Contributors – Euretina

EIS Organising Committee

Prof. Nicole Eter
PRESIDENT

EURETINA

Prof. Jens Folke Kiilgaard
President Elect

EURETINA

Dr. Kourous Rezaei
Co-opted Board Member

EURETINA

PROF. Martin Zinkernagel
General Secretary

EURETINA

Prof. Anat Loewenstein
Past President

EURETINA

DARA CONLON
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

EURETINA

Prof. Anat Loewenstein
President

EURETINA

Dr. Kourous Rezaei
Co-opted Board Member

EURETINA

PROF. Martin Zinkernagel
General Secretary

EURETINA

Prof. Nicole Eter
PRESIDENT ELECT

EURETINA

Mr. Alistair Laidlaw
Past President

EURETINA

DARA CONLON
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

EURETINA

Contributors

Euretina is delighted to announce the following speakers and panellists confirmed to participate in the Euretina Innovation Spotlight (EIS) 2026:

Reza Abedian
Head of Business Development & Customer Solutions

SENSILE MEDICAL AG/GERRESHEIMER

David Almeida
Founder

CASExAI PRECISION MEDICINE LLC

Francesco Bandello
MD

VITA-SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY

Dominik Beck
Head of Business Sector Surgery Posterior Segment

ZEISS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

James Blaha
CEO and founder

VIVID VISION

Francesco Boscia
MD

UNIVERSITY OF BARI ALDO MORO AND POLICLINICO DI BARI

Paul Bresge
CEO

RAY THERAPEUTICS

Orestis Briasoulis
MD, Sr. VP of Medical Affairs

OCULIS

Patrick Bussfeld
Head of Medical Affairs Pipeline Eye Health

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM

Daniel Chao
Vice President and Head of Clinical Development

SURROZEN

Usha Chakravarthy
MD, PhD

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

Rodolphe Clerval
CEO

COAVE THERAPEUTICS

Laura Distefano-Dominguez

RETINAROUTE MEDICAL

Brad Doerschuk
President and CEO

INFOCUS CLINICAL RESEARCH

Kenji Fujita
CMO

ATSENA THERAPEUTICS

Andrea Giani
Chief Medical Officer

MGSHELL SRL

Ulrich Granzer

Ulrich Granzer
CEO

GRANZER REGULATORY CONSULTING & SERVICES

Ms. Anta Gkelou

Anta Gkelou
PhD

SOFINNOVA PARTNERS

Mahmut Gökkan
Founder

AI4VISION HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES INC

Abhi Gupta
Executive Vice President, Commercial & Business Development

OCUGEN INC

Erin C. Henry
PhD, AVP Ophthalmology, Global Medical & Scientific Affairs

MSD EYE BIO

Nancy M. Holekamp
MD, Principal Global Medical Science Leader PDMA Ophthalmology

ROCHE

Frank G. Holz
MD

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN

Horia Ijacu
Head of International Eyecare & Specialty

ABBVIE

Daniel Jones
PhD, Head of Global Medical Affairs, SYFOVRE and EMPAVELI

BIOGEN

Peter K. Kaiser
MD, Chief Development Officer

OCULAR THERAPEUTIX

Semin Kim
Assistant Manager Global Business

SANGMYUNG INNOVATION

Arshad Khanani
MD, MA

SIERRA EYE ASSOCIATES

David Kirn
MD, Chief Executive Officer

4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS

Caroline C. W. Klaver
MD, PhD

RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Laura Kovanda
PhD, VP, Team Lead, Asset Lead, BioPharma and Ophthalmology Development

ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.

Ash Kras
CEO and Co-founder

SANRO HEALTH

Alistair Laidlaw
co-founder

COMPLOG CLINICAL VISION MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS LTD

Paolo Lanzetta
MD

UNIVERSITY OF UDINE

Sergio Leal
MD, Vice President Ophthalmology Development Lead

BAYER

Bart P. Leroy
MD, PhD

GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Luis Lesmes
CEO

ADAPTIVE SENSORY TECHNOLOGY

Amber Lewis
Director II, Clinical Development

ABBVIE

Robert MacLaren
MB, ChB

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AND OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL

Stéphanie Magazzeni
Chief Scientific Officer

HEIDELBERG ENGINEERING

Virginia Mares
MD, PHD

RETINSIGHT

Carl-Joe Mehanna
Co-founder

ARTBRAINS SAS

Andreas Mitsios
Founder EyeLinked

ALCMAEON VISION SINGLE MEMBER P.C.

Jordi Monés
MD, PhD

INSTITUT DE LA MÀCULA

Jane Moseley
Senior Scientific Officer

EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY

Tomas Navratil
PhD, Chief Development Officer

GLAUKOS CORPORATION

Babak Nemati
PhD

STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE, INC.

Tunde Peto
MD, PhD

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY BELFAST

Elisa Petris
PhD

SYNCONA

Roberto Pineda
Director, Surgical Product/Brand Marketing

ALCON

Nikolas Pontikos

EYE2GENE

Carlos Quezada-Ruiz
MD, FASRS, Chief Medical Officer

ALKEUS

Kamilla Rolsted
CEO and Co-founder

EYGO BIO

Hendrik P.N. Scholl
CMO

BELITE BIO

Star Seyedkazemi
PharmD, Vice President of Development, Lilly Genetics Medicines Chief Development Officer, and Site Head

ADVERUM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Matthew Simunovic

RETINAL REPAIR INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD

Sobha Sivaprasad
DM

MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Alfred Stett
CEO

OKUVISION GMBH

Daniel Ting
MD

THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Jan Tode
Provider

OD-OS MACUTHERM

Adnan Tufail
MBBS, MD

MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Patricia Udaondo Mirete
MD, PhD

UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

Matt Van de Ven
CEO

MACUMIRA MEDICAL DEVICES INC.

John VeLure
CEO

I-LUMEN SCIENTIFIC, INC.

Ben Yerxa
PhD, President and Co-Founder

OPUS GENETICS

Philipp Zeitschel
CEO

SUPER CODE DOCTORS GMBH

Roger Zhang
PhD

TCGX ASIA

Sandrine Zweifel
MD

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH