Saturday, September 6th

03:45 ALCON Symposium
05:30 My Way before Treatment Moderated by Didier Ducournau & Tara Young
    Talking to Patients in Difficult Situations Tara Young
    Resolving Challenging Patient Situations Colin McCannel
    Free Patient Information DVDs Offered by EVRS Didier Ducournau
    Females in Surgery – Practical Considerations Tara Young
    Safety in the Operating Room Tara Young
    Operating Theater Organization Didier Ducournau
07:00 Welcome Reception at the Municipal House
 
Sunday, September 7th
08:00   My Way in Choosing the Gauge Moderated by Klaus Lucke & Cesare Forlini
    Sutureless 20 Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy Stratos Gotzaridis
    20 Gauge Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy. Technique and Audit of 120 Cases Zachariah Koshy
    Do Advances in Technology Improve Micro Incisional Vitrectomy Success? Stanislao Rizzo
    Unexpected Outcomes in 23 Gauge Vitrectomy Surgery Zoran Tomic
    Mini-Invasive Surgey 25/23 Gauge: Expanded Indications Cesare Forlini
    Mini-Invasive Surgery - Yes; Sutureless - No Thanks! Cesare Forlini
    23 Gauge: Rate of Sclerotomy Closure & Postoperative Hypotony in 600 Cases Grazia Pertile
    23 Gauge Phaco Fragmentation in Vitreoretinal Procedures Ehab El Rayes
    Transconjunctival Approach for the Treatment of Cataract Complications Cesare Forlini
    Refractive Lens Exchange Combined with Vitrectomy Klaus Lucke
    Chandelier Light Without Additional Sclerotomy in 20 Gauge Pars Plana Vitrectomy Slawomir Cisiecki
    Personal Technique of Using a Single 27 Eckardt Light for Bimanual Surgery Paolo Rossini
11:00   My Way in Removing the Vitreous Moderated by Claude Boscher & Alireza Ramezani
    Controlled Bimanual Vitrectomy (CO BI VI) 25 Gauge Surgery Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
    Endoscopy Assisted Anterior Vitreous Base Peeling Claude Boscher
    From my Wii to my Endoscope Guy L'Helgoual'ch
    Why the Endoscope Became Indispensable to Me Guy L'Helgoual'ch
    Management of Vitreoretinal Pathology in Eyes Undergoing Osteo-Odonto Keratoprosthesis Surgery Doric Wong
    The Using of Microendoscopy in the Surgical Treatment of Post Traumatic Alterations of the Eyeball Natalia Kislitsina
    Effective Drug Regimen - Our Way Frank Koch
    Technique Allowing not Using Back-Flush Needle for Injection and Removing of Dyes, PFCL or Triamcinolone Laurent Velasque
    The Back-Flush Cannula as an Instrument to Introduce Various Substances Onto the Macula During Pars Plana Vitrectomy Mario Facino
    The Snowstorm Technique: Triamcinolone Suspension in the Infusion Bottle Enrico Bertelli
    Early Injection and Different Inoculation Site of Triamcinolone During Pars Plana Vitrectomy Mario Facino
    Pharmacological Release of Vitreomacular Traction Using Microplasmin Peter Stalmans
    THE MIVI III (Microplasmin for Vitreous Injection III) Trial Thierry Verstraeten
    Cryotherapy of Sclerotomy Sites May Increase the Risk of Late Post Vitrectomy Diabetic Hemorrhage Alireza Ramezani
    A Technique for Intraoperative Examination of Sclerotomy-Related Retinal Breaks Alireza Ramezani
03:15   My Way with IOL Moderated by Frank Koch & Jean Paul Amar
    Luxated Intraocular Lens Into the Vitreous Cavity Daniel Vilaplana
    How to Manage Dislocated Intraocular Lenses and Secondary Intraocular Lenses implantations Eric Fourmaux
    Secondary Intraocular Lens Implantation in the Transconjunctival Era Cesare Forlini
    Knotless Transcleral Suture of One-Piece Acrysof Intraocular Lens Angelina Meireless
    New Technique for Refixation of Luxated Intraocular Lens Gabor B. Scharioth - Second Best Presentation Award
