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SUMMARY:Comprehensive Eye Care Section Ocular Photography Contest
DESCRIPTION:The annual Comprehensive Eye Care Section Ocular Photography Contest will open on May 15 and close at 11:45 pm CST on July 1\, with the winners being notified by August 1. \n  \nOptometrists may submit up to two entries per category: \n·     Anterior Segment Category: Lids\, Conjunctiva\, Cornea\, Contact Lens\, Iris\, Lens\, Angle/Gonioscopy\, digital color photo. \n·     Posterior Segment Category: Vitreous\, Optic Nerve\, Retina\, Color/Red-free photo\, Fluorescein Angiography/ICG\, Fundus Auto-fluorescence. \n  \nThe grand prize winner from each category will receive complimentary registration to Academy 2021 Boston and will have the winning image published in the Academy’s Post-Meeting Newsletter. In addition to the two Grand Prize winners\, the contest will award four honorable mentions. All of the winning submissions will be assembled into a photo display at the annual meeting. \n  \nAn American Academy of Optometry online account is required to submit an entry. If you already have an existing account\, you may use it. If not\, please create an account. Emailed submission forms and photos will no longer be accepted. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered. If you have any questions\, please email contest co-chairs Dr. April M. Lewis and Dr. Melanie Gonzalez-Oliva at AcademyPhotographyContest@gmail.com. \nFor full contest rules please visit the 2021 Ocular Photography Contest webpage. Also\, you may view the previous contest winning submissions online.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://worldcouncilofoptometry.info/event/comprehensive-eye-care-section-ocular-photography-contest/
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SUMMARY:Prevent Blindness: Focus on Eye Health National Summit
DESCRIPTION:On July 14-15\, 2021\, Prevent Blindness will host the 10th annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as a virtual interactive event. This FREE event will include multiple opportunities for participant engagement\, including moderated discussions on key topics\, chats with presenters\, an exhibit hall with live exhibitor chat and video conversation\, and more. \nThe Focus on Eye Health National Summit is a key venue to elevate the national dialogue among diverse stakeholder groups around vision and significant population health issues such as surveillance\, equity\, prevention messaging\, service integration\, program development\, and dissemination of best practices. The Summit allows participants to develop new collaborations\, integrate new vision health messages and procedures into their outreach\, and improve lines of communication with internal and external partners. \nAn exciting Summit agenda has been planned for the two-day event\, and will include a variety of presentations related to this year’s theme\, “Our Changing Vision.” The agenda will celebrate the key vision advancements that have occurred during the 10 years the summit has convened\, and look ahead to leading advancements\, policies\, and social issues that will shape how we approach eye health for the coming decade. The agenda will recognize the importance of research expansion\, shifting political leadership\, and the elevation of the patient at the center of care decisions. \n  \nThe agenda includes the following keynote presentations: \n  \nOpening Keynote Presentation: \nMichael F. Chiang\, MD\, Director\, National Eye Institute \n  \nKeynote Presentation: Adversity is My Superpower \nAmy Dixon\, Paralympic Athlete & President\, Glaucoma Eyes International \n  \nKeynote Presentation: The Role of Public Health in Advancing Eye Health \nRoss C. Brownson\, PhD\, Lipstein Distinguished Professor of Public Health\, Washington University in St. Louis \n  \nFor details about the event and agenda\, visit www.preventblindness.org/eyesummit. \n  \nThe Focus on Eye Health National Summit welcomes a diverse range of participants\, including patient advocates\, vision researchers\, clinicians\, foundations\, community-based and advocacy organizations\, national vision and eye health organizations\, vision companies\, government agencies\, legislative staff\, and more. \nFollow the event on Twitter at #eyesummit. \n  \nRegistration is free. Register today to attend the virtual event: www.preventblindness.org/eyesummit. \n  \nThanks to our 2021 Focus on Eye Health National Summit Sponsors: \n  \nPlatinum: \nGenentech \nHorizon Therapeutics \nPhRMA \n  \nGold:\nAlcon \nBiogen \nCenter for Vision and Population Health at Prevent Blindness \nThe EyeSight Foundation of Alabama \nNational Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness \nRegeneron \nSeva Foundation \n  \nSilver:\nAlliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) \nAmerican Optometric Association \nAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) \nAmerican Society of Retina Specialists \nBausch + Lomb \nBrightFocus Foundation \nCooperVision \nFoundation Fighting Blindness \nMallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals \nNational Industries for the Blind \nNational Keratoconus Foundation \nPatient Access Network (PAN) Foundation \nResearch to Prevent Blindness \nSanten \nSchool Health \nVision 2020 USA \nVisionServe Alliance
URL:https://worldcouncilofoptometry.info/event/prevent-blindness-focus-on-eye-health-national-summit/
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SUMMARY:Indian Vision Science Symposium - hosted by India Vision Institute\, powered by Zeiss
DESCRIPTION:The Indian Vision Science Symposium will bring together leading researchers involved in developing cutting-edge innovations and feature talks on the following focus areas:  \n\nOptics of the Eye\nVisual Processing in the Retina\nEarly Visual Pathways in the Brain\nSensory Processing of Visual Information\nHigher Level Visual Perception – Attention and Cognition\nOculomotor Behavior\nApplied Vision Science.\n\n  \nWhen: Saturday\, 24 July 2021 at 3:00 pm IST and Sunday\, 25 July 2021 at 3:00 pm IST \nWhere: Zoom \nWho can participate: Optometry UG and PG students\, educators and practitioners\, Ophthalmologists and professionals/students from related disciplines such as Cognitive Science\, Neuroscience\, Psychology\, Computer Science\, Engineering etc. \n  \n \nTo know more about the symposium\, please visit https://www.indiavisioninstitute.org/upcoming-programs-view/65 \nTo register for the event\, click https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WwcYa9iBTc2H7yvD66zypA. \nFor any queries on the symposium\, write to info@indiavisioninstitute.org.
URL:https://worldcouncilofoptometry.info/event/indian-vision-science-symposium-hosted-by-india-vision-institute-powered-by-zeiss/
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