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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involvethe cooperation of many minds. -Alexander Graham Bell The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the worldwide scientific community. -Kenneth G Wilson O n December 9, 2023, I was privileged to be honored and participate in the Dr. Chi Chao Chan Symposium on Global Collaboration of Eye Research as the Global Eye Genetic Consortium (GEGC) session, which was held in the 16 th Congress of the Asia-Pacific Vitreo-Retina Society (APVRS) in Hong Kong. Along with my talk on "Global collaboration of eye research: personal experience", other prominent international speakers provided their own perspectives on opportunities for networking, collaboration,