On Wednesday, July 15th, 2020, Prevent Blindness will host the 9th Annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit as a virtual event. (Due to the current COVID-19 health crisis, this year’s event will be held as an online event only.)
The Focus on Eye Health National Summit has become a key annual event to elevate the national dialogue among diverse stakeholder groups around vision and significant public health issues such as equity, surveillance, access, prevention, service integration, and program development. The Summit allows its participants to develop new collaborations, integrate new vision health messages and procedures into their outreach, disseminate evidence-based best practices to support eye health, and improve lines of communication with internal and external partners. Our virtual event will offer these same opportunities through a unique, interactive platform.
2020 Agenda: The Summit will include a variety of presentations related to this year’s theme, "An Eye to the Future.” The agenda will recognize the importance of the year 2020 for vision – and look beyond this moment to the technologies, treatments, social impacts, and policies that will shape vision health in America in the coming decades.
The Focus on Eye Health National Summit welcomes a diverse range of participants, including patient advocates, community-based organizations, national vision and eye health organizations, health-care providers, senior- and child care professionals, government agency staff, legislative staff, and more.
Join virtually to this free event from the comfort of your office, while decreasing your traveling time and cost. Enjoy this one of a kind live experience.
Engage and network with participants through interactive and intuitive chat capabilities and visit our sponsor booths.
Learn about the latest significant public health issues around vision and eye health.
July 15, 2020 - 12:00-3:00pm Eastern
NOTE: Exhibit hall booths will be open to visit from 11am-4pm Eastern on the day of the event.
Summit Moderators:
Jeff Todd, President & CEO, Prevent Blindness
Kathleen Murphy, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Board Chair, Prevent Blindness, A.O. Stubblefield Professor of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing
12:00 – 12:10 pm Eastern
Opening remarks
Jeff Todd, President & CEO, Prevent Blindness
12:10-12:45pm Eastern
Keynote Presentation:
U.S. Launch: WHO World Report on Vision
Peter Holland, CEO, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
U.S. perspective of the WHO World Report on Vision provided by:
Victoria M. Sheffield, Vice President, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
12:45 – 1:15pm Eastern
U.S. Population and Vision Health in 2020 and Beyond
Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD, Fran & Ray Stark Foundation Professor of Ophthalmology, UCLA Stein Eye Institute
NEI Strategic Planning: 2020 Vision for the Future
Shefa Gordon, PhD, Associate Director for Science Policy and Legislation, National Eye Institute, NIH
1:15 – 1:25pm Eastern
2020 Rising Visionary Awardee
Araba Otoo, MPH, 3rd-year Optometry Student, The Ohio State University College of Optometry
1:25-1:55pm Eastern
Future of Vision Treatment and Research
Sayoko (Sy) E. Moroi, MD, PhD, Chair and Director of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
1:55-2:25pm Eastern
Future of Vision Treatment and Research – Flatten Inaccessibility: Adults Share Their Concerns About COVID-19 and Its Impact on Healthcare and Transportation
Penny Rosenblum, PhD, Director of Research, American Foundation for the Blind
2:25 – 2:55pm Eastern
2020 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health
Children’s Vision Rehabilitation Program at West Virginia University Eye Institute
Rebecca Coakley, MA, CLVT, Director of Outreach
2:55-3:00pm Eastern
Closing remarks
Jeff Todd, President & CEO, Prevent Blindness
