Seeing into the Future
An exclusive evening with industry leaders, raising funds to launch a new era of Tele-Vision and AI - helping more regional NSW patients see into the future
📍 Shangri-La Sydney, The Rocks
About the event
Friday 22 May 2026 | 6.30pm
Shangri-La Sydney, The Rocks
Please join us in launching a new era of Eye Care in NSW as we look to the future at the exquisite Shangri-La Hotel, raising funds for Tele-Vision. With your help, we can deliver 24/7 virtual ophthalmology services statewide.
Our goal is to establish a sustainable hub-and-spoke model of care through collaboration and innovation using high-resolution imaging technology to connect eye services in regional and remote areas to Sydney Eye Hospital.
Please help us transform NSW Eye Care through innovative imaging technology, making eye care accessible and available for all.
What's included
Cocktails on arrival | Dinner, including fine wines and beer | Entertainment | Live auction | Exciting guest speakers and more!
Ticket options
- Individual tickets with a taxable donation option
- Tables of 10
Ticket informaton
Secure your place early and take advantage of our Early Bird offer. Both individual and table bookings include a tax-deductible donation supporting innovation in eye care.
Early Bird Offer (1 Dec–1 Feb 2026)
- Individual Ticket: $325 ($175 event cost + $150 tax-deductible donation)
- Table of 10: $3,250 ($1,750 event cost + $1,500 tax-deductible donation)
Standard Tickets (From 2 Feb 2026)
- Individual Ticket: $350 ($200 event cost + $150 tax-deductible donation)
- Table of 10: $3,500 ($2,000 event cost + $1,500 tax-deductible donation)
If you can’t attend, you can still show your support by pledging to help us expand Tele-Vision and AI innovation for regional NSW patients. All donations are fully tax-deductible.
Event details
22 May 2026 | 6:30 PM | Shangri-La Sydney, The Rocks
Dress Code: Cocktail
For John, every appointment means a 16-hour journey for sight
John, 31, travels a 16-hour round trip from Forest Hill near Wagga Wagga to the Sydney Eye Hospital for treatment of a serious eye condition. Like many regional patients, he faces exhausting travel and financial strain just to access the care he needs.
As a child growing up in the country, John struggled to see the chalkboard in class. Diagnosed with keratoconus—a condition affecting 1 in 84 young Australians—he underwent a corneal transplant in one eye. The other was deemed untreatable.
Years later, in 2021, John developed a severe eye infection. His right eye swelled shut, and doctors warned it could rupture within 24 hours. With no specialist available locally, John endured a painful, overnight wait before being rushed to Sydney for urgent care.
“It was tough getting to Sydney,” says John. “I was in pain, couldn’t see properly, and had to navigate a big, unfamiliar city.”
After receiving sight-saving treatment, John now makes regular 16-hour round trips for follow-up care. To this day, he continues to travel to Sydney Eye Hospital for monthly checkups in a determined effort to save his eyesight.
“It’s not just me—I see elderly patients from Orange and Bathurst on those packed regional trains. It’s tough.”
With your support, we can change this
Funds raised will help deliver rapid diagnosis and treatment by ophthalmic experts in all sub-specialties, helping people around the clock, saving sight, and connecting regional patients like John with specialist care closer to home. With your help, we can deliver rapid diagnosis and treatment by ophthalmic experts in all sub-specialties, helping people around the clock, saving sight across regional NSW—reducing travel, stress, and delays for those who need sight-saving treatment.
“It’s fantastic that the Foundation is aiming to help reduce the travel burden and make a real difference,” says Dr Alex Hamilton.
John agrees: “A local clinic would remove the hassle and help so many others too.”
We need your support—because no one should lose their sight.
Image: John, patient at Sydney Eye Hospital
Contact us
For general questions, contact Kim Babbage by email or phone: E: Kim.Babbage@health.nsw.gov.au
P: 02 9382 7415.
