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The AIO Conference at Eastwood Hall in Nottingham was the biggest and one of the best conferences in long history of the Association for Independent Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians (AIO). The clinical and ‘in-practice’ programmes received excellent feedback from delegates and the opportunity to network and discuss issues with fellow Independents was one of the highlights of the event. The new AIO Code was also launched to the profession.

One of the features of the conference was the roundtable discussion, which was facilitated by conference committee chairman Nigel Burnett Hodd. This featured Chris Hunt, chairman of the Optical Confederation, Lyndon Taylor, immediate past chairman of AOP and current chairman of the AOP IPC, Peter Black, President of ABDO, David Parkins, President of the College of Optometrists, David Hewlett, chief executive of FODO and the AIO’s own chairman Peter Warren.