PROGRAMME

This programme is provisional and subject to change without prior notice.

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Registration and Refreshments
Registration
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Welcome from Eyes on Sustainability founder and Optician editor Simon Jones
Opening
Speaker
Editor
Optician magazine
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History of Sustainability in Optics
Presentation

College of Optometrists Museum curator Neil Handley charts just how far the optical industry has come in a short space of time

Speaker
Curator
College of Optometrists Museum
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Improving Lives Through Vision: HOYA Vision Care, UK & Orbis in India
Presentation

An exclusive look at how HOYA Vision Care, UK and Orbis are working together to expand access to eye care, strengthen local eye health services, and create lasting impact for remote communities in India.


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Net Zero for the Modern Practice
Panel

Net Zero Eyecare founder Andrew Clark on the route to net zero and bringing suppliers along for the ride

Speaker
Net Zero Eyecare
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Morning Break
Break
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Eyewear materials peer discussion session CPD
Presentation

Specsavers’ Sustainability subject matter expert Sarah Emmins leads an interactive session on the key considerations around materials in practice.

Speaker
Subject Matter Expert
Specsavers

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Frame refurbishment workshop
Workshop

Robert Barrow of Spec Care Services shows delegates the tools and techniques that will give frames a second life

Speaker
Spec-Care Ltd
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Lunch and networking
Meal

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From Purpose to Prescription: a sustainability communications workshop
Workshop

Communicating sustainability credentials with confidence and overcoming patient objections around price and provenance

Speakers
Head of Marketing
Mondottica
Design Director
Mondottica
Global Account Manager
Eastman Renew

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Sustainability in my practice
Presentation

Claire Hayden, winner of the 2025 Optician Awards Sustainability Practice of the Year and owner Haydenswan Eyecare, tells Simon Jones how the practice has approached sustainability

Speaker
Owner
Haydenswan Eyecare
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Afternoon Break
Break
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The EOS Sustainability Speakeasy

The day’s speaker’s and experts make themselves available for a networking session where delegates will have the opportunity to ask questions in an offline environment.

Close of Conference
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