ESCRS NEWS

MARKETING CONTEST

The ESCRS Practice Management and Development Committee has launched the third ESCRS Practice Management and Development Marketing Competition.

The competition judging panel, chaired by Dr Paul Rosen, is looking for entries that best capture the spirit of the competition – use of the marketing ideas that are shared during the Practice Management and Development workshops and applied by an ophthalmologist and her/his team.

Entries should consist of a three-to-four-slide presentation illustrating the campaign, costs, as well as the results. The winner will receive a €1,000 bursary and an invitation to present during next year’s XXXV Congress of the ESCRS in Lisbon, Portugal.

To enter, email: colin@eurotimes.org. Submission deadline is 15 August, 2016. More details: www.escrs.org

JOHN HENAHAN PRIZE

Young ophthalmologists are invited to write a 900-word essay on the topic of “Why Should I Publish?” for the 2016 John Henahan Writing Competition. The competition is open to ESCRS members aged 40 or under on 1 January 2016. The essays will be judged by Thomas Kohnen, chairman of the ESCRS Publications Committee; Emanuel Rosen, chief medical editor of EuroTimes; José Güell, former ESCRS president; Oliver Findl, chairman of the ESCRS Young Ophthalmologists Committee; Sean Henahan, editor of EuroTimes; Paul McGinn, editor of EuroTimes; and Robert Henahan, contributing editor of EuroTimes. Last year's winner was Dr Sidath Liyanage of Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. The winner will receive a travel bursary worth €1,000 to attend the XXXIV Congress of the ESCRS in Copenhagen, Denmark, and a special trophy will be presented at the Video Awards Session on Sunday, 11 September 2016. Closing date to enter: Friday, 27 May. Entry forms available from Colin Kerr, executive editor, EuroTimes, at: henprize@eurotimesorg