Microsoft Word - 14. Updated News and Events Vol 28_issue 4_ 2012 Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology Vol. 28, No. 4, Oct – Dec, 2012 229 News and Events Vol. 28, 4, 2012 35th Annual National Ophthalmic Conference & Karophth 2013 Date: 08 – 10 March, 2013 Venue: Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi Contact: Dr. Qazi M. Wasiq Phone: +92 333 2183272 Email: ospkarachi@yahoo.com The 28th Asia – Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress Date: 17 – 20 January, 2013 Venue: Hyderabad, India Web: www.apaophth.org American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) / American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) Symposium and Congress Date: 19 – 23 April, 2013 Venue: San Francisco Web: www.ascrs.org The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 2013 Seattle - Washington, United States Date: 5 – 9 May, 2013 Venue: Seattle, Washington Web: www.arvo.org 26th Asia – Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeon Annual Meeting 2013 (APACRS 2013) Date: 11-14 July, 2013 Venue: Suntec Singapore International Convention Centre, Singapore Web: www.apacrs.org 5th World Glaucoma Congress Date: 17-20 July, 2013 Venue: Vancouver, Canada Web: www.worldglaucoma.org The 8th Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society Congress (APVR) Date: 06-08 December, 2013 Venue: Nagoya, Japan Web: www.apvrs.org/2013/web 34th World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) & The 29th Asia – Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress Date: 2 - 6 April, 2014 Venue: Tokyo, Japan Web: www.apaophth.org 11th European Glaucoma Society Conference Date: 7-11 June 2014 Venue: Nice, France Web: www.eugs.org XXI Biennial Meeting of International Society for Eye Research Date: 20-24 Jul, 2014 Venue: San Francisco, California Web: www.iser.org INSTITUTE / COURSES Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Peshawar – Pakistan Comprehensive range of courses for doctors, nurses and paramedics Contact: Professor Shad Muhammad Professor and Rector PICO, Hayat Abad Medical Complex Peshawar Phone: 091 – 9217376 – 80 Fax: 92 – 42 – 36363326 Email: pico@pes.comsats.net.pk College of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences Lahore, Pakistan Comprehensive range of courses for doctors, nurses and paramedics NEWS AND EVENTS 230 Vol. 28, No. 4, Oct – Dec, 2012 Pakistan Journal of Ophthalmology Contact: Prof. Asad Aslam Khan Executive Director College of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences, KEMU / Mayo Hospital, Lahore Phone: 042 – 37355998 Fax: 042 – 37248006 Email: PIPO@brain.net.pk Pakistan Institute of Ophthalmology, Al – Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Comprehensive range of courses for doctors, nurses and paramedics Contact: Secretary, PIO, Al – Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Jhelum Road, Rawalpindi – Pakistan Phone: 92 – 51 – 5487830, 5487820 – 25 Fax: 92 – 51 – 5487827 Email: info@alshifa-eye.org.pk Please send any suggestion about this section to: Prof. Hamid Mahmood Butt 4-A LDA Flats Lawrence Road, Lahore Phone: 92 – 42 – 36363326 Email: pjoosp@gmail.com