    Sutureless Intrascleral PCIOL Fixation Gabor B. Scharioth - Second Best Presentation Award
    Iris Fixated Intraocular Lens: Let's Do Just One Hole Barbara Parolini
    Management of UGH Syndrom in Eyes Implantred With an Artisan Jean-Paul Amar
04:45 Guided City Tour
 
Monday, September 8th
08:00   My Way in Macula Surgery Moderated by Jerzy Nawrocki & Hassan Mortada
    Surgical Treatment of Lamellar Macular Hole Barbara Parolini
    Outcome of Vitrectomy for Lamellar Macular Hole Hassan Mortada
    Using of Delicate Maculorhexis During the Macular Hole Surgery Ilyas Sharafetdinov
    ILM as an Adjuvant for Stage IV Macular Hole Surgery Jerzy Nawrocki
    "Reflow" Strategy in the Treatment of Macular Diseases Cesare Forlini
    Vitrectomy and Posterior Hyaloid Peeling for Myopic Foveoschisis Hassan Mortada
    A New Indication for 25 Gauge Surgery: Myopic Retinoschisis Paolo M. Fantaguzzi
    The Use of Glucose Diluted Trypan Blue in Membrane Peeling Ivan Fiser
    Staining of Internal Limiting Membrane with Brilliant Blue G Under Air for Macular Hole Surgery Whye Onn Ho
    Italian Style to Colour the Eye Cesare Forlini
    A New Method to Improve the Application of Dyes on the Retinal Surface Without Fluid-Air Exchange Martin Schmid - First Best Presentation Award
    Macular Hole Surgery: ILM Heme Visualization Colin McCannel
    SF6 Gas Tamponade: The Easy Way Barbara Parolini
    One-Needle Technique for Air-Gas Exchange Ivan Fiser
    Macular Hole, an Easier, Faster and More Efficient Gas Injection Technique Didier Ducournau
11:40   My Way in RD Moderated by Ivan Fiser & Athanasios Nikolakopoulos
    The D-ACE Technique: A Logical Choice for Superior Bullous Detachments Not Suitable for Pneumatic Retinopexy M. Madison Slusher
    My Way … in Pseudophakic Retinal Detachment Surgery Marcel Dominguez
    Management of Myopic Macular Hole Retinal Detachment Hassan Mortada
    ILM Peeling for Pucker Prophylaxis Klaus Lucke
    Microsurgical Scleral Buckling with OFFISS Jerzy Nawrocki
    ELaDALaR Technique in Scleral Buckling Cesare Forlini
    Management of Scleral Thinning with Choroidal Exposure Grazia Pertile
    Maximizing Exposure for Scleral Buckling Tara Young
02:15   My Way in Treating PVR Moderated by Giampaolo Gini & Daniel Vilaplana
    Surgical Treatment of Chronic Inferior Retinal Detachment Daniel Vilaplana
    Management of PVR with Severe Rretinal Contraction and Shortening Hassan Mortada
    Retrograde Heavy Silicone Oil Iinjection in Difficult Cases Jean-Paul Amar
    Using the PFCL Air Silicone Exchange System for Surgical Treatment of Retinal Detachment Dmitriy Shkvorchenko
    How to Avoid Internal Tamponade to Invade the Anterior Chamber Frank Becquet
    The Use of Silicone Oil - Perfluron in Combination for Treatment of Recurrent Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Jack Sipperley
    Safe Methods in VitreoRetinal Operations at Complicated Retinal Detachment Igor Serejine
    Iris-Plane Sutures as Silicone Oil Barrier in Completely or Partially Aniridic Patients Colin McCannel
    My Silicone Oil Removal Technique in Phakic and Aphakic Patients and Patients with Cataract Sengul Ozdek
    Technique of Silicone Oil Removal along with Secondary Lens Implantation under Topical Anesthesia Gilbert Simanjuntak
    Retinal Re-Detachment in Eyes with Silicone Oil Daniel Vilaplana
04:15   My Way in Trauma Moderated by Ferenc Kuhn & Masoud Soheilian
    Comparison of External Magnet and Intraocular Forceps for Intravitreal Foreign Body Extraction Masoud Soheilian
    Surgical Prevention of PVR in Serious Ocular Trauma Ferenc Kuhn - Third Best Presentation Award
    Management of Intraretinal IOFBs: My Way Ferenc Kuhn - Third Best Presentation Award
