Programme Overview
Thursday 1 October
10:45 - 11:45
Euretina Session – VR 1: Eye Openers: High-stakes Surgical Cases
Chairpersons:
N. Eter (Germany) & P. Stanga (UK)
12:00 - 13:00
Euretina Session – Neovascular Macular Degeneration
Chairpersons:
F. Bandello (Italy) & A. Loewenstein (Israel)
15:00 - 16:00
Euretina Session – Diabetic Retinopathy & DME
Chairpersons:
T. Ach (Germany) & D.Zur (Israel)
Friday 2 October
08:30 - 09:30
Euretina Session – Tumours
Chairpersons:
J. Kiilgaard (Denmark) & H. Heimann (UK)
11:00 - 12:00
Euretina Session – Vitreoretinal Surgery
Chairpersons:
P. Udaondo (Spain) & M. Romano (Italy)
12:15- 13:15
Euretina Session – Results of Clinical Trials & Late Breaking News Session
Chairpersons:
M. Zinkernagel (Switzerland) & A. Khanani (USA)
16:30 - 17:30
Euretina Session – IRD & Paediatrics
Chairpersons:
B. LeRoy (Belgium) & I. Audo (France)
Saturday 3 October
09:00 - 10:00
Euretina Session – Myopia
Chairpersons:
K. Ohno-Matsui (Japan) & J. M. Ruiz-Moreno (Spain)
11:30 - 12:30
Euretina Session – Non Neovascular Macular Degeneration
Chairpersons:
F. G. Holz (Germany) & S. Zweifel (Switzerland)
14:15 - 15:15
Euretina Session – Retinal Vasculitis Unmasked: Integrating Multimodal Imaging, Systemic Evaluation and Biologic Therapies
Chairpersons:
B. Bodaghi (France) & C. Pavesio (UK)
15:30 - 16:30
Euretina Session – Artificial Intelligence
Chairpersons:
P. Keane (UK) & M. Zinkernagel (Switzerland)
16:45 - 17:45
Euretina Session – Robotics
Chairpersons:
N. Eter (Germany) & P. Stalmans (Belgium)
Sunday 4 October
09:00 - 10:00
Euretina Session – Diabetic Retinopathy and Vascular Diseases
Chairpersons:
E. Midena (Italy) & R. Schlingemann (The Netherlands)
10:15 - 11:15
Euretina Session – VR Battle
Chairpersons:
K. Rezaei (USA) & N. Eter (Germany)
11:30 - 12:30
Euretina Session – The Global Hot Topics on Imaging the Retina
Chairpersons:
S. Vujosevic (Italy) & T. Peto (UK)
12:45 - 13:45
Euretina Session – Congress Highlights
Chairpersons:
N. Eter (Germany), J. Kiilgaard (Denmark), A. Loewenstein (Israel) & M. Zinkernagel (Switzerland)
Thursday 1 October
08:30 - 10:35
Posterior Uveitis: An Extended Infectious and Non-Infectious Spectrum
Chairpersons:
C. E. Pavesio (UK) & C. P. Herbort Jr (Switzerland)
09:45 - 13:15
The Role of Multimodal Imaging in Retinal Diseases
Chairpersons:
G. Staurenghi (Italy) & M. Cozzi (Switzerland)
13:15 - 17:30
142nd Retinal Detachment Course with Video Session & Quiz
Chairpersons:
I. Kreissig (Germany) & T. Boeker (Germany)
Thursday 1 October
16:15 - 17:20
Euretina Lecture – The Dark Side of the Moon: New Horizons in Dry AMD
Speaker:
F. Holz (Germany)
Friday 2 October
11:00 - 11:30
Kreissig Lecture – Optimising Tamponades to Repair Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
Speaker:
D. Steel (UK)
11:30 - 12:00
Gisbert Richard Lecture – Understanding Diabetic Tractional Retinal Detachment and Generating Evidence to Improve Patient's Care
Speaker:
N. Lois (UK)
Saturday 3 October
16:00 - 16:30
Ophthalmologica Lecture – Evidence-Based Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Speaker:
E.V. Dijk (The Netherlands)
Saturday 3 October
10:15 - 11:15
Young Retina Specialists (YOURS) Session – Coffee, Cookies and Mystery Cases
Chairpersons:
P. Kiraly (UK) & R. Anjos (Portugal)
11:30 - 12:30
Young Retina Specialists (YOURS) Session – Science Slam
Chairpersons:
R. D'Aloisio (Italy) & D. Jaggi (Switzerland)
14:15- 15:15
Young Retina Specialists (YOURS) Session – Rising Stars
Chairpersons:
O. Klefter (Denmark) & K. Pfau (Germany)
16:00 - 16:30
Young Retina Specialists (YOURS) Session – Ophthalmologica Lecture
Chairpersons:
O. Klefter (Denmark), R. D'Aloisio (Italy), K. Pfau (Germany), D. Jaggi (Switzerland), P. Kiraly (UK) & R. Anjos (Portugal)
Friday 2 October
09:00 - 11:00
Wet Lab 1 – Basic Vitrectomy
Chairpersons:
K. Krepler (Austria), N. Vandermeulebroecke (Germany) & U. Stolba (Austria)
13:00 - 16:00
Wet Lab 2 – Complicated Cataract Surgery and Dropped Lens
Chairpersons:
