Programme

ESCRS iNovation® Day 2024 Programme Overview

Friday 6 September 2024 | 8:00 – 16:30 | Fira Barcelona Gran Via

Programme highlights (subject to change)

  • 9 exciting sessions with expert panel discussions
  • Presentations from ~20 emerging companies
  • Live pitches from The Innovators Den finalists
  • Networking breakfast, lunch and several coffee breaks
  • Guest speaker lectures on market trends, clinical needs and more
  • Prevailing trends survey of pre-registered attendees
  • Live audience voting and commentary

Programme (subject to change)

HourProgramme
7:45Networking Breakfast and Registration
8:15Welcome and Overview

Speakers:
  • Filomena Ribeiro
  • Brad Fundingsland
8:25

Session #1 Global Ophthalmic Trends: SCRS Leadership Panel

Views of the world's SCRS leadership on trends in the field.

Chair:
  • Jim Mazzo
Panel:
  • Filomena Ribeiro, ESCRS
  • Ronald Yeoh, APACRS
  • Stephen McLeod, AAO
  • Vance Thompson, ASCRS
  • Durval M. Carvalho Jr., BRASCRS
  • Jacqueline Beltz, AUSCRS

Topics:

  • Key unmet needs in global ophthalmology
  • Greatest barriers facing cataract and refractive surgeons
  • Hottest technology trends in different regions
  • Pathway to increase global collaboration
8:55

Session #2 The Innovators Den: EyeCare Pioneers

Showcasing new technologies developed by doctors for doctors.

Chair:

  • Vance Thompson

Judges:

  • Filomena Ribeiro
  • David Ford
  • William Link

Agenda:

  • 3 live pitches from doctor innovators
  • Progress updates from last year’s winners
  • Video showcasing selection of runner ups
  • Award ceremony with announcement of winner
9:40Session #3 Funding Innovation: Market and Financial Trends

Latest market data with perspectives from the financial community.

Lecture on Market Trends:

  • Kristen Ingenito

Chairs:

  • Paul Rosen
  • Kristen Ingenito
Panel: 
  • More details TBA
10:15

Networking Coffee Break (20 min)
10:35Session #4 Digital Workflow: From Diagnostics to the Operating Room

Streamlining data integration and decision making for optimised outcomes.

Chairs:

  • Burkhard Dick
  • Bruce Allan

Panel:

  • Roger Zaldivar
  • Cathleen McCabe
  • More Panelists TBA

Topics:

  • Perceived barriers of cost and accessibility
  • AI in diagnostic decision making for the digital OR
  • Surgical simulation and its impact on access to training

Emerging Company Presentations:

  • More details TBA - click here to apply to present in this session
11:30

Session #5 Expanding the Refractive Patient Base with New Technologies

Profiling the refractive surgery patient needs of today and tomorrow.

Chairs:

  • José Güell
  • Thomas Kohnen

Panel:

  • Artemis Matsou
  • More Panelists TBA

Topics:

  • Patient perceived myths and misunderstandings
  • Barriers to growing the refractive surgery market
  • Analysing the past to understand future growth

Emerging Company Presentations:

  • More details TBA - click here to apply to present in this session
12:30

Networking Lunch Break (20 min)
12:50Session #6 Managing Presbyopia: Keys to Sustainable Category Growth

New tools and proven techniques to expand presbyopia correction.

Chairs:

  • Joaquín Fernández
  • Beatrice Cochener

Panel:

  • Arthur B. Cummings
  • Basak Bostanci
  • More Panelists TBA

Topics:

  • Classification guidelines for presbyopia IOL categories
  • Expanding reimbursement of presbyopia correcting lenses
  • Today’s relevance of dysphotopsia in presbyopia correction

Emerging Company Presentations:

  • More details TBA - click here to apply to present in this session
13:50

Session #7 Myopia Epidemic: Addressing an Immediate Need

Innovations to mitigate the rising prevalence of myopia.

Chairs:

  • Ken Nischal

Panel:

  • Dominique Bremond-Gignac
  • Ramesh Kekunnaya
  • More Panelists TBA

Topics:

  • Latest technologies and pharmaceuticals to slow myopia progression
  • Management of dramatically increasing number of myopic patients

Lecture on WSPOS Myopia Guidelines:

  • Ken Nischal
14:25

Networking Coffee Break (20 min)
14:45

Session #8 Interventional Glaucoma in the Cataract Practice

Earlier management of glaucoma patients with the latest technology.

Lecture on Glaucoma Market:

  • Ike Ahmed

Chairs:

  • Ike Ahmed
  • Ziad Khoueir

Panel:

  • Elena Arrondo
  • Henny Beckers
  • More Panelists TBA

Topics:

  • Expanding reimbursement of MIGS in Europe
  • Identifying the providers of MIGS
  • Extended-release devices in glaucoma management

Emerging Company Presentations:

  • More details TBA - click here to apply to present in this session
15:45

Session #9 Industry Leadership Panel: Visions for the Next 5 Years

Future perspectives for anterior segment care in Europe.

Chairs:

  • Filomena Ribeiro
  • Oliver Findl

Panel:

  • Jeannette Bankes, Alcon
  • Ramin Valian, Abbvie
  • Peter Menziuso, J&J
  • Tom Frinzi, Staar Surgical
  • Euan Thomson, Zeiss
  • More Panelists TBA

Topics:

  • Top concerns regarding innovation and development
  • The future of the industry for the next 5-10 years
  • Key pipeline developments
16:25

Programme Concludes