In October 2021, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, the German Society of Tissue Transplantation (DGFG) and the Veneto Eye Bank Foundation hosted Foresight 2021. The international virtual scientific session addressed how eye banks can effectively work with industry without compromising their non-profit status to create new and innovative treatments for blinding eye diseases through cellular therapies and transplantation. Presentations included experts from the fields of bioethics, law, nonprofit governance, ophthalmology research and industry.