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The Asia Optometric Congress (AOC) is a non-profit professional organisation that aims to promote the optometric profession in Asia. The AOC organises a bi-annual conference as a platform for industry partners, vision care practitioners, clinicians, researchers and academia to showcase their services, works and to support each other to upgrade optometric or vision care service in this region. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held online (eAOC 2020 Virtual Congress) on the 18^th and 19^th November 2020. The eAOC 2020 managed to attract over 2600 attendees from 42 different countries. 

Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences (KAHS), especially Department of Optometry and Visual Science wish to congratulate Dr Muhammad Afzam Shah who had presented an oral presentation entitled ‘The Optometrist Arsenal in Myopia Control Management: A Concise Review’ and was awarded the Best Presenter for Day 1 of the congress.