::Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO)::

Member Benefits:

- Free access to the online Education Centre
- Receive the quarterly APAO E-newsletter with the most updated information about the Academy
- Eligible to participate in the APAO Achievement Awards

PERSONAL PARTICULARS
Fields marked with * are mandatory

	This online Education Centre is intented for eye doctors only.
Title *	Ms. Mrs. Mr. Dr. Prof.
First Name*
Middle Initial
Last (Family) Name*

Email*
	Your email address serves as your username.
Password*	must be 4-8 digits/characters, password is case-sensitive
Re-type Password*

Department (if applicable)
Institution (if applicable)
Country*

SUBSPECIALTY(IES)

	Cataract
	Cornea and External Eye Disease
	Glaucoma
	Intraocular Inflammation, Uveitis & Scleritis
	Laboratory Eye Research
	Neuro-Ophthalmology
	Ocular Imaging
	Ocular Microbiology and Ocular Infectious Diseases
	Ocular Pathology & Tumors
	Ophthalmic Education
	Ophthalmic Epidemiology
	Orbits and Oculoplastics
	Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus
	Prevention of Blindness
	Refractive Surgery
	Retina (Medical)
	Retina (Surgical)
	眼底病
	青光眼
	白内障
	眼病理
	斜视弱视
	眼视光学
	眼免疫与葡萄膜炎
	角膜病
	眼外伤、眼眶与整形
	视觉科学与视觉生理
	防盲治盲
	眼科药理
	神经眼科
	眼科基础研究
	眼科管理
	中医眼科
	泪道疾病
	眼科组织细胞工程
	RPE专题
	Others: Please specifiy, separate with commas.

The Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology(APAO) website is intended for use by eye doctors and visual scientists, and not consumers or patients. By using this website or its services, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use (TOU) set forth below. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU MAY NOT USE THIS WEB SITE. 1. You Understand and Agree to these Definitions: The terms "You" and "User" as used here refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing this Web site for any reason. The term "Web site" refers to the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) website. 2. You Are Responsible For Your Own Registration and Password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your information and any password that may be defined. You agree that you will not let anyone other than you use your registration or password. You agree to immediately notify the APAO webmaster of any unauthorized use of your registration or password by an email to webmaster@APAOphth.org. 3. You Will Follow All Laws That Apply to Your Use of This Web Site. You agree that you will not use this Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material, including without limitation Web Site Content, (a) in violation of any applicable law or regulation, (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others, or (c) that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful. 4. You Will Not Violate the Copyrights, Trademarks or Intellectual Property Rights of the APAO website or Others. A. Copyrights: All of the content of this Web Site, including text, art, graphics, logos, buttons, images, pictures, audio clips, software, and code is the property of APAO, our partners or content providers and is protected by US and international copyright laws. Except as granted in the Limited License below, any other use of such content, including modification, transmission, presentation, distribution or re-publication is PROHIBITED WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF APAO. B. Trademarks: All trademarks, trade names, logos, brand names and service marks of APAO, whether registered or unregistered, are the property of APAO and are protected by the local and international trademark laws. Except as set forth in the Limited License below, any use of these assets is prohibited without the express prior written consent of APAO. In no event may any such assets be used in connection with any product or service that is not the APAO's, in any matter likely to cause confusion as to the source of the product or service or in any matter that discredits, disparages or misrepresents the APAO. All other trademarks, trade names, brand names or logos appearing on this Web Site are the property of their respective owners. 5. You Accept a Limited License. The APAO grants you a limited license to download the material on this Web Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use on the following basis (a) no documents or related graphics on this website are modified in any way; (b) no graphics on this website are used separately from accompanying text; (c) our copyright and trade mark notices remain as appear in all copies online; and (d) customary bibliographic citation, including author attribution, date, article, article title and the URL are included. If you violate any provision of these TOU, your license to use such material terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of any portion of the material. 6. You Agree to These Restrictions On Your Use of This Web Site: A. Content: You must retain all copyright, trademark, service-mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original Web Site Content on any copy you make of the Web Site Content. You may not sell or modify the Web Site Content or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the Web Site Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The use of the Web Site Content on any other Web Site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. You shall not copy or adapt the HTML code that the APAO creates to generate any Web Site Content or the pages making up any APAO Site. It is also protected by the APAO?�s copyright. By accessing the photo library, I agree to limit my use of them to non-commercial scientific, medical, and educational purpose. I further agree that I will not sell or give the images to a third party. I understand that the photo library is not a medical treatment website. APAO is not liable to the accuracy of the photos and/or the accompanying text. B. Your Conduct: You must not use the website that in anyway causes or is likely to cause the website or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in anyway. You understand that you are solely responsible for all electronic communications and contents sent from your computer to APAO website. You must use the website for lawful purposes only. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of this Web Site, including, without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorized to access, (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Web Site, overloading, "flooding", "spamming", "mailbombing" or "crashing", (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services, or (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. 7. You Agree that the APAO Is Not Liable For Your Use of this Web Site A. No Warranty. ALL INFORMATION MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE OR PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING ALL TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS, ANIMATION, JAVA SCRIPT, COOKIES OR DOCUMENTS, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, APAO AND ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS, SUPPLIERS AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WRRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS STRAINS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. B. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL APAO NOR ANY OF ITS MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL INJURY, WRONGFUL DEATH, LOSS OF USE, LOST PROFITS, INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN ANY ACTION OR CLAIM INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS FOR NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR TORT, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH USE OF THIS WEB SITE, THE INABILITY TO ACCESS THIS WEBSITE OR USE OF ANY MATERIAL, INFORMATION OR SERVICES, OR PRODUCTS, CONTAINED ON, OR OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. C. Links to Other Sites. This Web Site contains links to third party Web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by the APAO of the contents on such third-party Web sites. The APAO is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If you decide to access linked third party Web sites, you do so at your own risk. 8. You Agree that APAO Can Terminate Your Account. APAO reserves the right to refuse service and terminate accounts, including, but not limited to, if APAO believes user conduct violates applicable law or is harmful to the interests of APAO, its members, partners, suppliers, affiliates or other users, or for any other reason at APAO's sole discretion, with or without cause. 9. Governing Law These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction, save where it is necessary for enforcement reasons, for APAO to bring proceedings in an alternative jurisdiction. You also agree that you have read and agree to be bound by our Privacy Policy as follows. 10. Privacy Statement APAO has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. We only use information collected on the APAO Web site for APAO purposes and do not distribute this information to third parties. We use technology to protect the information you submit. Cookies are used to keep track of information and to allow a better user experience, and this information is kept confidential within the APAO. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: APAOphth.org. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Our site may use cookies to give you access to restricted pages, to verify your password information so that you don't have to register each time you visit and for other purposes. The APAO Web site contains forms that may require users to sign in or to give us contact information (like their name and e-mail address). In the future, we may ask visitors for financial information (such their account or credit card numbers) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). Unique identifiers (such as passport) may be collected to verify the user's identity. Profile data may also collected at our site. All data is only used for APAO purposes. Any financial information that may be collected will be used to bill the user for products and services. We may use visitor contact information obtained from forms to send visitors various information related to the APAO, international ophthalmology and eye care. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings. This site contains links to other sites. The APAO Web site and the APAO are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. 11. APAO E-mail Privacy Policy The APAO will take measures to protect your e-mail address from inappropriate use. The APAO may provide an e-mail address obtained from the Web site to a third party if the APAO determines that the third party may have information of potential value to you. In that case, the policy below will apply. Policies governing the use of APAO e-mail addresses The APAO may grant permission to use e-mail addresses obtained by the APAO to organizations, firms or individuals who agree to comply with the following conditions: a. The APAO determines if the use of e-mail addresses is of benefit to the holder of the e-mail address or may otherwise support the goals of the APAO. b. The content of every e-mail correspondence is subject to advance approval by the APAO. A sample of each intended e-mail correspondence must be reviewed and approved by the APAO. c. Each set of APAO e-mail addresses will be used only once and only for the purpose approved by the APAO. d. An entity other than the APAO cannot use APAO e-mail addresses to create or update its own database. The e-mail address list is the property of the APAO and may not be duplicated. e. Use of APAO e-mail addresses does not imply APAO endorsement, and no implication of endorsement will be made in any correspondence. 6. APAO e-mail addresses will not be made available for any communication on drugs, medical equipment or devices involving the offer of a rebate, discount, or other remuneration, which in the sole discretion of the APAO may be illegal or unethical. f. APAO e-mail addresses will not be made available for any communication that would tend to mislead, misinform, or deceive. 12.Security This Web Site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. I agree to the above terms and conditions of using the APAO website. I confirm that the information provided by me is true.