrist, and Sanet Boshoff from Allergan, with Heinrich Smit Instruments Manager Essilor.