Programme

Session #1 Financial and Market Trends in Ophthalmology

Co-Chairs:

Paul Rosen

Kristen Ingenito

Panelists:

Bill Link

Eric Donnenfeld

Panelists TBA
Topics:

• MarketSope data trends
• Key market constraints

• • Consumer confidence
  • Doctor capacity
  • Reimbursement

• Review of recent investment and M&A activity

Session #2 The Innovators Den: EyeCare Pioneers

Moderator:

Vance Thompson

Judges:

Filomena Ribeiro

Diana Saraceni

Susana Marcos

Topics:

• Live pitches from doctor entrepreneurs
• Review by judges and winner announcement

Session #3 Global Ophthalmic Trends: SCRS Leadership Panel

Moderator:

Jim Mazzo

Panelists:

Stephen McLeod (AAO)

Ron Yeo (APACRS)

Francis Mah (ASCRS)

Nicole Eter (EURETINA)

Filomena Ribeiro (ESCRS)

Andrade Newton Jr. (BRASCRS)

Beatrice Cochener (EuCornea)

Luis Abegão Pinto (EGS)

Topics:

• Societies and Innovation
• Regional barriers
• Environmental sustainability
• Changing demographics
• Digital ophthalmology
• Disruptive innovations

Session #4 Digital Workflow: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Visualization

Co-Chairs:

Bruce Allan

Oliver Findl

Panelist:

Roger Zaldivar

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

Session #5 Keys to Expanding Refractive and Corneal Markets

Co-Chairs:

Pavel Stodulka

Thomas Kohnen

Panelists:

Beatrice Cochener

Damien Gatinel

More TBATopics:

• Consumer trends
• Addressing barriers to adoption
• Impact of new refractive technologies
• Patient education
• Addressing preop and postop dry eye

Session #6 Managing Presbyopia: Achieving Sustainable Category Growth

Co-Chairs:

Artemis Matsou

Rudy Nujits

Panelists:

Arthur Cummings

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

Session #7 Interventional Glaucoma in the Cataract Practice

Co-chairs:

Ike Ahmed

Ziad Khoueir

Panelists:

Miriam Kolko

Gus Gazzard

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

Session #8 The Role of Medical Retina for Cataract Surgeons

Co-Chairs:

Anat Loewenstein

Burkhard Dick

Panelists:

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

Filomena Ribeiro

Oliver Findl

Panelists TBA
Topics:

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