Australasian College of Behavioural Optometrists

6th International Congress of Behavioral Optometry - A Collaboration of Eyes and Brains

Australasian delegates, please ensure you register for this conference through this ACBO website.  Go to the bottom of this page to follow the registration link.

Click here to download the detailed conference program.

Venue:

Doubletree Hotel Ontario Airport
ICBO Headquarters Hotel
222 North Vineyard Ave
Ontario, California 91764
United States
Tel: 1-909-937-0900

To make a hotel reservation:
The ICBO 2010 will be hosted at the Doubletree Hotel Ontario. OEP has arranged special rates at this property. To get the special ICBO rate you must use the OEP reservation site located at www.2010icbo.org Rate: $129 USD/night single or double

Here's what ACBO President Graham Peachey has to say about the Keynote Speaker, V.S. Ramachandran:

Prof. VS Ramachandran is the key note speaker at ICBO 2010. He is the director of the Centre for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute. Ramachandran initially trained as a doctor and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Ramachandran's early work was on visual perception, but he is best known for his experiments in behavioural neurology which despite their apparent simplicity, have had a profound impact on the way we think about the brain. He has been called the Marco Polo of neuroscience by Richard Dawkins and the modern Paul Broca by Eric Kandel.

In 2005 he was awarded the Henry Dale Medal and elected to an honorary life fellowship by the Royal Institution of Great Britain. His other honours and awards include fellowships from All Souls College, Oxford, and from Stanford University the Presidential Lecture Award from the American Academy of Neurology, two honorary doctorates, the annual Ramon Y Cajal award from the International neuropsychiatry Society and the Ariens-Kappers medal from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. In 2003 he gave the annual BBC Reith lectures and was the first physician/psychologist to give the lectures since they were begun by Bertrand Russel in 1949. In 1995 he gave the Decade of the Brain lecture at the 25th annual (Silver Jubilee) meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Most recently the President of India conferred on him the second highest civilian award and honorific title in India, the Padma Bhushan. A link to a current lecture is below. http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/4/42308_space.html

ICBO Program of Events

Poster Session

ICBO will feature a Poster Session in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday and Friday. Make sure you plan to spend some time with the authors during the Congress. A schedule of Poster presentations will be available in your registration packets. See page 11 for complete list of posters and authors.

Registration Information:

Registration includes all activities, meal and social functions and all education sessions.
Accompanying Persons are those traveling with an ICBO registrant who want to attend the social events and visit the Exhibits. This category does not include the education program.
One-Day Registrations include all activities including meals on the Congress schedule for the day(s) for which you are registered.
Cancellation: Prior to March 1, 2010, a cancellation fee of $30 will be applied. Between March 1 and March 25, 2010, the cancellation fee is $55. No refunds will be made after March 25, 2010.

Registration Fees: (All prices in AUD)

Cancellation Fees:
Prior to 1 March, $30.  Between March 1 and March 25, $55.  No refunds will be made after March 25.

Airport Transfers

After registering for ICBO, could you please email your itineraries to Veronica at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so that arrival times can be coordinated and conveyed to the hotel.  A shuttle bus will then be organised to facilitate transfers.

Junior Delegate Program $140

Junior delegates will have the opportunity to visit two of Southern California’s most popular tourist attractions on Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9, during the Congress. The Junior Delegates will be bused to Universal Studios on Thursday and Knott’s Berry Farm on Friday. Children 6 to 18 may register for the Junior Delegate program. The excursions will be chaperoned by 1 adult for every 6 children and carefully supervised. Fees include transportation to the venue and admission to the park. Junior delegates will need their own money for snacks, lunch and souvenirs. Permission forms and emergency phone numbers will be required.

Saturday Afternoon Activities*

Disneyland         $140
Baseball Game   $  35
*Includes transportation to and from venue and entrance fees. See page 10 for activity details.

NORA Pre Conference Clinical Skills (April 6-7)

Australasian delegates, please ensure you register for this conference through this ACBO website. 
If you are attending ICBO, please register for NORA on this ACBO event page to pay the reduced rate.

Venue:

Doubletree Hotel Ontario Airport
ICBO Headquarters Hotel
222 North Vineyard Ave
Ontario, California 91764
United States
Tel: 1-909-937-0900

To make a reservation:
The NORA Pre-Conference will be held in the 2 days before the ICBO 2010, and will be hosted at the Doubletree Hotel Ontario. OEP has arranged special rates at this property. To get the special NORA/ICBO rate you must use the OEP reservation site located at www.2010icbo.org $129/night single or double

The Clinical Skills Program allows the professional an opportunity to further his/her knowledge and expertise through study and examination. If you are new to neuro-optometric rehabilitation and desire practical clinical applications, you should attend this program.
The program will provide a total of 12 hours of continuing education credit for each Level. Level I and II run concurrently and can not be taken simultaneously. These courses include both hands-on and lecture style presentations. Coffee, tea, water and soda will be served at breaks. No breakfast or snacks are provided.
*If you have taken this course previously the course content has continued to be updated and evolved, so consider taking this course as a refresher.
Skill Level I – This program is designed as an Introduction to basic application and principles of anatomy and physiology to
rehabilitation. There will also be a specifi c focus on the basic principles of neuro-optometric treatment used in rehabilitation.
Skill Level II – This program will provide advanced applications of general rehabilitation and neuro-optometric rehabilitation.
Skill Level III – This program has been designed for those individuals who have completed Levels I & II and who are looking to
be published in peer reviewed journals. This program is individualized to meet the needs of each person and provides guidance to
help you meet the requirements for being published. No continuing education credit is available for Level III.

NORA Clinical Skills Pre-Conference Schedule

The detailed conference program will be available for download soon.

Registration Fees: (All prices in AUD)

Level I  $220              (if registering for 6th ICBO)
Level II $220              (if registering for 6th ICBO)