Programme Overview

Programme overview for the Euretina Special Focus Meeting, Saturday 29 June

08:30  —

Badge Collection & Welcome Coffee

09:00  —

Introduction and Tribute to Ramin Tadayoni

09:30  —

Session 1:  Basic Aspects of Myopia
Moderators: Caroline Klaver, Serge Resnikoff

09:30 — Serge Resnikoff: Is myopia a global public health problem? 

09:40 — Cécile Delcourt: Epidemiology of myopia in Europe

09:50 — Caroline Klaver: Interactions of genes and environment in myopia 

10:00 — Serge Picaud: Animal model for myopia 

10:10 — Frank Schaeffel: Functional changes in the myopic retina compromize emmetropization 

10:20 — Zi-Bing Jin: Prevalence and Characteristics of Myopia in Adult Rhesus Macaques in Southwest China

10:30 — Dan Milea: Optic nerve in high myopia 

10:40 — Rick Spaide: Choroid in high myopia

10:50 — Leopold Schmetterer : Scleral changes in myopia as assessed with polarisation-sensitive OCT

11:00  —

Coffee Break & Networking Opportunity

11:30  —

Satellite Session (Hoya)
Confidence Through Evidence - MiYOSMART in Daily Practice.

11:40  —

Session 2: Prevention of Myopia Progression
Moderators: Ian Flitcroft, Pei-Chang Wu

11:40 — Mingguang HE: Red light therapy for myopia control

11:50 —  Ken Nischal: Management and investigation of high myopia in infants and young children

12:00 — Ian Flitcroft: What does success look like? A review of treatment metrics for monitoring myopia progression and treatment

12:10 — Pei-Chang Wu: Public health approaches for decreasing the prevalence of myopia in Taiwan

12:20 — Audrey Chia: Myopia treatment protocol: a Singaporean experience

12:20 — Jason Yam: LAMP study for atropine

12:40  —

Satellite Session (Zeiss)
Pathological myopia: approaching the global epidemic 

13:25  —

Buffet Lunch

14:30  —

Session 3: Pathologic Myopia and Complications of Myopia
Moderators: Rick Spaide, Alain Gaudric, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Gemmy Cheung

14:30 — Video recording of presentation given by Ramin Tadayoni to the Japanese Society: “The New Nomenclature Consensus on Myopic Tension Maculopathies” With conclusion by Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Rick Spaide, Gemmy Cheung.

14:48 — Jost Jonas: Morphologic features of moderate, high and pathologic myopia as a basis for a grading of myopic macular degeneration

14:56 — Gemmy Cheung: CNV in myopic eyes: diagnosis and therapeutic gaps

15:04 — Alain Gaudric: A modern revisit of the first description of dome shape macula 

15:12 — David Gaucher: Change in scleral curvature and choroidal thickness: implication in high myopia

15:20 — Adnan Tufail: Macular curvature and dome-shaped configuration: results from a population study

15:28 — Kyoko Ohno-Matsui: Polarization-sensitive OCT for high myopia and dome-shaped macula

15:36 — José María Ruiz Moreno: Macular posterior staphyloma as a biomarker of severity and progression of myopic maculopathy 

15:44 — Sylvia Nghiem-Buffet: Special staphyloma

15:52 — Discussion

16:00  —

Satellite Session (EssilorLuxottica)
Essilor® Stellest® lenses: Five-year clinical trial results and latest evidence-based data 

16:30  —

MyopiA: A French Patient Association
Cedric Thein

16:45  —

Paris Declaration on Myopia
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Rick Spaide, Gemmy Cheung

17:00  —

Conclusions
(Including video presentation of “Niemeyer Architecture” by Salomon Yves Cohen)

17:15  —

Meet the Poster Presenters
Wine reception & networking opportunity

18:30  —

End of Programme

08:30  –

Badge Collection & Welcome Coffee

09:00  –

Introduction and Tribute to Ramin Tadayoni

09:30  –

Session 1: Basic Aspects of Myopia
Moderators: Caroline Klaver, Serge Resnikoff

09:30 — Serge Resnikoff: Is myopia a global public health problem? 

09:40 — Cécile Delcourt: Epidemiology of myopia in Europe

09:50 — Caroline Klaver: Interactions of genes and environment in myopia 

10:00 — Serge Picaud: Animal model for myopia 

10:10 — Frank Schaeffel: Functional changes in the myopic retina compromize emmetropization 

10:20 — Zi-Bing Jin: Prevalence and Characteristics of Myopia in Adult Rhesus Macaques in Southwest China

10:30 — Dan Milea: Optic nerve in high myopia 

10:40 — Rick Spaide: Choroid in high myopia

10:50 — Leopold Schmetterer : Scleral changes in myopia as assessed with polarisation-sensitive OCT

11:00  –

Coffee Break & Networking Opportunity

11:30  –

Satellite Session (Hoya)
Confidence Through Evidence - MiYOSMART in Daily Practice. 

11:40  –

Session 2: Prevention of Myopia Progression
Moderators: Ian Flitcroft, Pei-Chang Wu

11:30 — Mingguang HE: Red light therapy for myopia control

11:50 — Ken Nischal: Management and investigation of high myopia in infants and young children

12:00 — Ian Flitcroft: What does success look like? A review of treatment metrics for monitoring myopia progression and treatment

12:10 — Pei-Chang Wu: Public health approaches for decreasing the prevalence of myopia in Taiwan

12:20 — Audrey Chia: Myopia treatment protocol: a Singaporean experience

12:30 — Jason Yam: LAMP study for atropine

12:40  –

Satellite Session (Zeiss)
Pathological myopia: approaching the global epidemic 

13:25  –

Buffet Lunch

14:30  –

Session 3: Pathologic Myopia and Complications of Myopia
Moderators: Rick Spaide, Alain Gaudric, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Gemmy Cheung

14:30 — Video recording of presentation given by Ramin Tadayoni to the Japanese Society: “The New Nomenclature Consensus on Myopic Tension Maculopathies” With conclusion by Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Rick Spaide, Gemmy Cheung.

14:48 — Jost Jonas: Morphologic features of moderate, high and pathologic myopia as a basis for a grading of myopic macular degeneration

14:56 — Gemmy Cheung: CNV in myopic eyes: diagnosis and therapeutic gaps

15:04 — Alain Gaudric: A modern revisit of the first description of dome shape macula 

15:12 — David Gaucher: Change in scleral curvature and choroidal thickness: implication in high myopia

15:20 — Adnan Tufail: Macular curvature and dome-shaped configuration: results from a population study

15:28 — Kyoko Ohno-Matsui: Polarization-sensitive OCT for high myopia and dome-shaped macula

15:36 — José María Ruiz Moreno: Macular posterior staphyloma as a biomarker of severity and progression of myopic maculopathy 

15:44 — Sylvia Nghiem-Buffet: Special staphyloma

15:52 — Discussion

16:00  –

Satellite Session (EssilorLuxottica)
Essilor® Stellest® lenses: Five-year clinical trial results and latest evidence-based data

16:30  –

MyopiA: A French Patient Association
Cedric Thein

16:45  –

Paris Declaration on Myopia
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Rick Spaide, Gemmy Cheung

17:00  –

Conclusions
(Including video presentation of “Niemeyer Architecture” by Salomon Yves Cohen)

17:15  –

Meet the Poster Presenters
Wine reception & networking opportunity

18:30  –

End of Programme

Please note, this programme may be subject to change