A yearly symposium is held at the Cape Eye Hospital.

The first meeting was held in 1998

1998: Prof Anita Leys, Leuven, Belgium, Fluorescein Angiography

1999: Linda Ficker, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, Corneal Diseases

2000: Peter Hamilton, London, Diabetes and the Eye, Gavin Orr ,Nottingham, Retinal Detachments.

2001: Prof Patrick de Potter, Belgium, Ocular Oncology

2002: Prof Anita Leys, Leuven, Belgium, Fluorescein Angiography. Prof Werner Stileers, Leuven, Belgium, Electro Retinography and Ocular Electrophysiopathology

2003: Prof Jean-Jacques De Laey, Gent, Belgium, Medical Retina. Dr Bart Leroy, Belgium, Genetics

2004: Prof Alan Bird, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Mr. Ian Murdoch, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Mr. Phil Hykin, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Mr. James Acheson, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

2005: Mr. John Dart, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, Corneal Disease’s and Grafting. Prof Janet Davis, Balscom Palmer, Miami, Uveitis and Vasculitis

2006: Mr. John Lee, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Prof Tony Murray, University of Cape Town. Prof David Meyer, University of Stellenbosch. Dr Gideon du Plessis, Pretoria Eye Institute, Strabismus / Ocular Motility.

2007 For our 10th year, the speaker will be Prof Sebastian Wolf, from Switzerland, a world authority on Eye Imaging (Fluorescein Angiograms - OCT’s, Sonar Imaging of the eye)

In 2008 the speakers will be Prof Tony Moore and Ed Wilson, both world leaders in pediatric (child and infant) disease of the eye.