Celebrate World Retina Day at the 2024 EURETINA Congress

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This year, the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) will host a full suite of special programming to recognise World Retina Day. Typically, World Retina Day is observed on the last Saturday or Sunday of September (subject to local time zones). For the European clinicians attending EURETINA, that means the special day falls on 28 September, but EURETINA leadership is starting the festivities a full week early.

On 21 September, congress attendees can choose from 16 different events specially designed to recognise World Retina Day. Many of these are presented in partnership with other national or global retina societies. Topics range from diabetic retinopathy management programmes to ocular traumas to cutting-edge innovations in the surgical space.

These are the special EURETINA symposia being hosted on Saturday, 21 September in honour of World Retina Day. Register for the sessions here.

Asia-Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS): Consensus Statements on Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

9:00-10:00 CEST

Chaired by Paisan Ruamviboonsuk (Thailand) and Timothy Lai (Hong Kong)

European Association for Diabetic Eye Complications (EAsDEC) & Imaging Section: Diabetic Eye Disease – where are we now? Are we addressing the concerns of our society and our patients?

9:00-10:00 CEST

Chaired by Tunde Peto (UK) and Ali Erginay (France)

Club Jules Gonin Symposium

9:00-10:00 CEST

Chaired by José García Arumí (Spain) and Thomas Wolfensberger (Switzerland)

Retina World Congress (RWC): Innovations in Retina

9:00-10:00 CEST

Chaired by Kourous Rezaei and Baruch Kuppermann (US)

Brazilian Retina & Vitreous Society—Diabetic Retinopathy: Are our cases the same as yours?

11:30-12:30 CEST

Chaired by Arnaldo Bordon, Osias Francisco Souza and Silvana Vianello (Brazil)

R.E.T.I.N.A.: Understanding and Advancing Research Methodology for Retinal Specialists

11:30-12:30 CEST

Chaired by David Steel (UK) and Varun Chaudhary (Canada)

Sociedad Española de Retina y Vitreo (SERV): Current concepts in diabetic retinopathy

11:30-12:30 CEST

Chaired by Luis Arias Barquet and Alfredo Garcia Layana (Spain)

Ukrainian Society: Ocular Trauma

11:30-12:30 CEST

Chaired by Nadiia Ulianova (Ukraine) and Camiel J.F. Boon (Netherlands)

FLORETINA: Clinical insights and surgical tips in the management of lamellar macular holes

15:30-16:30 CEST

Chaired by Mario R Romano and Stanislao Rizzo (Italy)

German Retina Society

15:30-16:30 CEST

Chaired by Nicole Eter (Germany), Horst Helbig (Germany) and Nicolas Feltgen (Switzerland)

International Society for Al in Ophthalmology, EAO & EVER - Al and Retina: Key issues in 202415:30-16:30 CEST

Chaired by Andrzej Grzybowski (Poland) and Tunde Peto (UK)

Taiwan Retinal Society- Interconnected Health: Unlocking Insights through Ocular & Systemic Biomarkers

15:30-16:30 CEST

Chaired by Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Cheng-Kuo Cheng and San-Ni Chen (Taiwan)

Japanese Retina & Vitreous Society - Pachychoroid/Central serous chorioretinopathy, East & West

16:45-17:45 CEST

Chaired by Taiji Sakamoto, Kazuaki Kadonosono and Akitaka Tsujikawa (Japan)

American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Cutting Edge Treatments: Updates from the ASRS

16:45-17:45 CEST

Chaired by Carl Awh (US) and Stanislao Rizzo (Italy)

Greek Vitreo-Retinal Society (GVRS): When medical "retina" needs surgical "retina" & vice versa

16:45-17:45 CEST

Chaired by Efstratios Parikakis and Tryfon Rotsos (Greece)

Singapore Society of Ophthalmologists - Establishing a diabetic retinopathy management program: from primary to tertiary care

16:45-17:45 CEST

Chaired by Gavin Tan (Singapore)