The Asia Optometric Conference
The Asia Optometric Conference is an annual event organized by the Asia Optometric Congress, which was first held in 2016 in Manila, Philippines. This conference is currently the largest optometric conference in Asia, attracting over 600 attendees from various Asia Pacific countries each year. The conference is held every two years, with a different host country for each edition, providing a platform for optometrists to exchange knowledge and stay updated on the latest trends, research, and technologies in the field of optometry.
The conference lasts for two days and offers a comprehensive program, including keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and exhibitions. Attendees have the opportunity to meet and network with renowned professors and specialists in the optometric field, as well as to learn about the latest products and services offered by international companies worldwide.
In addition, the conference provides continuing education credits for optometrists to maintain their licensure and stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in the field.
AOC2024
Bangkok, Thailand
The Optometry Association of Thailand (OAT) is organizing an event named “AOC 2024” in Bangkok from November 14-15, 2024. This event will focus on the theme “Vision for All Asia”, with the aim of bringing together optometric societies from all over Asia to meet up during the famous Lantern Festival (Loy-Krathong). The festival is a significant cultural event, and it will be an excellent opportunity for attendees to explore Bangkok’s vibrant nightlife and delicious street food. The event will be held at Bhiraj Hall in BITEC Bangna, which is a modern and spacious venue located in the heart of Bangkok. The event hall is easily accessible via the skytrain network, which is the most convenient mode of transport in Bangkok. It provides a fantastic opportunity for attendees to explore the city while attending the event. The event will offer a variety of topics and workshops related to optometric practice. These sessions will be designed to cater to the diverse interests and needs of the attendees. Overall, this event promises to be an excellent opportunity for optometric professionals to network, learn, and have fun in one of the most exciting cities in Asia.
Highlight
Our conference program features a range of workshops that will cover a variety of compelling topics, including myopic control, specialty contact lenses, visual training, and other optometric subjects. Each workshop will be facilitated by leading experts in the field, who will provide unique insights and perspectives on the subject matter.
In addition to the workshops, our conference will provide ample opportunities for attendees to engage in networking activities and discussions with peers and industry leaders. The event will be an excellent platform for attendees to showcase their own research and case studies, and to learn from the experiences of others.
We are confident that this conference will offer valuable insights and knowledge-sharing opportunities that will help attendees advance their careers and stay ahead of the latest trends in optometry. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to engage with fellow professionals, build new relationships, and connect with industry experts.
We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event and to sharing our passion for optometry with you.
Awards
- AOC “Asia Optometrist of the Year Award”
- Oral Presentation Awards
- Poster Presentation Awards
Message from Organizing Chair
Thailand would like to welcome you all into the biggest optometric gathering in mainland Southeastern Asia. The theme for AOC 2024 – Vision for All Asians. We would like to challenge our profession to create more forward thinking and discovering new possibilities in our profession to deliver superb quality eye and vision cares to our people in every conner of the continent. We have great plenary sessions, keynote speakers, many workshops, and various experts in the field of optometry to share their viewpoints in many eye care topics.
AOC 2024 is the first time that Thailand will be able to host the conference. Bangkok is surely one of the greatest cities in the region with wonderful excitement both sights and unique sounds of metropolis in the mainland of Southeastern Asia. There would be many topics relevant in both clinical practices and academics. Many awards will be given to most outstanding in academics and dedications optometrists in the development of optometry from each country. This could be the best time to engage in exchanging of ideas and learning from best in the field of optometry. I am sure that it would stimulate development in optometry for the year to come. This conference could not be possible without significant contribution from hundreds behind the scene individuals and generous sponsorship from our industry partners.
Let’s make AOC 2024 one of the most memorable optometric conferences for this year. See you at AOC 2024.
