Saturday, June 4

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08.15 - 09.45
Glaucoma:  European Glaucoma Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S01 Glaucoma surgery

Moderator(s):

Keith Barton, United Kingdom Tarek Shaarawy, Switzerland

Intro and tubes vs trabs
Keith Barton, United Kingdom

Trabeculectomies
Franz Grehn, Germany

Deep sclerectomy with collagen implant
Andre Mermoud, Switzerland

What happens when DS fails?
Eamon Sharkawi, Switzerland

Tube implantation
Keith Barton, United Kingdom

Tube complications
Tarek Shaarawy, Switzerland

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08.15 - 09.45
Cataract and Refractive:  International Intraocular Implant Club/European Society of Ophthalmology
S02 Corneal and intraocular solutions to presbyopia

Moderator(s):

Gerd Auffarth, Germany Roberto Pinelli, Italy

P-Curve, a new algorithm to correct presbyopia
Roberto Pinelli, Italy

Intracorneal femtosecond laser treatment
Gerd Auffarth, Germany

Intralenticular femtosecond laser to restore lens flexibility
Holger Lubatoschowski, Germany

Dual-optics accommodating IOLs
Gerd Auffarth, Germany

Optical side effects of presbyopia-correcting IOLs and corneal procedures
Gerd Auffarth, Germany

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08.15 - 09.45
Retina:  European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Eye Complication Study Group/European Society of Ophthalmology
S03 Introduction to and pitfalls of imaging in diabetes

Moderator(s):

Tunde Peto, United Kingdom Stela Vujosevic, Italy

Wide angle imaging in diabetic retinopathy
Ali Erginay, France

Pitfalls of OCT imaging
Ute Wolf-Schnurrbusch, Switzerland

Imaging changes in the distribution of intraretinal lipoprotein exudation in DME by spectral domain and polarization sensitive OCT
Matthias Bolz, Austria

Structure-function correlation in diabetes: the role of imaging
Stela Vujosevic, Italy

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08.15 - 09.45
Oncology and Pathology:  European Ophthalmic Pathology Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S04 Clinico-pathological case reports from the European Ophthalmic Pathology Society

Moderator(s):

Cornelia Mooy, The Netherlands Jan Ulrik Prause, Denmark

Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma of the eye lid
Paul van der Valk, The Netherlands

To be announced
Irene Pecorella, Italy

Sudden vision loss 15 years after renal transplantation
Sarah Coupland, United Kingdom

Conjunctival tumour in a person with GVH
Jan Ulrik Prause, Denmark

Epithelial ingrowth by transplantation
Tero Kivelä, Finland

Zipper cell endotheliopathy
Cornelia Mooy, The Netherlands

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08.15 - 09.45
Cataract and Refractive:  European Society of Out-Patient Eye Surgery/European Society of Ophthalmology
S05 How to manage your own facility

Moderator(s):

Jérôme Bovet, Switzerland

Introduction. How to start your own facility
Jérôme Bovet, Switzerland

Organisation and safety of refractive eye surgery center
Roberto Pinelli, Italy

Efficiency: how to do six phaco lens extractions and IOL implants per hour in one operating room in an outpatient eye clinic
Johan de Lange, South Africa

KXL (accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking) and Keraflex: new technology of outpatient surgery for keratoconus patient
Iwane Mitsui, Japan

Vitreoretinal surgery in an outpatient eye surgery center. Pearls and pitfalls
Gregory Georgariou, Greece

Discussion
All faculty


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08.15 - 09.45
Allied Health:  European Society of Ophthalmology
S06 Chronic disease management: a story without end?

Moderator(s):

Lene Martin, Sweden

Glaucoma
Carol Cox, United Kingdom

Measuring structure and function in glaucoma: where do we stand today?
Lene Martin, Sweden

Quality measures
Susanne Albrecht, Sweden

Diabetic disease
Ingrid Johansson, Sweden

Questions
All faculty

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14.30 - 16.00
Glaucoma:  European Glaucoma Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S07 Paediatric glaucoma

Moderator(s):

Franz Grehn, Germany John Brookes, United Kingdom

Genetic background of primary and secondary congenital glaucoma: does genetic testing help for prognosis and therapy?
Birgit Lorenz, Germany

Visual development after congenital glaucoma surgery
Thomas Klink, Germany

Is today's congenital glaucoma surgery good enough? Potential developments
Franz Grehn, Germany

360 degree trabeculotomy: results and outlook
Jan Erik Jakobsen, Norway

Visco-trabeculotomy: long term results in congenital glaucoma
Nevbahar Tamçelik, Turkey

Goniotomy
John Brookes, United Kingdom

New aspects of secodary glaucoma after congenital cataract surgery
Thomas Dietlein, Germany

Clinical management of aphakic glaucoma in children
John Brookes, United Kingdom

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14.30 - 16.00
Cataract and Refractive:  European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons/European Society of Ophthalmology
S08 Ocular alignment in cataract, corneal and refractive surgery

Moderator(s):

Oliver Findl, Austria Ioannis Pallikaris, Greece

Definition of the "ocular axes" of the eye
Frans Van de Velde, Belgium

New tool for perfect axis alignment in toric implantation
Béatrice Cochener, France

IOL centration and tilt: measurement and visual impact
Harilaos Ginis, Greece

Evaluation of subjective and objective optics alignment of corneal toric IOLs, and accommodative IOL procedures
Ioannis Pallikaris, Greece

