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Board meeting agenda

  • Tuesday October 10 2023
  • Time: 10.00 am Melbourne time
  • Open to board members of the WAEH & invitees by the board
  • Location: Boardroom Level 4 via Green Lifts The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne

Rotterdam,
The Netherlands

Dubai,
U.A.E.

Bangkok,
Thailand

Melbourne,
Australia

Miami,
U.S.A.

Attendees

  • Chair of the WAEH:
    • Cathy Kowalewski, Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
  • Martin Kuper, Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Nelson, Kellogg Eye Center, USA
  • Yvonne Koppelman, The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, The Netherlands
    • Represented by Jos Hubers
  • Abdulaziz AlRajhi, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyaad
  • Brendon Gardner, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia
  • Sten Kjellström, St. Erik Eye Hospital, Stockholm
  • Tjahjono, Jakarta Eye Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Li Li, Aier Eye Hospital Group, China
  • Prof Aung Tin, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
  • Lim Hou-Boon, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
  • Charity Wai, WAEH Board Member Emeritus, Sengkang General, Singapore
  • Rodrigo Hasegawa, Hoftalon Eye Hospital, Brasil
  • Wim Oosterom – external WAEH advisor to the board

Organized by

  • Maaike van Zuilen, WAEH

Agenda

Agenda itemByContent
1. Welcome
Cathy Kowalewski
  • Acknowledgement of Country

    I would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians of this land. I acknowledge that the land we meet and work upon is the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and pay my deep respects to Woi Wurrung Elders past, present and emerging and to all Elders of the Kulin Nation.

 

2. WAEH Annual Meeting
  • 17th Annual Meeting WAEH
    1. Hosts:
      1. Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
      2. Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia
      3. Presmed Chatswood Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia

    2. Event website: https://www.waeh.org/waeh-2023-annual-meeting-melbourne-sydney/
    3. Review programme – printed version
    4. Structure of the meeting
      1. Monday – arrival – Board dinner
      2. Tuesday October 10
        1. Board meeting
        2. Innovative Visit
        3. Member Meeting
        4. Welcoming Dinner for all members
      3. Wednesday October 11 – Full day program at RVEEH
        1. Innovation
        2. Workforce
        3. Welcoming new members
        4. During lunch: poster session
          1. Sol Innovation Award – The Board will be the jury
          2. Public Award
        5. Thursday October 12 – Full day program at RVEEH
          1. Sustainability
          2. Welcoming new members
          3. WAEH Projects
        6. Friday Oct0ber 13 – Morning: travel to Sydney, afternoon visit Sydney Eye Hospital – evening Sydney Opera House (if available by the time that everybody has registered)
          1. Theme: Philantrophy
        7. Saturday October 14 – Morning / Afternoon: visit PresMed Chatswood Eye Sydney
          1. Theme: Quality and Safety of Eye Care
            1. Bilateral Cataract Surgery
      • Member Meeting Agenda
        1. Welcome
          1. Member Meeting Minutes 2022
        2. Financial accounts – Annual report 2022
        3. Activity Plan 2023: reflect on new things 2022
        4. Budget 2024 – 2025
          1. Budget
          2. Budget & Fee scheme
        5.  Board
          1. Board voting
            1. Outcomes voring
          2. Vacancies
            1. Three eyehospitals need to step down and go for re-election
              1. Melbourne – application received
              2. Kellogg
              3. Hoftalon
        6. Member Dialogue
      3. Member acquisition
      Maaike van Zuilen
      • Vietnam
      • Australia
        • Application received – Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Services
      • The WAEH has been approached by:
        • Tufts Medicine – USA
        • Bedford Hospital – UK
        • Mazharul Haque Eye Hospital, Bangladesh
        • Calamba Eye Center, Laguna Philippines
        • Dhaka Eye Care Hospital, Bangladesh
      4. WAEH Projects
      • Three projects started, all will present during the Annual Meeting
      5. To be reviewed
      6. 2024
      • Dates need to be planned in