Dr. Danai Tonkerdmongkol
Organizing Chair
The 4thASIA Optometric Congress
and 9thASEAN Optometric Conference
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14th November 2024 – The First Day | Main Conference Hall
Time | |
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8:00 – 9:00 | Registration/Refreshment |
9:00 – 10:00 | Opening Ceremony |
10:00 – 10:30 | Keynote lecture: Current Myopia Management and Optometry |
10:30 – 10:45 | Morning Break |
10:45 – 11:15 | Myopic Management Research – The past, present and future |
11:15 – 11:45 | Myopia management attitude in Asia |
11:45 – 12:15 | Dry Macular Degeneration and New Update on Treatments |
12:15 – 13:00 | Essilor Lunch Symposium |
13:00 – 13:30 | Essilor Lecture Series |
13:30 – 14:15 | Pannel Discussion: Optometry Laws and Regulations in Asia Dr. Charlie Ho, Dr. Koh Liang Hwee, Datuk Murphy Chan, Dr. Aditya Goyal, Dr. Greg Wu, and Dr. Tan Kah Ooi |
14:15 – 14:35 | Optometry Roles in Non-Governmental Organizations |
14:35 – 14:50 | Afternoon Break |
14:50 – 15:20 | Keynote lecture: Optometry Roles for Primary Eye Care in Asia Dr. Charlie Ho President of AOC |
15:20 – 15:50 | TBA |
15:50 – 16:20 | TBA |
16:20 – 16:50 | TBA |
16:50 – 18:00 | Exhibition/Poster Viewing |
19:00 – 22:00 | Gala Dinner – Thai Loi Kra Tong Festival |
15th November 2024 – The Second Day | Main Conference Hall
Time | |
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8:00 – 9:00 | Registration/Refreshment |
9:00 – 10:00 | Essilor Workshop and Lecture Series in AOC 2024 |
10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Tea Break/Exhibition/Poster Viewing and Judging |
10:30 – 12:00 | TBA |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Symposium |
13:00 – 13:30 | Alcon Lecture Series |
13:30 – 14:00 | Keynote lecture: Current Clinical management for dry eye |
14:00 – 14:30 | Roles of Ophthalmic Laser in Primary Eye Care |
14:30 – 15:00 | Optometry – low vision and vision rehabilitation |
15:00 – 15:30 | Roles of Optometrists in Visual Processing Disorders and Learning Disabilities |
15:30 – 15:45 | Afternoon Tea Break/Exhibition/Poster Viewing and Judging |
15:45 – 16:15 | Keynote lecture: AI and Myopia Research |
16:15 – 16:45 | TBA |
16:45 – 17:15 | TBA |
17:15 – 18:00 | Introduction to AOC Academy Dr. Charlie Ho and Dr. Danai Tonkerdmongkol |
Poster Awards and Oral Presentations Awards | |
Closing Remarks/Announcement of Next Host | |
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The 4th Asia Optometric Congress and 9th ASEAN Optometric Conference (AOC2024) offers optometrists, scientists, educators, and clinicians in Asia an opportunity to exchange the latest and state-of-art information in the field of Optometry. The theme of this Congress: “Vision for All Asians” offers the greatest showcase in research which uniquely belongs to Asia. This Scientific Congress boasts of an excellent Scientific Program which attracts many keynote speakers and leaders from Asia, as well as many famous educators and researchers to share and exchange ideas.
To encourage research in this exciting field of Optometry, oral, poster and e-poster submissions are all welcome. The novel feature of this e-poster submission is that the authors do not have to be physically present to display the poster in the Congress. However, only awarded best oral and poster submissions are required to submit the full paper by a specified date to produce a Congress Proceedings.
All abstracts must be original and not simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. The following categories are welcome (but not limited to):
- Primary care optometry/Clinical optometry
- Contact lenses/Orthokeratology
- Binocular vision/Vision therapy/Visual rehabilitation
- Low vision
- Pediatrics optometry
- Public health optometry/Epidemiology/Prevention of blindness
- Behavioral optometry
- Optics/Visual Optics
- Optometric Instrumentation
- Sports Vision
- Color Vision
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstracts must meet the following criteria:
- Abstract can be submitted either as Original Research, Case Report, Policy, or Position Report.