Ocular alignment during cataract surgery
Marie-José Tassignon, Belgium

Simple iris alignment using topographic data for toric implantation
José Güell, Spain

Discussion
All faculty

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14.30 - 16.00
Paediatrics and Strabismus:  European Strabismological Association/European Society of Ophthalmology
S09 Update in exotropia management

Moderator(s):

Constantino Schiavi, Italy

Conservative management of intermittent exotropia
Branislav Stankovic, Serbia

XT and DHD management
Michael Gräf, Germany

Management of consecutive exotropia
Rosario Gómez de Liaño, Spain

Management of sensory exotropia
John Sloper, United Kingdom

Surgical options for extreme restrictive exotropia
Constantino Schiavi, Italy

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14.30 - 16.00
Retina:  European Society of Retina Specialists/European Society of Ophthalmology
S10 Retinal imaging

Moderator(s):

Einar Stefánsson, Iceland To be announced

New developments in OCT
Wolfgang Drexler, Austria

200 degree wide field fundus photography and angiography
Tunde Peto, United Kingdom

Ganglion cell apoptosis imaging in vivo
Francesca Cordeiro, United Kingdom

Structure, function and metabolism in glaucoma
Evelien Vandewalle , Belgium

Retinal oxygen metabolism in diabetic retinopathy
Sveinn Hákon Hardarson, Iceland

Oxygen imaging of the retina
Martin Hammer, Germany

Integrated morphologic and functional macular imaging
Edoardo Midena, Italy

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14.30 - 16.00
Oncology and Pathology:  Ocular Oncology Group/European Society of Ophthalmology
S11 Genetic studies in ocular melanoma

Moderator(s):

Martine Jager, The Netherlands Sarah Coupland, United Kingdom

Cytogenetic analysis of uveal melanomas: the Padua experience
Edoardo Midena, Italy

MLPA analysis of chromosomal heterogeneity in uveal melanoma
Sarah Coupland, United Kingdom

Genotypic profiling of 452 choroidal melanomas with Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification
Bertil Damato, United Kingdom

HSP-27 expression in uveal melanoma
Fidan Jmor, United Kingdom

High-resolution analysis of chromosomes 3 and 8 reveals genes perturbed solely in metastasizing uveal melanoma
Sarah Lake, United Kingdom

Prospective validation of a prognostic gene expression signature and identification of EGFR as a drug target in uveal melanom
Giovanna Angelini, Italy

Macrophages, genes and chromosomes in uveal melanoma
Martine Jager, The Netherlands

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14.30 - 16.00
Cataract and Refractive:  South East European Ophthalmology Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S12 Challenges of complex IOL optics in cataract surgery

Moderator(s):

Pajtim Lutaj, Albania Nikica Gabric, Croatia Mahmut Kaskaloglu, Turkey

Corneal cross-linking in keratoconic eyes
Janos Nemeth, Hungary

Comparison of different types of phakic intraocular lenses
Nikica Gabric, Croatia

Multifocal IOLs: keys of success
Pajtim Lutaj, Albania

Three year clinical experience with the femtosecond laser for cataract surgery
Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, Hungary

The management of astigmatism in cataract surgery
Mahmut Kaskaloglu, Turkey

Visual performance of a toric and multifocal toric IOLs in micro incision cataract surgery
Vladimir Pfeifer, Slovenia

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14.30 - 16.00
Education:  European Union of Medical Specialists/European Society of Ophthalmology
S13 Controversies in the delivery of ophthalmic care

Moderator(s):

Constantino Bianchi, Italy

CME/CPD and appraisal of specialists
Michèle Beaconsfield, United Kingdom

The role of nurses in delivering surgical care
Declan Flanagan, United Kingdom

Rethinking the delivery of ophthalmic care in Europe
Constantino Bianchi, Italy

We save sight and we save money. A presentation on the (assumed) controversy between costs and outcome
Jan S. A. G. Schouten, The Netherlands

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16.30 - 18.00
Glaucoma:  European Glaucoma Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S14 Stem cells and the future

Moderator(s):

Keith Martin, United Kingdom Carlo Nucci, Italy

Vascular factors in glaucomatous neuronal damage
Josef Flammer, Switzerland

Monitoring brain damage in glaucoma
Carlo Nucci, Italy

Drug-based approaches to neuroprotection
Francesca Cordeiro, United Kingdom

Neuroprotective effects of neurotrophic factors in glaucoma
Manuel Vidal-Sanz, Spain

Stem cells for neuroprotection in glaucoma
Keith Martin, United Kingdom

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16.30 - 18.00
Education:  International Council of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S15 Eye care in Africa. How can Europe help?

Moderator(s):

Jean-Jacques De Laey, Belgium

Introduction
Jean-Jacques De Laey, Belgium

The situation of eye care in anglophone Africa
Volker Klauss, Germany

The situation of eye care in francophone Africa
Joseph Colin, France

Tackling the burden of cataract blindness in Africa
Benedictus G. K. Ajayi, Nigeria

New strategies for glaucoma management in Africa?
Dan Kiage, Kenya

Diabetic retinopathy. Best ways to tackle the African problem
Daniël Etya'ale, Switzerland

How can clinical research in Africa help?
Philippe Kestelyn, Belgium

Conclusion. What is the role of Europe?
Jean-Jacques De Laey, Belgium

Since five years, the L’OCCITANE Foundation supports the visually impaired. Today, it wants to take its involvement a step further in giving a prize for ophthalmologic medical research. The objective of this prize would be to award a research which has already been done on sight and whose concrete applications could lead to improve eye health in developing countries. 50 000€ will be given to help the team or the researcher to undertake another research, buy equipments or lead a specific actions in these countries.

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16.30 - 18.00
Allied Health:  European Society of Ophthalmology
S16 Oculoplastics and reconstruction: looking at the whole picture

Moderator(s):

Isabelle Hamilton-Bower, United Kingdom

Nerve palsies
To be announced

Lumps and bumps
Janet Marsden, United Kingdom

Counselling
Petra Kreukniet-Meyer, The Netherlands

Quality of life experiences following orbital exenteration surgery
John Cooper, United Kingdom

Questions
All faculty





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Sunday, June 5

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08.15 - 09.45
Retina:  The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S17 Retinal showcase: advances in gene and cell based therapy for retinal diseases

Moderator(s):

Gregory Hageman, United States Susanne Binder, Austria

A new era in our understanding of age-related macular degeneration
Gregory Hageman, United States

Somatic neuroprotective and antiangiogenic gene therapy based on autologous cells
Gabriele Thumann, Germany

The challenge of human retinal transplantation
Susanne Binder, Austria

Scaffolds for retinal transplants
Boris Stanzel, Germany

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08.15 - 09.45
Glaucoma:  American Academy of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S18 IOP measurement and IOP control

Moderator(s):

Keith Barton, United Kingdom Ruth Williams, United States

Introduction
Keith Barton, United Kingdom

Target IOP: the evidence base?
Ruth Williams, United States

When to measure IOP?
Arthur Sit, United States

What about CCT?
Luca Rossetti, Italy

Intracranial pressure and glaucoma
Jost Jonas, Germany

Telemetric IOP measurement: the future?
Gordana Sunaric-Megevand, Switzerland

How do the new devices measure up?
Ted Garway-Heath, United Kingdom

Summary, questions and answers
Keith Barton, United Kingdom

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08.15 - 09.45
Cornea and External Eye:  EuCornea/European Society of Ophthalmology
S19 Treatment of ocular surface disease

Moderator(s):

Harminder Dua, United Kingdom Jesus Merayo, Spain

Treating dry eye as ocular surface inflammation
Christophe Baudouin, France

Ocular surface and refractive surgery: post LASIK dry eye
Jesus Merayo, Spain

Blepharitis and ocular rosacea
Thanh Hoang-Xuan, France

Ocular allergy
Stefano Bonnini, Italy

Non healing corneal ulcers
Harminder Dua, United Kingdom

Cicatrical surface disease
Uwe Pleyer, Germany

Surface reconstruction and keratoprothesis
Kathryn Colby, United States

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08.15 - 09.45
Cataract and Refractive:  Young Ophthalmologists/European Society of Ophthalmology
S20 Think or sink: avoiding complications in cataract surgery

Moderator(s):

Brian Little, United Kingdom Larry Benjamin, United Kingdom

Surgical complications: how we learn and why we fail
Brian Little, United Kingdom

The small pupil: when and how to enlarge
Larry Benjamin, United Kingdom

Capsular staining: indications and techniques
Larry Benjamin, United Kingdom

Rhexis retrieval: the life-saver
Brian Little, United Kingdom

Zonular deficiency: capsular tension rings and capsule anchors
Brian Little, United Kingdom

Vitreous loss: prevention and management
Larry Benjamin, United Kingdom

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08.15 - 09.45
Paediatrics and Strabismus:  European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S21 Paediatric surgery

Moderator(s):

Jan Tjeerd de Faber, The Netherlands Birgit Lorenz, Germany

My preferred technique in paediatric cataract
Marie-José Tassignon, Belgium

Surgical options in PHPV/PFV related congenital cataracts
Jan Tjeerd de Faber, The Netherlands

Alternatives to penetrating keratoplasty in paediatric corneal disease
Ken Nischal, United Kingdom

Paediatric perforating injuries of the globe: timing of surgical steps
To be announced

Glaucoma surgery in children
Elie Dahan, South Africa

Cataract surgery in ectopia lentis
Charlotte Zetterström, Norway

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08.15 - 09.45
Retina:  Retina Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S22 Treatment options in retinal vascular occlusion

Moderator(s):

Michael Trese, United States

Evolving paradigms for the treatment of retinal vein occlusion
Charles P. Wilkinson, United States

Angiogenesis and angiomaintenance in retinal vascular disease
Michael Trese, United States

Subtenon triamcinolone for macular oedema due to retinal vein occlusion
Thomas Wolfensberger, United States

Sustained-delivery devices for macular oedema due to retinal vein occlusion
Baruch Kuppermann, United States

Compassionate use of Ozurdex for macular oedema secondary to CRVO
Francesco Bandello, Italy

Anti-VEGF therapy and the role of laser treatment for RVO
Periklis Brazitikos, Greece

Surgery for retinal vein-occlusions: is it still valuable?
Susanne Binder, Austria

New therapeutic avenues: insights from studies of hyaloids vessel regression during embryogenesis
Jerry Sebag, United States

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08.15 - 09.45
Education:  American Academy of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S23 Women in ophthalmology: does gender play a role in ophthalmology?

