RETINA ACADEMY

Registration is now open for the 16th ESASO Retina Academy to be held in Estoril, Portugal, from 23-25 June 2016 at the Estoril Congress Center. The Congress Center has received the “Excellence in Innovation and Quality Architecture Prize” for its highly advanced building design and technical facilities. The ESASO Retina Academy promotes exchange of the latest advancements in ophthalmological equipment, diagnosis and treatment.

The ESASO Retina Academy is not only renowned for its outstanding faculty but also for its attractive, in part innovative, session formats that allow an optimised learning experience. This year’s innovations include an eye imaging workshop that will provide participants with the skills to effectively utilise various state-of-the art imaging devices and interpret the diagnostic medical images.

Among the topics covered are VMA/VMT/MH, AMD, DME, RVO, PM, retinal non-perfusion, OCT techniques development, retinal pharmacology, geographic atrophy, central serous chorioretinopathy, uveitis, dystrophy, rehabilitation, and artificial vision.

Highlights of the conference include two Lectio Magistralis keynote lectures and eight plenary presentations on hot topics in retina science, diagnosis and treatment, as well as debates between experts. In addition, the Academy offers a platform for faculty and participants from around the globe to interact in engaging small master classes, in the well-appreciated “Retinamour” clinical case discussions and in informal conversations. Again, the pharmaceutical industry will present their clinical research pipeline.

Participants are invited to submit cases to be reviewed and discussed in the interactive Retinamour sessions with internationally renowned experts. The deadline for case proposals is 24 March 2016.

The deadline for abstract submission is 10 March 2016. Accepted abstracts will be displayed as posters and published in the scientific journal Ophthalmic Research. In addition, an expert panel will select the best abstracts and invite their authors to debate their studies in an oral rapid-fire presentation.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

Promising young eye doctors and scientists from all over the world are eligible for the “Young Ophthalmologist Award”. The winners will be invited to attend the 17th ESASO Retina Academy in 2017 as special guests. Candidates must be no older than 40 years in 2016. The Scientific Committee will select the winners from the accepted abstracts.

As another annual tradition, the conference will host a graduation ceremony to honour the successful students who have completed the requirements of the ESASO fellowship programme and the ESASO graduation scheme.

The XOVA Excellence in Ophthalmology Awards honour and support extraordinary humanitarian eye care projects in developing countries. The programme is sponsored by Novartis Corporation. The winners will present their initiatives.

For further details visit: www.esaso.org