IOIS 2023 Host:
Prof. Dr. Uwe Pleyer, FEBO (Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin,Dept. Ophthalmology)

Wednesday 08:30 - 17:15 Uhr 
PRE-CONGRESS COURSE ON UVEITIS
The Protean Manifestations and Management of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases
Course Directors: Quan Dong Nguyen (USA) and Carlos Pavesio (UK)

SESSION 1: ANTERIOR SEGMENT INFLAMMATION AND SCLERITIS

Moderators: Soon-Phaik CHEE, Peter MCCLUSKEY, Maite SAINZ DE LA MAZA

08:30 Anterior Scleritis – DEVA M 08:40 Posterior Scleritis – BABU K

08:50  Management of Scleritis – GONZALES J

09:00 Clinical Assessment of Anterior Uveitis – ZAGORA S
09:10  Rational Investigaton of Anterior Uveitis – CHEE SP

09:20 Management of Anterior Uveitis – TOMKINS NETZER O
09:30 Scleritis Case Discussion – SAINZ DE LA MAZA M

09:40 Anterior Uveitis Case Discussion – YAMAMOTO J
09:50 Questions and Discussions

10:00 Break

SESSION 2: OCULAR IMAGING IN UVEITIS AND HOW IT IS HELPING IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING

Moderators: Alessandro INVERNIZZI, Christopher OR, Edmund TSUI

10:15 OCT-based Objective Grading of Anterior Segment Inflammation – TSUI E
10:30 Imaging-based Objective Grading of Posterior Segment Inflammation – INVERNIZZI A

10:45 OCT Angiography in the Evaluation of Uveitis – ZAGORA S
11:00 Adaptive Optics and Its Use in Uveitis – MATSUMIYA W

11:15  Applying Electroretinography in the Diagnosis and Management of Uveitis – OR Ch
11:30 Exploring Alternative Applications of Imaging in Uveitis – PICHI F

11:45 Lunch

SESSION 3: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF POSTERIOR SEGMENT INFLAMMATION

Moderators: Vishali GUPTA, Elisabetta MISEROCCHI, Harvey UY

13:00  Yellow Lesion in the Fundus : clues to Non-infectious versus Infectious etiologies -DOGRA M

13:12  Retinopathy and choroidopathy associated with Sarcoidosis – MARCHESE A
13:24 Placoid chorioretinitis : A close call between Infectious and Non infectious etiologies – HASSMAN L
13:36 White Dot Syndromes : separate entities or one spectrum ? – LIM L

13:48 When do I suspect Lymphoma or Masquerades – CARBONELL D
14:00 Panel Discussion and Case Presentations

PANEL DISCUSSION:

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA IN UVEITIS: BENEFITS AND PITFALLS

Co-discussants:  Camilo Brandão-de-Resende, MD (UK) and Yasir Jamal Sepah, MBBS (USA)

14:30 Topics: Is the Field of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation ready for AI/Big Data? How Accurate and Safe are AI and Big Data in 2023?

Others

15:00 Break

SESSION 4: OCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH OCULAR INFLAMMATION AND NOVEL THERAPIES

Moderators: Shwu-Jiuan SHEU, Daniel Vitor VASCONCELOS-SANTOS, Hassan AL-DHIBI

15:15 Retinal Vasculitis – O’KEEFE G 15:30 Ocular Tuberculosis – THNG ZX

15:45  Orbital Inflammatory Disease – CHAN SY A

16:00  Therapy in Development for Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases Part 1 – NGUYEN QD

16:15  Optic Neuropathy in Uveitis – AL-DHIBI H
16:30  Uveitis in the Immunosuppressed – CHANG YC

16:45  Therapy in Development for Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases Part 2 – NGUYEN QD

17:00  Questions and Discussion

17:15  Adjourn by Quan Dong Nguyen (USA) and Carlos Pavesio (UK)

Congress Agenda: 

Wednesday, 6th September

Thursday, 7th September

Friday, 8th September

Saturday, 9th September

IOIS 2023 Scientific Program Committee

Overview of all participating societies and sections with their topics.

