SESSION 4 | 17:25 – 18:22
Innovations in Retinal Surgery
Moderators: Alistair Laidlaw/ Grazia Pertile
17:25
Paul Hallen: Alcon — Innovation lights the path to sight: A surgical anthropologist’s journey
17:33
Pierre Billardon: DORC — Driving surgeon-led innovation at the heart of a global device business
17:41
Helge Menz: Pharmpur GMBH — Innovation as a key element in addressing climate change, using the PFAS-ban debate as an example
17:49 – 18:22: Panel Discussion (3×11 minutes)
Discussion topics:
- Surgical tool innovation
- Intraoperative imaging
- Device regulation/toxicity challenges/developments
Pierre Billardon: DORC
Mikhail Boukhny: BVI
Paul Hallen: Alcon
Yehia Hashad: B+L
Stephanie Magazzeni: Zeiss
Helge Menz: Pharmpur GmbH
Jose Carlos Pastor: University of Valladolid, Spain
Mario R Romano: Humanitas University, Milan
Ron Schneider: Beyeonics
Christoph Spuhler: Acusurgical
