Previous Keynote Lectures

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2015

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Peter WIEDEMANN	Degenerative myopia and its treatment
EVER Past-President Lecture	Constantin POURNARAS	Retinal Vein Occlusions: From pathophysiological mechanism to clinical therapeutical issues
EVER-Acta Lecture	Russell FOSTER	Regulating the body clock - The unrecognised role of the eye
European Ophthalmic Heritage Lecture	Pinar AYDIN O'DWYER	Visual impairment in opera characters
KEYNOTE	Brenda GALLIE	Rare retinoblastoma: a goldmine for discovery of fundamental principles of biology and healthcare
KEYNOTE	Reza DANA	Translational applications in corneal and ocular surface diseases
KEYNOTE	Bita ESMAELI	Multidisciplinary treatments for malignant eyelid tumors: surgical and non-surgical options,  sentinel lymph node biopsy and surveillance

2014

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Bahram BODAGHI	Revisiting infectious triggers of chronic intraocular immunity
EVER Past-President Lecture	Philippe KESTELYN	AIDS thirty years later, lessons from a pandemic
EVER-Acta Lecture	Neville OSBORNE	Pathogenesis of glaucoma in relation to variable ganglion cell death and neuroprotection
European Ophthalmic Heritage Lecture	Daniel SCHORDERET	Eye and genes: the new ophthalmology
KEYNOTE	Austin ROORDA	Testing vision: one cone at a time
KEYNOTE	David SULLIVAN	New therapeutic approaches and challenges for the treatment of dry eye disease
KEYNOTE	Jay NEITZ	Lessons learned from gene therapy for color blindness in primates

2013

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Neville OSBORNE	The neuroscience of glaucoma in relation to the possibility for neuroprotection
EVER Past-President Lecture	Leopold SCHMETTERER	Advances in OCT imaging
EVER-Acta Lecture	Tero KIVELÄ	Telomere maintenance and retinal vascularisation
European Ophthalmic Heritage Lecture	Andrzej GRZYBOWSKI	Major Central European’s contributions to international ophthalmology
KEYNOTE	Balwantray CHAUHAN	Why what you have been taught about the optic disc may not be entirely true
KEYNOTE	Alfredo SADUN	Why is the optic nerve the canary in the coal mine of mitochondrial diseases?
KEYNOTE	Nicholas BAZAN	Molecular sensors for the decoding of homeostasis disruptions in the retinal pigment epithelium: towards the understanding of retinal degenerative diseases

2012

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	George L. SPAETH	Priorities of Ophthalmic Research
EVER Lecture	Lene MARTIN	Visual fields for Ever - and more
EVER-Acta Lecture	Anders HEIJL	The changing roles of perimetry and perimeters in glaucoma management
European Ophthalmic Heritage Lecture	Thierry ZEYEN	Ophthalmology: a philatelic view
KEYNOTE	Joan MILLER	New treatments for age related macular degeneration
KEYNOTE	Rando ALLIKMETS	Genetics and treatment of Stargardt disease
KEYNOTE	Jayakrishna AMBATI	Diced Alu: Canning the blinding inflammasome

2011

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Andrew DICK	Road to fulfillment (not perdition): taming immune response to restore vision
EVER Lecture	Graham HOLDER	Spot the difference! The electrophysiological differentiation of retinal fleck and spot disorders
EVER-Acta Lecture	Per SODERBERG	Clouding lens, swap or stop?
European Ophthalmic Heritage Lecture	Ioannis PALLIKARIS	The development of microkeratomes from the very early ages, with handmade and mechanical systems, until the fempto - laser technology today
KEYNOTE	Beatrice COCHENER	Ocular surface and refractive surgery
KEYNOTE	Elias TRABOULSI	Clinical and molecular genetic aspects of optic nerve hypoplasia

2010

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Peng KHAW	From repair to regeneration - from laboratory discovery to clinic advance
EVER Lecture	Charles RIVA	The regulation of retinal blood flow in the healthy and diseased eye
Acta Lecture	Wolfgang DREXLER	Where is retinal OCT heading
KEYNOTE	David TAYLOR	The optic nerve, mitochondria, age, energy, apoptosis and vision
KEYNOTE	Alan C BIRD	Cell loss in geographic atrophy
KEYNOTE	Stefan SEREGARD	Uveal melanoma: neither fish nor fowl?

2009

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Justine SMITH	Role of the vascular endothelial cell in uveitis
EVER Lecture	Harminder S DUA	Corneal surface regeneration: epithelial sheets to epithelial crypts
Acta Lecture	Jost JONAS	From Intravitreal Cell-Encoated Drug Therapy to Low-(Brain-)Pressure-Glaucoma
KEYNOTE	Michael GILMORE	Pathogen Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Endophthalmitis
KEYNOTE	Sarah COUPLAND	Unravelling the mysteries of ocular lymphomas
KEYNOTE	Kyoko OHNO-MATSUI	Age-related macular degeneration; an Alzheimer's disease in the eye?