    Save the Iris! Cesare Forlini
    Cosmetic IOL in Trauma Cases: Role of Iris Surgery and Endoscopy Cesare Forlini
    Management of Traumatic Corneal Tissue Loss Grazia Pertile
07:15 Gala Dinner at the Zofin Palace
 
Tuesday, September 9th
08:00   My Way in ARMD (sponsored by NOVARTIS) Moderated by Francesco Boscia & Grazia Pertile
    3D-OCT Guided Photodynamic Therapy in Cases of Retinochoroidal Anastomoses Ioannis Theocharis
    The Role of Vitreomacular Traction in Chronic Refractive Centra Serous Choroidopathy Ioannis Theocharis
    My Way of Assessment of Neovascular ARMD Activity Sengul Ozdek
    The New Method for Management of Long-Standing Exudative Retinal Detachment in ARMD Cases Veronika Aslanova
    Combined Bevacizumab and Photodynamic Theraphy in ARMD V. Levent Karabas
    Combined Bevacizumab and Photodynamic Theraphy in ARMD Young Ju Lew
    Tailored Therapy with Avastin Helps Patients with AMD to Save Money Ivan Fiser
    Vortex Vein Occlusion as a Treatment for AMD, Surgical and Technical Procedure, Principle of Action, Indications and Results Richard Luscan
    Macular Translocation in the Age of Anti VEGF Gabor B. Scharioth
    AMD Ten Years After Excision Surgey Christian Malbrel
    Autologous Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Choroid Transplantation for Exudative ARMD with 180° Peripheral Retinotomy Grazia Pertile
    Stem Cells Implantation: Is it the Way of the Future? Yvette Ducournau
10:50 General Assembly
11:50   New Tools Moderated by Silvia Bopp & Stephen Sinclair
    Quantitative Analysis of Fundus and Angiographic Images Variables by Photoshop Software Alireza Ramezani
    Interactive Computer Programs Improve Vision Testing for Ocular Screening, Treatment Evaluation and Post Treatment Stephen Sinclair
    Pattern Scan Laser System (PaScal) vs. Conventional Photocoagulation System. Evolving Our Way to do Photocoagulation Maria Martinez-Castellanos
01:40   My Way in Vascular Problems Moderated by Silvia Bopp & Stephen Sinclair
    Photodynamic Therapy: Focal Treatment for Idiopathic Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Daniel Vilaplana
    Treatment of Non AMD (Myopic, Inflammatory, Angioïd Streak...) Subfoveal CNV with Anti VEGF Instead of PDT Catherine Favard
    Effects of Bevacuzimab on Diabetic Macular Edema in Cases with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Lala Ceklic
    Dissection of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Using the Vitreotome with Flow Control Jean-François Le Rouic
    New Approach in Treatment of Expulsive Hemorrhage after Cataract Surgery Slobodanka Latinovic
    My Way of Submacular Hemorrhage Management Veronika Aslanova
    Atraumatic Approach to Submacular Hemorrhage Silvia Bopp
03:15   My Way in ROP Moderated by Mario Facino & Barbara Parolini
    The Role of Anti VEGF Therapy (Bevacizumab) in the Management of Retinopathy of Prematurity Ehab El Rayes
    Intravitral Anti VEGFs for Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity Alay Banker
    Intravitreal Bevacizumab in ROP, 30 Months Follow Up Maria Martinez-Castellanos
03:50   My Way in NAION Moderated by Mario Facino & Barbara Parolini
    Transvitreal Optic Neurotomy for Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; A Randomized Clinical Trial Masoud Soheilian
    Combined Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Acetonide for Treatment of Acute Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Alireza Ramezani
04:10   My Way in Tumor Moderated by Mario Facino & Barbara Parolini
    Biopsy Technique for Cytogenetic Phenoptyping of Posterior Choroidal Melanoma Javier Elizalde
