HKSTP Thought-leadership Series
Vision
impairment
limits
people’s
ability
to
carry
out
daily
tasks
and
can
significantly
affect
their
quality
of
life.
According
to
the
World
Health
Organization,
at
least
1
billion
people
worldwide
are
living
with
visual
impairment
that
could
have
been
prevented,
and
vision
problems
cost
the
global
economy
US$200
billion
lost
in
productivity
per
year.
The
Centre
for
Eye
and
Vision
Research
(CEVR),
a
joint
initiative
between
The
Hong
Kong
Polytechnic
University
and
the
University
of
Waterloo
in
Canada,
is
dedicated
to
preventing
vision
loss
and
restoring
healthy
vision.
In
this
webinar,
the
leading
scientists
from
the
CEVR
research
team
will
discuss
their
new
advances
in
research
that
hold
promise
for
the
prevention
or
treatment
of
common
eye
and
vision
disorders
including
myopia
and
amblyopia
(“lazy
eye”),
offering
hope
to
the
vision
impaired
patients
all
over
the
world.
Further details can be found here, and registration is required.