Moderator(s):

Ruth Williams, United States Martine Jager, The Netherlands

Women's health
Manal M. Bouhaimed, Kuwait

Women and career in business and medicine
Carol Shields, United States

Gender and leadership
Martine Jager, The Netherlands

Women in ophthalmology in the United States
Cynthia Bradford, United States

Women in academia in Europe
Susanne Binder, Austria


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08.15 - 09.45
Education:  All India Ophthalmological Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S24 Views from India

Moderator(s):

Prashant Agnihotri, India Rupal Shah, India

Prashant Agnihotri, India


Rupal Shah, India

Venous occlusion newer vistas in management
Prashant Agnihotri, India

Mastering posterior capsulorrhexis and IOL implantation in paediatric cataract surgery
Lav Kochgaway, India

An evaluation of different approaches for the treatment of presbyopic symptoms
Rupal Shah, India

Management of co-existing cataract with glaucoma
Mohideen Abdul Kader, India

Scientific tips about phaco tips and phaco tubings
Arun Kumar Galli Lakshmi Narayanan, India

The diagnosis and treatment of ocular tuberculosis
Salil Mehta, India

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08.15 - 09.45
Education:  Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis/European Society of Ophthalmology
S25 Herpetic eye disease

Moderator(s):

Petja Vassileva, Bulgaria

The challenge of herpetic eye disease
Petja Vassileva, Bulgaria

Ocular tissue response and diagnosis of herpes infection
Miguel N. Burnier, Canada

How to manage it in 2011
To be announced

Surgical treatment in cases of herpetic keratitis: the time, the form of keratoplasty, postoperative treatment
Ildiko Süveges, Hungary

Clinical features of acute retinal necrosis syndrome
Shigeaki Ohno, Japan

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10.15 - 11.45
Retina:  European Flourescein Angiography Club/European Society of Ophthalmology
S26 Management of anti-VEGF therapy

Moderator(s):

Anita Leys, Belgium Martine Mauget-Faÿsse, France

What imaging for clinical decision, when do we do angiographies
Gabriel Coscas, France

Diagnostic pitfalls
Martine Mauget-Faÿsse, France

When do we stop treatment
Winfried Amoaku, United Kingdom

Do we have to treat very large active CNV lesions
Anita Leys, Belgium

What to do in case of resistance during monotherapy
Victor Chong, United Kingdom

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10.15 - 11.45
Glaucoma:  The Lindberg Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S27 The Lindberg Society symposium

Moderator(s):

Murat Irkec, Turkey Fridbert Jonasson, Iceland

The Reykavik Eye Study: diagnostic and clinical implications
Fridbert Jonasson, Iceland

Clinical manifestations of exfoliation syndrome: how to make the diagnosis with confidence
Tero Kivelä, Finland

The LOXL1 gene: function and implications
Ursula Schloetzer-Shrehardt, Germany

Systemic manifestations of XFS: what medical workup should be done?
Gabor Hollo, Hungary

Treatment results of XFG compared to POAG
Anastasios Konstas, Greece

Surgical treatment of XFG
Andre Mermoud, Switzerland

Cataract extraction in eyes with XFS: complications and how to avoid them
Rupert Menapace, Austria

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10.15 - 11.45
Cornea and External Eye:  European Society of Ophthalmology
S28 Current strategies for inflammatory and infectious disease of the cornea

Moderator(s):

Reza Dana, United States Gabriel van Rij, The Netherlands

Current options for corneal inflammation
Reza Dana, United States

Management of corneal melts
Beatrice Frueh, Switzerland

Inflammation and corneal angiogenesis
Claus Cursiefen, Germany

Herpes virus keratitis
Frank Larkin, United Kingdom

Bacterial keratitis
Josef Frucht-Pery, Israel

Fungal keratitis
Philippe Kestelyn, Belgium

Acanthamoeba keratitis
John Dart, United Kingdom

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10.15 - 11.45
Uveitis:  The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S29 Clinical studies in ocular inflammatory disease

Moderator(s):

Phil Murray, United Kingdom

Long-term results of a monocentric randomized controlled clinical trial comparing interferon beta with methotrexate in the treatment of uveitis macular oedema
Friederike Mackensen, Germany

The role of Th17 cells in steroid refractory uveitis
Richard Lee, United Kingdom

Genetic influences on outcome in intermediate uveitis
Miles Stanford, United Kingdom

Utility of QuantiFERON-TB Gold IT in comparison with the tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis in patients with non-infectious uveitis
Laure Caspers, Belgium

Assessment of Th17 cells in the pathophysiology of birdshot chorioretinopathy
Dominique Monnet, France

Analysis of CD4+ Th1, Th17 and Th22 frequencies in the peripheral blood of patients with recurrent uveitis
John Curnow, United Kingdom

Predictive factors for development of visual acuity in patients treated with interferon alpha for chronic uveitic cystoid macular oedema
Christoph Deuter, Germany

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10.15 - 11.45
Paediatrics and Strabismus:  American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus/European Society of Ophthalmology
S30 Retinopathy of prematurity

Moderator(s):

