13:00 - 15:00
ROOM VERDE
CHAIRS: Garcia-Arumi J., Hassan T., Moisseiev J., Steel D.
13:00 - 15:00
ROOM ONICE
CHAIRS: Bressler S., Brucker A., Loewenstein A., Viola F.
13:00 - 14:00
AUDITORIUM
CHAIRS: Loewenstein A., Lumbroso B.,Querques G., Singh R.
                 13:00 / Variations Of Choroidal
                  Thickness in neovascularization 
                Lumbroso B.
                
                 13:05 / Imaging of Retinal
                  Structures: Seeing It Up Close with Adaptive Optics 
                Kim J.E.
                
                 13:10 / The role of
                  electrophysiology in the assessment of retinal function 
                Huang S.
                
                 13:15 / Multimodal imaging in wet
                  AMD: fibrocellular vs fibrovascular fenotypes 
                Querques G.
                
                 13:20 / Discussion
                
                 13:25 / Metabolic studies in AMD
                Borrelli E.
                
                 13:30 / Clinicopathologic
                  correlation of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related
                  macular degeneration
                Dolz-Marco R.
                
                 13:35 / Multimodal imaging in
                  sickle cell retinopathy and incontinentia pigmenti
                Liu A.
                
                 13:40 / OCT-A and multimodal
                  integrated evaluation in macular holes: new biomarkers of
                  surgical outcome?
                Bacherini D.
                
                 13:45 / Iris vessel changes
                  assessed with OCT-A in episcleral surgery for retinal
                  detachment
                Mastropasqua R.
                
                 13:50 / iOCT in gene therapy
                Neubauer J.
                
                 13:55 / Discussion
                 
14:00 - 15:00
AUDITORIUM
CHAIRS: Mariotti C., Midena E.
                 14:00 / Early AMD: novel
                  functional biomarkers and their correlation with systemic risk
                  factors 
                Minnella A.
                
                 14:05 / Quantitative optical
                  coherence tomography angiography biomarkers for neovascular
                  age-related macular degeneration in remission
                Lupidi M.
                
                 14:10 / Choriocapillaris flow
                  voids and outer retinal tubulations in geographic atrophy
                Zweifel S.
                
                 14:15 / Discussion 
                
                 14:20 / Update on OCT angiography
                  in retinal vascular diseases
                Schwartz S.G.
                
                 14:25 / OCT-A in diabetic
                  retinopathy
                Battaglia Parodi M.
                
                 14:30 / Distinguish diabetic
                  macular edema from capillary non perfusion using two different
                  OCTA devices
                Parravano C.
                
                 14:35 / Discussion
                
                 14:40 / Multimodal imaging in
                  hydroxycloroquine toxicity
                Pilotto E.
                
                 14:45 / Multimodal imaging of
                  tamoxifen retinopathy focusing on OCT angiographic Findings
                Yoon Y.H.
                
                 14:50 / OCT-A in Uveitis 
                Androudi S.
                
                 14:55 / Discussion
                 
15:00 - 16:00
AUDITORIUM
CHAIRS: Battaglia- Parodi M., Corcóstegui B., Falcomatà B., Guarnaccia G.
                 15:00 / State of the art of
                  Inherited Retinal Dystrophies treatment
                Richard G.
                
                 15:08 / Indications and evaluation
                  of patients for gene or stem cell therapy
                Brucker A.
                
                 15:16 / Surgical procedure for
                  submacular delivery gene or stem cells therapy 
                Pertile G.
                
                 15:24 / Update on retinal
                  prosthesis: indications, surgical procedure and results
                Patelli F.
                
                 15:32 / Digitally enhanced video
                  assisted surgery for submacular procedure
                Devin F.
                
                 15:40 / Use of ROCK inhibitors to
                  prevent photoreceptor-bipolar synaptic disjunction after
                  retinal detachment
                Zarbin M.
                
                 15:48 / Discussion
                 
15:00 - 16:00
ROOM ONICE
CHAIRS: Pastor Jimeno J.C., Romano M.
                 15:00 / A worrisome problem: the
                  toxicity of perfluorocarbons liquids
                Coco Martin R.
                
                 15:10 / What do we know about the
                  retinal toxicity of vital dyes?
                 Januschowsky K.
                
                 15:20 / How to recognize a case of
                  acute intraocular toxicity
                Pastor Jimeno J.C.
                
                 15:30 / What do we need to look at
                  in the choice of intraocular compounds?
                Romano M.
                
                 15:40 / Can also irrigating
                  solutions and expandable gases be sources of intra-surgical
                  toxicity?
                Spitzer M.
                
