International Women’s Day 2025
Eyes on Excellence:
Celebrating and inspiring new female leaders in ophthalmology.
Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day for a leadership focused event at Rayner HQ.
Confirmed Speakers:
- Miss Sarah Maling, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust
- Ms Bita Manzouri, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, BHR University Hospitals Trust
- Ms Pei-Fen Lin, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
- Ms Purvi Thomson, Head of Optometry, OCL Vision
- Ms Tina Khanam, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, K Vision Centre
Hourly Schedule
International Women's Day 2025
- 09:30am - 09:50am
- Arrival and refreshments
- 09:50am - 10:00am
- Welcome to Rayner
- 10:00am - 10:55am
- Why are there still inequalities for women in surgery? How to optimise opportunity
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Speakers:
Miss Sarah Maling
- 10:55am - 11:40am
- What inspires us?
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Speakers:
Ms Bita Manzouri
- 11:40am - 12:30pm
- Current challenges in the workplace
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Speakers:
Miss Sarah Maling, Ms Bita Manzouri, Ms Pei-Fen Lin, Ms Purvi Thomson, Tina Khanam
- 12:30pm - 2:00pm
- Lunch including manufacturing tour of the facilities
- 2 groups at 1pm and 1.15pm
- 2:00pm - 2:45pm
- Premium IOLs and patient selection insights
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Speakers:
Ms Purvi Thomson
- 2:45pm - 3:00pm
- Why should we bother with female leadership in Ophthalmology?
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Speakers:
Tina Khanam
- 3:00pm - 3:45pm
- Digital Equality
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Speakers:
Ms Pei-Fen Lin
- 3:45pm - 4:00pm
- Questions and final discussion
- 4:00pm
- Close
Miss Sarah Maling
Ms Bita Manzouri
Ms Pei-Fen Lin
Ms Purvi Thomson
Tina Khanam