Challenges in Glaucoma

Josef Flammer's retirement symposium

Thursday, November 28

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

Friday, November 29

	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

Speakers

Boel Bengtsson, PhD
Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Ophthalmology, Malmö, Sweden

M. Francesca Cordeiro, MD
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma & Retinal Degeneration Research Group, Visual Neurosciences, London, United Kingdom

David P. Crabb, PhD
City University London, Department of Optometry and Visual Science, London, United Kingdom

Renato De Natale, MD
Community Hospital of Monselice, Glaucoma Clinic, Monselice, Italy

Carl Erb, MD
Eye Clinic Wittenbergplatz, Berlin, Germany

Andreas Flammer, MD
University Hospital Zurich, University Heart Center, Cardiology, Zürich, Switzerland

Josef Flammer, MD
University Hospital Basel, Department of Ophthalmology, Basel, Switzerland

Gerhard Garhöfer, MD
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Vienna, Austria

David F. Garwey-Heath, MD
Moorfields Eye Hospital, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom

Matthias C. Grieshaber, MD
University Hospital Basel, Department of Ophthalmology, Basel, Switzerland

Konstantin Gugleta, MD
University Hospital Basel, Department of Ophthalmology, Basel, Switzerland

Jost B. Jonas, MD
University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Thomas F. Lüscher, MD
University Hospital Zurich, University Heart Center, Cardiology, Zürich, Switzerland

Albert Neutzner, PhD
DBM, Ocular Pharmacology and Physiology, Basel, Switzerland

Colm O'Brien, MD
Mater Hospital, School Of Medicine & Medical Science, Dublin, Ireland

Selim Orgül, MD
University Hospital Basel, Department of Ophthalmology, Basel, Switzerland

Neville N. Osborne, MD
Nuffield Department Clinical Neurosciences, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
and Fundación de Investigación Oftalmológica, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Mona Pache, MD
Augenpraxisklinik Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Leopold Schmetterer, PhD
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Vienna, Austria

Ernst Tamm, MD
University of Regensburg, Institute for Human Anatomy and Embryology, Regensburg, Germany

Carlo Traverso, MD
University of Genova, Department of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Genetics, Genova, Italy