Event Report: Sir Colin Blakemore challenges audience perceptions at Optometry Tomorrow

Abstract

Hundreds of UK optometrists gathered in the Midlands last month for the College of Optometrists' annual conference, where a high profile keynote speaker reminded delegates that there is much more to vision than meets the eye.

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“…In a report released by the Australia-Indonesia Centre in 2016, only 22% of Australians agreed that Indonesians are trustworthy people and 13% agreed that Indonesia is a trustworthy country. At the same time, 44% of Indonesians agree that Australians are trustworthy people and 53% agreed that Australia is a trustworthy country (EY Sweeney, 2016). A lack of understanding and a negative perception was also demonstrated by a poll from the Lowy Institute in 2019 which found only 50% of Australian respondents personally agree that Indonesia is a democracy and 1% of Australians felt Indonesia was "Australia's best friend in the world", lower than China or Japan, let alone the United States or the UK (Lowy Institute, 2019).…”