K. Krepler (Austria), N. Vandermeulebroecke (Germany) & U. Stolba (Austria)
Saturday 3 October
09:00 - 11:00
Wet Lab 3 – Basic Vitrectomy
Chairpersons:
K. Krepler (Austria), N. Vandermeulebroecke (Germany) & U. Stolba (Austria)
13:00 - 16:00
Wet Lab 4 – Intraocular Tamponades
Chairpersons:
K. Krepler (Austria), N. Vandermeulebroecke (Germany) & U. Stolba (Austria)
Thursday 1 October
10:45 - 11:45
World Retina Session – Ukrainian Society - Modern Surgical Approaches in War-Related Ocular Trauma: From Retina Preservation to Orbital Reconstruction Society of Ophthalmologists of Ukraine
Chairpersons:
I. Kolomiets (Ukraine) & N. Ulianova (Ukraine)
10:45 - 11:15
World Retina Session – EAO - Present and Future of DR Screening worldwide European Academy of Ophthalmology
Chairpersons:
F. Bandello (Italy) & A. Grzybowski (Poland)
11:15 - 11:45
World Retina Session – DOG & SFO - Lamellar and Persistent Macular Holes – Evolving Strategies and Surgical Decision-Making A Joint Symposium of the German Ophthalmological Society and the French Society of Ophthalmology
Chairpersons:
C. Arndt (France) & L. Hattenbach (Germany)
12:00 - 12:30
World Retina Session – Turkish Association - Layer by Layer: Uncovering New OCT Signs in Retinal Disorders
Chairperson:
S. Dundar (Türkiye)
12:30 - 13:00
World Retina Session – DAOG - Retinal Hemorrhages — From Clinical Insights to Emerging Technologies German-Arab Society of Ophthalmology
Chairpersons:
A. Abdin (Germany) & S. El Mourad (Germany)
15:00 - 15:30
World Retina Session – EVER - Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR): global insight and update 2026 European Vision & Eye Research Association
Chairpersons:
M. Gawęcki (Poland) & A. Grzybowski (Poland)
15:30 - 16:00
World Retina Session – SERV - Long-acting therapies for neovascular age-related macular degeneration Sociedad Española de Retina y Vítreo
Chairpersons:
L. Arias Barquet (Spain) & A. Garcia Layana (Spain)
Friday 2 October
08:30 - 09:00
World Retina Session – MSO - Myopia in Malaysia: Experience and Management of the VitreoRetina Complications Malaysian Society of Ophthalmology
Chairpersons:
M. Mustapha (Malaysia) & M. Shunmugam (Malaysia)
09:00 - 09:30
World Retina Session – AAO & SOE - Ethnic, Socioeconomic & Cultural Determinants of Diabetic Eye Care: U.S. & European Insights, AAO & SOE Joint Initiative American Academy of Ophthalmology & European Society of Ophthalmology Leadership Programs
Chairpersons:
K. Harris Nwanyanwu & S. Touhami (France)
11:00 - 11:30
World Retina Session – Ecuadorian VR society - Other indications of ANTI-VEGF injections: atypical neovascular membranes
Chairpersons:
V. Chacon (Ecuador) & G. Gabela (Ecuador)
11:30 - 12:00
World Retina Session – IAPB - Diabetic Eye Conditions - The Cost of Delay: Scaling Diabetic Eye Screening into National Systems The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Chairpersons:
T. Peto (UK) & S. Resnikoff (Switzerland)
12:15 - 12:45
World Retina Session – Mexican Retina Association - From Premature Newborns to Adolescents – Techniques, Timing and Long-Term Outcomes
Chairpersons:
V. Peredo (Mexico) & P. J. Rodriguez-Valdes (Mexico)
12:45 - 13:15
World Retina Session – Korean Society - Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: Current Concepts and Treatments Up-to-date The Korean Retina Society (KRS)
Chairpersons:
W. Lee (South Korea) & K. Park (South Korea)
15:15 - 15:45
World Retina Session – VRSI - Amazing Surgical tips from the VitreoRetina Society of India Vitreo Retinal Society of India
Chairpersons:
V. Gupta (India) & S. Natarajan (India)
15:45 - 16:15
World Retina Session – EAsDEC - Let's take a fresh look at diabetic eye disease research European Association for Diabetic Eye Complications
Chairpersons:
T. Peto (UK) & S. Vujosevic (Italy)
16:30 - 17:00
World Retina Session – ANZSRS - Understanding what you see on imaging - the future of clinico-pathological correlation in retinal disease Australian and NZ Society of Retinal Specialists
Chairpersons:
S. Cherepanoff (Australia) & F. March de Ribot (Spain)
