Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, will hold its eighth annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit on July 17, 2019, from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Summit will include a variety of presentations related to this year’s theme, "A Lifetime of Vision.”
Expected attendees include patient advocates, community-based organizations, national vision and eye health organizations, government agencies, and legislative staff. Those unable to attend in person will have an opportunity to watch a live video stream of event presentations as well as follow the event on Twitter at #eyesummit.
Additional presentations at the Focus on Eye Health Summit include:
- The Scope of Vision and Eye Health – Guidance from Surveillance
- Emerging Sight – Vision and the Young Child
- Looking Forward – Promoting Sight in Young Adults
- Losing Vision and Gaining Perspective
- Strategic Vision: Population Health and Vision in the Military
- Center on Vision and Population Health
- The Keystone for Independence: Low Vision, Vision Loss, and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
“Every year, the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health National Summit brings dedicated leaders in the vision and eye health field together with those in public health and community outreach to discuss the best ways to improve vision for children, adults, and seniors,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. “We especially thank all of our sponsors for their instrumental role in making this important event so successful.”
Prevent Blindness will also hold its annual Eyes on Capitol Hill event, providing volunteer patient advocates with the opportunity to meet with their government representatives on Tuesday, July 16. A reception for the Congressional Vision Caucus will be held the evening of this Capitol Hill event.
Source: Prevent Blindness