FLORetina 2019 Florence Retina Meeting
Scientific Program

Scientific Program

FLORetina 2019 – Florence Retina Meeting

Congress program

FLORetina 2019 ran over four days (June 6–9, 2019) at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence: medical and surgical sessions in the morning, industry lunch symposia, and plenary sessions of general interest in the afternoon, with live surgery connected from centers around the world, courses, free papers and hands-on labs.

Below is an overview of each day; download the final program in PDF for the complete schedule.

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Thursday June 6, 2019

Auditorium, Room Verde, Room Onice, Simulation Room, Room 101

Sessions and courses

  • Advanced Imaging by YORIS
  • Free Papers – Surgical 1
  • Free Papers – Medical 1
  • Focus on OCT-A by SIR
  • ESASO: Submacular Treatments
  • Live Surgery
  • Intraocular Toxicity Course
  • Myopia
  • Nurse Course
  • Diabetic Macular Edema
  • Trauma Course

Live surgery

Kuwait City
Al Sabti K., Chow D., El Rayes E., Maia A.
Memphis
Charles S.
Mexico City
Morales Canton V., Berrocal M.

Friday June 7, 2019

Auditorium, Room Verde, Room Onice, Rooms 4, 6 and 9, Simulation Room, Room 101

Sessions and courses

  • Live Surgery
  • Vascular Retinal Diseases
  • Inherited Retinal Diseases
  • Vision Academy
  • Low Vision
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Basic Research
  • 3D RetinaWS
  • Maculopathies: Pachychoroid
  • Pediatric Surgical Retina Advanced Course
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Wet AMD by ASRS
  • Future Perspectives in Ophthalmology
  • Pediatric Retina
  • Innovations
  • Is it time for the age of robots?

Live surgery

Florence
Coppola M., Boscia F., Mateo C., Mura M., Priglinger S., Pertile G., Tadayoni R., Parolini B., Mariotti C., Caporossi T.
Tel Aviv
Barak A.
Kuwait City
Kadonosono K., El Rayes E., Oshima Y.
Sulzbach
Szurman P.

Industry symposia

Omikron
Diabetic retinopathy: evidences of topical treatment with neuroprotective agents in eye drops
Bayer
Aflibercept in macular diseases: shape the difference
Offhealth
Macular edema: the role of inflammation
Heidelberg Engineering / Vedi Vision / Fimas
What's new in retinal imaging
Alcon
Advanced solution to enhance the vitreoretinal procedure
Novartis
It's RIVAL time
Nidek
New frontiers in retinal imaging: OCT angiography and multimodal integrated evaluation
Bausch + Lomb
Micronutrients and benefits of supplementation for reducing the risk of retinopathies progression
Geuder
Sharing experiences in the application of innovative vitreoretinal liquids

Saturday June 8, 2019

Auditorium, Room Verde, Room Onice, Rooms 4, 6 and 9, Simulation Room, Room 101

Sessions and courses

  • Live Surgery
  • AMD: New Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies
  • Retinal Detachment Advanced Course
  • Endophthalmitis
  • Tumors
  • Free Papers – Surgical 2
  • How Do I Do It: 3D Video Panel
  • Uveitis
  • Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
  • AIORAO Course: Instrumental Semeiotics for Retinal Disease
  • Macular Hole
  • Future Perspectives in Ophthalmology
  • Dry AMD by EURETINA
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Imaging

Live surgery

Florence
Patelli F., Bali E., García-Arumí J., Caretti L., Eckardt C., Claes C., Lanzetta P., Tognetto D., Rizzo S.
Athens
Sabrosa N.A., Nagpal M., Gotzaridis S., Vakalis T., Georgalas I.
Lugano
Pournaras J.A., Jüneman A.

Industry symposia

Novartis
Fluid control in wet AMD
SIFI
DME patients real life experience with fluocinolone acetonide from both sides of the Atlantic
Miloftalmica
Adaptive optics
Allergan
Treating DME: recommendations from the experts
Zeiss
Innovation in retinal diagnosis
Bausch + Lomb
Transforming retinal surgery through pioneering technology
Alfa Intes
Innovation in vitreoretinal surgery: a new molecule of blue
Oxurion
Update on ocriplasmin real world evidence in Italy
Second Sight
The standard of care for retinitis pigmentosa: the epi-retinal prosthesis system

Sunday June 9, 2019

Auditorium, Room Verde, Room Onice, Room 101

Sessions and courses

  • Free Papers – Surgical 3
  • Free Papers – Medical 2
  • Advanced Surgical Course: Vitreoretinal Technologies
  • Advanced Surgical Course: Macular Surgery by GIVRE
  • Extreme Surgery Course

Hands-on labs ran throughout the congress: Wet Lab DORC, Wet Lab Hoya, Dry Lab Oftalmedica.