Programme
| Thursday 9 June | |||||
| NOK 2022 | View RIWC 2022 Programme | ||||
| Hall | Silfurberg A | Silfurberg B | Ríma AB | Kaldalón | |
| 08:00-08:30 | Registration | ||||
| 08:30-10:00 | Diabetic retinopathy Moderators: Elín Gunnlaugsdóttir and Carin Gustavsson, Sweden | Glaucoma surgery Moderator: María Soffía Gottfreðsdóttir, Iceland | Cataract surgery Moderator: Jesper Hjortdal, Denmark | YO - 2:00 am in the morning - an ocular emergency survival guide Moderators: Marie Louise Rasmussen and Marie Krogh Nielsen, Denmark | |
| Epidemiology Jakob Grauslund, Denmark | When to perform glaucoma surgery - why wait so long? Mika Harju, Finland | Value of virtual - reality simulators in cataract surgery Ann Sofia Skou Thomsen, Denmark | Under pressure - management of acute glaucoma Gauti Jóhannesson, Sweden | ||
| Retina Risk Einar Stefansson, Iceland | How to deal with the darker side of glaucoma surgery - tips and trix to manage post-operative complications. Anders Bergström, Sweden | Anisometropia after cataract surgery: How does it affect patient satisfaction Therese Grønhøj Krarup, Denmark | Cloudy with a chance of tears - know your corneal emergencies Esben Nielsen, Denmark | ||
| Treatment Options for DR in 2022, Anti-VEGF and PRP Carin Gustavsson, Sweden | Xen gel stent surgery. Are we making progress? 4- year- follow-up María Soffía Gottfreðsdóttir, Iceland | Update on toric and presbyopia correcting IOLs Kjell Gunnar Gundersen, Norway | Nervous breakdown - neurological cases you don´t want to miss Erlend Almaas, Norway | ||
| Diabetes and Cataract Surgery Elin Gunnlaugsdottir, Sweden | Trabeculectomy revisited? Steve Vernon, United Kingdom | How to handle dislocated IOLs Liv Drolsum, Norway | Sticky situation - vitreoretinal conditions you need to know Kristian Klemp, Denmark | ||
| The Surgical Patient Joakim Thylefors, Sweden | Cataract surgery as an IOP lowering procedure? Daniella Bach-Holm, Denmark | Post-operative treatment after cataract surgery – Trends in Sweden Maria Kugelberg, Sweden | Smoke and fire - How to manage acute uveal and retinal cases Oliver Klefter, Denmark | ||
| Case Reports and Panel Discussions | Optimizing Anti-inflammatory Prophylaxis in Cataract Surgery Jesper Høiberg Erichsen, Denmark | The human with a stick - pediatric emergencies Asim Ali, Canada | |||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | ||||
| 10:30-11:15 | KEY NOTE: From biological treatment to gene and cell therapy in retinal disease Prof. Anders Kvanta, Karolinska Institutet, St:Eriks Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| 11:15-12:00 | KEY NOTE: Far advanced glaucoma - are we making a difference? Prof. Leon Herndom, MD, Duke University, North Carolina, USA | ||||
| 12:00-13:30 | 12:30-13:15: Lunch Symposium - Théa | 12:30-13:15: Lunch Symposium - Bayer | Lunch & exhibition | ||
| 13:30-15:00 | Retinal oximetry Moderator: Sveinn Hákon Harðarson, Iceland | Symposium - free paper | Corneal surgery - from innovation to clinical praxis Moderators: Eydís Ólafsdóttir, Sweden and Kari Krootila, Finland | YO - handling the astigmatic patient in cataract surgery Moderators:Elisabeth Romundstad, Norway and Danson V. Muttuvelu, Denmark | |
| Introduction Sveinn Hákon Harðarson, Iceland | Changing Trends in corneal surgery Eydís Ólafsdóttir | Astigmatism made easy Haldor Maurstad, Norway | |||
| Retinaloximetry as a tool for understanding the pathophysiology of retinal vascular disease Toke Bek, Denmark | DMEK at the University of Hospital Örebro, Sweden: 9 years of experience Anastasia Stefanou | Revealing the risky patient Davíð Þór Bragason, Iceland | |||
| Retinaloximetry as a marker of treatment response in proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema Jakob Grauslund, Denmark | Comparions between DMEK and DSEK outcomes: differences in graft adherence and re-operation rates Matts Linder | Indications and contraindications for toric lenses Andreas Thorsrud, Norway | |||
| What is the link between tunnel vision and oxygenation in retinitis pigmentosa? Margarita Todorova, Switzerland | Endothelial keratoplasty in glaucoma eyes Kari Krootila | Going to bed with your complications Jonas Laursen, Denmark | |||
| Retinal oximetry in mild cognitive impairment of dementia Ólöf Birna Ólafsdottir, Iceland | Surgical approaches for treatment of severe limbal stem cel deficiency Jesper Hjortdal | Planning your perfect surgery - patient case studies Danson V. Muttuvelu, Denmark | |||
| Human pluripotent stem cell based innovation for limbal and endothelial transplantations Heli Skottman | |||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | ||||
| 15:30-17:00 | Surgical retina Moderators: Jóhann R Guðmundsson, Iceland and Manoj Kakar, Sweden | Pseudoexfoliations, snow flakes from the North Moderators: Steffen Heegaard, Denmark and Tero Kivela, Finland | Dry eye in relation to non-ocular perspective Moderators: Gunnar Már Zoega and Björn Guðbjörnsson, Iceland | Challenges in ophthalmology Moderators: Nina Holst and Jan Askvik, Norway and Daksha Patel, UK | |
| Risk of glaucoma after Vitreoretinal surgercy Sirpa Loukovaara, Finland | Current insights on the genetics of exfoliation syndrome Tero Kivelä, Finland | The vicious circle of dry eye Gunnar Már Zoega, Iceland | Introduction to Global ophthalmology Nina Holst, Norway | ||
| Increase in RRD in Western Norway Vegard Porsaa, Norway | Exfoliation syndrome in the Nordic countries: a comparative histopathological study of Danish and Finnish eyes with absolute glaucoma and uveal melanoma Steffen Heegaard, Denmark | Sjögren's syndrome Björn Guðbjörnsson, Iceland | Summary from the Lancet global healthcommission on global eye health Daksha Patel, UK | ||
| Air vs SF6 20% tamponade for small and medium sized MH Birger Lindtjörn, Norway | Long term follow-up of pseudoexfoliation, intraocular pressure and glaucoma Gauti Jóhannesson, Sweden | Fibromyalgia and dry eye Arnór Víkingsson, Iceland | Challenges of glaucoma management and the glaucoma toolkit for Africa Fatima Kyari, virtually from Nigeria | ||
| Vitrecomy in diabetes mellitus Jóhann Guðmundsson, Iceland | Late intraocular lens dislocation in eyes with pesudoexfoliation syndrome Olav Kristianslund, Norway | Dermatology and dry eye t.b.a. | Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus timolol drops for treatment of glaucoma in Tanzania-A randomized control trial Heiko Phillipin, Video Presentation | ||
| Endophthalmitis Kakar Manoj, Sweden | Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma – Adopting MIGS devices María Soffía Gottfreðsdóttir, Iceland | Systemic drugs and dry eye Freyja Jónsdóttir, Iceland | Experiences with eye care services in Greenland / Moldova Jan Askvik, Norway | ||
| Panel discussion | Review of Dx and Rx in dry eye Gunnar Már Zoega, Iceland | Panel discussion | |||
| Panel discussion | |||||
| 17:00-17:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | ||||
| 17:30-19:00 | NOK and RIWC OPENING CEREMONY @ ELDBORG HARPA. The President of Iceland, Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, will open the congress Keynote: Phenotyping and Genotyping in inherited retinal diseases. Prof. Bart Leroy from the University of Ghent, Gent, Belgium | ||||
| 19:00-20:00 | GET TOGETHER @ HARPA |
| Friday 10 June | |||||
| NOK 2022 |  | ||||
| Hall | Silfurberg A | Silfurberg B | Ríma AB | Kaldalón | Norðurljós | The Reykjavik Edition |
| 07:40-08:20 | Breakfast symposium - Miracles in Sight Eye Banking and corneal transplants across the continents: A comparison of eye banking and cornea tissue processing in different countries. | ||||
| 08:30-10:00 | Vernal keratoconjunctivitis Moderators: Anne K. Wiencke and Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, Denmark | OCT in glaucoma management 8:30 – 9:30 Speaker: Gauti Jóhannesson, Sweden | Dry eye disease Moderator: Tor Paaske Utheim, Norway | Symposium - free paper | |
| Short introduction Anne K. Wiencke | Meibomian gland dysfunction-how to treat Steffen Heegaard, Denmark | ||||
| What is VKC / How is the population in Toronto? / How is you treating these patients, medication, follow up times. How long do you follow them. Do you have a formalized treatment plan? / Complications / Sharing Research Asim Ali, Canada | Dry eye and the gut microbes-does it matter Cintia S De Paiva, USA | ||||
| Metanalysis on VKC treatment Yousif Subhi, Denmark | Repeated intravitreal injections-a friend or foe from a dry eye perspective Agni Malmin, Norway | ||||
| Risk management in VKC. Steroid induced glaucoma and it's treatment Daniella Bach Holm, Denmark | Stem cell-based treatment of dry eye Michael Møller - Hansen, Denmark | ||||
| Prevalence of Positive Allergy Tests in Patients with Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. A metaanalysis. Yousif Subhi / Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, Denmark | Dry eye disease and artificial intelligence Catherine Jackson, Norway | ||||
| Danish national guideline on VKC Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, Denmark | Dry eye disease and preventive measures Morten Magnø, Norway | ||||
| Questions | |||||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | Click here to see the full21st Retina International World Congress 2022Programme | |||
| 10:30-11:15 | KEY NOTE: Innovation in ophthalomology Prof. Eugene de Juan, MD, University of California, San Francisco, USA | ||||
| 11:15-12:00 | NOK PLENARY SESSION and ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA CENTENNIAL | ||||
| 12:00-13:30 | 12:30-13:15: Lunch Symposium - Novartis | 12:30-13:15: Lunch Symposium - Chiesi | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | Uveitis Moderators: Noopur Kumar and Anne Kjersti Erichsen, Norway | Future perspectives in glaucoma management Moderators: Pete Williams and Gauti Jóhannesson, Sweden | Cornea in systemic disease Moderator: Berit Byström, Sweden | YO - Artificial intelligence and screening in ophthalomology Moderator: Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, Denmark and Helgi Davíð Björnsson, Iceland | |
| Anterior uveitis Dr. Mirabelli | Can nicotinamide be a future neuroprotective treatment for glaucoma? Pete Williams, Sweden | Cornea in systemic disease - Introduction Berit Byström, Sweden | Artificial Intelligence in ophthalmology Josef Huemer, UK | ||
| Anterior uveitis in children Dr. Leinonen | Imaging neurodegeneration – the potential impact of DARC Francesca Cordeiro, United Kingdom | Cornea in systemic disease – skin diseases Emma Nivenius | Screening in a general population Danson V. Muttuvelu, Denmark | ||
| Intermediate uveitis Susan Lightman, United Kingdom | Targeting glaucoma with sustained release drug delivery Dorothea Peters, Sweden | Cornea in systemic disease – autoimmune diseases Sara Sanchez, Finland | Glaucoma Screening Lindsay A. Rhodes, US | ||
| Posterior uveitis H. Nida Sen, USA | Medical treatment for glaucoma – what´s new in pipeline? Jon Klokk Slettedal, Norway | Cornea in systemic disease – mending the perforated cornea Haldor Maurstad | Diabetic Screening Einar Stefánsson, Iceland | ||
| Cornea in systemic disease – systemic medical treatment Fatima Pedrosa Domellöf, Sweden | |||||
| Cornea in systemic disease – concluding remarks Berit Byström, Sweden | |||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | ||||
| 15:30-17:00 | Uveitis Moderators: Noopur Kumar and Anne Kjersti Erichsen, Norway | Pediatric anterior segment diseases Moderators: Lina Kessel and Daniella Bach-Holm, Denmark | Atypical infectious keratitis Moderator: Emma Nivenius, Sweden | Symposium - free paper | |
| Imaging in uveitis H. Nida Sen, USA | Corneal transplantation in children - when and how? Asim Ali, Canada | Introduction infectious keratitis Emma Nivenius, Sweden | |||
| Important aspects in the treatment of autoimmune uveitis Susan Lightman, United Kingdom | Bag-in-the-lens in children with cataract Maria Kugelberg, Sweden | Acanthamoeba keratitis, experiences from Denmark Stine Elkjaer Nielsen, Denmark | |||
| Case presentation with questions to panel (Case by Dr. Jonsdottir) Panelists: Professor Sen, Professor Lightman and Dr. Leinonen | Genetics in congenital cataract in Denmark Line Kessel, Denmark | Acanthamoeba keratitis in the Nordic countries, ongoing study Elin Karlsson, Sweden | |||
| Case presentation with questions to panel (Case by Dr. Klefter) Professor Sen, Professor Lightman and Dr. Mirabelli | Congenital cataract - socioeconomic factors Moug Adil Yaser Al-Bakri, Denmark | Fungal keratitis, experiences from Sweden Emma Nivenius, Sweden | |||
| Closing Comments Dr. Kumar | Primary congenital glaucoma in Denmark Daniella Bach-Holm, Denmark | Herpes keratitis, misleading presentations Angelica Skarin, Sweden | |||
| Concluding remarks Emma Nivenius, Sweden | |||||
| 17:15-18:00 | |||||
| 19:30 | CONGRESS DINNER @ Hafnarhús - Reykjavík Art Museum |
| Saturday 11 June | |||||
| NOK 2022 | | ||||
| Hall | Silfurberg A | Silfurberg B | Rima AB | Kaldalón | Norðurljós | The Reykjavik Edition |
| 08:00-08:30 | |||||
| 08:30-10:00 | YO+NOK: neuro-ophthalmology Moderator: Helgi Davíð Björnsson, Iceland | Medical retina Moderators: Kai Kaarniranta, Finland | Hot topics in ocular oncology Moderator: Tero Kivelä, Finland | Corneal crosslinking Moderators: Ingemar Gustafsson, Sweden and Stine E Nielsen, Denmark | |
| Seven easy steps in evaluating unexplained visual loss. Dr. Andrew G. Lee, USA. | A clinically validated risk calculator for progression of DRP Scholtz | A Scandinavian perspective on corneal crosslinking: results from a survey André Vicente, Sweden | |||
| Spectral-domain OCT tomography reveals reversible vascular changes in Patients with Waldestöm's macroglobulinemia Anna Willerslev | The ABC(D) parameters in detecting progressive keratoconus. Tove Faxén, Sweden | ||||
| Ocular Sequeelae in population based cohort of youth diagnosed with DM during a 50 year period Mohney | Corneal crosslinking; a RCT comparing excimerlaser and mechanical debridement. Stine Elkjær Nielsen, Denmark | ||||
| Real-world safety and effectiveness of voretigene neparvovec Dominik M Fischer | Corneal crosslinking; a RCT comparing excimerlaser and mechanical debridement. Stine Elkjær Nielsen, Denmark | ||||
| Eye drops with solubilizing nanoparticle technology in the treatment of diabetic macular edema Einar Stefánsson, Iceland | Corneal crosslinking; a RCT comparing excimerlaser and mechanical debridement. Stine Elkjær Nielsen, Denmark | ||||
| Association between structural and functional treatment outcomes in neovascular AMD Marie Krogh Nielen | Individualized CXL - epi-on, epi-off, high oxygen. Anders Behndig, Sweden | ||||
| Panel Discussion | Good vison with good comfort – up to date contact lens options for keratconus. Sara de Lima, Sweden | ||||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | Click here to see the full21st Retina International World Congress 2022Programme | |||
| 10:30-11:15 | ACTA HONORARY LECTURE: Fighting firework-related eye injuries. Prof. Tero Kivelä, Finland. ACTA SILVER MEDAL | ||||
| 11:15-11:50 | Keynote: Pilots and Physicians, Passengers and Patients: Making Decisions When Stakes Are High Dr. Tamara R. Fountain, MD, President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology | ||||
| 11:50-12:10 | Guest Lecture: Tales of the Unexpected Prof. Dr. Richard Collin, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London UK | ||||
| 12:10-13:30 | 12.30-13:15: Lunch Symposium - AbbVie | 12:30-13:15: YO course: OCT angiography - possibilities and limitations. | |||
| 13:30-15:00 | Health economics Moderators: Anja Tuulonen, Finland and Gauti Jóhannesson, Sweden | Refractive surgery Moderator: Jesper Hjortdal, Denmark | Ptosis surgery, when and how! Moderators: Haraldur Sigurðsson, Iceland. Tamara R. Fountain, USA. Richard Collin UK. | My baby cant see, why? Moderators: Dýrleif Pétursdóttir and Hanna Åkerblom | |
| Basic principles of health economics: What all ophthalmologists need to know and understand Olav Kristianslund, Norway | Update on Phakic IOLs, Multifocal IOLs, EDOF IOLs Alex Shortt, UK | Introduction Hanna Åkerblom, Sweden | |||
| Holistic view for measuring every-day cost-effectiveness: The aces-rwm model Anja Tuulonen, Finland | Surface ablation or LASIK in myopia and hyperopia – what to do? Johan Germundsson, Sweden | Neurological aspects Margrét Dís Óskarsdóttir, Iceland | |||
| What represents the most cost-effective AMD care? 13-year RWD results from Tays Eye Centre Hannele Uusitalo-Järvinen, Finland | Corneal epithelial thickness mapping, an indispensable tool in modern refractive surgery Aleksandar Stojanovic, Norway | Retinal degenerations Hanna Åkerblom, Sweden | |||
| Learnings from 10 000 glaucoma patients in 2008-20 Pekko Hujanen, Finland | Intrastromal femto - second laser refractive surgery Iben Bach Damgaard, Denmark | Delayed visual maturation Evangelia Ntoula, Sweden | |||
| The Swedish view for cost-effective eye care Gauti Johannesson, Sweden | Visual Image Quality After Refractive Surgery Anders Gyldenkerne, Denmark | Conclusion and discussion | |||
| The ‘right’ intraocular pressure for glaucoma referrals? Dorothea Peters, Sweden | |||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Break / Exhibition / Poster Viewing | ||||
| 15:30-16:15 | CLOSING CEREMONY Prof. Einar Stefánsson, Iceland Prof. emeritus dr. Eberhardt Zrenner, Germany Introduction of NOK 2024 |