Editorial: proceedings of the International Forum for Vision and Ocular Motility, April 13th and 14th, Shanghai, China

摘要

It is a great honor to write an editorial for this special issue of Strabismus, for the Proceedings of the International Forum for Vision and Ocular Motility that took place in Shanghai from April 13th to April 14th, 2019. Four hundred delegates attended the forum and more than 50 ophthalmologists, pediatric ophthalmologists and vision scientists from five different countries presented their clinical and basic research studies during the congress. Dr. Xiong Li Yang, who is a world famous retina research expert, attended the forum and addressed the forum at the opening ceremony. Many internationally known ophthalmologists and vision scientists lectured, such as Richard Hertle, Susan Cotter, Yue Liu and Dmitri Ogorodnikov from the USA, Larry Abel from Australia and Huib Simonsz and Mandy Nordmann from The Netherlands. Many pediatric ophthalmologists from China also presented reports, like Yiying Yue, Shiqiang Yang, Ping Wang, and Dongsheng Yang. All international experts saw nystagmus and strabismus patients before or after the conference which, in some cases, were operated by Dr. Hertle and Dr. Simonsz. We exchanged experiences and opinions from our clinical practices, made friends and enjoyed delicious authentic Chinese food and exquisite Chinese teas like Long Jing and Bi Luo Chun.