VOSS 2013
Programme
Sunday, July 7
17.30 – 18.30
Registration
19.00 – 20.00
Welcome Key Note Lecture: “The European Ophthalmology Heritage: a Historical Perspective” (M. Rippa Bonati)
20.00
Welcome dinner
Monday, July 8
8.45 – 09.00
Introduction (E. Midena, L. Mastropasqua, M. Hawlina, T. Kivela, S.Seregard)
9.00 – 10.30
Cataract and refractive surgery: when technology counts (L. Mastropasqua)
11.00 – 13.00
Posterior Segment Imaging: present and future (G. Staurenghi)
14.00 – 15.30
Beyond visual acuity: exploring visual function (M. Hawlina)
16.00 – 17.30
Ophthalmic pathology : the contribution to clinical practice (T. Kivela)
Tuesday, July 9
9.00 – 10.30
The vitreous and the vitreo-retinal interface (F. Bottoni)
11.00 – 13.00
Ocular neovascularization: from animal models to clinical questions (P. D’Amore)
14.00 – 15.30
Macular edema: pathophysiology and clinical insights (F. Bandello)
16.00 – 17.30
The light of Astronomy (C. Barbieri)
Wednesday, July 10
9.00 – 10.30
Retinal Dystrophies (N. Lois)
11.00 – 13.00
Birth and death of choriocapillaris (J. Lutty)
14.00 – 15.30
Genetics and the eye: from my clinical practice (J. Pulido)
16.00 – 17.30
The severe dry eye (A. Leonardi)
20.00
Social dinner
Thursday, July 11
9.00 – 10.30
Retinal detachment: uncomplicated cases (T. Avitabile)
11.00 – 13.00
Masquerade syndromes (J. Pulido)
14.00 – 15.30
Pediatric intraocular tumors (T. Kivela)
16.00 – 17.30
The atrophic macula (E. Pilotto)
Friday, July 12
9.00 – 10.30
Drugs used in neovascular AMD: a meta analysis (G. Virgili)
11.00 – 13.00
Retinopathy of prematurity: from bench to bedside (J. Sears)
14.00 – 15.30
Stem cell therapies in retinal disease (S. Seregard)
16.00 – 17.30
Challenging Cases (Participants and faculty)
Saturday, July 13
9.00 – 10.30
Posterior Uveal Melanoma (J. Pulido)
11.00 – 13.00
The diabetic eye (E. Midena, P. D’Amore)
14.00 – 15.30
Complicated retinal detachment (N. Lois)
16.00 – 17.30
Our most intriguing cases (Faculty and participants)
20.00
Farewell Dinner
Sunday, July 14
Departure