In the presence of inter professional researchers and practitioners involved in the development of high quality education in all aspects of optometry skills, Conferenceseries LLC  Conference on “World Congress and Expo on Optometry & Vision Science” (World Optometry 2017) was held during July 17-19, 2017 in Chicago, USA.

Conferenceseries LLC played host to a diverse panel of key members of the optometry community from research lab, industry, academia and financial investment practices, discussing the future of Optometry specialties. This event was really aimed for examining where the real optometric specialties are going in the future and purpose of the event was to provide an opportunity for cross fertilization of ideas and development of ideas, in the field of Optometry, Ophthalmology & Vision Science.

The conference aimed a parallel rail with theme “Scientific eye for visual intelligence”. Focusing on Visual Neuroscience, Pediatric uveitis, Optometric vision therapy, Cognitive vision, Dry Eyes, Susac’s Syndrome, Cornea, Glaucoma, Refractive Errors, Neuro-Optometry, Clinical Optometry, Retinal Neurodegeneration, Advanced Vision Science, Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Common Eye Disorders and Their Diagnosis, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, Optical Instruments, Macular Degeneration, Optometrists Courses And Education, Optical Coherence Tomography as well, the three days of discussions enabled professionals to gain an insight into the current innovations and opened up networking opportunities.

World Optometry 2017 Organizing Committee would like to thank the Moderators of the conference, Dr Prince Raghuveer Singh Chouhan from L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), India for his greatest contributions which resulted in the smooth functioning of the conference.

The highlights of the meeting were the eponymous lectures, delivered by Rolando Toyos from Toyos Clinic, USA, Hugo Quiroz Mercado from University of Colorado, Mexico, Christine Allison, Illinois College of Optometry, USA and Jose Luis Monroy from La Salle University, Colombia. These talks were of great interest to the general optometrists & ophthalmologists and were enormously informative.

Conferenceseries LLC  Conference on “World Congress and Expo on Optometry & Vision Science” (World Optometry 2017) was a great success with the support of international, multiprofessional steering committee and coordinated by the Journal of Optometry Open Access, Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, International Journal of Ophthalmic Pathology and Biological Systems: Open Access. We are happy to announce our 18^th World Congress on Optometry and Vision Science, which will be held during September 26-27, 2018, Montreal, Canada.

Mark your calendars for the upcoming extravaganza; we are hoping to see you soon!