Dear Friends & Colleagues,
In 2020, we were
hindered by the global outbreak of COVID-19, and we were
not able to have the annual congress last year. However,
it could never stop our pursuit of progress in the
science and art of ophthalmology. The pandemic may
separate us physically from each other, but it can never
cut off our connection and our friendship.
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This year, being ready
and prepared, we rise to the challenge and bring to each
of you the first-ever APAO 2021 Virtual Congress on 5 –
11 September. This one-week virtual excursion will be a
very rewarding experience for all the attendees; not
only will you be enlightened by the intellectual
splendour and dazzled by the industrial innovations, but
also be welcome to the network of your peers, your
mentors, and your future partners.
This year we will also be organising a series of
activities to celebrate our 60th Anniversary in 2020.
The first APAO Congress was held in 1960 with the goal
of fostering closer relations among ophthalmologists and
ophthalmology societies to remove the barriers to
ophthalmic education and services in the Asia-Pacific
region. Over the past sixty years, oriented to this
goal, we have kept moving forward and beyond, and today,
we open a new chapter on the APAO’s history. I sincerely
invite you all to join us in the APAO 2021 Virtual
Congress!
Our new adventure is on, and I for one cannot wait. See
you soon!
With my best regards,
Ningli Wang
President
Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology |