Programme

ESCRS iNovation® Day 2024 Programme Overview

Friday 6 September 2024 | 08:00 – 16:30 | Fira Barcelona Gran Via

Programme highlight (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 (10 min)
8:25

Session #1 Global Ophthalmic Trends: SCRS Leadership Panel (30 min)

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
  • Durval M. Carvalho Jr., BSCRS
  • Jacqueline Beltz, AUSCRS
8:55

Session #2 The Innovators Den: EyeCare Pioneers (45 min)

Showcasing new technologies developed by doctors for doctors.

Chair

  • Vance Thompson

Panel

  • Filomena Ribeiro
  • David Ford
  • William Link
9:40Session #3 Funding Innovation: Market and Financial Trends (35 min)

Latest market data with perspectives from the financial community.

Lecture on market trends

  • Kristen Ingenito

Chairs

  • Paul Rosen
  • Kristen Ingenito
10:15

Networking Coffee Break (20 min)
10:35Session #4 Digital Workflow: From Diagnostics to the Operating Room (55 min)

Streamlining data integration and decision making for optimised outcomes.

Chairs

  • Burkhard Dick
  • Bruce Allan

Panel

  • Roger Zaldivar
  • Cathleen McCabe
11:30

Session #5 Expanding the Refractive Patient Base with New Technologies (60 min)

Profiling the refractive surgery patient needs of today and tomorrow.

Chairs

  • José Güell
  • Thomas Kohnen

Panel

  • Artimis Matsou
12:30

Networking Lunch Break (20 min)
12:50Session #6 Managing Presbyopia: Keys to Sustainable Category Growth (60 min)

New tools and proven techniques to expand presbyopia correction.

Chairs

  • Joaquín Fernández
  • Beatrice Cochener

Panel

  • Arthur B. Cummings
13:50

Session #7 Myopia Epidemic: Addressing an Immediate Need (35 min)

Innovations to mitigate the rising prevalence of myopia.

Chair

  • Ken Nischal

Panel

  • Dominique Bremond-Gignac
  • Ramesh Kekunnaya
14:35

Networking Coffee Break (20 min)
14:45

Session #8 Interventional Glaucoma in the Cataract Practice (60 min)

Earlier management of glaucoma patients with the latest technology.

Chair

  • Ike Ahmed

Panel

  • Elena Arrondo
  • Henny Beckers
15:45

Session #9 Industry Leadership Panel: Visions for the Next 5 Years (45 min)

Future perspectives for anterior segment care in Europe.

Chairs

  • Filomena Ribeiro
  • Oliver Findl

Panel

  • Jeannette Bankes, Alcon
  • Tom Frinzi, J&J
  • Ramin Valian, Abbvie
  • Euan Thomson, Zeiss
  • Peter Menziuso, J&J
17:00

Programme Concludes