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Programme Book Programme Science for Sight October 10-13 EVER 2012 NICE PROGRAMME BOOK PROGRAMME www.ever.be SCIENCE FOR SIGHT OCTOBER 10-13 21 CME credits EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR VISION AND EYE RESEARCH Innovative. Dedicated. Worldwide. For more than 30 years URSAPHARM has been developing innovative phar- maceutical concepts, converting these into successful pharmaceutical and medicinal products for the ophthalmology and general medicine sectors – for the well-being of patients throughout the world. www.ursapharm.de URSAPHARM Arzneimittel GmbH, Industriestraße 35, 66129 Saarbrücken, Germany, www.ursapharm.de WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT 1 Leopold SCHMETTERER EVER President 2012 Dear EVER members, As EVER President it is my great pleasure to welcome you As other societies, EVER is faced with the problems of the to the 2012 EVER meeting in Nice, France. The 21st century fi nancial and economic crisis. This makes it more diffi cult brought signifi cant advances in many areas of Medicine. This for the organizers but also more diffi cult for the scientists is particularly true for Ophthalmology and Visual Science and to join the meeting because of budget restrictions at our the insight into basic mechanisms of ocular disease as well Universities. With all this we must not forget that Research as the improvement in diagnosis and treatment will translate and Development in Biomedical Science is one of the ways into reduced blindness and vision loss. out of the crisis. We should not forget to communicate this and increase our efforts to get our work funded. To form European Consortia is undoubtedly a promising way to The EVER congress in Nice will provide a platform to discuss obtain research money and EVER is a good starting point for future developments in eye research based on the success such efforts. of these previous years. It will again allow for an intense exchange of ideas with experts from Europe and beyond in the splendid EVER atmosphere. The list of speakers that What makes EVER unique is not only related to the scientifi c agreed to join our meeting in Nice guarantees the scientifi c program, but also to the social activities associated with the excellence of the congress. It was always a major goal of congress. We will keep this spirit for 2012 and I am convinced our society to provide the opportunity for younger scientists that we will all spend enjoyable days at our new conference at the PhD or residency level to present their data. This aim venue in Nice. will also be implemented in the 2012 EVER meeting with extensive poster sessions and rapid fi re presentations. We will keep the prizes for young scientists that we have successfully implemented. I have seen some of the previous prize winners developing their international career in vision Leopold SCHMETTERER science in the recent years. EVER President 2012 EVER 2012 Programme book EVER 2012 EVER 2012 Programme book 2 TABLE OF CONTENT 3 Word from the President .......................................................................................................................................................................1 About EVER .........................................................................................................................................................................................5 Board Members 2012 ...........................................................................................................................................................................6 General Information ..............................................................................................................................................................................8 Grants .................................................................................................................................................................................................11 Partnership ..........................................................................................................................................................................................12 Programme Committee 2012 ..............................................................................................................................................................16 About the Programme Book ................................................................................................................................................................17 Floor plan ...........................................................................................................................................................................................18 Exhibition ............................................................................................................................................................................................19 Wednesday, October 10 .................................................................................................................................................... 21 Courses overview ................................................................................................................................................................................22 Courses ...............................................................................................................................................................................................23 Opening Ceremony .............................................................................................................................................................................31 Thursday, October 11 ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 First morning session .......................................................................................................................................................................34 Keynote Lecture: Joan Miller ............................................................................................................................................................39 Second morning session ..................................................................................................................................................................40 Lunchtime session: CIS Théa ............................................................................................................................................................43 EVI Award Lecture ...........................................................................................................................................................................44 First afternoon session .....................................................................................................................................................................45 Second afternoon session ................................................................................................................................................................48 Poster session 1 ...............................................................................................................................................................................53 Evening session ...............................................................................................................................................................................58 Friday, October 12 ............................................................................................................................................................ 63 Early morning session: Breakfast CIS Alcon ......................................................................................................................................65 First morning session .......................................................................................................................................................................66 Keynote lecture: Rando Allikmets .....................................................................................................................................................69 Second morning session ..................................................................................................................................................................70 Lunchtime session: CIS Allergan .......................................................................................................................................................73 First afternoon session .....................................................................................................................................................................74 Business Meetings of the scientifi c sessions .....................................................................................................................................79 Ophthalmic Research Lecture: George L. Spaeth ..............................................................................................................................81 Poster session 2 ...............................................................................................................................................................................83 Second afternoon session ................................................................................................................................................................88 Saturday, October 13 .......................................................................................................................................................
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