Source: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
Written by: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

Recently, the 2019 International Ophthalmological Forum: Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Vision (IOF-AIAV) was held in Sheraton Hotel, Shenzhen, China. The forum was hosted by the Afro-Asian Council of Ophthalmology and Guangdong Medical Association, and co-hosted by Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University and Shenzhen Eye Hospital.

Professor Lezheng Wu, President of the Afro-Asian Council of Ophthalmology, presided over the opening ceremony. Professor Tarek Mamoun, General Secretary of the Afro-Asian Council of Ophthalmology, Professor Yizhi Liu, President of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology at Sun Yat-sen University, and Ms. Meihua Sun, officer from Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, gave the opening remarks at the forum.
The forum mainly focused on the theme of "artificial intelligence and artificial vision". Experts in the fields of ophthalmology, biomedicine, and computer engineering from 14 countries and regions attended this event, and they exchanged their opinions on topics such as the overview and current advancements in ophthalmology, the present application and future development of artificial intelligence (AI), and interactive link between the fields of AI and medicine, including the application of big data, AI and image analysis, and AI in glaucoma and artificial vision.

The forum strengthened academic exchanges and cooperation among ophthalmologists and experts in artificial intelligence in Asia and Africa, following the "Belt and Road" initiative. The International Ophthalmic Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Alliance (IOAIRDA) and Guangzhou Medical Artificial Intelligence Service Alliance (GMAISA) have also been formally established in the forum. Hopefully, the forum could be contributing to the development of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology and the improvement of artificial intelligent medical services by gathering experts from Asia, Africa, and all around the world.