    Technique of Transscleral Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Tara Young
04:30   My Way in Uveitis Moderated by Mario Facino & Barbara Parolini
    Uveitis - An Indication for Vitrectomy? Ferenc Kuhn
    Suturless Combined 25G Vitrectomy, Phacoemulsification, Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation for Management of Uveitic Cataract Associated with Posterior Segment Pathology Masoud Soheilian
04:50 End of Congress
 
POSTERS
Imaging Closure of Traumatic Macular Hole with Pneumatic Retinopexy by Optic Coherence Tomography Yaman Pinarci Eylem
Pneumatic Dispacement in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Valsalva Retinopathy in a Case with Premacular Hemorrhage Yaman Pinarci Eylem
Pneumatic Displacement of Acute Submacular Hemorrhage with and without the Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Mehmet Cakir
Photodynamic Therapy for Iatrogenic Choroidal Neovascularization Associated with Laser Photocoagulation in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Mehmet Cakir
Retina Pigment Epithelial Tear Following Bevacizumab for Exudative ARMD: an OCT Follow-Up Osman Cekic
The Triple Therapy with PDT, Intravitreal Bevacizumab & Triamcinolone Injection for CNV due to AMD Osman Cekic
Advantages of Optical Coherence Tomography and Fluorescein Angiography in Early Diagnosis of Mild Diabetic Macular Edema Lala Ceklic
Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in Diagnostics of Fibrovascular Ingrowth at Sclerotomy Sites after Primary Vitrectomy in Diabetic Patients Sergey Nosov
An Effective Surgical Technique for Management of Myopic Retinoschisis Boon-Kwang Loh
New Molecules Involved in Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy – Biochemical Analysis of Human Vitreous Libuse Kotilova - First Best Poster Award
Intravitreal Avastin and 25 Gauge Vvitrectomy in Treating Active Fform of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Ural Altynbaev
Vitrectomy and Removal of the ILM in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema Jan Kalvoda
Multifocal Electroretinogram, Antioxidant Drugs and Dry AMD Isaac Alarcon Valero
Resolution of Severe Macular Edema in Coat’s Disease with Intravitreal Bevacizumab Alireza Ramezani
Half-Fluence Photodynamic Therapy Combined with Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Choroidal Neovascularization Alay Banker
Intravitreal Ranibizumab Treatment for Macular Diseases in Hong Kong: A Ttertiary Eye Centre Experience David Liu
My Way to Treat Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema at the same Time in Young Patients: Triple Therapy Begona Pina
Removal of Foreign Body with 23 Gauge: Case Report Isabella Turco
Removal of Silicone Oil with a 23-25 Gauge Sutureless System Giuseppe Schiena
A New Electronic System for Postoperative Monitoring of Patient's Head Position Igor Vicha
New Therapeutic Approaches for Retinal Telangiectasia Rosario Diez Villalba
Bilateral Cystoid Macular Edema - Clindamycin the Best Choice Veronika Polanska
The 25 Gauge Vitrectomy in the Malignant Glaucoma Prevention and Ttreatment Raffaello Di Lauro
Intravitreal Bevacizumab Versus Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Diabetic Macular Edema with Severe Hard Exudates Salim Ben Yahia
Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) as Treatment for Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Ocular Toxoplasmosis Salim Ben Yahia
Late-Onset Endophthalmitis after Cataract Extraction: Differential Diagnosis Susana M. Ruiz Bilbao
New Way of Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography Three Dimensional Data Analysis Jakub Kaluzny
Using of 25 Gauge Instrumentarium in Anterior Segment Surgery Daniela Vyslouzilova
