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HOYA announced as Academy conference platinum sponsor for second year in a row
UITHOORN, 20 January 2016 - The European Academy of Optometry and Optics has announced HOYA - a key player in the global ophthalmic lenses market - as platinum sponsor of its annual conference for the second year running. The conference takes place at Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, from 19-22 May 2016.
Last year, HOYA – celebrating its 75th anniversary this year – sponsored the Academy’s clinical skills workshops at their HOYA Faculty in Budapest, in addition to being the headline conference sponsor.
Olga Prenat, Director HOYA Faculty and Education, said: “We are delighted to be the platinum sponsor of the EAOO conference for the second year in a row.At HOYA Faculty we support eye care professionals across Europe in their day to day work. We ensure they become leaders in the sector and have a full range of skills at their disposal, both in a scientific and a practical sense. The ultimate goal, of course, is to help people see well. By working closely together with those at the cutting edge of optometry and optics - eye care professionals and respected organisations such as the Academy - the HOYA Faculty is playing an important role in promoting a lifelong learning strategy in our industry and life care.”
Academy President, Dr Mireia Pachecho-Cutillas FEAOO, commented: “HOYA shares the vision of the Academy to harmonise and raise standards and improve education in the fields of optometry and optics. They are a perfect partner in working towards our commitment to sharing knowledge and promoting expertise and we thank them for supporting our annual conference again. Working together we hope to improve the quality of vision across Europe and to meet the optical demands that today’s society places on us."
The conference is a joint meeting with the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO). It will bring together key members of the optical community from over 40 countries across Europe, to discuss and share the latest research, education and clinical practice and provides a platform to exchange knowledge and information on optometry, optics and dispensing and vision science.
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About HOYA
Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA is a global med-tech company and the leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA is active in the fields of healthcare and information technology providing eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, intraocular lenses, optical lenses as well as key components for semiconductor devices, LCD panels and HDDs. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of over 34,000 people. For more information, please visit
About HOYA Faculty
In 2010, the company established its HOYA Faculty Education & Experience Centre in Budapest in order to support opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists in their daily practice, improving their refraction skills and product knowledge and updating them on the latest developments in advanced vision screening, binocular vision enhancements, new design technologies and service tools.
About EAOO
The European Academy was launched in Lausanne, Switzerland in May 2009, at the Spring Meeting of the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO). Since its launch, the European Academy has built a network of eye care professionals across Europe. Its goal is to harmonise and help advance standards and practice in optometry and optics, develop the scientific knowledge base and support and promote lifelong learning for optometrists, opticians, vision scientists and all those involved in eye health care across Europe.
The Academy’s eighth international conference is part ofBerlin 2016. As well as the conference,Berlin 2016incorporates the European Council of Optometry and Optics’ spring meeting and general assembly.Berlin 2016 will take place at Beuth University of Applied Sciences (Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin).
For more information
HOYA Vision Care Europe, Mrs. Olga Prenat(HOYA Faculty)
Phone:+33 (0)6 33 53 83 18 | E-mail:
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