Challenges in Glaucoma!

November 28, 2013.

13:00
Introduction
Matthias C. Grieshaber

Quantifying damage

13:15
Exploring visual disability in glaucoma
David P. Crabb, London
13:45
Visual field sensitivity, retinal nerve fiber loss
and optic disc structure
David F. Garwey-Heath, London
14:15
In vivo imaging of retinal ganglion cell apoptosis
Francesca Cordeiro, London
14:45
Detecting visual field progression
Boel Bengtsson, Malmö
15:15
Break

Endothelial regulation of blood flow

16:00
Endothelial dysregulation
Thomas F. Lüscher, Zürich
16:30
A dysfunctional endothelium: can it be repaired?
Andreas Flammer, Zürich
17:00
Endothelial dysregulation in the eye
Konstantin Gugleta, Basel
17:30
Transducible artificial transcription factors - a novel therapeutic approach
Albert Neutzner, Basel

November 29, 2013.

Ocular vascular dysregulation

09:00
Blood pressure, cerebrospinal fluid pressure
and IOP in glaucoma
Jost B. Jonas, Mannheim
09:30
Ocular perfusion pressure in glaucoma
Carlo Traverso, Genova
10:00
Response of ocular blood flow to changes in
ocular perfusion pressure
Leopold Schmetterer, Vienna
10:30
Break

Pathomechanisms in glaucoma

11:30
Glaucoma and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
Selim Orgül, Basel
2:00
The role of TGF-β in the pathogenesis of primary
open-angle glaucoma
Ernst Tamm, Regensburg
12:30
Pathogenesis of glaucoma in relation to variable
ganglion cell death and neuroprotection
Neville N. Osborne, Oxford
13:00
Lunch

Pharmacotherapy in glaucoma

14:00
Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in glaucoma
Colm O'Brien, Dublin
14:30
Effect of IOP lowering drugs on ocular blood flow in glaucoma
Gerhard Garhöfer, Vienna
15:00
A critical overview on drug cost in glaucoma and the impact of generics
Renato De Natale, Monselice
15:30
Break

Glaucoma management

16:00
Aqueous humor formation, diurnal fluctuation of IOP and its significance in glaucoma
Carl Erb, Berlin
16:30
Glaucoma managment beyond intraocular pressure
Mona Pache, Lübeck
17:00
Minimal invasive glaucoma surgery and novel devices
Matthias C. Grieshaber, Basel
17:30
Laudatio of Josef Flammer

17:45
Glaucoma research: past, present and future
Josef Flammer, Basel