27

EEBA 2024 - The XXXVI Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association & XVII Conference of the Italian Association of Eye Banks
"the bridge"

EEBA 2024 - The XXXVI Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association & XVII Conference of the Italian Association of Eye Banks
"the bridge"

Datum
16.01.2025 - 18.01.2025
Tagung
Rom
Sprache
Englisch
Veranstalter
European Eye Bank Association - EEBA
Organisator

European Eye Bank Association - EEBA
c/o Kaka Congressi
Organization Secretariat
Tel.: +39 06 035497114
Rome, Italy

The 36th EEBA Meeting in 2025 will take place in Rome, Italy. This meeting provides a broad platform for lively scientific exchange and discussion between eye banking
professionals, researchers, technologists, medical experts and experienced ophthalmologists from across Europe. The Scientific Committee has prepared a programme that includes Keynote Lectures, Round Tables, Symposia, Free Papers and Posters that offer a wide range of opportunities to enrich everyone’s professional experience.
  • Basisinformation
    Datum
    16.01.2025 - 18.01.2025
    Tagung
    Rom
    Sprache
    Englisch
    Veranstalter
    European Eye Bank Association - EEBA
    Organisator

    European Eye Bank Association - EEBA
    c/o Kaka Congressi
    Organization Secretariat
    Tel.: +39 06 035497114
    Rome, Italy

  • VERANSTALTUNGSORT
    Sala Folchi / Antico Atrio
    P.za di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 3731
    00184 Rom, IT
  • Programm

    Scientific Organizers: Augusto Pocobelli, Diego Ponzin

    THURSDAY 16th JANUARY 2025

    FOLCHI ROOM 

    12.00-13.00
    Registration EEBA 2025 and SIBO 2025

    12.00-14.00         
    WELCOME LUNCH

    13.00-13.30         
    Opening joint ceremony 

    13.30-15.30         
    SESSION I: RISKS AND BENEFITS OF CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
    Chair: J. Hjortdal, A. Pocobelli 

    13.30-13.50        
    Keynote speaker:
    J. Hjortdal
    Risks and benefits of corneal transplantation

    13.50-15.30
    EBEI: A new “eye bank efficiency index” - F. Aiello

    Eye donation potential at a UK tertiary general hospital - B.A. Assarian

    Impact of donor criteria modification on cornea tissue availability for transplant - A. Bauknecht

    Starting from scratch in the journey to Athens Eye Bank - M. Chatzea

    Outcomes of corneal transplantation to treat aniridia associated keratopathy: long term outcomes from UK transplant registry - F. Figueiredo

    Review of cornea banking activities at Austrian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service for Upper Austria - U. Franz

    Last will: tissue Donation. An evaluation of cornea donations of outpatients in the German Society for Tissue Transplantation (DGFG) network - K. Kleinhoff

    Development of a web-based centralized cornea registry to enhance transparency and accountability of the cornea waiting list in Hong Kong - C. Wong

    Eye Banking in America: an overview of the evolution, process and future of Eye Banking - K. McCoy

    15.30-17.00   
    SESSION II: CURRENT PARADIGMAS FOR CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION
    Chair: J. Alvarez De Toledo, D. Ponzin 

    15.30-15.50          
    Keynote speaker:
    J. Alvarez De Toledo
    Beyond conventional corneal transplantation

    15.50-17.00
    Clinical use of cryopreserved ultra-thick human amniotic membrane for anophthalmic socket contracture - F. Alzahrani

    Organ culture and hypothermic corneal preservation methods: the experience of the Rome Eye Bank - G. Buffon

    Comparison of the semi-automated HB&L Uroquattro method with and standard microbiological testing for corneal storage media - D. Bukulin

    An insight into microbiological safety: a wide range of approaches and future challenges - E. Paveggio

    Herpes Simplex Virus and corneal tissues for transplantation - E. Fasolo

    A single-center comparison of alchimia° versus eurobio° media for corneal grafts preservation: importance of rinsing efficiency before determining endothelial cell density, lower contamination rate - X. Lafarge

    Evaluation of medium volume for human donor corneal storage in organ culture using tissue-C - U. Rodella

     