2008

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	Dbala BALASU­BRAMANIAN	Functional analysis of mutants of the optineurin gene, associated with some forms of glaucoma
EVER Lecture	Uwe PLEYER	The taming of the shrew or corneal transplantation: past, present and future
AER Lecture	Gijs VRENSEN	Much ado about nothing
ACTA Lecture	Fridbert JONASSON	Unraveling the genetics of exfoliation glaucoma
KEYNOTE	Gregory HAGEMAN	A new era for age-related macular degeneration: insights pertaining to a key role for the complement system
KEYNOTE	Manabu MOCHIZUKI	Regional immunity of the eye: T lymphocytes and ocular pigment epitherial cells
KEYNOTE	Peter LAIBSON	Recognition and treatment of herpes simplex keratitis

2007

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	ZRENNER Eberhart	Active subretinal Implants in seven blind patients: Outcome of a pilot study and further developments
EVER Lecture	KIVELä Tero	Can uveal melanoma be conquered?
AER Lecture	EHLERS Niels	On considerations of the corneal thickness
ACTA Lecture	La COUR Morten	The retinal pigment epithelium, friend or foe?
KEYNOTE	RAO Gullapali	Delivery of eye care in developing countries - Role of research
KEYNOTE	JAGER Martine	Antigen-presenting cells and the eye
KEYNOTE	HOLZ Frank	New perspectives in retinal imaging: fundus autofluorescence and age-related macular degeneration

2006

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	RAO Narcing	Photoreceptor Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Experimental Uveitis
EVER Lecture	GALLOWAY Nic	The Evolution of Electrical Responses from the Eye
AER Lecture	DE CLERCQ Erik	Antivirals for viral eye infections
ACTA Lecture	SIEVING Paul	The Interplay of Clinical and Basic Knowledge in X-linked Retinoschisis
KEYNOTE	MOORE Tony	Cone and cone rod dystrophies, genotype, phenotype and disease mechanisms
KEYNOTE	ZHAO Jialiang	Advance of Ophthalmology in China and the Way to International Ophthalmology
KEYNOTE	REME Charlotte	Light damage and retinal degenerations: a model that sometimes tells the truth

2005

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	FORRESTER John	The Spark of Life? A Fundamental Role for Electric Fields in Guiding Cell Behaviour
EVER Lecture	SODERBERG Per	A little bit of light on the lens
AER Lecture	BARRAQUER Joaquin	Evolution of Cataract Surgery,Corneal Transplantation and Refractive Surgery
KEYNOTE	KINOSHITA Shigeru	Ocular surface regeneration: Present and Future
KEYNOTE	BEEBE David	The Cause and Prevention of Nuclear Cataracts: Oxygen and the Vitreous Body
KEYNOTE	BAILEY Ian	Assessment of vision - Monitoring impairments and predicting functional abilities
KEYNOTE	KAUFMAN Paul	Medical Therapy of Glaucoma in the Future: From Cell Culture to Clinic

2004

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	LUTJEN DRECOLL Elke	TGFß in the anterior eye segment: its significance for immuneprivilege and glaucoma
EVER Lecture	BRON Anthony	Of Puzzles and Paradoxes
AER Lecture	ZRENNER Eberhart	From gene to therapy: the long way to understand and cure retinal diseases
KEYNOTE	PFLUGFELDER Stephen	Mechanisms of corneal epithelial diseases in dry eye
KEYNOTE	WEST Sheila	Cataract at the Cross Roads: Increasing blindness, challenges for research
KEYNOTE	DELAMERE Nicholas	Astrocyte form and function: implications for glaucoma
KEYNOTE	CUNHA-VAZ Jose	Characterization of Diabetic Retinopathy Phenotypes. Perspectives for improved management

2003

Ophthalmic Research Lecture	SASAKI Kazuyuki	Age-related cataract in Asian and European populations: Racial differences and environmental influences
KEYNOTE	BLACK Graeme	Genetics of ocular development: a clearing vision

2002

AER Lecture	RUSKELL Gordon	The passage of nerves of the orbit: a reappraisal
EVER Lecture	DAMATO Bertil	Scientific obstacles to the detection of visual field loss
KEYNOTE	MILLER Neil	The Vigabatrin Story
KEYNOTE	CASPI Rachel	Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis - A model system for ocular autoimmunity

2001

AER Lecture	MARAINI Giovanni	Cataract, ageing and genes
EVER Lecture	SPEKREIJSE Henk	(Insight) in our brain in action
KEYNOTE	VAN HEYNINGEN Veronica	Pax6, a Paradigm for Developmental Eye Disease
KEYNOTE	GROSSNIKLAUS Hans	Metastatic Uveal Melanoma. Clinical, Pathologic and Experimental Findings
KEYNOTE	EVINGER Craig	The Role of Learning in Blinking - A key to Vision

2000

AER Lecture	POULIQUEN YVES	Ultrastructural evidence for corneal transparency in humans and animals
EVER Lecture	SOUBRANE Gisele	Choroidal new vessels in high myopia
KEYNOTE	WIEDEMANN Peter	Angiogenesis in ocular disease
KEYNOTE	BARRAQUER Joaquin	Precision and safety in surgery for myopia and in cataract surgery

1999

AER Lecture	HOCKWIN Otto	Lens and Cataract Research at the doorstep of a new millenium
KEYNOTE	FARBER Debora	Genes causing Retinal degenerations: isolation, characterization and gene therapy
KEYNOTE	LATIES Alan	Viagra, one year later