First ARVO / Champalimaud Award Lecture
30th April 2008 in Florida
The inaugural ARVO / Champalimaud Award Lecture will take place on Wednesday, April 30th as part of the annual ARVO meeting in Florida. The lecture will include speeches from Dr Nam, chairman of the Aravind Eye Care System (winner of the 2007 António Champalimaud Vision Award), Prof. Alfred Sommer, Chairman of the award jury, and Leonor Beleza, President of the Champalimaud Foundation.
ARVO - The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - is the world’s biggest organisation in the field of vision, with over 12,000 members from 73 different countries. The ARVO/Champalimaud lecture marks a continuation of the strong relationship between the Champalimaud Foundation and ARVO, which began in 2006 when the Champaliamud Award was announced in the meeting’s keynote speech by the ARVO President, Larry Takamoto.
For further information on the 2008 lecture please read here.
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