- Abstract must be submitted in English, Microsoft Word file (version 2013 or later), font Times New Roman, font size 11 point with a single line spacing.
- Maximum Title limit: 15 words.
- Maximum word limit: 350 words.
- In the Original Research, Abstract is submitted in one paragraph containing sub-title: Purpose, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
- In the Case Report, Abstract is submitted in one paragraph containing sub-title: Purpose, Case Report and Conclusions.
- Please see Sample 1, Sample 2 and Sample 3 before submission.
- No tables, figures and references are allowed.
- There is no limit to the number of abstracts you can submit provided that the presenter has registered for the Congress as a participant.
- There is no limit to the number of authors per abstract; the presenting author is responsible that all co-authors agree to the content of abstract before submission to the organizers.
- Submission of abstract constitutes the authors’ consent for printed and online publication by the organizers. It also warrants that the abstract submitter is the sole owner and responsible for all information and content provided to the organizing committee.
- Please state the preference of your submission, as follows:
- All Oral/Poster/E-poster submission
- Either oral or poster submission
- Either oral or e-poster submission
- Either poster or e-poster submission
- Oral submission only
- Poster submission only
- E-poster submission only
- Closing date of Abstract submission is June 30, 2024.
ACCEPTANCE GUIDELINES
You will be notified by e-mail if your submitted abstract has been selected for an oral presentation, a poster presentation, or an e-poster presentation.
All the accepted abstract presentations (oral, poster or e-poster) have an option to submit full-paper by September 30, 2024. Please include a maximum of 5 keywords at the bottom of the Abstract in the full-paper submission.
In addition to the full-paper submission, the accepted presenter will take note of the followings:
- For Oral presentation, the presentation will be 12-minute only plus 2-minute of Q&A.
- For Poster presenters, you are required to prepare your poster with the following guidelines:
- Please prepare the poster on one sheet; dimensions should not exceed 594 mm Width x 841 mm Height (A1 size) and must be in portrait orientation (not landscape). All the poster presenters will be given a 1m x 1 m board.
- Title, authors’ names, and affiliations must be presented at the top of the poster.
- Please ensure that the font size used in the poster is sufficiently large to be legible within two meters.
- Double-sided tape for poster mounting on display board will be provided at the Poster Desk.
- At least one of the authors must be physically present during the poster display session.
- Presenters of posters are responsible for bringing their posters and for taking them away at the end of the Congress.
- The Organizers are not responsible for any loss of posters.
- For e-poster presentation, you are not required to prepare the physical poster to display on board.
ABSTRACT and MANUSCRIPT
- All the accepted abstracts will be published in e-itinerary proceeding.
- All authors are recommended to submit the full manuscript after receiving the notification of the Abstract Acceptance.
- The submitted abstract proceedings will be published as the e-Supplementary article in the Asia Optometric Journal.
- Please be aware of the following before you begin to submit:
- No less than 4-page.
- Preferred file format id Microsoft Word or PDF format.
- All manuscripts should be submitted in order listed: Title Page, Abstract, Key Words (A maximum of 5 key words), Manuscripts, Acknowledgements, References, Footnotes, Tables and Figures, and Appendices.
- The decision of the Scientific Committee is final.
REJECTION GUIDELINES
All rejected abstracts will be notified with a brief comment by reviewers. No appeal will be allowed.
AWARD AND HONOUR
Outstanding abstracts will be given a Certificate of Excellence by the Asia Optometric Congress.
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FORMAT
Write the title which reflects the work and result of the research (maximum 15 words, bold, 14pt)
Author1, Author2, Author3 (11pt)
Note: Mark (*) after the name if it is the corresponding author
1affiliation of main author and address (11pt)
2affiliation of second author and address (11pt)
Abstract (11pt)
Abstract is a summary of the article. Abstract is created in one paragraph and a maximum of 350 words in a single line spacing with 11-point font. The abstract should contain the sub-title: Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. The sub-title Purpose, Methods, Results and Conclusions must be bold with 12-point font. Abstract should not contain tables / images and citations. The use of abbreviations should be a minimum.
