Thursday 5th September 2024

Time	Topic	Speaker	Location
Time	Topic	Speaker
08:45	Welcome	Patrick Yu-Wai-Man	Cambridge, UK
	LENS
09:00	Why does the lens remain transparent?	Roy Quinlan	Durham, UK
09:30	Causes of cataract across species	David Williams	Cambridge, UK
10:00	Evolution of modern cataract surgery	David O'Brart	London, UK
10:30	Coffee
	CORNEA
11:00	Molecular evolution of corneal structure	James Jester	Irvine, USA
11:30	Stages of corneal ulceration	Frank Larkin	London, UK
12:00	Advances in corneal transplantation	Jod Mehta	Singapore, Rep. of Singapore
12:30	Lunch
	OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY
14:00	Evolution of the ocular immune system	John Forrester	Aberdeen, UK
14:30	Comparative models of uveitis	Virginia Calder	London, UK
15:00	Evolution of treatment regimens for uveitis	Andrew Dick	London, UK
15:30	Tea
	NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
16:00	Observations from the NHPES study – Can non-human primates be used to study the optic nerve?	Ningli Wang	Beijing, China
16:30	Evolution of optic disc drusen	Joyce Liao	Stanford, USA
17:00	Treatment of ischaemic optic neuropathies - the controversies	Neil Miller	Baltimore, USA
17:30	Close

 

 

Friday 6th September 2024

Time	Topic	Speaker	Location
	RETINA (I)
09:00	Gene therapy advances utilising large animal models	Simon Petersen Jones	East Lansing, USA
09:30	Comparative aspects of retinal degeneration	Gustavo Aguirre	Philadelphia, USA
10:00	Evolution in management of AMD	Usha Chakravarthy	Belfast, UK
10:30	Coffee
	RETINA (II)
11:00	Evolution of diabetic retinopathy - pathogenesis	Simon Harding	Liverpool, UK
11:30	Evolution in diabetic retinopathy screening	Tien Yin Wong	Beijing, China, Singapore, Rep. of Singapore
12:00	Evolution in treatment of diabetic retinopathy	Sobha Sivaprasad	London, UK
12:30	Lunch
	ADVANCED THERAPIES
14:00	Stem cell therapy for retinal diseases	Pete Coffey	London, UK
14:30	Gene therapy for retinal diseases	Mandeep Singh	Baltimore, USA
15:00	Experimental therapies for optic neuropathies	Patrick Yu-Wai-Man	Cambridge, UK
15:30	Tea
	AI / TELEMEDICINE
16:00	Detection of visual impairment using smartphones	Haotian Lin	Guangzhou, China
16:30	Telemedicine - the future of ophthalmology?	Peter Thomas	London, UK
17:00	CLOSE

Fachärzte/-innen	Gebühren ab 585,00 GBP
Ärzte/-innen in Weiterbildung	Gebühren ab 465,00 EUR

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Zertifiziert für 18 CME Punkte bei der European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)
These International meeting offers 18 CPD points over the 2 days