High specification, high level, high quality! On December 2-3, the 2022 Juzhou Optometry Forum hosted by Aier Eye Hospital Group was successfully held in Changsha, Star City.
The forum was held in the form of "online + offline". More than 70 experts and scholars from 10 countries in the fields of myopia prevention and control, pediatric ophthalmology, visual rehabilitation and cross-innovation passed the "myopia research frontier, myopia clinical frontier" Go to the six units of "Pediatric Eye Diseases and Vision Rehabilitation", "High Myopia", "Crossover and Innovation", and "Special Session for Foreign Experts" to discuss the frontier and future of myopia prevention and vision science.
The domestic representative experts who attended the meeting included: Director of the State Key Laboratory of Optometry and Vision Science, Professor Qu Jia, Director of the National Engineering Technology Research Center for Optometry, Deputy Director of the Optometry Group of the Chinese Medical Association Ophthalmology Branch, Central South University Professor Yang Zhikuan, doctoral supervisor of Aier College of Ophthalmology, director of the National Eye Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, head of the Optometry Group of the Chinese Medical Association Ophthalmology Branch, and Professor Lu Fan, honorary chairman of the Asian Branch of the International Orthokeratology Society, and the Chinese Women Physician Association Professor Xie Peiying, chairman of the Optometry Professional Committee, Professor Bi Hongsheng, deputy head of the children and adolescents myopia prevention and control expert group of the Ministry of Education, Professor Zhang Wei, leader of the Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Group of the Chinese Academy of Ophthalmology, Liaoning Province of Aier Eye Hospital Group Professor Yang Jiwen, Vice President and Group Leader of the Group's Pediatric Ophthalmology Group, Professor Xu Jiangtao, Vice President of Yunnan Province of Aier Eye Hospital Group and Director of Kunming Aier Eye Hospital, Professor Zou Haidong, Director of Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Education Prof. Ni Hailong, member of the Ministry of National Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Children and Adolescents Myopia Expert Promotion Group and head of the Parents Promotion Group, Professor Lan Weizhong, member of the World Health Organization Refractive Error Prevention and Control Program Global Expert Group, and Deputy Director of the Aier Eye Institute of Optometry In addition, there are more than 20 international experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong, China.
At the opening ceremony of the forum, the "Preparatory Group for the 19th World Myopia Congress in 2024" was announced, which indicates that the preparations for the next World Myopia Congress, a high academic stage for myopia research, will be officially put on the agenda. At the same time, the key research and development plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China - the "Development and Application of Super Wide-angle High-speed Retinal Peripheral Defocus Detection Equipment" jointly developed by Aier Ophthalmology (China) and the Spanish team, and the myopia prevention developed by Aier Optometry Institute The recruitment of lens subjects was also launched at the same time, which may provide new ideas for the development of myopia prevention and control in my country and the world.
International, academic and high-end:
Foreign experts accounted for nearly 30%, creating an international high-level forum in the field of optometry
Over the past half century, the incidence of myopia worldwide has increased substantially. Aier Ophthalmology has been focusing on the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents for many years, and is committed to providing professional myopia prevention and control management for children and adolescents with myopia. In order to strengthen the exchange and sharing of the latest scientific research and clinical results in the field of myopia, the Group began to hold the Juzhou Optometry International Forum in 2016. Adhering to the purpose of "focusing on national policies and cross-border integration", the influence of the Juzhou Optometry Forum is increasing day by day. It has become one of the most important international academic conferences in the field of optometry in China.
Among the sharing guests of the Juzhou Optometry Forum, there are more than 20 experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong, China, accounting for as much as 1/3. A hard-core international and high-quality route brings a new international vision and helps China's vision to climb the peak of scientific research.
"The forum is so 'wow'. Many experts have often seen it on Paper, but they saw it in a forum." A graduate student in optometry said. There are also masters who translated and interpreted the key content shared by foreign experts in the comment area of the live broadcast room, attracting countless fans.
At the closing ceremony of the forum, Aier Ophthalmology also successfully held the finals of the IEEL Undergraduate Eye Health Science Contest. After fierce competition, finally: Shenzhen Vocational and Technical College "Caring for Eyes and Healthy Life", Hubei Institute of Science and Technology "A book about myopia", Tianjin Vocational College Three works of the university's "Journey with Love Pupils" stood out and won the first prize. This also reflects Aier Ophthalmology's positive actions to respond to the national "14th Five-Year Eye Health Plan", strengthen the responsibility of the whole society for science popularization, and improve the ability of science popularization and the scientific quality of the whole people.
"More than 220,000 people watched the conference online. Many colleagues also sent me congratulations and highly recognized the conference. This is inseparable from the efforts of the entire Aier Vision team and the cooperation of partners. Support.” Finally, in the closing speech, Professor Yang Zhikuan pointed out that in recent years, the development of optometry in China has entered the fast lane, and he hopes that through the holding of this forum, a high-level innovation platform and an academic exchange platform with an international perspective can be built , to promote the high-quality integrated development of industry-university-research institutes.
Post time: Dec-10-2022