Anatomic and Visual Outcomes of Iintravitreal Bevacizumab Injection and 23 Gauge Sutureless Transconjunctival Vitrectomy for Diabetic Retinopathy Gungel Hulya
Bilateral Retinal Serous Detachment in HELLP Syndrome Susana M. Ruiz Bilbao
Combined Pars Plana Vitrectomy, Phacoemulsification and Intraocular Lens Implantation with Foreign Body Extraction Deniz Baylancicek Oygar
Bull's Eye Maculopathy: Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity or Macular Dystrophy? Xose M. Vazquez Dorrego
Study on Visual and Morphologic Evaluation of Epiretinal Membrane Using the Optical Coherence Ttomography Isil Basgil
Posterior Subtenon Triamcinolone Acetonid Injection Efficiency in Uveitis Treatment Zeliha Yazar
Vitreous Detection of Microfilaria in Loa Loa Infection Laura Broc Iturralde
Favourable Effect of Pars Plana Vitrectomy with Macugen and Lucentis Application as the Ttraetment of Only One Eye with Hemorrhagic Glaucoma Due to Central  Retinal Vein Occlusion Zora Dubska
32 Gauge Needles for Antiangiogenic Intravitreal Injections Enrico Bertelli
Memantine in Acute Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Mohammad Riazi Esfahani - Third Best Poster Award
Transscleral Laser Retinopexy after Drainage of Sub-Retinal Fluid with Modified Needle Technique During Scleral Buckling Surgery Eman Al Kahtani
Outcomes of Transconjunctival Sutureless 25-23 Gauge Vitrectomy with Silicone Oil Infusion Vito Primavera
Full Macular Translocation with 23 Gauge System: “Cau-Tano” Technique Cesare Forlini
Outcomes of 23 Gauge Vitrectomy in Complex Cases Zoran Tomic
Vitrectomy and Tumor Resection for Retinal Capillary Hemangioma with Retinal Detachment Liu Wu
Use of a New Type of Micronized Intravitreal Triamcinolone in Sutureless Vitrectomies Marco Dal Vecchio
The Role of Iimmune Mechanisms in Development of Complicated Forms of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Diana Chichur
Intravitreal Injection of Bevacizumab(Avastin®) as Adjuvant Premedication Before Cataract Surgery on Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy Hee Yoon Cho
Intravitreal Use of Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Choroidal Neovascularization Associated with ARMD: A Full Field ERG Study Masood Naseripour
Forecast of Visual Outcome of Intravitreal Kenalog Injection for Cystoid Macular Edema Caused by Retinal Vein Occlusion using OCT Igor Malov
A Novel Releasable Suture Technique for Prevention of Incompetent Wound Closure in Transconjunctival Vitrectomy Yumi Song
The Effect of Cataract Surgery Combined with Vitrectomy on Morphologic Features of Anterior Segments Jae Kyoun Ahn
Interest of an Intraocular Electromagnet in Removing Iron Foreign Bodies in the Posterior Segment Boris Rysanek
The Comparison of Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide vs. Avastin in Clinically Significant Macular Edema Masih Hashemi
The Effect of Mydriatics on Posterior Synechia After Combined Pars Plana Vitrectomy, Phacoemulsification, and Intraocular Lens Implantation Jung-Yeul Kim
Small Gauge Vitrectomy (23 G & 25 G) with Slit Lamp Technique Roberto Cian
46 Gauge Vitrectomy with Jumping (23 G) Infusion for a "Complete" Vitrectomy Roberto Cian

Our Experinece with Slit Lamp Illumination during Pars Plana Two Ports Vitrectomy: 357 Cases, F.U. 6 Months, Functional Results, Complications and Advantages Roberto Cian

PPV in Patients with Intraocular Foreign Body Anita Lyssek-Boron
Endoscopic Vitrectomy in Retinal Detachment in Eyes with Keratoprosthesis Anselm Jünemann - Second Best Poster Award
Management of retinal detachment after complicated cataract surgery with luxated IOL Robert Rejdak
Our Way in Treatment of Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation Petr Kolar