The highlight of the ABDO conference, the gala dinnner sponsored by Transitions Optical will be held on Sunday 30 March - it promises great food, great company and great entertainment, with one or two surprises along the way. For those not wishing to dance until 1.00am there will be regular coaches back to the conference hotels from around 11.00pm onwards.

If you arrive the day before the conference on Saturday 29 March, please make sure you attend the pre-conference drinks reception, which is co-hosted by the FMO, commencing 8.00pm in the Lower Foyer and Kenilworth Bar at Chesford Grange.

If you are a conference delegate, please note it is mandatory to register in advance if you wish to secure a guaranteed place at any given lecture or workshop.

Please note accommodation at Chesford Grange is now fully booked for Sunday 30 March – rooms are still available at the Holiday Inn and Ramada hotels.

Online booking will close at 4.00pm on Thursday 27 March.

Please remember that you can attend as a day delegate and 'pay on the day' if you wish.

ABDO College has annouced that three new publications are available to order from the ABDO College Bookshop:

• Low Vision – An inter-professional approach
• Ophthalmic Lenses Availability – 2014 Edition (Pre-order now!)
• British Standards Extracts – 2014 Edition

The full range of ABDO College publications and other products currently in stock can be viewed and ordered online via the ABDO College website, or for more personalised service and advice contact Justin Hall, the ABDO College Bookshop Administrator, by telephone on 01227 733 904 or by email at jhall@abdocollege.org.uk.