Community participation

1. Talent Cultivation and Academic Exchange

• ◆ Universal Optical launched a short video campaign featuring in-house optometrists as the stars and eyewear as the central theme. These short, eye-catching podcaststyle videos were shared across digital platforms to deliver optometry-related knowledge. By incorporating current trends and relatable everyday scenarios, the videos effectively resonated with viewers, encouraging interaction, sharing, and retention of eye health knowledge. The campaign received 3.33 million views, 10,000 likes, and 5,000 interactions. In 2024, 84 videos were produced with the participation of 32 optometrists. UVB also hosted the 2024 Universal Optical
• ◆ Supply chain partner Brighten Optix, along with Haohai Biological and Brighten Vision, visited to share their experience. Guests explored the lens demonstration zone and were introduced to advanced equipment and AI-based fitting technologies. (April 2024)
• ◆ Dr. Karl Lamprecht, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss – a world-renowned optical brand and our supply chain partner – visited UVB as the sole stop in Taiwan during his tour of the Greater China region, and personally presented certification to a partnering clinic as a “SMILE PRO Asia-Pacific Training Center” (May 2024). Dr. Markus Weber, President of Carl Zeiss Meditec, and Maximilian Foerst, Head of the Greater China Region, also visited UVB for further exchange. (November 2024)
• ◆ In response to the “Children’s Vision Crisis Initiative,” UVB partnered with Carl Zeiss and partner clinics to co-host a dialogue with Professor Padmaja Sankaridurg from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), a global authority in ophthalmology. At the event, statistics and trends in worsening vision among Taiwanese children were explored, and insights and solutions for correcting and slowing the progression of myopia were shared (June 2024).

January–December 2024: Universal Optical Employee Short Video Program

May 2024: Visit from Dr. Karl Lamprecht, President of Carl Zeiss

June 2024: Support for the “Children’s Vision Crisis Initiative”

February 2024: Industry-academia partnership signing ceremony with Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management

2. Status of Industry-Academia Collaborations

In order to support education at local science and technology universities, increase students’ work experience, and reduce the risk of manpower shortages, the Company has actively carried out industry-academia collaborations and cooperative education with colleges and universities, and arranged for students to receive work training. This includes signing contracts for industry-academia collaborations and cooperative education with five universities/colleges, providing students with internship spots and workplace experience opportunities, and allowing teachers and students from partner schools to visit. Industry-academia collaborations in 2023 are listed in the following table.

3. Community Vision Care Activities - Excerpt