    D’ELIA ROOM

    17.15-19.00           
    EEBA COMMITTEE MEETING (Closed Meeting)

     

    FRIDAY 17th JANUARY 2025

    FOLCHI ROOM

    9.00-11.00    
    SESSION III: REGENERATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY
    Chair: S. Ferrari, P. Rama

    9.00-9.20            
    Niels Ehlers Memorial Lecture:
    P. Rama
    Regenerative Ophthalmology

    9.20-11.00 

    Identification of corneal characteristics influencing the success of primary human corneal endothelial cell culture - I. Aouimeur

    An innovative cell therapy strategy for ex vivo corneal endothelium regeneration - M. Bertolin

    Identification of senescence markers on cultured human corneal endothelial cells - T. Sagnial

    Cryopreservation of corneal endothelial cells in vitro, ex vivo, and on a tissue engineered endothelial graft - T. Sagnial

    Decellularized descemet’s membrane: a new scaffold on sight for full-thickness macular hole - S. D’Agostino

    Optimizing human ocular primary cell culture: strategies to enhance utilization of donor tissues - Y. Yoon

    9.00-11.00          
    OPENCOFFEE

    11.00-12.30
    SESSION IV: CORNEAL ANATOMY REVISITED
    Chair:F. Aiello, H. Dua

    11.00-11.20          
    Keynote speaker:
    H. Dua
    Corneal anatomy revisited

    11.20-12.30

    Flap, donor and recipient characteristics as risk factors for rebubbling incidence in graft patients DSAEK - R. Carroccia

    Sterile donor tomography: an update after 1864 analysed corneas since 2018 - J. Kahlert

    A comparison of endothelial cell density and rate of cell loss in phakic and pseudophakic donor corneas - J. Kezic

    Donor corneas with post-cataract scars: DMEK graft preparation success rate - J. Nijenhuis

    Surgeon-dissected DMEK versus eye bank technician-predissected: graft survival at 6 months - S. Ninotta

    Development of a novel human reconstructed corneal epithelium model for assessing ocular irritation of medical devices in vitro - U. Rodella

    Role of cryopreservation with cornea grafts. Our experience in the last 10 years - J. Sanchez

    12.30-14.00         
    LUNCHBREAK

    12.45-13.45         
    LUNCH SYMPOSIUM:
    From the Eye Bank to Clinical Practice

    Welcome - A. Pocobelli, D. Ponzin

    Company Introduction - A. Vinti

    Comparison Between Cold and Organ-Culture Corneal Storage - F. Scarinci

    Innovations in Corneal Cold Storage: Xtra4 Study - M.S. Ellison

    Advances in Corneal Graft Preparations - M. Busin

    New Applications of Eye Bank Tissues in Macular Hole Surgery - M. Pileri

    14.00-15.30   
    SESSION V: BEYOND CONVENTIONAL CORNEAL
    SURGERY
    Chair: C. Cursiefen, A. Pocobelli

    14.00-14.20        
    Keynote speaker:
    C. Cursiefen
    Current paradigms for corneal transplantation

    14.20-15.30Preparation of a pre-descemetic scaffold for a new hybrid intra-ocular prosthesis - A. Ruzza

    INTRA-KER keratoprosthesis: preliminary results of first-in human implantation of an intracorneal prosthesis - M. Busin

    The use of Moria pre-calibrated trephine to optimize pneumatic dissection during DALK - M. Busin

    Safety assessment of line-field confocal-OCT imaging for ophtalmic applications: an in vivo study on NZW Rabbits - E. Crouzet

    Implementation of OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) analyser as part of NHSBT pre-cutting DSAEK service - D. Usherwood

    Inverted light microscopy of guttae in post-mortem DMEK eyes operated on for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy - A. Sajet

    10 years experience with the pre-preparation of cornea lamellae in the tissue bank confirms the concept - N. Hofmann

    15.30-17.00   
    POSTERS SESSION
    Chair: S. Ferrari, A. Pocobelli

    Alterations of the ocular surface in Fabry disease - L. D’Andrea, R. Piscopo

    Accelerated aging study of a novel medium for corneal storage at 2-8°C - L. Giurgola

    Assessment of Tissue-C thawing conditions before use - L. Giurgola

    New deep learning-based algorithm to assess quality of primary corneal endothelial cell cultures - C. Maurin

    Preparation of pre-cut DMEK Grafts in the International Eye Bank of Prague - M. Netuková

    Comparison of two commercial medias for corneal organ culture and deswelling: CorneaMax/CorneaJet versus Tissue-C/Carry-C - S. Ninotta

    Thirty years of the Warsaw Eye Bank - our standards and development - I. Grabska-Liberek

    Reduction in post-mortem blood sampling time by collaboration with the intensive care unit - T. Poulsen Ebbe

    Non-standard use of eye tissues in ophtalmic surgery - B. Rymgayllo-Jankowska

    Human donor corneas during extended organ culture - first data on morphological changes and endothelial cell counts - N. Türkeri

    Universal cannula design for both Endo-in and Endo-out DMEK preparations - M. Tsurkan

    Investigating the Role of Molecular Coating in Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Primary Culture - Z. He

    From lab configuration to functional prototype: active storage machine for corneal storage - E. Crouzet

    19.00                   
    SOCIAL PROGRAMME AND SOCIAL DINNER

     

    SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2025

    FOLCHI ROOM

    8.30-9.30      
    EEBA BUSINESS MEETING (OPEN MEETING)

    9.30-11.30    
    SESSION VI: CHALLENGING THE DOGMA: NEW PARADIGMS IN EYE BANKING
    Chair: D. Ponzin, G. Thuret 

    9.30-9.50            
    Keynote speaker:
    G. Thuret
    Challenging the dogma: new paradigms in eye banking

    9.50-11.30
    Validation of a deep learning-assisted evaluation of total corneal endothelial cells viability - M. Airaldi

    Seeing beyond the SMILE: a biobank for SMILE-derived stromal lenticules for therapeutic use - R. Christodoulou

    Playing the long game: potential for extending corneal cold storage time - M. Ellison

    Innovations in organ culture: performance of a novel animal - derivativies - free medium at 31° - L. Giurgola

    A Two-Center study on DSAEK grafts preservation in a novel hypothermic storage medium - A. Ruzza

    Update: flying human corneal tissues for transplantation - first data on corneal endothelial morphology and endothelial cell counts - J.F. Klett

    A novel hybrid software-assisted method to evaluate quantitatively corneal endothelium from light microscopy images - M. Piaia

    11.30- 12.30  
    EEBA 2025 CLOSING CEREMONY AND FAREWELL

     

    SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2025

    FOLCHI ROOM 

    13.30-14.00    SIBO BUSINESS MEETING 

    14.00-15.30    SIBO SESSION I
    Chair: S. Ferrari, D. Ponzin 

    14.00-14.20        
    National Transplantation Center

    14.20-14.40         
    Keynote lecture:
    Corneal reconstruction
    M. Busin

    14.40-15.30
    Reorganization of the Rome Eye Bank: LEAN Project - C. Mion
    Perforating mushroom keratoplasty: the bank responds - F. Pateri
    SoHO news: how the new European regulation changes the rules of the game - D. Camposampiero
    DMEG: conquering the posterior pole - P. Bonci, I. Marrazzo
    Predictive factors for obtaining an ultra-thin endothelial flap: dream or reality? - R. Colabelli Gisoldi 

    15.30-17.00   
    SIBO SESSION II: OPEN ARENA
    Moderators: F. Aiello, D. Camposampiero, P. Pagani, P. Santoro
    Provocateurs: R. Colabelli Gisoldi, A. Pocobelli, D. Ponzin 

    17.00-17.15   
    FAREWELL: PASSING OF THE SIBO FLAG TO THE 2026 ORGANIZER

     

     

     

  • Gebühren
    Fachärzte/-innen
    Gebühren ab
    unbekannt
    Sonstige
    Gebühren ab
    unbekannt
  • Buchung / Anmeldung

    The registration deadline is 10 January 2025 and it is not possible to register on site.

    For further information please contact the organiser.

  • Zertifizierung
    Zertifizierung unbekannt

Veranstaltung teilen