The annual EFCLIN Congress and Exhibition is held in October of each year in different locations all over Europe. Participants are contact lens and IOL manufacturers, wholesalers and suppliers from all over the world.

Click here for a photo impression of the Congress 2007.

The Exhibition shows machinery, tools, materials, software, special contact lenses, packaging materials, IOL instruments and manufacturing tools and other products, exclusively for the contact lens and IOL industry.

The Congress offers lectures, seminars and the Annual General Meeting of the federation.

There are several entertaining events during the Congress.

EFCLIN Congress and Exhibition 2008:
9 - 11 October 2008, Glasgow, Scotland

Future EFCLIN Congresses:
2009, 8 – 10 October (Riga, Latvia)
2010, 7 – 9 October
2011, 13 - 15 October
2012, 5 - 7 October
2013, 10 - 12 October
2014, 9 - 11 October

Previous EFCLIN Congresses:

2007 Málaga (Click for photo overview)
2006 Venice (Click for photo overview)
2005 Vienna
2004 Antwerp (Click for pictures)
2003 Barcelona (For pictures, click here)
2002 Antwerp
2001 Nice
2000 Antwerp
1999 Antwerp
1998 Antwerp
1997 Antwerp
1996 Zeist
1995 Amsterdam
1994 Brussels
1993 Brussels
1992 Amsterdam
1990 Budapest
1989 Barcelona, Majorca, Ibiza
1988 Paris
1987 Vienna
1986 Milano
1985 Bern
1984 Luxemburg
1983 Amsterdam
1982 Bruges
1981 Aix en Provence
1980 Bournemouth (lectures) / Zürich (AGM)
1979 Paris
1978 Frankfurt
1977 Paris
1976 Karlsruhe
1975 Vienna
1974 Venice
1973 Bad Honnef
1972 Brussels
1971 Amsterdam (Preliminary meeting)