12:00

Steering Committee Meeting (closed)

13:00

Registration (Ballot distribution for Expert Committee elections)

14:00

Welcome

14:15

Scientific Sections Update

Ongoing Studies and New Studies

14:45

Ophthalmology Innovations & Industry

– Retina

Industry new drugs/pipeline

15:15

Coffee-break / Group Photo / Deliver your Ballot at the Registration Desk

15:45

Ophthalmology Innovations & Industry

– Retina

Unmet Medical Needs

§  AMD

§  Retinal Dystrophies

§  Diabetic Retinopathy

16:00

Roundtable – Opportunities for the

Network Industry and EC Coordinators

17:00

Announcement of new Expert Committee Members

Ideas and Concepts for Future Studies

Proposals from Members followed by discussion

Industry Advisory Board Meeting (closed)

17:15

18:30

20:00

Dinner

Hotel NH Milano 2

Strada di Olgia Nuova, 20090 Segrate Milan, Italy

 08:00

Expert Committees Meetings (closed)

§  AMD

§  Retinal Dystrophies

§  Diabetic Retinopathy

§  Glaucoma

§  Anterior Segment

§  Ocular Surfaces, Inflammation, Dry Eye and Allergies

09:00

§  Ocular Surface, Inflammation, Dry Eye and Allergies

Recent advances in gene therapy and genome editing and their potential application to ocular diseases

Luigi Naldini, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

Discussion and Q&A

Moderator: Hendrik Scholl, Basel, Switzerland (CS 110)

09:45

10:00

10:15

Early Career Investigators Session - Investigator Initiated Research (IIR)

Moderator: Hendrik Scholl, Basel, Switzerland (CS 110)

Being a young researcher

Alessandro Arrigo, Milan, Italy (CS 67)

Building a multicenter clinical trial from scratch Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill, Antwerp, Belgium (CS 12) EyeConic Study

Lucas Janeschitz, Basel, Switzerland (CS 110)

10:30

10:45

IIR – challenges, EVICR.net support and experience

Cecília Martinho, Coimbra, Portugal (Coordinating Centre)

Coffee-break

11:30

12:30

General Assembly

  Steering Committee Meeting (closed)