SECO International has been honored with the Association of Optometrist's Award. SECO's President, Dr. Ron Bannister, accepted the award recently in Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented only three times previously, the award was created by the Association of Optometrists (AOP) to recognize an individual or institution that has made a significant impact on the advancement of optometry within the United Kingdom.

We are very honored to accept this prestigious award from the AOP, said Dr. Bannister. The long-time partnership between SECO and the AOP has been a mutually rewarding experience and has resulted in bringing together some of America's and Great Britain's foremost experts in the profession and extending continuing education opportunities to optometrists throughout the UK and US. SECO and the AOP formed a working relationship in 1997 with the signing of a joint venture partnership agreement and the intent to create an event in the UK similar to that of SECO's annual congress.

SECO 2010 award winners were: William E. Malone, O.D., Optometrist of the South, SECO's highest honor; Elizabeth Steele, O.D., F.A.A.O., Young Optometrist of the South award; and Belinda Coberly, Paraoptometric of the South. SECO's Award of Merit recipient was The EyeSight Foundation of Alabama. Congratulations to these award winners.

SECO is currently finalizing its SECO 2010 audio recordings collection. If you have not yet ordered a copy of the SECO 2010 audio recordings, or want to order a copy of a previous SECO event audio recording collection, visit SECOInternational.com and choose from the sub-menu of the SECO Events Menu. Alternatively, you can followﾠthis link.

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SECO International extends it thanks to our attendees for participating in a great (albeit snowy) SECO 2010. Don't forget to save the date for SECO 2011, February 9-13, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The office is now closed for SECO 2010 as SECO International moves to the Georgia World Congress Center. Check SECO2010.com for on-site contact information. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! SECO 2010, February 10-14, 2010.

Hurry, SECO 2010 pre-registration incentives end Thurday, January 28, 2010. In addition to lower registration costs, SECO will randomly select 25 pre-registrants to win door prizes just for being pre-registered to attend SECO 2010! Prizes will range from gift cards to a Nintendo Wii.

December 17 is the last day of early pre-registration and the cheapest registration fees! This is a few weeks earlier than previous SECO events, but SECO 2010 is a few weeks earlier too. Visit the registration services website to see registration fees and periods and then register today!

Join SECO and Bomshell Saturday night at the Marriott Marquis! Bomshel is an up-and-coming country duo. Well known for their vivacious personalities and sense of musical adventure, Bomshel's hit Fight Like a Girl finds the talented twosome hitting their stride as songwriters and vocalists. Several years of touring have given them an extra measure of confidence in what they wanted to say and how best to say it. Bomshel will play Saturday night at the Marriott Marquis.

A SECO 2010 speaker, Dr. Victor Perez, was recently featured in an article published by USA Today. Dr. Perez was invlolved in a radical surgery to replace a damaged cornea. Users can read the entire article here. Dr. Perez will speak at SECO 2010, course 065 "Scratching the Surface" on Saturday, February 13, 2010.

SECO recently published its SECO 2010 Registration Brochure online. The brochure provides information about the SECO 2010 event, lists continuing education course offered during SECO 2010, and has a registration form. Visit www.seco2010.com and choose Registration Brochure from the registration menu.

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SECO International has expanded its online education offering to include more Internet courses, podcasts, ePosters and Digital Grand Rounds. SECO's complete Internet educational offering can be found at www.secointernational.com/education.

SECO International and Review of Optometry will present Bermuda 2009, a Meeting of Clinical Excellence, July 16 through 19, 2009, at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel in Hamilton, Bermuda. Attendees may earn up to 14 hours of COPE approved continuing education from renown speakers such as Drs. Alan Kabat, Paul Karpecki, Ron Melton, Jack Schaeffer, Tammy Than, and Randall Thomas.

Attendee who pre-register by July 1, 2009 will receive $100 off their registration fee. For more information, go to www.revoptom.com/bermuda2009.

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