AIO & BABO Conference 2022

From 1st to 2nd October this year, we held the AIO & BABO Conference at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire.

AIO is one of our clients - Around this time of year we tend to organise various conferences for different clients. (Watch this space as we have more coming up throughout November and we will be sharing them here so that you can all see).

We just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who attended the AIO & BABO Conference this year – from delegates and speakers, to exhibitors and sponsors! We had a great time – and we hope that you all did too! Below are a few of the photos from Saturday’s and Sunday’s conference! There were various different talks throughout the weekend (there was 8 talks on the Saturday, and 20 on the Sunday), which delegates could book onto to earn CPD Points, there was a student programme running all day on the Sunday, as well as 2 exhibition halls with various stalls to visit & a Gala Evening on the Saturday night!

You can find out more about AIO here on the website - The Association of Independent Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians

And if you have been thinking about becoming an AIO Member – please check it out here and you can fill in the membership form here

And now for some snaps of the gala evening! Everyone had welcome drinks followed by a 3 course meal, and then a dance floor, live band & DJ in the evening.

We also held a competition to give delegates / speakers a chance to win a £500 travel gift voucher. We put different woodland character cards on each exhibition table, and then once people had got a set of 4, they would get entered into a raffle with a chance to win. Congratulations to this years winner Lucy Henning!

Thank you for reading our very first blog post!

All the best,

Emily

The Thornby Associates Team