Discuss with sector experts how to craft a powerful and persuasive eye health policy request, and workshop ways to mobilize cross-sector support for a compelling, integrated proposal. Attendees will gain tools to develop clear, impactful policy requests that resonate with decision-makers and drive coordinated progress, ensuring alignment with national eye health priorities and the wider movement’s goals. ​

Room: Changemaker Room

Master advocacy tactics and influencing skills essential for eye health advancement, with a chance to practice and workshop your ideas with experienced advocacy practitioners. Learn how to strategically engage stakeholders, shape narratives, and build partnerships to amplify your influence within the eye health landscape.

Room: Changemaker Room

Unlock the power of storytelling to drive global change and celebrate achievement. Learn how compelling narratives have inspired action and influenced policy. Gain a strong understanding of applying storytelling principles to make eye health impossible to ignore. 

Room: Changemaker Room

Eye health contributes directly to over half of the Sustainable Development Goals, accelerating progress across health, education, economic growth, and equality. In a challenging political climate marked by decreased funding for international development, prioritizing cost-effective solutions like eye health is vital to sustaining progress and achieving lasting impact.

This SDG 101 session unpacks why eye health is essential to sustainable development and equips participants with insights to advocate for eye health as a critical enabler in achieving national and global goals. 

Room: Changemaker Room

Eye health operates within a complex, interconnected system, requiring a nuanced approach to address challenges and leverage opportunities. In this session, participants will explore the characteristics of complex systems—such as interdependence, unpredictability, and adaptability—and learn essential skills in systems thinking, strategic foresight, and collaborative problem-solving.

Room: Changemaker Room

Building impactful partnerships across sectors is essential to advancing eye health but requires skill in navigating competing priorities and integrating diverse goals.​

This session draws on practice shares from successful partnerships to equip participants with strategies for bridging gaps, resolving conflicts, and aligning multi-stakeholder interests. Learn how to develop and sustain partnerships that enhance resource sharing, ensure cohesive strategies, and foster integrated action, amplifying collective impact within and beyond the eye health sector.​

Room: Changemaker Room