Conference Program

Friday afternoon 28th June

12h00-12h45: Sandwich-Lunch

12h50: Introduction

13h00-16h30: Investigation, Imaging and Novelties in Uveitis
Will Tucker (London, UK): Investigational work-up in uveitis
Piergiorgio Neri (Abu Dhabi, UAE): Non-invasive retinal-choroidal exploration: the rise of a new imaging perspective
Colin Chu (London, UK): Biologic basis of imaging features in uveitis
Carlos Pavésio (London, UK): Keynote lecture: Autoimmune retinopathy what we know and what we don’t know
Carlo Salvarani (Reggio Emilia, IT): Ocular complications in vasculitis
Harry Petrushkin (London, UK): Pediatric non-infectious uveitis-screening
Florence Hoogewoud (Lausanne, CH): AI and machine learning in Uveitis
Marina Mesquida (Roche, Basel, CH): Vamikibart: A novel intravitreal IL-6 inhibitor for inflammatory retinal diseases

16h35-16h50: Coffee break

16h50-19h00: Infectious Uveitis
Ilaria Testi: HSV and VZV related uveitis: from front to back
Jean Vaudaux (Lausanne, CH): Update on the diagnosis and management of ARN
Nadia Bouchenaki (Geneva, CH): Fuchs’ uveitis, why is the diagnosis so often delayed
Uwe Pleyer (Berlin, DE): Toxoplasma gondii – the underestimated global zoonosis. Recent clinical and immunological findings
Philippe Kestelyn (Ghent, BE): ¨My journey in the world of uveitis (1980-2020) : pathology, people, places¨
Discussion and adjourn first day

20h00: Conference dinner

 Saturday morning 29th June

8h30-10h50: Choroiditis
Carl P Herbort Jr (Lausanne, CH): Classification of choroiditis & the crucial importance of indocyanine green angiography / stromal choroiditis & novelties; are we done with WDS?
Jérôme Galand (Lausanne, CH): Retinal involvement in HLA-A29 birdshot retinochoroditis

New treatments for primary stromal choroiditis
Abu El Asrar (Riyad, SA): Rituximab in refractory chronic recurrent uveitis associated with VKH disease
Pieter-Paul Schauwvlieghe (Leuven, BE): Abatacept for HLA-A29 Birdshot Retinochoroiditis

Secondary stromal choroiditis
Pia Allegri (Rapallo, IT): The essentials on ocular sarcoidosisis
Abu El Asrar (Riyad, SA): The essentials on ocular Tuberculosis

Ioannis Papasavvas (Lausanne, CH): Multimodal imaging in choriocapillaritis

10h55-11h10: Coffee break

11h10-12h20: Complications and treatments
Will Tucker (London, UK): Illuvien for intraocular inflammation
Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun (Istanbul, TR): Cystoid Macular Oedema : the state of the art in its appraisal
François Spertini (Lausanne, CH): Limitations of immunosuppression in ophthalmology

12h25-13h30: Corneo-conjunctival Inflammatory conditions
Christian de Courten (Lausanne, CH): Refractive surgery and inflammation, myth or reality
Arthur Hammer (Lausanne, CH & London, UK): Atopic and Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: the basics

13h10-13h20: Discussion

13h30: Adjourn second day

 Conference dinner (Friday 28th June)

The conference dinner will be organised on Friday evening 28th June 2024.

We will also take this opportunity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our centre, the Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised care (COS).