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This year, the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology is proud to co-sponsor the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting, which will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago from Oct. 15 to 18. For AAO members, registration and hotel reservations opened June 22; they will open on July 13 for non-members.
On the Joint Program Planning Committee, APAO is represented by Prof. Dennis Lam, APAO president and editor-in-chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology; Prof. Charles McGhee, president of the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology and APAO president-elect; Prof. Tien Yin Wong, chair of the APAO Research Standing Committee; and Prof. Clement Tham, chair of the APAO Congress Committee.
The scientific program will feature three joint AAO-APAO symposia, one each for the subspecialties of cornea, glaucoma and retina. APAO’s subspecialty member societies — including the Asia Cornea Society, Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society, Asia-Pacific Society of Ocular Oncology and Pathology, Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society and Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society — will also present a total of 12 hours of instruction courses.
In addition, APAO will partner with AAO and the International Council of Ophthalmology to present the Conference for Ophthalmic Educators on Oct. 15. Prof. Rajvardhan Azad, chair of the APAO Ophthalmic Education Standing Committee, will represent APAO on the conference steering committee.
For more information, please go to http://www.aao.org/annual-meeting.
Future APAO Congresses
In 2018, the 33rd APAO Congress will be held in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from Feb. 8 to 11. There has not been an APAO Congress in Hong Kong since it was held in conjunction with the World Ophthalmology Congress in 2008.
APAO is pleased to announce that the Academy’s 34th Congress will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2019, co-hosted by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Thailand. The Congress theme will be “Bridging the Gaps in Ophthalmology.” The last APAO Congress held in Bangkok was the 19th Congress in 2003.
In 2020, the 35th annual APAO Congress will return to Auckland, New Zealand, which has not hosted a Congress since 1972. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists will serve as co-host of the event with the theme “Seeing the Future of Ophthalmology.”
Dates for the 2019 and 2020 Congresses have not yet been finalized, although they will likely be held sometime in March. For more information about upcoming events, please visit APAO’s meeting calendar at http://www.apaophth.org/congress/calendar.
The 3rd APGS Congress
The 3rd Congress of the Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society, co-hosted by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Thailand, will be held from July 14 to 16 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Although the Congress will focus on glaucoma, the scientific program has been broadened to appeal to all practicing ophthalmologists.
Registration for the 3rd APGS Congress is available online at http://apgc2016.apglaucomasociety.org/registration. All non-APGS members who register for the Congress will receive complimentary membership to the society for one year, valid through July 14, 2017.
Can’t make it to the Congress this time? Don’t worry! Session recordings will be available for purchase online or on a USB drive after the Congress. These will include audio, video and PowerPoint presentations of the scientific program.
The APGS aims to promote excellence in the diagnosis and care of patients with glaucoma of all types at both individual and community levels. The APGS Congress is held biennially in the Asia-Pacific region.
The 10th APVRS Congress
The 10th Congress of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society, held in conjunction with the 38th Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of Thailand, will be held from Dec. 8 to 10 at Bangkok Convention Center, CentralWorld, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Early-bird registration is now in effect through Sept. 30. Abstract submission will close on Thursday, July 28, at 11:59 p.m. Hong Kong time (GMT +8). For a list of other important dates, please visit http://2016.apvrs.org/important-dates.
Highlights of the 3-day scientific program include the Opening Ceremony and APVRS Tano Lecture on the afternoon of Dec. 8, along with the APVRS Constable Lecture and RCOPT Rutnin Lecture on the afternoon of Dec. 9.
For young vitreoretinal specialists in the Asia-Pacific region, APVRS will provide up to five Prof. Yasuo Tano Travel Grants. Priority will be given to applicants aged 40 years or younger who are from a developing nation and whose presentation(s) (free paper or poster) have been accepted as part of the Congress scientific program. Application for the Prof. Yasuo Tano Travel Grants is open from July 1 to Aug. 15. Please visit http://2016.apvrs.org/travel-grant/ for more information.