Michael X. Repka, United States

ICROP, what you need to know
Robert Hoffman, United States

The role for imaging
David Wallace, United States

Reduced oxygen and severe ROP
Michael X. Repka, United States

The outcome of "early treatment"
Michael X. Repka, United States

ROP: prevention
Almutez Gharaibeh, Jordan

Neuro-ophthalmic complications of prematurity
Jane C. Edmond, United States

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10.15 - 11.45
Education:  European Military Ophthalmology Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S31 Military ophthalmology in 2011: a European perspective

Moderator(s):

Jean-Claude Rigal-Sastourne, France Gerry Clare, United Kingdom

Palpebral injuries in battlefield: early management and therapy
Laurent Roux, France

Cross-linking and ICR for keratoconus
Jean-Claude Rigal-Sastourne, France

Ocular trauma and indications for amnion treatment
Gerry Clare, United Kingdom

Discussion
All faculty

Military refractive surgery in 2011
Jörg Frischmuth, Germany

Eye and altitude in military troops
Corinne Dot, France

Night vision devices and spatial sense
Pascale Crepy, France

Autologous serum on dry eye. Our experience
Sofia Almada, Portugal

Discussion and closing remarks
All faculty

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10.15 - 11.45
Allied Health:  European Society of Ophthalmology
S32 Taking the lead in care pathways

Moderator(s):

Carol Cox, United Kingdom

Cataract patient pathways: Kiwi-style
Sue Raynel, New Zealand

Do patients prefer co-managed care in in a cataract care pathway? A case study in the Rotterdam Eye Hospital
Ellen van Vliet, The Netherlands

Practice of corneal transplantation in University of Debrecen Department of Ophthalmology
Erzsebet Szoke, Hungary

European Association of Eye Hospitals promoting the improved patient experience
Carien Eijkman, The Netherlands

Questions
All faculty

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14.30 - 16.00
Retina:  Schepens International Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S33 Vitreous: from biochemistry to clinical relevance

Moderator(s):

Jerry Sebag, United States

Vitreous biochemistry
Paul Bishop, United Kingdom

Vitreomics of the human embryo
Jerry Sebag, United States

Vitreous and ocular physiology
Einar Stefánsson, Iceland

Vitreous in AMD
Susanne Binder, Austria

Pharmacologic vitreolysis
Jerry Sebag, United States

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14.30 - 16.00
Cornea and External Eye:  European Contact Lens Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S34 Update on contact lenses

Moderator(s):

Albert Franceschetti, Switzerland Jean-Pierre Chartrand, Canada

Permanent, continuous or daily wear
Albert Franceschetti, Switzerland

Presbyopia correction
Paolo Ricardo Oliveira, Brazil

Treatment of irregular cornea
Ursula Vogt, United Kingdom

Keratoconus: treatment and evolution
Tania Schaefer, Brazil

Contact lens intolerance
Jean-Pierre Chartrand, Canada

Update on dry eyes in contact lens wearers
Lorenzo Mannuci, Italy

Update on contact lens induced keratitis
Florence Malet, France

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14.30 - 16.00
Cataract and Refractive:  European Society of Ophthalmology
S35 Tips, tricks and falls in cataract surgery

Moderator(s):

Gabriel van Rij, The Netherlands Marie-José Tassignon, Belgium

Basics about small pupils
Zsolt Biro, Hungary

Basics of the hydrodissection
Khiun Tjia, The Netherlands

Basics about posterior capsulorhexis
Marie-José Tassignon, Belgium

The use of video in teaching cataract surgery
Brian Little, United Kingdom

Basics about hard nucleus
Brian Little, United Kingdom

Basics about toric IOL implantation
Khiun Tjia, The Netherlands

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14.30 - 16.00
Education:  European Board of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S36 What can the EBO do for you?

Moderator(s):

Peter Ringens, The Netherlands Wagih Aclimandos, United Kingdom

Harmonisation of training in Eastern Europe
Marko Hawlina, Slovenia

Getting CME points made easy
Gordana Sunaric-Megevand, Switzerland

Update on e-learning
Marie-José Tassignon, Belgium

The role of the UEMS
Constantino Bianchi, Italy

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14.30 - 16.00
Allied Health:  European Society of Ophthalmology
S37 VISION 2020: innovation and implementation of strategy across United States, United Kingdom and Europe

Moderator(s):

Rosie Auld, United Kingdom

Vision strategy for United Kingdom
Yvonne Needham, United Kingdom

Vision strategy for Spain
Antonio Vázquez, Spain

Education for visual services within the allied professions
Rosie Auld, United Kingdom

Vision strategy for Switzerland
Marco Bianchetti, Switzerland

Questions
All faculty





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Monday, June 6

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08.15 - 09.45
Retina:  Club Jules Gonin/European Society of Ophthalmology
S38 Update in macular surgery

Moderator(s):

Donald D'Amico, United States

Advances in the OCT evaluation of epiretinal membranes and macular oedema
Ramin Tadayoni, France

New insights by intraoperative OCT evaluation
Susanne Binder, Austria

Microplasmin in macular surgery
Michael Trese, United States

Perioperative use of steroids in macular surgery
Thomas Wolfensberger, Switzerland

Current thoughts regarding the ILM and ILM peeling
David Wong, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Macular hole surgery: is ILM peeling always useful?
Yannick Le Mer, France

Macular hole surgery: is face-down positioning still necessary?
Alistair H. Laidlaw, United Kingdom

The use of stains in macular surgery
Periklis Brazitikos, Greece

Surgery for myopic maculoschisis
Guido Ripandelli, Italy

ILM peeling for macular oedema
Donald D'Amico, United States

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08.15 - 09.45
Cornea and External Eye:  American Academy of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S39 Update on the diagnosis and treatment of corneal dystrophies and degenerations

Moderator(s):

Jonathan Rubenstein, United States Donald Tan, Singapore

Update on the classification of corneal dystrophies
Jesper Hjortdal, Denmark

Treatment of pterygium, Salzmann's and other degenerations of the cornea
Barry Lee, United States

Cross-linking for ectatic diseases of the cornea
Theo Seiler, Switzerland

Phototherapeutic keratectomy to treat corneal dystrophies and degenerations
Christopher Rapuano, United States

Anterior lamellar keratoplasty and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
Donald Tan, Singapore

Femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty
Rudy Nuijts, The Netherlands

Latest advances in endothelial keratoplasty
Jonathan Rubenstein, United States

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08.15 - 09.45
Uveitis:  Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectology in Europe/European Society of Ophthalmology
S40 Uveitis: misconceptions, oblivions, mystifications and rectifications

Moderator(s):

Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun, Turkey Carl P. Herbort, Switzerland

Introduction
Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun, Turkey

Birdshot chorioretinitis and VKH (stromal choroiditis)
Carl P. Herbort, Switzerland

Ocular tuberculous involvement
Bahram Bodaghi, France

Childhood uveitis
Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun, Turkey

Toxoplasmic retinitis
Carlos Pavésio, United Kingdom

The need to instrumentalize the concept of choriocapillaritis
Piergiorgio Neri, Italy

To be announced
Nikos Markomichelakis, Greece

Fuch's uveitis
Nadia Bouchenaki, Switzerland

Discussion
All faculty

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08.15 - 09.45
Oculoplastics:  European Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons/European Society of Ophthalmology
S41 Orbital lesions

Moderator(s):

Geoffrey Rose, United Kingdom

Lymphocytic lesions of the orbit
Ilse Mombaerts, Belgium

Decision trees in orbital malignancies
Geoffrey Rose, United Kingdom

Management of lacrimal gland malignancies
Diego Strianese, Italy

Cavernous hemangioma of the orbital apex: pathogenetic considerations in surgical management
Gerald J. Harris, United States

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08.15 - 09.45
Oncology and Pathology:  Ophthalmic Oncology Group/Pan-American Association of Ocular Oncology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S42 Management of difficult cases in ocular oncology

Moderator(s):

David Pelayes, Argentina Stefan Seregard, Sweden

An unusal invading conjunctival tumor
Edoardo Midena, Italy

Retinal intraocular metastasis from extraocular malignant melanoma
Rand Simpson, Canada

Bilateral coloboma withretinoblastoma in the right eye
Laurence Desjardins, France

The pathologist always has the last word. Three tumors – one eye
Dan Gombos, United States

An unusual choroidal tumour
Sarah Coupland, United Kingdom

A red eye in a child
Carol Shields, United States

Avoiding and managing radiation related complications
Tero Kivelä, Finland

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08.15 - 09.45
Electrophysiology:  International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology and Vision/European Society of Ophthalmology
S43 Electrophysiology and imaging: a diagnostic synergy

Moderator(s):

To be announced Hannes Wildberger, Switzerland

OCT and electrophysiology in neuroretinal disease, an introduction
Hannes Wildberger, Switzerland

Relationships between electrophysiological and imaging indices of photoreceptor degeneration
David Birch, United States

Electrophysiology and imaging in differential diagnosis of macular and optic nerve dysfunction
Marko Hawlina, Slovenia

Biomarkers of macular disorders: the integrated approach
Edoardo Midena, Italy

Cone dystrophies and OCT
Johannes Fleischhauer, Switzerland

Caveats in establishing structure function relationships
To be announced

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08.15 - 09.45
Education:  European Academy of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S44 Update on eye imaging

Moderator(s):

Sebastian Wolf, Switzerland

Development in fundus digital imaging
José Cunha-Vaz, Portugal

OCT characterization of changes in the outer retinal layers
Sebastian Wolf, Switzerland

Contribution of polarization: sensitive OCT to diagnosis
Christopher Schütze, Austria

Adaptative optics for fundus imaging
Michel Paques, France

Retinal oximetry in ischemic eye diseases
Einar Stefánsson, Iceland

Imaging glaucoma
To be announced

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10.15 - 11.45
Neuro-ophthalmology:  European Neuro-Ophthalmological Society/North American Neuro-Ophthalmological Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S45 The top five neuro-ophthalmic diagnoses you cannot afford to miss

Moderator(s):

Karl Golnik, United States Fion Bremner, United Kingdom

Giant cell arteritis
Shlomo Dotan, Israel

Pituitary apoplexy
Valerie Purvin, United States

Aneurysmal CN3rd palsy
Jonathan Trobe, United States

Myasthenia gravis
Dan Milea, France

Acute hypertension
Jonathan Trobe, United States

Discussion
All faculty

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10.15 - 11.45
Retina:  Macula Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S46 Update on malignant intraocular tumours

Moderator(s):

Jerry Shields, United States Leonidas Zografos, Switzerland

Update on intraocular lymphoma
David Wilson, United States

Diagnosis and treatment of uveal metastasis
Leonidas Zografos, Switzerland

Recent developments in management of retinoblastoma
Carol Shields, United States

Recent developments in management of uveal melanoma
Laurence Desjardins, France

Endoresection of uveal melanoma
Norbert Bornfeld, Germany

Observations on tumours of the retinal pigment epithelium
Jerry Shields, United States

Panel discussion
All faculty

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10.15 - 11.45
Cornea and External Eye:  The Cornea Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S47 Replacement of the corneal endothelium: lamellar surgery and beyond

Moderator(s):

Michael Belin, United States David Glasser, United States

Indications for full thickness corneal replacement
Christopher Rapuano, United States

Techniques and instrumentation for DSEK
Michael Belin, United States

DESK: intra-operative complications
Barry Lee, United States

DMEK: advantages/disadvantages
Art Giebel, United States

DMEK: what are the clinical results
Friedrich Kruse, Germany

Endothelial cell survival
David Glasser, United States

Endothelial seeding/regeneration
Shigeru Kinoshita, Japan

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10.15 - 11.45
Uveitis:  International Ocular Inflammation Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S48 New trends in the management of ocular inflammation

Moderator(s):

Uwe Pleyer, Germany Phuc LeHoang, France Carlos Pavésio, United Kingdom

Corneal infections: what should we know?
Uwe Pleyer, Germany

Prevention and management of post-surgical endophthalmitis in 2011
Per Montan, Sweden

Emerging infectious uveitis
Moncef Khairallah, Tunisia

Intravitreal therapy of noninfectious intermediate and posterior uveitis
Careen Lowder, United States

How can we manage uveitis choroidal neovascularization
Ahmad Mansour, Lebanon

New therapeutic strategies for the treatment of intraocular inflammation
Carlos Pavésio, United Kingdom

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10.15 - 11.45
Cataract and Refractive:  University of Geneva
S49 Surgical management of irregular corneas

Moderator(s):

Farhad Hafezi, Switzerland

Intracorneal segments and rings in the correction of the irregular cornea
Efekan Çoşkunseven, Turkey

Corneal collagen cross-linking and torix artiflex in the management of some keratoconus stages
José Güell, Spain

Deep anterior keratoplasty (DALK) for highly irregular corneas
Alaa El Danasoury, Saudi Arabia

Customized ablation strategies for highly irregular corneas
Theo Seiler, Switzerland

Corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus
Frederik Raiskup, Germany

Corneal collagen cross-linking for iatrogenic keratectasia
Farhad Hafezi, Switzerland

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10.15 - 11.45
Oculoplastics:  European Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons/European Society of Ophthalmology
S50 Lacrimal disease: how to deal with the watery patient?

Moderator(s):

Ulrich Schaudig, Germany Lelio Baldeschi, Italy

Functional epiphora and tearing eye: causes and treatments
Ivan Haefliger, Switzerland

External DCR in modern lacrimal surgery
Gerd Geerling, Germany

Diagnostic and therapetic options of lacrimal endoscopy
Ulrich Schaudig, Germany

Endonasal DCR in modern lacrimal surgery
Lelio Baldeschi, Italy

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10.15 - 11.45
Education:  World Health Organization/European Society of Ophthalmology
S51 VISION 2020: strategies for success

Moderator(s):

Nick Astbury, United Kingdom Ivo Kocur, Switzerland

The role of the International Council of Ophthalmology in strengthening international collaboration in eye care
Bruce Spivey, United States

International links to build capacity for sustainable high quality eye care services in low income countries
Nick Astbury, United Kingdom

Advocacy and decision makers
Abdulaziz AlRajhi, Saudi Arabia

VISION 2020: how can individual ophthalmologists get involved
Volker Klauss, Germany

VISION 2020 in Europe: regional experience - lessons learnt and the way forward
Ivo Kocur, Switzerland

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14.30 - 16.00
Education:  American Academy of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S52 Using evidence-based clinical guidelines to improve quality of care and resident education: the benefits and the challenges

Moderator(s):

Richard Abbott, United States

Clinical guideline use in education and practice
Richard Abbott, United States

Use of retinal clinical practice guidelines in practice and education
Charles P. Wilkinson, United States

Process of clinical guideline (PPP) development
Christopher Rapuano, United States

Implementing clinical guidelines and use in education in Europe
Martine Jager, The Netherlands

Adapting glaucoma guidelines for teaching purposes and for daily use in a large academic setting
Nomdo Jansonius, The Netherlands

Training and assessment in practice
Wagih Aclimandos, United Kingdom

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14.30 - 16.00
Glaucoma:  European Society of Ophthalmology/Special Interest Group
SG01 Neuroprotection in 2011

Moderator(s):

Francesca Cordeiro, United Kingdom Ingeborg Stalmans, Belgium

Glaucoma: a neurodegenerative disease
Len Levin, Canada

Measuring of glaucoma progression
Anders Heijl, Sweden

Managing IOP: the most important risk factor
Luca Rossetti, Italy

What to do when IOP lowering isn’t enough: the LOGTS study
Theodore Krupin, United States

Markers for future work in neuroprotection
Francesca Cordeiro, United Kingdom





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08.15 - 09.45
Neuro-ophthalmology:  European Neuro-Ophthalmological Society/North American Neuro-Ophthalmological Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S53 Pearls in neuro-ophthalmology

Moderator(s):

Shlomo Dotan, Israel Valerie Purvin, United States

History
Valerie Purvin, United States

Examination
Aki Kawasaki, Switzerland

Visual fields
Francois Borruat, Switzerland

Non-organic visual loss
Karl Golnik, United States

Imaging
Francois Borruat, Switzerland

Discussion
All faculty

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08.15 - 09.45
Cataract and Refractive:  International Society of Refractive Surgery/European Society of Ophthalmology
S54 Collagen cross-linking: current applications, adjunct procedures and future directions

Moderator(s):

John A. Kanellopoulos, Greece Farhad Hafezi, Switzerland

The Athens protocol (combined topo-guided partial PRK and collagen cross-linking in the management of ectasia and keratoconus)
John A. Kanellopoulos, Greece

New guidelines for collagen cross-linking in adolescent patients
Farhad Hafezi, Switzerland

Epithelial-on collagen cross-linking
To be announced

Collagen cross-linking for ectasia after LASIK
J. Bradley Randleman, United States

Collagen cross-linking and INTACS
Joseph Colin, France

Collagen cross-linking: from the founding idea to a valuable cornea procedure and the future
Theo Seiler, Switzerland

Roundtable discussion:
All faculty

- When to collagen cross-linking?


- High fluence collagen cross-linking


- Epi-on collagen cross-linking


- Collagen cross-linking combined with other techniques


- Future application(s) of collagen cross-linking

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08.15 - 09.45
Oculoplastics:  European Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons/European Society of Ophthalmology
S55 Eye lid surgery

Moderator(s):

Richard Collin, United Kingdom Christoph Hintschich, Germany

Management of aquired entropion and ectropion
Marlis Zürcher, Switzerland

Frequently asked questions in ptosis surgery
Erfan El-Gazayerli, Egypt

Managing eye lid tumours
Christoph Hintschich, Germany

Correction of congenital eye lid abnormalities
Richard Collin, United Kingdom

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08.15 - 09.45
Glaucoma:  European Glaucoma Society/European Society of Ophthalmology
S56 Angle closure

Moderator(s):

John Thygesen, Denmark Paul Foster, United Kingdom

Angle closure in Greenland: a model for screening and prophylaxis
John Thygesen, Denmark

Management of the acute episode: medications, iridotomy, iridoplasty, diode, when to operate (and when not)
Prin Rojanapongpun, Thailand

Nanophthalmos: signs, pathophysiology and management of related glaucoma
Alain Bron, France

The genetic basis of angle closure syndromes, molecular genetics and practical aspects for management
Sancy Low, United Kingdom

Surgical techniques for lens extraction in angle closure
Paul Foster, United Kingdom

Evdience for management of angle closure (featuring previous and ongoing randomized controlled trials in angle closure)
Augusto Azuro-Blanco, United Kingdom

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08.15 - 09.45
Education:  American Academy of Ophthalmology/Young Ophthalmologists/European Society of Ophthalmology
S57 Young ophthalmologists in international ophthalmology

Moderator(s):

Goran Bencic, United Kingdom Ioana Rusu, Romania Robert Melendez, United States

Diversity in surgical training across Europe: what is the state of play?
Andrew Scott, United Kingdom

EBO: exams, logbooks and residency exchange
Catherine Creuzot-Garcher, France

UEMS: what happens after we become licensed - the difficulties!
Constantino Bianchi, Italy

How to arrange a fellowship in the United States
Harry Roux, Switzerland

From Europe to the United Kingdom: how to arrange training abroad
Radka Martinkova, Czech Republic

The impact of universal healthcare in the United States for young ophthalmologists
Cynthia Bradford, United States

AAO young ophthalmologists: the evolution and the future
Ruth Williams, United States

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08.15 - 09.45
Retina:  European Association for Vision and Eye Research/European Society of Ophthalmology
S58 Recent developments on the diagnosis and treatment of macular oedema

Moderator(s):

Constantin Pournaras, Switzerland Werner Spileers, Belgium

Physiopathology and histology of macular oedema
Miltiadis Tsilimbaris, Greece

OCT evaluation in the management of macular oedema
Ulrike Stolba, Austria

Fluorescein angiography in the assessment of macular oedema
Efstratios Mendrinos, Switzerland

Role of electrophysiology in the diagnosis of macular oedema
Werner Spileers, Belgium

Advances in management of macular oedema in diabetic retinopathy
Francesco Bandello, Italy

New approaches in the treatment of RVO related macular oedema
Jean-Antoine Pournaras, Switzerland

Treatment of macular oedema related to macular degeneration
Gisbert Richard, Germany

Treatment of macular oedema in uveitis
Nikos Pharmakakis, Greece

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10.15 - 11.45
Cataract and Refractive:  Swiss Society of Ophthalmology/European Society of Ophthalmology
S59 Cataract to treat refractive errors

Moderator(s):

Marie-José Tassignon, Belgium Ivan Haefliger, Switzerland

Physical properties of spherical, aspherical and diffractive IOL
Michael Mrochen, Switzerland

Aspheric IOL's: clinical benefits and customizing cataract surgery
Bojan Pajic, Switzerland

Toric lenses: past, present and future
François Majo, Switzerland

Iris claw lens in the posterior chamber: surgical procedure and refractive results
Martin Schmid, Switzerland

Cataract surgery in patients with endothelial problems
Michael Thiel, Switzerland

Paediatric cataracts: outcome on a long run
Christian Prünte, Switzerland





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