Programme of Events

Thursday 11th October 2018 World Sight Day

Venue: Riddel Hall, Belfast

The first day of the conference will concentrate on nutrition and the eye and will feature presentations and reports from colleagues on a local, national and international setting.

9.00-9.25	Registration and Coffee
9.25 – 9.35	Welcome Tunde Peto, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, and Clinical Lead for the NI DESP, QUB
9.35 – 10.40	The ‘Big Picture’ – Report from the National Screening Committee and the 5-nations leads NSC and 5-nations representatives
10.40 – 12.20	Nutrition and the eye session: Invited lectures Nutrition in Northern Ireland – Claire McEvoy Micronutrients and eye-health – Imre Lengyel Global challenges in food security - Chris Elliott Current nutritional guidelines for best results in diabetes care – Philip Johnston
12.20 – 1.00	Lunch and networking for WSD delegates
1.00 – 1.40	Interactive Clinical Session – Intriguing clinical cases Chair: David Keegan
1.40 – 2.00	Eliminating trachoma Elliot McClenaghan, QUB
2.00 – 2.20	The built environment and the visually impaired Laura Cushley, QUB
2.20 – 2.50	Afternoon tea
2.50 – 3.30	Keynote lecture: Collaboration is the key: working together towards solving MacTel Martin Friedlander, San Diego, USA
3.30 – 4.00	The role of fenofibrates and lipid lowering drugs in diabetes care around the World Alicia Jenkins, Sydney, Australia
4.00 - 4.30	Diabetic eye disease around the world Tunde Peto, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, and Clinical Lead for the NI DESP, QUB screening World Sight Day Celebration Frank Albert Tanzania: Diabetic eye disease in Africa: achievements and challenges Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between QUB and Dodoma Team
4.30	Close of the day

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Friday 12th October 2018 Pan-Ireland Ophthalmic Day (POD) 2018

The Pan-Ireland Ophthalmic Day will explore both laboratory and clinical research and case studies including translational medicine aspects of diabetic retinopathy, AMD and the consequent use of bioinformatics will be discussed.

9.00 – 9.25	Registration and Coffee
9.25 – 9.35	Welcome Tunde Peto, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology QUB and BHSCT
	Translational science session: Chairs: Alan Stitt and Matthew Campbell
9.35 – 10.05	Novel approaches to treatment of early diabetic retinopathy Alan Stitt, QUB
10.05 – 10.35	Circadian regulation of the inner blood retina barrier; A paradigm for geographic atrophy development Matthew Campbell, Trinity College Dublin
10.35 – 10.55	Developing a new way of measuring visual acuity in AMD Roger Anderson, University of Ulster
10.55 – 11.25	Coffee break and networking
11.25 – 11.50	Novel findings in AMD research Imre Lengyel, Senior lecturer, CEM, QUB
11.50 – 12.10	The power of big data in health and disease Jose Sousa, QUB
12.10 – 12.45	Keynote lecture: Angiogenesis and the eye Martin Friedlander, San Diego, USA
12.45 – 1.30	Lunch and networking
	Clinical session: Chair: Miss Julie Silvestri and Mr David Keegan
1.30 – 2.30	Fluorescein and OCT Angiography Conference Chairs: Professor Alan Bird and Miss Clara McAvoy Dr Clare Shute – Cases of FEVR, capillary haemangioma and a mystery case Dr Gerard Reid- Sarcoid a stunning case of angioid streak Miss Clara MCAVOY- Burkitts lymphoma
2.30 – 3.20	Uveitis symposium and case discussions Chairs: Clara McAvoy and RoI representative Ajay Mohite - Fungal endophthalmitis Clare Shute - FEVR Gerard Reid - angioid streaks and pseudoxanthoma James Parker- retinal hamartoma Burkitts lymphoma presenting as exudative retinal detachment
3.20 – 3.40	Afternoon tea
3.40 – 4.20	Rare diseases and Low Vision Aid Clinical Trials Chairs: Miss Silvestri (NI) and Mr Keegan (RoI)
4.20 - 4.30	Close of the day

Pan-Ireland Ophthalmology Day (POD)