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XXVII Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association
Synergies between Eye Banks, Tissue Banks and Advanced Therapy Units:
Challenges for the Global Treatment of Ophthalmic Patients
THURSDAY 15th JANUARY 2015
12:00 - 19:00 WET LABS
Local organizers: Diego Ponzin, Alessandro Ruzza and Gianni Salvalaio (International Centre of Ocular Physiopathology, Fondazione Banca degli Occi del Veneto Onlus)
12:00 - 14:00 Ziemer Opthalmic Systems AG: The power of keratoplasties with the FEMTO LDV Z6
14:30 - 16:30 Gebauer Medizintechnik GmbH: DSAEK & UT-DSAEK using Gebauer SLc Original Microkeratome
17:00 - 19:00 Moria SA: Easy UT-DSAEK/DSAEK with the NEW Moria linear system: One Use and One Use-Plus DSAEK
FRIDAY 16th JANUARY 2015
09:00 - 13:30 REGISTRATION
09:00 - 12:00 EEBA Committee Board Meeting (Closed)
11:00 - 12:30 WORKSHOPS: EXPERTS MEET EXPERTS
Five fully interactive workshops dedicated to the following major topics:
- Microbiology and eye banking
- Pre-cut tissues for endothelial keratoplasty
- DMEK tissues for endothelial keratoplasty
- Cell therapy for limbal stem cell deficiency
- The exchange of tissues between Eye Banks in Europe
Each workshop will begin with a lecture by a designated expert from Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, the aim of which will be to stimulate an interactive discussion regarding these highly relevant subjects. Participants are warmly invited to actively contribute to the discussions by presenting their own work and talking about their experiences, using videos, photos, Power Point presentations etc.
(Admission to the "Experts Meet Experts" workshops is free for those who are registered for the EEBA Annual Meeting, but limited to 20 people per workshop.)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00 Opening Ceremony
14:00 - 16:00 SESSION I - EYE BANKING: NEW HORIZONS
Chairman: John Armitage (School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom)
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote Speaker: Gilles Thuret (Laboratory "Biology, imaging and engineering of Corneal Graft" BiiGC, EA2521, University Jean Monnet, Ophthalmology dpt/University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France). "Why it is Time to Revisit Corneal Storage". Lecture introduced by Philippe Gain (Laboratory "Biology, imaging and engineering of Corneal Graft" BiiGC, EA2521, University Jean Monnet, Ophthalmology dpt/University Hospital, Saint-Etienne, France)
14:30 - 16:00 5 speakers for 15 minutes each including discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 18:30 SESSION II - DSAEK AND DMEK: SHIFTING
PARADIGMS ON CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
Chairman: Massimo Busin (Department of Ophthalmology, Villa Igea Hospital, Forlì, Italy)
16:30 - 17:00 Keynote Speaker: José L. Güell (Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit, Instituto Microcirugia Ocular of Barcelona, Autonoma University of Barcelona, Spain) "DMEK: Surgical Technique, Update International Results and Limitations"
17:00 - 18:30 5 speakers for 15 minutes each including discussion
18:30 - 18:40 Conclusion and information about dinner or social events
20:00 Gala Dinner
SATURDAY 17th JANUARY 2015
08:30 - 09:30 EEBA Business Meeting (Open)
09:30 - 13:00 SESSIONS III - EYE BANKS MEET CELL FACTORIES:
NEW CHALLENGES AHEAD
Chairman: Stefano Ferrari (Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy)
09:30 - 10:00 Keynote speaker: Julie T. Daniels (Moorfields Eye Hospital Cells for Sight Stem Cell Research Unit, London, United Kingdom). "From Tissues to Tissue Equivalents: New Horizons for Eye Banks?"
10:00 - 11:15 Advanced Therapies for the Reconstruction of the Ocular
Surface (Cornea and Conjunctiva):
5 speakers for 15 minutes each including discussion
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 - 13:00 Advanced Therapies for the Reconstruction of the
Endothelium: an Alternative to DMEK?:
5 speakers for 15 minutes each including discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 SESSION IV - TISSUE AND EYE BANKS: A CLOSER
LINK FOR A BETTER SERVICE
Chairman: Diego Ponzin (Fondazione Banca degli Occhi del Veneto Onlus, Venice, Italy)
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote Speaker: Esteve Trias-Adroher (Barcelona Tissue Bank- Banc de Sang i de Teixits, Barcelona, Spain), "Collaboration between Eye and Tissue Banking in the era of Regenerative Medicine: an Opportunity or a Need?"
14:30 - 15:30 4 speakers for 15 minutes each including discussion
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 SESSION V - RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: HOW
GUIDELINES AND COUNTRY DIRECTIVES ARE
AFFECTING EYE BANKS AND CELL FACTORIES
Chairman: Jesper Hjortdal (Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark)
16:00 - 16:30 Keynote speaker: Deirdre Fehily (Tissues and Cells Italian National Transplant Centre - CNT, Rome, Italy), "Regulation of Eye Banks in the EU - the Challenges Posed by Emerging Technologies"
16:30 - 17:30 4 speakers for 15 minutes each including discussion
17:30 - 18:00 Conclusions and Closing Ceremony
