Thursday May 2nd

16:00 - 19.00
Unmet needs in retina: pioneering solutions for the future

- Vitrectomy equipment
- Instruments and illumination
- Innovative approaches for drug delivery (intravitreal, subretinal, suprachoroidal approach) Moderators: Ehab El Rayes, David Steel
- 3D visualization systems
- Durability of therapeutic effectiveness in retinal diseases
- Discussion

19:00 Welcome Reception

Friday May 3rd

8:00 -  11.30
Live surgery

Moderators: Donald D’Amico, André Gomes, Lejla Vajzovic

Surgeons:
Ankara: Sengul Ozdek
Barcelona: José García Arumí, Carlos Mateo Leuven: Peter Stalmans
Mumbai: Sundaram Natarajan Negrar: Grazia Pertile, Guido Prigione
Rome: Antonio Baldascino, Marco Mura, Stanislao Rizzo Sulzbach: Peter Szurman

Coffee break

12:00 -12:50
Diagnostic tools in VR

- The potential impact of UWF OCT on therapeutic decision Andrea Govetto
- Does OCT-A have a role in surgical decision and follow up? Anat Loewenstein
- Biomarkers as predictive factors in VR diseases Stela Vujosevic
- Effect of pick up point location and peeling angle during
- ILM peeling David Steel
- Macular pucker: correlation between en-face morphology and metamorphopsia

Discussion

12.50 - 13:20 
Panel discussion: what to do next in trauma cases

14.30- 15.30
Tamponades - current and future challenges

- Silicone Oil
- What is oil? What causes emulsification? 5000 vs 1300: a never-ending debate
- What is silicone maculopathy? Who is at risk? Can it be prevented?
- PFCL/oil exchange versus PFCL/air/oil - tips and tricks Barbara Parolini
- Oil admixtures: Siluron and Densiron
- Fluid air exchange vs solvents for emulsion removal Theodor Stappler
- Safety and effectiveness of heavy oil vs standard oil in inferior detachments 
- Panel

15:05 - 15:30
Gas

- What you should know about gases!
- Air, SF6 or C2F6? When to use which gas tamponade 
- How can we use less green house gases in VR surgery? 
- Panel

15:30 - 16:30
Retinal detachment

- Panel discussion: Difficult diagnosis and treatment decision in retinal detachment
Moderators: Heinrich Heimann, Roxane Hillier Panel: Nicole Eter, Nicolas Feltgen, Jens F. Kiilgaard, Mauro Sartore

- Approaches to pachychoroid-associated retinal detachment
- Discussion
- Giant retina tears: a look back and a look forward Donald D’Amico
- Discussion
-Pneumatic retinopexy: step-by-step Roxane Hillier
- Discussion

Coffee break

17:00 - 18.10
Rescue therapy

- 3D bioprinted retina Kapil Bharti 
- Gene therapy: an update
- Parameters affecting bleb morphology during subretinal injections 
- EyesON
- Polyretina
- Liquid artificial retina
- SING IMTO
- Discussion

Saturday May 4th

08:30 - 09.25
Macular holes

- My technique in really large/recurrent MHs:

•    Carsten Meyer: Local retinal detachment
•    Marco Mura: ILM flap
•    Stanislao Rizzo: Subretinal amniotic membrane
•    Carlos Mateo: Large amniotic membrane
•    Peter Szurman: Retinal patch

Discussion

- Biomarkers in MH - does the size matter? 
- Is it worth the effort?
-Macular hole closure without endotamponade 
- Discussion

Panel discussion: Challenging cases in pediatric VR

Panel discussion: I wish I could have done it in an easier way

Coffeebreak

11:00 - 11.35 
Phaco-Vitrectomy

11.35 - 11.55
Glaucoma in VR

14:00 - 15:00 
Secondary IOL Implantation

- Pros and cons of iris fixated IOLs
- Tips and tricks in Yamane technique 
- Trocars assisted secondary IOL fixation
- Fanis Pavlidis
- Tips and pitfalls in the use of Carlevale IOLs: my personal experience
- Which technique for combined artificial iris and secondary IOL
- implantation Christian Mayer
- Reverse pupillary block after secondary IOL implantation

15:00 - 16:30
Near Live Surgery

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