EPOS 2020 - Preliminary programme

Thursday 28 May
17.00-21.00 Welcome reception at Mærsk Tower


Friday 29 May
8.00-8.30 Registration
8.30-9.00 Opening, welcome remarks
9.00-12.30 Around ROP and prematurity
Moderators: Kamilla Rothe Nissen (DK), Carina Slidsborg (DK) and Eva
Larsson (S)
9.00-9.07 L1 Visual impairment. National Danish Registry of visual impairment and blindness? Kamilla Rothe Nissen (DK)
9.07-9.22 L2 Epidemiology of ROP Gerd Holmström
9.22-9.42 L3 ROP -treatment pro and contra Antivegf side effects Kimberley Drenser (US)
9.42-10.02 L4 Ocular and visual development, strabismus OCT TBA
10.02-10.17 L5 Cerebral damage may be the primary risk factor for visual impairment in preschool children born
extremely premature Carine Slidsborg (DK)
10.17-10.30 L6 Visual perception in children in the Express study Kerstin Helgren (SE)
10.30-11.00 Coffee break + posters + exhibition
11.00-11.20 L7 The premature child. Ethical issues in neonatal care Gorm Greisen (DK)
11.20-11.45 FP1 Free paper abstracts
11.45-12.30 RF1 Rapid Fire abstracts
12.30-13.30 Lunch + posters + exhibition
13.30-17.30 Surgery in the first year
Moderators: Daniella Bach Holm
13.30-17.30 Surgery in the first year
Moderators: Daniella Bach Holm (DK), Dorte Larsen (DK) and Line Kessel (DK)
13.30-13.50 L8 Anterior segment surgery in babies Ken Nishal (US)
13.50-14.10 L9 Vitreoretinal surgeries in babies Kimberley Drenser (US)
14.10-14.25 L10 40 years of primary congenital glaucoma in Denmark Daniella Bach Holm (DK)
14.25-14.40 FP2 Free paper abstracts
14.40-15.00 RF2 Rapid Fire abstracts
15.00-15.30 Coffee break + posters + exhibition
15.30-15.45 L11 Craniosynostosis, who needs surgery and when Hanne Hove (DK)
15.45-16.00 L12 Peter Toft (DK)
16.00-16.20 L13 Videosession Ken Nishal (US) and others
FP3 Free paper abstracts
RF3 Rapid Fire abstracts
17.30-18.30 General assembly
19.30 Dinner at ZOO


Saturday 30 May
9.00-12.30 Pharmacological treatments + infectious diseases in the first year
Moderators: Darius Hildebrand (UK)  Olivert Ehrt (D), Helena Buch Heesgaard (DK) and Lisbeth Sandfeld (DK)
9.00-9.15 L14 Tips and tricks to examining the baby Darius Hildebrandt (UK)
9.15-9.30 L15 TORCH infections in babies Uwe Pleyer (DE)
9.30-9.45 L16 What to consider when using eye drops in babies Jens Chr Nørregaard (DK)
9.45-10.00 L17 Steroids. Differences in pharmacokinetics between different steroids, systemic side effects and
influence of genetics Regitze Bangsgaard (DK)
10.00-10.15 FP4 Free paper abstracts
10.15-10.30 RF4 Rapid Fire abstracts
10.30-11.00 Coffee break + posters + exhibition
11.00-12.30 Neuroophthalmology in babies
11.00-11.15 L18 Signs of brain tumours in babies Sarah von Holstein
11.15-11.30 L19 Midline from eyes to brain: an evolutionary perspective Marcel ten Tusscher (BE)
11.30-11.45 L20 The Brain stem and corpus callosum Anne Cees Houtmann (BE)
11.45-12.00 L21 The optic nerve as a cause of visual impairment Robert Matthieu
12.00-12.15 FP5 Free paper abstracts
12.15-12.30 RF5 Rapid Fire abstracts
12.30-13.30 Lunch + posters + exhibition
13.30-17.00 The baby who dosen't see Moderators:
Else Gade (DK) and Line Kessel (DK)
13.30-13.45 L22 The baby that cannot see Ingele Castels
13.45-14.00 L23 Lebers congenital amaurosis and retinal dystrophies in young children Mette Bertelsen (DK)
14.00-14.15 L24 Gene therapy Bart Leroy (BE/US)
14.15-14.30 L25 The role of early visual electrodiagnostics Manca Pompe (SLO)
14.30-14.45 L26 The impact of congenital blindness and visual impairment on self esteem and self concept Liv Berit Augestad (NO)
14.45-15.00 FP6 Free paper abstracts
15.00-15.30 Coffee break + posters + exhibition
15.30-15.45 L27 Epidemiology and causes of nystagmus and lack of eye contact in babies Line Kessel (DK)
15.45-16.00 L28 Albinism Karen Grønskov (DK)
16.00-16.15 RF6 Rapid Fire abstracts
16.15-17.00 Round table discussion of video-cases of childen with poor eye contact, audience interaction
17.00-17.30 End of conference and closing remarks

Please contact the organizer for further information.