Hearcare window takeover, Blanchardstown.
The Specsavers calendar is packed with conferences, ranging programme of development for people at all
seminars and events for store staff and partners, ranging stages of their careers, from trainee to post-graduate
from big set-pieces to smaller networking opportunities, qualifications and accreditations. Enhanced optical
all designed to inform, engage and inspire. services were a key focus, and there were sessions on
children’s eyecare, contact lenses, regulatory standards,
More than 2,000 professionals attended the Specsavers
dispensing, nutrition, and communications skills.
Clinical Conferences that took place across Northern
Europe in October. These events are open to optometrists, Elsewhere, more than 250 Hearcare partners, hearing
opticians, optical dispensers and audiologists across the aid dispensers and hearing care assistants enjoyed an
region, whether they work for Specsavers or not, and extensive audiology programme, which included product
focus on professional advancement and development. updates, manufacturer workshops, clinical sessions on
At this year’s events, we launched the Specsavers Green video otoscopy and real ear measurements, and a keynote
Club, which is open to all qualified professionals. So far, presentation from the BBC’s Dr Sarah Jarvis, who spoke
more than 1,500 people have joined, with 40% of those about the importance of working together to be an
being from outside of the business. Members are now effective clinical team.
enjoying news updates about new webinars, and events
on developments and innovations in the optical and
hearing industries.
Specsavers is the largest provider of optical CET points
Northern Europe Green Club webinar:
Dancing with your customers, the art of customer loyalty
to practitioners during the course of the year. Europe’s ‘
largest clinical optical and hearing conference, the view of life!
Professional Advancement Conference, attracted more Student at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences,
than 2,000 practitioners in October and offered a wide- Finland
in the UK and, through a combination of events and
online learning, more than 65,000 points were awarded
A real feel-good lecture/session – inspiring
and thought-provoking. A very light sales topic
actually was very fundamental for anybody’s
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