17:00 - 17:30
World Retina Session – RWC -Retina World Congress Session
Chairpersons:
B. Kuppermann (USA) & K. Rezaei (USA)
Saturday 3 October
09:00 - 09:30
World Retina Session – Vit-Buckle Society Challenging Retinal Surgical Videos Symposium
Chairpersons:
I. Iannetta (Italy) & A. Rachitskaya (USA)
09:30 - 10:00
World Retina Session – International Retina Panel New Diabetes Treatments and Retinal Complications: What Retina Specialists Need to Know in 2026
Chairpersons:
R. Singh (USA) & D. Zur (Israel)
11:30 - 12:00
World Retina Session – TRS - Challenges in Managing Retinopathy and Maculopathy in Highly Myopic Patients Taiwan Retina Society
Chairpersons:
J. Chen (Taiwan) & S. Sheu (Taiwan)
11:30 - 12:30
World Retina Session – APVRS - International Consensus on Important Retinal Diseases from APVRS and other Internaitonal Ophthalmic InstitutesAsia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society
Chairpersons:
A. Chang (Australia) & P. Ruamviboonsuk (Thailand)
12:00 - 12:30
World Retina Session – Retina Society of Singapore - Pearls in the management of complications of pathological myopia: Insights from the myopia capital Singapore
Chairpersons:
G. Cheung (Singapore) & A. Koh (Singapore)
14:15 - 14:45
World Retina Session – Cabo Surgical Retina -Contemporary Challenges in Vitreoretinal Surgery. Techniques, Complex Pathologies and Technological Solutions
Chairpersons:
R. Bueno García, F. Lechuga Ortiz (Mexico) & V. Romero Morales (Mexico)
14:45 - 15:15
World Retina Session – EGVRS - Diabetic Retinopathy: Diagnostic and Surgical challenges! Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society
Chairpersons:
H. Hamza (Egypt) & M. Moussa (Egypt)
15:30 - 16:30
World Retina Session – ASRS - The Best of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)
Chairpersons:
K. Rezaei (USA) & A. Rachitskaya (USA)
15:30 - 16:00
World Retina Session – Africa Retina Society - Challenging Complications in Vitreoretinal Surgery: Tales from the Crypt
Chairpersons:
A. Kothari (India), O. Okonkwo (Nigeria) & A. Seneadza
16:00 - 16:30
World Retina Session – JRVS - Bridging East and West: Global Perspectives on Age-Related Macular Degeneration and the Pachychoroid Diseases Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society
Chairpersons:
Y. Morizane (Japan) & A. Tsujikawa (Japan)
16:45 - 17:15
World Retina Session – CRS - Challenges in the management of retinal detachment Canadian Retina Society
Chairpersons:
B. Hurley (Canada) & W. Lam (Canada)
16:45 - 17:45
World Retina Session – FLORetina - AI and VR: Precision, Insight, and the Future of the Operating Room
Chairpersons:
E. Crincoli (Italy) & S. Rizzo (Italy)
Sunday 4 October
09:00 - 09:30
World Retina Session – Club Jules Gonin Novel trends in vitreoretinal and macular surgery, how to improve our visual acuity results
Chairpersons:
J. García-Arumí (Spain) & T. Wolfensberger (Switzerland)
09:30 - 10:00
World Retina Session – SFO - ROP in the Digital Era: The New Frontier of Screening and Care Société Française d'Ophtalmologie
Chairpersons:
G. Caputo (France) & T. Chapron (France)
10:15 - 10:45
World Retina Session – Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP): mastering medical, surgical and long-term care
Chairpersons:
D. Lepore (Italy) & K. Xue (UK)
10:45 - 11:15
World Retina Session – S.I.R - Artificial intelligence in diabetic retinopathy: from screening to clinical practice Società Italiana della Retina (Italian Retina Society)
Chairpersons:
E. Midena (Italy) & M. Parravano (Italy)
11:30 - 12:05
World Retina Session – BEAVRS - The impact of BEAVRS and its role as a National society for VR surgeons The British and Eire VR Society
Chairpersons:
R. Hussain (UK) & S. Winder (UK)
12:00 - 12:30
World Retina Session – GVRS - I used to learn it one way, but now I do it differently! Greek VitreoRetinal Society
Chairpersons:
I. Georgalas (Greece) & E. Parikakis (Greece)
Saturday 3 October
07:30 - 09:00
Women in Retina Networking Breakfast
Chairpersons:
N. Eter (Germany) & A. Loewenstein (Israel)