20.03.2025

08:30 - 18:00

360° ophthalmology symposium

Swiss Visio is pleased to invite you to its Ophthalmology Symposium ‘Different perspectives: innovations and advances in ophthalmology’

Thursday 20th March 2025
From 8.30am to 6pm
At the Genolier Innovation Hub - Route du Muids 3, 1272 Genolier

The scientific committee has put together a rich programme to explore the world of ophthalmology. This year's event will feature a new format, with lectures, interactive workshops and mystery cases.

Registration

Programme

8:30 – Welcome

9:00-9:35: Cornea

Endothelial decompensation: current management and future directions: Dr. Arthur Hammer
Anterior lamellar keratoplasties: Dr. Harry Roberts
Presentation of mystery case: Dr. Victoire Hurand

9:35-10:10: Refractive Surgery

Smile: past, present and future: Dr. Alexandre Martinez
Surgeries to compensate for presbyopia: available techniques and their limitations: Dr. Aleksandra Petrovic
Beyond the lens, understanding, patient satisfaction with presbyopia-correcting IOL.: Dr. Johnny Moore
Presentation of mystery case: Dr. Julien Torbey

10:10-10:30: Oculoplastic Surgery

Multilevel blepharoplasty: the old technique reinvented; between miracle and mirage – Good cop-Bad Cop dilemma: Dr Antonio Iskandar and Dr Nicolo Bartolomeo

10:30 – 11:00: Break / Vabysmo workshop

11:00-11:30: Uveitis

Pushing the boundaries in uveitis and ocular immunology: Dr. Carl Herbort
Uveitis following anti-VEGF injection; measuring inflammation by photometry: Dr. Ioannis Papasavvas
Presentation of mystery case: Dr Ghazi Arfaoui

11:30-12:00: Strabismus

Challenges in oculomotor surgery: Prof. Heimo Steffen
Presentation of mystery case: Dr. Emmanuel Bettach

12:15 – 13:45:

Our clinical experience, 1 year with Aflibercept 8mg, offered by Bayer - limited places, registration required
Standing lunch / Vabysmo workshop

14:00-14:30: Surgical Retina

Retinal detachment in Marfan syndrome: results and prevention: Dr. Georges Caputo
Macular pathologies (sea, tvm, tm): when to refer to the surgeon?: Dr. Giorgio Bravetti
Presentation of mystery case: Dr Julien Torbey

14:30-15:00: Medical Retina

Update on the functional and anatomical measurements of atrophic AMD in the era of new therapies: Dr. Aude Ambresin
Automated OCT-based fluid quantification in AMD and DME treated with faricimab: Dr. Boris Stanzel
Presentation of mystery case: Dr. Mihaela Chitoroaga

15:00-15:30: Break / Vabysmo workshop

15:30-16:15: Glaucoma

IOP, corneal hysteresis and gonioscopy: Prof. Kaweh Mansouri
MIBS: a real alternative to filtering surgery: Prof. José Martinez de la Casa
Glaucoma in developing countries: Dr. Leandro Oliverio

16:15-16:45: Neuro-Ophthalmology

Visual snow syndrome: Prof. François-Xavier Borruat
Presentation of mystery case: Dr. Jordan Combet

16:45 – 17:00: Conclusion

17:00 – 17:30: Visit to the Genolier Innovation Hub

17:30: Closing Cocktail

Industry Lunch

Bayer is offering a conference in parallel with the standing lunch:

‘Our clinical experience, 1 year with Aflibercept 8mg.’, presented by PD Dr Ambresin and Dr Bravetti.

The number of participants is limited to 40 people and we kindly ask you to register before 17 March 2025 via the link below.

Registration

Vabysmo workshop

PFS HANDS-ON

Come and discover the new prefilled Vabysmo syringe at the Roche stand and take advantage of an injection workshop offered throughout the day.

Wetlabs

Oertli Ophtalmedic offers 3 wetlabs with registration, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m:

Femtocataract: Training for capsulotomy cutting and lens fragmentation using low-energy technology.
Z-Lasik: Training in Z-Lasik, flap cutting, and OCT imaging.
CLEAR: Training in lenticule extraction with 1 or 2 incisions.

Each session lasts 30 minutes, registration can be done via the link at the top of the page.

Training Credits

Swiss Society of Ophthalmology: 7 credits
Swiss Society for Optics and Optometry: 4 credits

How to reach the Genolier Innovation Hub

By car, from Lausanne: Highway A1, exit 12 Gland-Begnins, then follow signs to Genolier.
By car, from Geneva: Highway A1, exit 11 Nyon-Dijon-St Cergue.
By public transport: Train to Nyon station, then take R55 line, stop at La Joy-Clinique.

Registration

Registration deadline: Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Registration link

Our experts

PD Dr Aude Ambresin
FMH specialist in ophthalmology and ophthalmosurgery, medical retina specialist

Professor François-Xavier Borruat
FMH Specialist in Ophthalmology, Specialist in Neurosurgery

Dr Georges Caputo
Head of Department – Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris – Ophthalmology

Dr Arthur Hammer
MD-PhD, FEBO, FEBOS-CR, CertLRS, PgDip-CRS, FWCRS

Dr Carl Herbort
FMH specialist in ophthalmology, spec. in ophthalmic surgery

Dr Victoire Hurand
Senior Registrar in Ophthalmology

Dr Antonio Iskandar
FMH Specialist in Ophthalmology, spec. oculopasticsurgery

Prof. Kaweh Mansouri
FMH specialist in ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery, glaucoma spec.

Dr Alexandre Martinez
FMH specialist in ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery

Prof. Dr. Jose María Martínez de la Casa
Head of Glaucoma Department, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid

Dr Ioannis Papasavvas
FMH ophthalmology specialist

Dr Aleksandra Petrovic
FMH specialist in ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery

Dr Harry Roberts PGCertMEd MSc MD FRCOphth CertLRS
Consultant en maladies de la cornée et de l'œil externe, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust