17.45 – 18.15
NEXT-GENERATION VISUALIZATION

Head-Mounted Display and super widefield visualization in Retinal Surgery

Moderators: Siegfried Priglinger, Mario Romano

Panel: Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Anat Lowenstein, Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk,
Silvia Tumino (Zeiss), Marc Cirlin (Beyeonics), Lars Risby (Oculus)
Head-Mounted Display (HMD)

• Zeiss Visionary HMD – Silvia Tumino (Zeiss)
• Beyeonics One HMD – Marc Cirlin (Beyeonics)
• Leica HMD – tba

Widefield visualization
• Oculus BIOM® 5 – Lars Risby
• Aclon Ngenuity 1.5 – tba
• B&L SeeLuma incl. iOCT – tba

18.15 – 18.45
SMART RETINA: AI-DRIVEN FUTRUE of RETINAL CARE

A case-based comparison of three AI systems interpreting AMD, DME
and RVO

Moderators: Martin Zinkernagel, Siegfried Priglinger

Panel: Martin Spitzer, Benedikt Schworm, Carlos Ciller (RetinAI), Oliver Leingang (RetInsight), Manuel Opitz (Deepeye), Doug Runt (Zeiss)

• DeepEye – Manuel Opitz
• RetinAI – Carlos Ciller
• RetInsight – Oliver Leingang

8.00 – 11.30
LIVE SURGERY
Internationally (Ankara, Barcelona, Essen, Leuven, Munich, Newcastle, Rome, Sulzbach) renowned surgeons will showcase the intricacies of their surgical techniques during a live procedure from their operating rooms and engage in a panel discussion.
Moderator: Kourous Rezaei

Panel: Grazia Pertile, Francesco Boscia, Alistair Laidlaw, Roxana Hiller, Aman Chandra, Mariantonia Ferrara, Martin Spitzer

Panel: Nur Acar, Francesco Faraldi, Heinrich Heimann, Rob Henderson, Nicole Eter, David Yorston, Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt

• Essen: Nikolaos Bechrakis
• Leuven: Peter Stalmans
• Hong Kong: Angie Fong
• Munich 1: Siegfried Priglinger, Flavio Rezende
• Munich 2: Vincenzo Ferrara, Siegfried Priglinger
• Ferrara: Marco Mura, tba
• Rome: Stanislao Rizzo, Tomaso Caporossi
• Sulzbach: Peter Szurman, Boris Stanzel, Karl Boden

12.00 – 13.00
WHAT’S NEW IN VITREORETINAL DISEASE INTERFACE DISORDERS?
Moderators: David Steel, Carl Awh

Panel: Stratos Gotzaridis, Hideyasu Oh, Marcin Stopa, Julian Klaas, Andrea Govetto, Siegfried Priglinger

ILM-Flap: What’s the evidence? – David Steel
Panel Discussion

Gas-less FTMH Surgery – my technique
1. Marcin Stopa
2. Stratos Gotzaridis
Panel Discussion

Innovative Approaches for large, persistent macular holes after previous
ILM peeling
• Macular Lift +/- Platelet Rich Plasma – Siegfried Priglinger
• Descemet Membrane – Marco Mura
Panel Discussion

Pathophysiology and Current Treatment Options of LMHs – Julian Klaas
Panel Discussion

Macular Pucker – Timing of surgery and biomarkers – Andrea Govetto

13.00 - 13:30
FOREVER CHEMICALS AND GREEN HOUSE GASES

Moderators: Mariantonia Ferrara, Mario Romano

Panel: Grazia Pertile, Nik Tzoumas, Stratos Gotzaridis, Ulrich Bartz- Schmidt

What do VR Surgeons need to know?
• EU EYE – EMA overview of the current situation and threats to current practice – Mario Romano
• What are the Greenhouse gas effects of fluorinated gases – Mariantonia Ferrara

How can we reduce the amount of fluorinated gases used?
• Suprachoroidal Viscopexie – Stratos Gotzaridis
• Which gas is better: SF6, C2F6, C3F6? – Nik Tzoumas
• Do we really need to use gas? – Grazia Pertile
Panel Discussion

13.30 - 14.30 
Lunch

14:30 - 15.20
HOW DO YOU DO IT
Moderator: Ehab El Rayes

Panel: Carlos Mateo, Claus Eckardt, Siegfried Priglinger, Marco Mura, Stratos Gotzaridis, Donald D‘Amico, Nicole Eter, Peter Szurman, Jose García Arumí

15.20 - 15.50
HIGH MYOPIA
Moderators: Pepe Garcia Arumi, Patricia Udaondo

Panel: Carlos Mateo, Sengül Özdek, Marco Mura

• Treatment of pediatric high myopia–related macular hole retinal detachment – Sengül Özdek
• Management of retinal detachment in high myopic eyes – Marco Mura
• Surgical management of high myopic macular holes – Jose García Arumí
• Pitfalls in the management of tractional myopic maculopathy – Carlos Mateo

Panel Discussion

15.50 – 16.20
NEW DEVELOPMENTS – START UP SOLUTIONS
What’s going to change the way we treat our patients?
Moderators: Siegfried Priglinger, Lyndon Da Cruz

Panel: Thomas Wolfensberger, Maurizio Mete, Max Hammer, Bence Gyoergy, Andrea Cusumano

• Modern Vitreous Replacement – Max Hammer
• Optogenetics – Bence Gyoergy
• RPE sheets – Lyndon Da Cruz
• Next-Generation Adaptive Optics: A New Horizon for Early Cellular Diagnosis and Advanced Retinal Therapies – Andrea Cusumano

17.00 - 17.30
GENE THERAPY
Moderators: Bart Leroy, Rob Henderson

Panel: Fanny Nerinckx, Lejla Vajzovic, Siegfried Priglinger, Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt

• Assessing Outcomes in Gene Therapy: Measures, Limits, and Failures – Bart Leroy
• Next-Generation Gene Therapies: What’s in Trials and What’s Coming Next – Marco Mura
• From Hope to Evidence: Long-Term Follow-Up in Pediatric Gene Therapy – Siegfried Priglinger
• Surgical Pearls and Pitfalls: What to Do and What to Avoid – Rob Henderson

Panel Discussion

17.30 - 18.00
EVIDENCE BASED TIMING OF RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT
Moderators: Roxane Hillier, David Yorston

Panel: Aman Chandra, Emilia Maggio, Julian Klaas

• How urgent are RRD – David Yorston
• New OCT biomarkers – Emilia Maggio
• When is a Maculla off detachment off – Julian Klaas
• Temporising Vitrectomy – Aman Chandra
Panel Discussion

18.00 – 18-30
TAMPONADE COMPLICATIONS
Intraoperative and postoperative complications
Moderators: Grazia Pertile, Thomas Wolfensberger

Panel: Mario Romano, Nicolaos Bechrakis, Yannick Le Mer, Francesco Faraldi

• Prospective trial on Silicone Oil emulsification – Mario Romano
• Silicone Oil related visual loss – Grazia Pertile
• PFCL complications – Thomas Wolfensberger
• Gas complications – Francesco Faraldi
• Densiron Complications – Nicolaos Bechrakis

Saturday April 18th