For Case Report, the Abstract should contain the sub-title: Purpose, Case Report and Conclusions. Likewise, the subtitle: Purpose, Case Report and Conclusions must be bold with 12 point font.
Original Research
For a sample of Original Research, see: Kang P & Swarbrick H (2016). New Perspective on Myopia Control with Orthokeratology. Optometry & Vision Science. May 2016-Volume 93-Issues 5-p 497-503.
Case Report
For a sample of Case Report, see: Weng T-H et al. (2016). Relenza-induced Acute Myopia Change. Optometry & Vision Science. March 2016-Volume 93-issue 3-p307-309.
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AUTHORS’ DECLARATION
The author/s confirm that my/our presentation does not contain any material/s which has been accepted for presentation or published before and that to the best of my/our knowledge and belief, it contains no material/s previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made. I /We also grant the organizers permission to copy the presentation in part or in whole, subject to the usual acknowledgements.
Step 1 : Select your type tab & Registration by form below
Registration Fees
- Early Bird : 250 $ (Until September 15, 2024)
- Regurar Rate : 350 $
- On Site Rate : 400 $
Registrant Entitlements :
- Access to conferences rooms
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee break & lunch
- Gala dinner
- Conference bag and souvenir
- Program booklet
- Welcome reception
- Opening ceremony
- Closing ceremony
Registration Fees
- Early Bird : 290 $ (Until September 15, 2024)
- Regurar Rate : 390 $
- On Site Rate : 440 $
Registrant Entitlements :
- Access to conferences rooms
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee break & lunch
- Gala dinner
- Conference bag and souvenir
- Program booklet
- Welcome reception
- Opening ceremony
- Closing ceremony
Registration Fees
- Early Bird : 30 $ (Until September 15, 2024)
- Regurar Rate : 40 $
- On Site Rate : – $
*Student registion does not include Gala dinner and Lunch. There are food court and restaurants available at the ground floor.
Registration Fees
- During Early Bird Promotion : 2,000 $ (Until September 15, 2024)
Group registration AOC member for 10 persons
Registrant Entitlements :
- Access to conferences rooms
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee break & lunch
- Gala dinner
- Conference bag and souvenir
- Program booklet
- Welcome reception
- Opening ceremony
- Closing ceremony
Registration Fees
- During Early Bird Promotion : 2,400 $ (Until September 15, 2024)
Group registration non-member for 10 persons
Registrant Entitlements :
- Access to conferences rooms
- Access to exhibition
- Coffee break & lunch
- Gala dinner
- Conference bag and souvenir
- Program booklet
- Welcome reception
- Opening ceremony
- Closing ceremony
Registration Fees
- 100 $
Step 2 : Confirm by payment
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Chair of Scientific Programs:
Dr. Jerry Vincent
Deputy and Co-Chair of Scientific Programs:
Dr. Vuthingpong Puengpipat
Adviser: Dr. Tan Kah Ooi
Member of Scientific Committee:
- Dr. Thitika Kohman
- Dr. Adithep Daradas
- Dr. Jesadagorn Siriwath
- Dr. Srinivas Marmamula
- Professor Padmaja Sankaridurg
- Dr. Prakash Paudel
- Mitasha Yu
- Minh Anh Tran
- Dr. Paul Barney
- Dr. Robert McQuaid
- Cheni Lee
Organizing Committee Advisors for AOC2024
- Dr. Narong Leedasawat
- Dr. Tan Kah Ooi
- Dr. David Chong
- Datuk Murphy Chan
- Dr. Charlie Ho
- Minh Anh Tran
- Dian Leila Sari
- Dr. Ahmad Funzai
Organizing Chair
Dr. Danai Tonkerdmongkol
Organizing Co-Chair
Dr. Charlie Ho
Deputy and Co-Chair of AOC2024
- Dr. Pavasut Leedasawat
- Dr. Aksorn Padungkiatsakul
- Dr. Jerry Vincent
- Dr. Vuthingpong Puengpipat
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