Programme

ESCRS iNovation® Day 2025 Programme

Friday 12 September 2025 | Bella Center Copenhagen

Programme highlights (subject to change)

  •  9 exciting sessions with expert panel discussions with 60+ minutes of networking
  • Presentations from ~12 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

07:45 – 08:15 Networking breakfast & registration
08:15 Welcome and Overview
08:25 – 08:57

Session #1 Financial and Market Trends

Co-Chairs:

Paul Rosen
Paul Rosen
Kristen Ingenito
Kristen Ingenito

Panelists TBA
Topics:

  • MarketSope data trends
  • Key market constraints
    • Consumer confidence
    • Doctor capacity
    • Reimbursement
  • Review of recent investment and M&A activity
08:57 – 09:42

Session #2 The Innovators Den: EyeCare Pioneers

Moderator:

Vance Thompson
Vance Thompson

Judges:

Filomena Ribeiro
Filomena Ribeiro
Diana Saraceni
Diana Saraceni
Susana Marcos
Susana Marcos

Topics:

  • Live pitches from doctor entrepreneurs
  • Review by judges and winner announcement
9:42 – 10:14

Session #3 Global Ophthalmic Trends: SCRS Leadership Panel

Moderator:

Jim Mazzo
Jim Mazzo

Panelists:

Stephen McLeod (AAO)
Stephen McLeod (AAO)
Ron Yeo (APACRS)
Ron Yeo (APACRS)
Francis Mah (ASCRS)
Francis Mah (ASCRS)
Nicole Eter (EURETINA)
Nicole Eter (EURETINA)
Filomena Ribeiro (ESCRS)
Filomena Ribeiro (ESCRS)

More TBA
Topics:

  • Societies and Innovation
  • Regional barriers
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Changing demographics
  • Digital ophthalmology
  • Disruptive innovations
10:14 – 10:34 Coffee Break
10:34 – 11:26

Session #4 Digital Workflow: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Co-Chairs:

Bruce Allan
Bruce Allan
Filomena Ribeiro
Filomena Ribeiro

Panelist:

Roger Zaldivar
Roger Zaldivar
Julie Schallhorn
Julie Schallhorn

More TBA
Topics:

  • Real outcomes improvements
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Robotics in ophthalmic surgery
  • Addressing issues in AI use
  • Ethical concerns and regulation
  • Data privacy issues
11:26 – 12:18

Session #5 Keys to Expanding Refractive and Corneal Markets

Co-Chairs:

Pavel Stodulka
Pavel Stodulka
Thomas Kohnen
Thomas Kohnen


Panelists:

Beatrice Cochener
Beatrice Cochener
Damien Gatinel
Damien Gatinel

More TBATopics:

  • Consumer trends
  • Addressing barriers to adoption
  • Impact of new refractive technologies
  • Patient education
  • Addressing preop and postop dry eye
12:18 – 12:38 Lunch Break
12:38 – 13:25

Session #6 Managing Presbyopia: Achieving Sustainable Category Growth

Co-Chairs:

Artemis Matsou
Artemis Matsou

Panelists:

Arthur Cummings
Arthur Cummings
Ramin Khoramnia
Ramin Khoramnia

More TBA
Topics:

  • Reviewing the ESCRS IOL classification consensus
  • Keys to increasing presbyopia IOL conversions
  • Refractive lens exchange
  • Matching patient needs with patient centric innovations
13:25 – 14:17

Session #7 Interventional Glaucoma in the Cataract Practice

Co-chairs:

Ike Ahmed
Ike Ahmed
Ziad Khoueir
Ziad Khoueir

More TBA
Topics:

  • MIGS adoption
  • Developing an algorithm with rapidly increasing options
  • Combined surgery vs standalone
  • Real world vs clinical trial data
  • Impact of sustained release and DSLT
  • MIGS reimbursement
14:17 – 14:37 Coffee Break
14:37 – 15:09

Session #8 The Role of Medical Retina for Cataract Surgeons

Co-Chairs:

Anat Loewenstein
Anat Loewenstein
Burkhard Dick
Burkhard Dick

Panelists:

Nicole Eter
Nicole Eter

More TBA
Topics:

  • Roles of retina specialist and non-retina specialists in medical retina
  • AI-driven diagnostic tools: Integration of AI for early diagnosis and predictive analytics
    • Screening for retinal pathologies in IOL patients
15:14 – 15:46

Session #9 Executive Leadership Perspectives: Visions for the Next 5 Years
Co-Chairs:

Filomena Ribeiro
Filomena Ribeiro
Oliver Findl
Oliver Findl

Panelists TBA
Topics:

  • Key concerns
  • Investment plan
  • Innovation strategies
  • European regulations
  • Successful launches

IMPORTANT DATES

The Innovators Den: EyeCare Pioneers
Application Submission Deadline
30 May 2025, 23:59 CEST
Video Submissions Deadline
25 July 2025, 23:59 CEST
Final Presentations Due
29 August 2025, 23:59 CEST
Emerging Company Showcase
Application Submission Deadline
30 May 2025, 23:59 CEST
Selections Announced
July 2025
Final Presentations Due
1 August 2025, 23:59 CEST

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