AMERICAN UVEITIS SOCIETY
N. ACHARYA, R. READ
What NEI-Funded Studies Have Taught Us About the Clinical Care of Uveitis

ASIA PACIFIC INTRAOCULAR INFLAMMATION STUDY GROUP
C. SOON PHAIK
TB or not TB uveitis?

AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND UVEITIS SIG
L. LIM

• Surgery in Uveitis - an evidence free zone?
• Quiescence before Cataract surgery - must be strictly 3-6 months prior, no exceptions
• Pros & cons
• Peri operative treatment in uveitic cataract surgery
• Local steroid vs systemic steroid - which is better?
• Glaucoma surgery in Uveitis
• Trab vs tube?

BANGLADESH UVEA SOCIETY
S.B.ISLAM
Infectious uveitis, dilemmas in diagnosis and management, Bangladesh perspective

BRAZILIAN UVEITIS SOCIETY
H. NASCIMENTO, E. VALADARAS
Toxoplasmosis symposium covering prophylactic treatment, congenital toxoplasmosis and toxo dillemas.

CANADIAN UVEITIS SOCIETY
L. DERZKO-DZULYNSKY
White dots and their masquerades in 2023

CENTRO MEXICANO DE ENFERMEDADES INFLAMATORIAS OCULARES
L.E. CONCHA DEL RIO
Newer systemic associations in uveitis

DUTCH UVEITIS SOCIETY
J. DE BOER
New moleculair developments in diagnosis and management of uveitis

EUROPEAN DRY EYE SOCIETY
C. BAUDOUIN
Inflammation in Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Disease

FOSTER OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY SOCIETY
E. AKPEK
Bridging Academia and Industry: Road to Enhance Therapy for Ocular Inflammatory Disease

GERMAN SOCIETY DOG
C. HEINZ
Biomarkers – from age related macular degeneration to uveitis

GLOBAL OCULAR INFLAMMATION WORKSHOPS
K. BABU MURTHY
Diagnostic challenges in differentiating ocular sarcoidosis from ocular tuberculosis - Cases based Presentations

GRUPO PORTUGUÊS DE INFLAMAÇÃO OCULAR, AFFILIATED TO THE PORTUGUESE SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
C. FONSECA
Cold Uveitis Cases

HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INTRAOCULAR INFLAMMATIONS AND INFECTIONS - HSSIOIS
M.M. MOSCHOS, S. ANDROUDI, C. KALOGEROPOULOS
Great Imitators in Uveitis

INDO-CHINA OCULAR INFLAMMATION STUDY GROUP
S. SUKAVATCHARIN
Uveitis dilemma

INTERNATIONAL UVEITIS STUDY GROUP
V. GUPTA
Crossroads: where to go?

IRANIAN UVEITIS SOCIETY
N. EBRAHIMIADIB
Multiple Sclerosis associated uveitis

ISRAEL UVEITIS SOCIETY
R. AMER
Paediatric uveitis in the format of case-based presentations

JAPANESE OCULAR INFLAMMATION SOCIETY
K.H. SONODA
Diagnosis of uveitis using big data and machine learning

KOREAN UVEITIS SOCIETY
HAM DON IL
Unusual Causes of Uveitis

PHILIPPINE OCULAR INFLAMMATION SOCIETY - POIS
I. PAREDES
Vogt-Koyonagi-Harada's Disease

SAUDI UVEITIS SOCIETY
H. AL DHIBI
Uveitic Glaucoma Management

SINGAPORE UVEITIS STUDY GROUP
S.P. CHEE
Viral or Not

SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE INFLAMACIÓN OCULAR: SEIO
A. FONOLLOSA CALDUCH
Challenging cases in Uveitis

SOCIEDAD PANAMERICANA DE ENFERMEDADES INFLAMATORIAS OCULARES
C. LOWDER
Infectious Uveitis - diagnosis and treatment - panel

SOCIETÀ ITALIANA UVEITI E MALATTIE INFIAMMATORIE OCULARI
A. LEONARDI
Biomarkers in Ocular Inflammation. This may cover both the surface and intraocular inflammation

