The Academy’s strategic aims are to:

• develop scientific knowledge of optometry and optics,

• advance and promote education in optometry and optics and related subjects,

• advance and promote research into optometry and optics and related subjects,

• promote for the public benefit the science and practice of optometry and optics,

• promote for the public benefit the professional competence and conduct of Academy members.

The Academy was launched in Lausanne, Switzerland in May 2009, at the Spring Meeting of the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO).