EURETINA Winter Programme

07.00 - 08.00 Registration

08.00 - 10.00 Origins and development of diabetic retinopathy:

What does the clinical data tell us about the pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy?
Albert Augustin GERMANY

A systematic correlation of morphology and function in DME
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth AUSTRIA

Genetics in diabetic retinopathy
Hans-Peter Hammes GERMANY

Neuronal damage in diabetic retinopathy
Alistar Barber USA

Inflammation in diabetic retinopathy
Tim Kern CLEVELAND

The vascular component: Role of VEGF and inhibition
Gabriele Lang GERMANY

10.00 - 10.30 Break

10.30 - 12.30 Diabetic retinopathy and treatment strategies

Towards a new classification of diabetic maculopathy
Pascal Massin FRANCE

How does the laser work?
Constantin Pournaras SWITZERLAND

Physiologic effects of vitrectomy
Tom Williamsson UK

Metabolic physiology and diabetic retinopathy
Einar Stefánsson ICELAND

Carbonic anhydrase in diabetic retinopathy
Ed Feener USA

Retinal oximetry in diabetic retinopathy
Martin Hammer GERMANY

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 15.30 Ischemia in AMD

Ocular blood flow in AMD
Leo Schmetterer AUSTRIA

Imaging of the choroid using novel OCT techniques
Johannes de Boer THE NETHERLANDS

The role of ischemia in the progression of AMD
Anat Loewenstein ISRAEL

Role of vitreoretinal attachment and vitreolysis in AMD
Stefan Sacu AUSTRIA

AMD as an ischemic disease
Einar Stefánsson ICELAND

Anti-VEGF drugs and ischemia
Diana Do USA

15.30 - 15.45 Break

15.45 - 17.30 AMD: Genetics and drugs

Treatments for dry forms of AMD
J.C. Pastor SPAIN

Complement factors and inflammation in AMD
Caroline Klaver THE NETHERLANDS

AMD: A Disease of the Aging RPE
Arthur Neufeld USA

Imaging in atrophic AMD
Christian Ahlers AUSTRIA

Anti-inflammatory, Anti-angiogenic and Anti-fibrotic therapy
Quan Dong Nguyen USA

Implants and devices as a therapeutic strategy
Baruch Kupperman USA