AOCLE Workshop in Puerto Rico 2001

AOCLE Workshop in Puerto Rico
June 2001

Program

2nd World Congress on Contact Lens Education to be Held in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Plans for the 2001 annual AOCLE workshop are underway! Our host will be the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry. The workshop is planned for May 31 to June 3, 2001, and the program chairs are Drs. Iris Cabello and Manual Conde. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit the school and the nearby sites in the city of San Juan. Due to space limitations at the school, some of the events will take place at the hotel. So until then, start working on your Spanish and Ricky Martin trivia! Below is a tentative agenda as well as some helpful phrases in Spanish to get you started.

AOCLE Workshop 2001: San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 31 to June 3, 2001
Tentative Agenda

Thursday, May 31, 2001

all day Arrivals at San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport

4:00pm Hotel check-in

6:30pm-9:00pm Welcoming cocktail

Friday, June 1, 2001

7:00am-8:00am Continental breakfast at hotel

8:00am Bus departs from hotel lobby to the School of Optometry

8:30am-9:30am Dean's welcome and clinic tour

9:30am-9:45am Mid-morning break

9:45am Bus departs to IAUPR Metro Campus

10:00am-10:15am Sponsors presentations I

10:15am-12:00noon Conference I--Web Assisted Courses

12:00noon-1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm-2:45pm Workshop I--Web Assisted Courses

2:45pm-3:00 pm Sponsors presentations II

3:00-3:15pm Mid-afternoon break

3:15pm-5:00pm Workshop II--Web Assisted Courses

5:00pm Bus departs for hotel

6:00pm Bus departs from hotel

6:30pm-9:30pm Bay Cruise with dinner and dance lessons (Salsa, of course!!) ( San JuanYacht Club)

Saturday June 2, 2001

7:00am-7:50am Continental breakfast

7:50am Bus departs from hotel lobby to IAUPR Bayamon Campus

8:15am-8:30am Sponsors presentations III

8:30am-9:45am Conference II

9:45am-10:00am Coffee break

10:00am-11:15am Conference III

11:15am Bus departs from Bayamon Campus for lunch/sightseeing tour

1:30pm Afternoon activities/free time

7:00pm Bus departs from hotel lobby to Old San Juan

7:30pm Walking tour Old San Juan

8:30pm-10:30pm Dinner at Isla Bonita Restaurant

Sunday, June 3, 2001

8:00am-9:00am Breakfast buffet

9:00am-10:00am Conference IV

10:00am-12:00noon Business meeting

12:00noon Hotel check-out

Useful Spanish Phrases
Key words in "Español": Meaning (translation) in "English":

Hola! (ola) . . . Hi! (unless you hear somebody screaming "hola" and you are in the water on the beach in which case you should protect yourself because it means tide!)

Adios (a-dee-os) . . . Good bye

Donde está el baño? . . . Where is the bathroom?

Qué es eso? . . . What is that?

Oritá (o-ree-ta) . . . Later--in most cases, but if you are on a Mexican restaurant it means now, if you are asking how long will it take and is preceded by the word una (one) it means one hour.

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Photos

AOCLE chair Gary Gunderson presents a recognition award to Alcon, represented by Phil Pivnik.
AOCLE chair Gary Gunderson presents a recognition award to Bausch & Lomb, represented by Rhonda Robinson and Steve Byrnes.

AOCLE chair Gary Gunderson presents a recognition award to CIBA Vision, represented by Sally Dillehey.
AOCLE chair Gary Gunderson presents a recognition award to Vistakon, represented by George Mertz.

Our hosts.
Our hosts.

Fast and furious action at the Bacardi tasting bar. (See what you rain forest people missed!)

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Revised: May 24, 2002

AOCLE Workshop 2001: San Juan, Puerto Rico May 31 to June 3, 2001 Tentative Agenda
Thursday, May 31, 2001
all day	Arrivals at San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
4:00pm	Hotel check-in
6:30pm-9:00pm	Welcoming cocktail
Friday, June 1, 2001
7:00am-8:00am	Continental breakfast at hotel
8:00am	Bus departs from hotel lobby to the School of Optometry
8:30am-9:30am	Dean's welcome and clinic tour
9:30am-9:45am	Mid-morning break
9:45am	Bus departs to IAUPR Metro Campus
10:00am-10:15am	Sponsors presentations I
10:15am-12:00noon	Conference I--Web Assisted Courses
12:00noon-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm-2:45pm	Workshop I--Web Assisted Courses
2:45pm-3:00 pm	Sponsors presentations II
3:00-3:15pm	Mid-afternoon break
3:15pm-5:00pm	Workshop II--Web Assisted Courses
5:00pm	Bus departs for hotel
6:00pm	Bus departs from hotel
6:30pm-9:30pm	Bay Cruise with dinner and dance lessons (Salsa, of course!!) ( San JuanYacht Club)
Saturday June 2, 2001
7:00am-7:50am	Continental breakfast
7:50am	Bus departs from hotel lobby to IAUPR Bayamon Campus
8:15am-8:30am	Sponsors presentations III
8:30am-9:45am	Conference II
9:45am-10:00am	Coffee break
10:00am-11:15am	Conference III
11:15am	Bus departs from Bayamon Campus for lunch/sightseeing tour
1:30pm	Afternoon activities/free time
7:00pm	Bus departs from hotel lobby to Old San Juan
7:30pm	Walking tour Old San Juan
8:30pm-10:30pm	Dinner at Isla Bonita Restaurant
Sunday, June 3, 2001
8:00am-9:00am	Breakfast buffet
9:00am-10:00am	Conference IV
10:00am-12:00noon	Business meeting
12:00noon	Hotel check-out
Useful Spanish Phrases Key words in "Español": Meaning (translation) in "English":
Hola! (ola) . . . Hi! (unless you hear somebody screaming "hola" and you are in the water on the beach in which case you should protect yourself because it means tide!) Adios (a-dee-os) . . . Good bye Donde está el baño? . . . Where is the bathroom? Qué es eso? . . . What is that? Oritá (o-ree-ta) . . . Later--in most cases, but if you are on a Mexican restaurant it means now, if you are asking how long will it take and is preceded by the word una (one) it means one hour.