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Welcome

Mike Woods
Chairperson of the Organising Committee and ESVO President

Dear delegates

May I extend an Irish welcome and promise you a memorable visit to the Emerald Isle. The European Veterinary Ophthalmology conference is being held from May 13-16th 2010 in Malahide, Dublin, a coastal village close to Dublin city centre. It is a beautiful and intimate location allowing easy access to the city, yet peacefully located  ensuring a relaxed atmosphere.

The conference presents high-calibre continuing education, practical workshops, state-of-the-art lectures and the very popular ESVO hereditary eye disease session. We hope that you come to Ireland for the quality of our scientific program but we also want to welcome you, to visit our beautiful country and to enjoy its culture and its people.

Within the social programme, we will introduce you to one of  Ireland’s famous exports: Jamesons’s whiskey. The visit to the Jameson’s whiskey museum will explain the creation of this delight and then you will be treated to a night of Irish music and dance.

The following night will be the gala dinner, followed by a ‘Ceili’ (pronounced Kaylee) - this is traditional Irish dancing which was exported to the world as ‘Riverdance’.

You may then decide to explore the the city of Dublin or choose to venture further afield and take a trip to see Ireland's wild atlantic coastline and its world-famous scenery immortalized in song and in verse. Or maybe you would like to play our world famous golf courses. We are privileged in Ireland to have an abundance of world class golf courses one of which can be seen from the conference hotel, the historic Portmarnock golf links. Ireland has a great history of music and literature, from  James Joyce to Roddy Doyle.

Ireland’s greatest jewel is its people, do come and enjoy a memorable visit.

Looking forward to meeting you in Dublin

Mike Woods
Chairperson of the Organising Committee and ESVO President.