Programme chair: Ted Garway-Heath, IGA Professor of Ophthalmology, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
Friday 3rd December
Registration opens 10am; programme begins 11am.
- Free papers
- Poster presentations and exhibits
- Presentations by heads of research teams in the UK, Eire and Europe: “What we’re doing in our lab”
- David Broadway, Norwich
- Keith Martin, Cambridge
- James Morgan, Cardiff
- Colm O’Brien, Dublin
- Herbert Reitsamer, Salzburg
- Panel discussion involving European colleagues to identify the best ways to stimulate research collaboration and obtain research funding within the EU
- 1st keynote lecture: ‘Measuring Progression in Glaucoma’ by Bal Chauhan, Chair in Vision Research, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, (GOC-approved CET)
- Professor Chauhan is a world authority in Glaucoma Progression research
- 6:30 pm: Reception drinks and announcements of Research Awards
- 7:00 pm: Piano recital by Sayaka Matsumoto
- 7:30pm: Welcome dinner
Saturday 4th December
Session begins 8:30am
- Free papers
- Poster presentations and exhibits
- 2nd keynote lecture: ‘Optic Nerve Head Biomechanics – Mechanisms for Cupping and Axon Loss in Ageing and Glaucoma’ by Claude Burgoyne, Van Buskirk Chair of Ophthalmic Research, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, USA, (GOC-approved CET)
- Professor Burgoyne is a world expert in the Morphological Studies of the Optic Nerve Head in Glaucoma
- Symposium ‘Glaucoma Service Delivery on the 21st Century – Efficiency, Convenience, Quality’ – presentations by leading ophthalmologists and optometrists; co-chaired by Ted Garway-Heath and John Lawrenson (GOC-approved CET)
- Panel discussion and questions (GOC-approved CET)
- 1:00 pm: Lunch and paper/poster prizes
For a detailed programme, please click here