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EDUCATION EVENTS & CONFERENCE
Earn CPD points and stay up to date with our online and face-to-face clinical meetings and annual conference
With ever-changing healthcare practices, technologies, and therapeutic approaches in eye care, it’s vital our nurse members stay up-to-date on all the advancements in our field.
We offer face-to-face clinical meetings and TeleED (online) meetings, scheduled throughout the year – on topics tailored to the needs of our members – as well as our annual AONA conference.
You'll earn CPD points at each of our educational events.
A registration button will appear next to each event as registration opens.
HEAD TO OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS BELOW
If you have an idea for an educational session or a paper you’d like to present at one, please email us (admin@aona.au) or use the "Call for Abstracts" form in our forms page.
AONA CONFERENCE MELBOURNE 2025
Thanks to our generous industry sponsors for your support in making our conference such a success.
AONA Clinical Meetings and TeleED (online) Education Sessions
Further information including the schedule, topics and speakers can be found in the flyer added to each event closer to the date.
For our TeleED (online) education sessions, attendees who register will be sent the access code by email within 12 hours of the event's start time. Please do not email asking for the code before this, thank you!
As registration for an event opens, we'll add a "register now" button below the event.
Enquiries
If you have any enquiries about AONA events, please contact us via email (admin@aona.au).
Upcoming events 2025
8th December 2025 1900AESTTele-C Education SessionMacular Disease Foundation Australia: Partnering for Patient Support
Topics we will be discussing in this presentation include:
- Introduction to Macular Disease Foundation Australia
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The magnitude of the problem - prevalence of different macular conditions in Australia
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Overview of aged related macular degeneration and diabetes related eye conditions
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Research into the social impact of macular disease
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Introduction of MDFA's free support service, Eye Connect and the latest impact evaluation findings
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Overview of AREDS Supplements and recent research on nutrition for eye health - including links to resources practitioners can provide for their patients
- Interactive activity / quizzes
REGISTRATION OPEN
14th March 2026 Face-to-Face Education Session - Vision and DiagnosticsEye Health Centre - Perth, Western Australia
Past events
15th November 2025National Conference in conjunction with RANZCOMelbourne, Victoria
17th November 2025Face-to-Face Education SessionFlinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA
8th November 2025Face-to-Face Education SessionPerth Eye Hospital, WA
18th October 2025 1100AESTTele-C Education SessionOcular Melanoma
20th September 2025Face-to-Face Education SessionApollo International Hotel Newcastle, New South Wales
17th September 2025 18:30 Networking Event Adelaide, South Australia
6th September 2025 0945-1530 Face-to-Face Education SessionHobart, Tasmania
30 August 2025Face-to-Face Education SessionMelbourne, Victoria - Victorian E&E Hospital
12 August 2025 1700 AESTTeleC Education SessionLyn Scott CNS Waikato Hospital NZ - AMD and the Mystery of the Choroid
31st May 2025Face to Face Education Session"NSW AONA Clinical" Sydney Eye Hospital Sight Foundation Theatre Lab. Topic: Anatomy and physiology with porcine eyes/When things go wrong in OT
29th April 2025 19:30AESTTele-ED Education SessionProfessor Andrew Chang "Posterior Eye Trauma"
April 2025Forum for Eye Healthcare Workers run by The Macular Disease Foundation Australia - Have your Say! "Understanding the challenges faced by DR patients"
29th March 2025Face to Face Education Session"WA AONA Seminar" Level 3, St John of God Hospital Subiaco, Perth
24th February 2025Zoom Education Session"Corneal Transplantation" Dr Elsie Chan