SOCIETY FOR OPHTHALMO-IMMUNOINFECTIOLOGY IN EUROPE
C. HERBORT
Tips and tricks to survive in the jungle of uveitis

SWISS UVEITIS SOCIETY
Y. GUEX-CROSIER
Pro and Cons of local versus systemic therapies in uveitis

TAIWAN OCULAR INFLAMMATION SOCIETY
S.J. SHEU
Retinal vasculitis - case based presentation and Taiwan consensus

TURKISH UVEITIS SOCIETY
I. TUGAL-TUTKUN, P. OZDAL
The most common mistakes in Behçet uveitis and how to deal with them

UVEITIS SOCIETY OF CHINA
P. YANG
Rapid development of uveitis study in China

UVEITIS SOCIETY OF INDIA
V. GUPTA
Twists in the TAIL: late diagnostic revisions in uveitis - case based Presentation

UVEITIS SOCIETY OF INDONESIA
F. ASYARI
Dry Eye (best clinical practice)

UVEITIS SOCIETY OF THAILAND
P. CHOOPONG
Artificial intelligence in uveitis, case presentations

SECTIONS

ALLERGY AND OCULAR SURFACE
T. BARISANI, P. HAMRAH, A. LEONARDI
Controversies in Allergy and Ocular Surface diseases

AMD AND NON-UVEITIS CNV
Q.D. NGUYEN, G. QUERQUES
Choroidal imaging and its implications in AMD

DIABETES AND NONUVEITIC OCULAR INFLAMMATION
S. ISHIDA, Q,D. NGUYEN
Diabetes and Non-Uveitic Ocular Inflammation

DRUG DELIVERY AND EMERGING THERAPIES
A. ADÁN, M. DE SMET, Q.D. NGUYEN
The suprachoroidal space as a therapeutic target

ENDOPHTHALMITIS AND OTHER OCULAR INFECTIONS
T. LAI, N. RAO
Controversies in the management of endophthalmitis and ocular infections - debate -

IMAGING IN UVEITIS
L. ARELLANES, C. HERBORT, M. KHAIRALLAH
Does OCT-A represent a real progress in the practical management of uveitis?

IMMUNE KERATITIS
J. HORI, U. PLEYER
Neuro-immune cross talk in the corneal inflammation

INFECTIOUS UVEITIS
S.P. CHEE, V. GUPTA
What has changed in my practice of Infectious Uveitis in the last 5 years? Diagnostic advances, management practices, therapeutic PPVs, OMICS and bioinformatics playing a role in the management of Infectious uveitis.

MANAGEMENT OF UVEITIS COMPLICATIONS
A. OKADA, R. READ, C. HEINZ
Complications of Paediatric Uveitis

NON-INFECTIOUS UVEITIS
J. DAVIS, E. FORTIN, S. TOUHAMI
Gütersloh Revisited – Non-Infectious Uveitis 30 Years Later (see Note)

OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
H. KAPLAN, R. LEE, P. YANG
Microbial Influences on Ocular Immunity

EVER-IM
E. CARREÑO
From the Bench to the Bedside: Applied Immunology Research

DOG CORNEA SECTION
U. PLEYER, B. SEITZ
Ocular surface catastrophies

KEYNOTE LECTURE
E. SCHMIDT
Updates On The Basics, Animal Model And Intervention In MMP

LECTURE IMMUNOLOGY OF THE EYE
F. GRUS
What can the tear film tell us?

SYMPOSIUM
C. HEINZ
Symposium on international Uveitis registries OASIS, TOFU, AIDA-Uveitis, FUB Collaboration

IME PROGRAMS
B. BODAGHI, A. LEONARDI
- Ocular Surface
- Local treatment of Uveitis
- Systemic treatment of Uveitis
- Management of uveitic glaucoma

Rahmenprogramm

Gala Dinner will take place on Friday evening September 8, 2023 in Tipi am Kanzleramt.
Fee for Dinner: 85 €

Please contact the organizer for further information.