                 15:50 / Discussion
                 
15:00 - 18:00
ROOM VERDE
CHAIRS FROM ROOM VERDE:
              D’Amico D.J., Dhawahir-Scala F., Rezaei K., Rossi T., Steel D.
                 CHAIRS FROM ORs:
                 
                 Kuwait City: Al Sabti K., EL Rayes E.
                 Mexico City: Fromow J.
                 Memphis: Brugger J.
                
              SURGEONS:
              	
              	Kuwait City: Al Sabti K., Chow D., El Rayes E., Maia A.
              	Memphis: Charles S.
              	Mexico City: Morales Canton V., Berrocal M.
              	
               
16:00 - 16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:30
AUDITORIUM
CHAIRS: Figueroa M., Parolini B., Williamson T.
                 16:30 / Natural history of serous
                  retinal detachment in dome-shaped macula
                Viola F.
                
                 16:35 / OCT-A in myopic CNVs
                Pece A.
                
                 16:40 / Pathology of the VMI in
                  myopic foveoschisis
                Schumann R.G.
                
                 16:45 / Discussion
                
                 16:50 / Pearls an Tricks dealing
                  with myopic Foveoschisis
                Mateo C.
                
                 16:55 / Myopic Traction
                  Maculopathy and Lamellar Holes
                Figueroa M.
                
                 17:00 / Macular buckle
                van Meurs J.
                
                 17:05 / Discussion
                
                 17:10 / Outcome of ILM inverted
                  flaps and ILM peeling to the edge of the posterior staphyloma
                  in myopic macular hole retinal detachment
                Mortada H.
                
                 17:15 / Myopic rhegmatogenous
                  retinal detachment and macular schisis
                Williamson T.
                
                 17:20 / Autologous retina graft
                  for high myopic Macular Holes
                Terasaki H.
                
                 17:25 / Discussion
                 
16:30 - 18:30
ROOM ONICE
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS: Turrisi L., Zucchini D.
                 16.30 / Introduction
                 Turrisi L., Zucchini D.
                
                 16:40 / New technologies in ophtalmic surgery: nurses skills
                 Pratesi I., Morroni S.
                
                 16.50 / The new integrated vitreoretinal operating theatre
                Salonen S.
                
                 17.00 / What about Eye Trauma?
                 Jansen K.
                
                 17.10 / Transforming Retinal Surgery Through Pioneering Technology
                 Bollini S.
                
                 17.20 / Driving OR flow optimization and single use through customization of the procedural pack
                 Vatovec C.
                
                 17.30 / Visualization systems in retina surgery
                 Oller Garcia M.
                
                  17.40 / The 3D System in the vitreoretinal surgery
                 Tescaro S.
                
                 17.50 / EVA Upgrade - Dedicated to OR efficiency
                 Canali F.
                
                 18.00 / A phaco for Africa: a humanitarian project
                 Spiridigliozzi M.
                
                 18.10 / Discussion
                
                
17:30 - 19:00
AUDITORIUM
CHAIRS: Bressler S., Brucker A., Lanzetta P., Zweifel S.
                 17:30 / Do baseline systemic
                  factors affect treatment outcomes in DME and diabetic
                  retinopathy?
                 Singh R.
                
                 17:35 / Factors that affect vision
                  or anatomic outcomes when treating DME - what we have learned
                  in the DRCR.net
                Bressler S.
                
                 17:40 / The Role of Inflammation
                  in diabetic macular edema
                Kupperman B.
                
                 17:45 / Discussion
                
                 17:50 / One-Year results of using
                  a treat-and-extend regimen without a loading phase with
                  anti-VEGF agents in patients with treatment-naive diabetic
                  macular edema
                Wolf S.
                
                 17:55 / Diabetic macular edema
                  surgery: failure is the only option
                D'Amico D.J.
                
                 18:00 / Faricimab (RG7716) for
                  DME: update on phase 2 BOULEVARD study results
                Regillo C.D.
                
                 18:05 / Discussion
                
                 18:10 / A Phase I/II safety and
                  efficacy study of Anti-PLGF THR-317 in diabetic macular edema
                Loewenstein A.
                
                 18:15 / Subthreshold micropulse
                  laser in diabetic macular edema: how it really works
                Midena E.
                
                 18:20 / New drugs in pipeline for
                  DME
                Boscia F.
                
                 18:25 / Discussion
                
                 18:30 / Panel cases discussant
                Kupperman B., Singh R.
                 
18:00 - 19:00
ROOM VERDE
CHAIR: Claes C.
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