Thursday, November 7, 2024 

1.00 pm    Registration & Welcome Coffee

1.50 pm    Opening of Conference
PD Dr Beat Stoll, Switzerland (UniGe, IGH, Switzerland)

1.55 pm    Introduction & Welcoming
PD Dr Andréas Kreis (UniGe, Switzerland)
Special Guest: Dr José Ramos Horta I President of Timor Leste, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Peace Building, Global Health & Eye Care 

Session I: International Ophthalmology (Hall H8-01-F)

2.10 pm    Hygiene, Here and There: Have we gone too far?
Dr Ruud VAN DER POL (NOG, Netherlands)

3.10 pm    Primary Eye Care crisis in high income countries
M. Jean-Paul ROOSEN (Vision Solidarité, France)

4.10 pm    Coffee break (30 min)

4.40 pm International Cooperation for eye care service development in foreign countries Dr Runa KHAN (Friendship NGO, Bangladesh)

Friday, November 8, 2024

Session I: Eye Programs Check Up (Hall H8-01-D)

9.00 am    Introduction & Welcoming
Dr Lana VAN DER BEEK (NOG, Netherlands)
Quality versus Quantity in Eye Care: Latest data on which way to take?
Dr Silvio MARIOTTI (WHO, Switzerland)

10.20 am Coffee Break (30 min)

10.50 am Refraction Screening: Good practices in low resource settings
Prof Yasmin SUMRANA (Sightsavers International, Pakistan)

12.10 pm Lunch break (80 min)

Session II: Global Health in Eye Care

1.30 pm    Introduction & Welcoming
Dr Tim WESTLAND (NOG, Netherlands)
EyeCare (Dis-)Integration in the health care ecosystem
Prof Serge RESNIKOFF (UNSW, OPC, Switzerland)

2.50 pm Advantages of Virtual Reality Training for fighting blindness
Dr Van LANSINGH, Dr Bonnie HENDERSON (HelpMeSee, USA)

3.50 pm  Coffee Break (30 min)

4.20 pm Geopolitical Aspects of Eye Care: Soft diplomacy focused
Prof Nitin VERMA (RANZCO/ETEP, Australia)

5.40 pm  ESIO Progress Report & ESIO Group Photo

 

7.00 pm    Apéro & ESIO - Speakers Dinner (Campus Biotech)

Saturday, November 9, 2024 

Session I: Rapid Fire in Humanitarian Eye Care

9.00 am    Introduction & Welcoming
PD Dr Markus Schulze Schwering (DOG, Germany)
Out of sight – Riverblindess Africa
Dr Sabine SPECHT (DNDi/Sightsavers)

9.30 am    Trek & Treat: Cataract Operations in Rural Nepal
Dr Sakar SUBEDI (Vision Together, Nepal)

9.55 am    Eye Health in a Refugee Camp settings Like Cox Bazaar in Bangladesh
Benedikt Kälin (Swiss Red Cross, Bangladesh)

10.25 am Coffee Break (30 min)

10.55 am Social Entrepreneurship: Experiences from the Field
PD Dr Markus Schulze Schwering, MD (DOG, Germany)

11.40 am Faculty Development in LMICs
by Virtual Communities of Practice Dr Helena Prior FILIPE (Ophthalmology Foundation, Portugal)

12.10 am Closing Keynote Lecture: In the Eyes of War
Dr. Andrii Ruban (UAO, Ukrain)

1.00 pm    Lunch Break (60 min)

2.00 pm  Introduction & Welcoming Luncheon Session
PD Dr Andréas Kreis (UniGe, Switzerland)
Manual Small Incision Cataract Session (MSICS): What is it, how it’s done and why it’s the way to go?
Prof Nitin VERMA (RANZCO/ETEP, Australia)

2.30 pm  The MSICS Drylab Workshop
In collaboration with HelpMeSee/Young Swiss Ophthalmologist (YSO-SSO/SOG)

Small Manual Inicision Cataract Surgery – Workshop (MSICS)
Dr Van Lingshing, Dr Amulya Sahu, Dr Jagannath Boramani, Dr Tim Westland, PD Dr Andréas Kreis

6.00 pm  End of Conference

 

 

Fachärzte/-innen	Gebühren ab 150,00 CHF
Ärzte/-innen in Weiterbildung	Gebühren ab 70,00 CHF
medizinisches Fachpersonal	Gebühren ab 150,00 CHF
Orthoptisten/-innen	Gebühren ab 150,00 CHF

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