{"id":1696,"date":"2026-09-01T10:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:05:17","slug":"xxix-cioc27-upoop-brings-optometry-to-evora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/2026\/09\/01\/xxix-cioc27-upoop-brings-optometry-to-evora\/","title":{"rendered":"XXIX CIOC\u201927: UPOOP brings optometry to \u00c9vora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Under the theme&nbsp;<strong>\u201c\u00c9vora, European Capital of Optometry\u201d<\/strong>, the next edition of the congress aims to establish itself as one of the main meeting points for Portugal\u2019s professional and scientific community in optics, optometry and contact lens practice, bringing together optometrists, optical professionals, students, researchers, academics, speakers, companies, and representatives of leading brands and organisations in the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The choice of \u00c9vora as the host city for the&nbsp;<strong>XXIX CIOC\u201927<\/strong>&nbsp;carries particular significance. In 2027, the city and the Alentejo region will be European Capital of Culture, at a time of national and international prominence that will place \u00c9vora at the heart of Europe\u2019s cultural and scientific agenda. Against this backdrop, the&nbsp;<strong>Portuguese Professional Union of Opticians and Optometrists (UPOOP)<\/strong>&nbsp;aims to build a bridge between culture, science, knowledge and the profession, turning \u00c9vora, for three days, into a meeting point for the Portuguese and international optometry community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration for&nbsp;<strong>XXIX CIOC\u201927<\/strong>&nbsp;is now open through UPOOP\u2019s official platform. Registration options are available for UPOOP members, Optometry degree students, and non-members\/members of other professional associations, enabling a wide range of audiences connected to optics and vision sciences to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPOOP members also benefit from special participation conditions, including&nbsp;<strong>15 hours of Continuing Education in Optometry<\/strong>, as well as the&nbsp;<strong>13 March dinner<\/strong>&nbsp;included in the registration fee. A promotional rate offering&nbsp;<strong>more than 20% off<\/strong>&nbsp;is available until&nbsp;<strong>30 November 2026<\/strong>, and the organisers are therefore encouraging participants to register early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portuguese Professional Union of Opticians and Optometrists (UPOOP) announces the opening of registration for the 29th International Congress of Optometry and Contact Lens Practice (CIOC), which will take place at the Vila Gal\u00e9 \u00c9vora Hotel on 12, 13 and 14 March 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[13,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1696\/revisions\/1698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opticapro.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}