The European Academy of Optometry and Optics

29 March 2010

Academy Elections 2010

Fourteen candidates have been nominated for three positions on the Academy's Board of Trustees.  The successful candidates will formally be appointed to the Board on Saturday 15 May 2010 at the Academy's annual conference in Copenhagen.

Established by the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO), the European Academy was officially launched in Lausanne, Switzerland in May 2009.   The officers of the Academy were appointed earlier that year by the ECOO Executive at its meeting in Brno, and ECOO members elected the other Trustee positions.  In 2010, the Academy's members will vote for the new Trustees.

Details of all the nominees can be found below:

Category 1: Representatives of Education Organisations

  Frank Buijs - the Netherlands

  Annie Eriksson - Sweden

  Alessandro Fossetti - Italy

  Joan Underwood - United Kingdom

Category 3: Indivudal Educators

  Helder Bertolo - Portugal

  Juan Jose Durban Fornieles - Spain

  Rossella Fonte - Italy

  Mireia Pacheco Cutillas - Spain

  Timothy Wingert - USA

Category 4: Individual Practitioners

  Serap Azizoglu - Turkey

  Fritz Fischl - Germany

  Heiko Pult - Germany

  James Russell - United Kingdom

  Christian Stebler - Switzerland

For further information please contact the Academy Manager on Tel: +44 (0) 20 7766 4345 or email: info@eaoo.info

"The Mission of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics is to promote clinical, educational and scientific excellence that transcends geographical barriers." (Feike Grit, Inaugural President, the Academy)