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EW MEETING REPORTER 70 May 2015 Reporting from the 30th APAO Congress in conjunction with the 20th COS Congress, April 1–4, 2015 Guangzhou, China Reporting from the 30th APAO Congress in conjunction with the 20th COS Congress Opening Ceremony officially kicks off APAO meeting The 30th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress in conjunction with the 20th Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS) Congress officially opened with an Opening Ceremony. It featured Chinese acrobatic performances, welcome addresses from society presidents and organizing members, and the presentation of a number of awards. Ningli Wang, MD, Beijing, Congress president and COS presi- dent, gave the first welcome address, followed by Rajvardhan Azad, MD, New Delhi, India, APAO president. Ling Luo, MD, CMA deputy sec- retary-general; Hugh Taylor, MD, Melbourne, Australia, International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) president; Russell van Gelder, MD, Seattle, AAO president; and Prof. Guo Ying Li, secretary-general of the Guangzhou Medical Association, a special guest at the session, also gave speeches. The ceremony concluded with the inauguration of and speech from the APAO incoming president, Dennis Lam, MD, Hong Kong. Ophthalmic Premier League back at APAO The Ophthalmic Premier League was back again at this year's APAO meeting, with 4 teams competing in the video competition of man- agement of cataract complications. David Chang, MD, Los Altos, Calif., and Amar Agarwal, MD, Chennai, India, were the chairs of the session. Dennis Lam, MD, Hong Kong, and Clement Tham, MD, Hong Kong, served as judges, with Marguerite McDonald, MD, Port Washington, N.Y., and Sujatha Mohan, MD, Chennai, India, as the match refer- ees. Vineet Ratra, MD, Bangalore, India, and Rajvardhan Azad, MD, New Delhi, India, were the offside umpires. The Surgeless Sultan team was made up of Mohan Rajan, MD, Chennai, India, Ramamurthy Dandapani, MD, Bangalore, India, Soon Phaik Chee, MD, Singapore, and Marie-Jose Tassignon, MD, Antwerp, Belgium. The Chopping Conquerors team was made up of Abhay Vasavada, MD, Ahmedabad, India, Geoffrey Tabin, MD, Salt Lake City, Athiya Agarwal, MD, Chennai, India, and Kumar Doctor, MD, Mumbai, India. The Diffractive DareDevils team was made up of Attendees of the 30th APAO Congress network and browse in the main entrance of the exhibit hall.