Program
Scientific Schedule
Thursday 19th June 2025 at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden
Partners are invited the whole day
| 13:00 | Registration at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave with Coffee/Tea/Lunch | |
| Session 1. To create and preserve Academic medicine | ||
| Chairs: Hélène Dollfus, Francesco Bandello, Fernando J Arevalo, Boris Malyugin | ||
| 13:50 | Richard L Abbott, Martine J Jager | Welcome |
| 14:05 | Bruce Spivey | The origins of AOI and how it was developed |
| 14:20 | Richard L Abbott | The Current Status and Future Goals of the AOI |
| 14:30 | Gullapalli N Rao | How we built the LV Prasad Institute |
| 14:40 | Anne L Coleman | Inheriting a department and what to do with it |
| 14:50 | Eduardo C Alfonso | A road map for going from good to great with the BPEI |
| 15:00 | Discussion on how to combine care with innovative research | |
| Streiff Medal (partners welcome) |
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| Chairs: Richard L Abbott, Serge Resnikoff, Charles McGhee | ||
| 15:20 | Richard L Abbott | Introducing the Streiff medalist |
| 15:25 | Al Sommer | Streiff medal lecture: an Ophthalmologist’s Peripatetic Career. |
| 15:45 | Richard L Abbott | Presentation of the Streiff Medal |
| 15:50 | Break | |
| Session 2. History of Leiden | ||
| Chairs: Hugh Taylor, Tero Kivelä, Marie-José Tassignon, Kanxing Zhao |
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| 16:05 | Pieter Slaman, Leiden University Historian | History of Leiden and its medical school |
| 16:20 | Jan-Willem Beenakker | From 0 degrees K to modern imaging: technology in Leiden |
| 16:30 | Mieneke te Hennepe, Curator Rijksmuseum Boerhaave | Boerhaave museum and its ophthalmology items |
| 16:40 | Examine books and historic items | |
| 17:10 | Guided tours through the Boerhaave museum, visiting the Theater Anatomicum | |
| 18:00 | Welcome with Drinks | |
| 18:10 – 21:00 | Welcome reception with heavy hors d’óeuvres (walking dinner) in the museum | |
Friday 20th June 2025 at the Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
Locaton: Academy Building, Telders Auditorium
| 08:45 | Arrival of participants | |
| Session 3. Business meeting AOI | ||
| Chair: Richard L Abbott, President AOI |
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| 09:00 | Business Meeting AOI | |
| 10:30 | Coffee/Tea break | |
| Session 4. Inaugurations (partners welcome) |
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| Chair: Richard L Abbott, Hiroko Terasaki, Charles NJ McGhee, Serge Resnikoff, Martine Jager | ||
| 11:00 | Inaugurations | |
| Chair VII Professor Frank Holz, Bonn, Germany | ||
| Chair VIII Professor Andrew Dick, Bristol, UK | ||
| Chair XI Professor David Chang, San Francisco, USA | ||
| Chair XXII Professor David Mackey, Perth, Australia | ||
| Chair XXXVIII Professor Catherine Creuzot-Garcher, Dijon, France | ||
| Chair XLIX Professor David Friedman, Boston, USA | ||
| Chair XCIV Professor Allan Slomovic, Toronto, Canada | ||
| 12:30 | Sit down lunch in Academy Building (partners welcome if registered) | |
| Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Oration (partners welcome) |
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| Session 5. The role of universities: beyond borders? | ||
| Chairs: Richard L Abbott, Martine J Jager | ||
| 14:00 | Martine J Jager | Introduction of AOI Orator |
| 14:05 | Hester Bijl, Rector Magnificus of Leiden University | AOI Oration: Academic freedom and role of medical schools and universities |
| 14:25 | Martine J Jager, Richard L Abbott | Presentation of AOI Oration Gift |
| 14:30 | Discussion | |
| Chairs: Julia Haller, Fung-Rong Hu, Anselm Kampik, Neeru Gupta | ||
| 14:40 | Paul Sieving | Research freedom (or not) in the USA |
| 14:50 | Tien Y Wong | Collaborations from China with Europe and USA |
| 15:00 | Andrew Dick | Collaborations between London and China |
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| 15:20 | Discussion: Can research remain collaborative in our changing global environment? | |
| 15:40 | Coffee/Tea break | |
| Session 6. Developing collaborations | ||
| Chairs: Annabelle Okada, Petja Vessileva, Paul Chan, Zbigniew F Zagorski |
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| 16:10 | Claus Cursiefen | A 12-year integrative anterior segment research program |
| 16:20 | Caroline Klaver | A Dutch national multidisciplinary posterior segment research program |
| 16:30 | Harminder Dua | How discoveries are adopted or challenged in the global community |
| 16:40 | Richard Parrish | How journals contribute to collaborations |
| 16:50 | Discussion on Internationalisation (Challenges, successes, cultural differences) | |
| 17:10 | Guided walk to the boats at Apothekersdijk – boats leaving at 17:30 hrs. (partners welcome) | |
| 17:30 | Boat tour through the canals of Leiden incl drinks (partners welcome) | |
| 18:30 | Arrival by boat at the Hortus Botanicus (partners welcome) | |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Drinks in the Hortus Botanicus (partners welcome) | |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Buffet/dinner in the garden of the Hortus and Orangerie (partners welcome) | |
| 22:00 | Walk through the garden, end of the evening | |
Saturday 21st June 2025 at the Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, Leiden
Location: Academy Building, Telders Auditorium
| 08:45 | Arrival of participants | ||
| Session 7. Inaugurations (partners welcome) |
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| 09:00 | Inaugurations | ||
| Chair: Richard L Abbott, Hiroko Terasaki, Charles NJ McGhee, Serge Resnikoff, Martine Jager |
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| Chair LXII Professor Berthold Seitz, Homburg/Saar, Germany | |||
| Chair LXXI Professor Helen Danesh Meyer, Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Chair LXXXIV Professor Lihteh Wu, San José, Costa Rica | |||
| Chair LXXVII Professor Zuguo Liu, Xiamen, P.R. China | |||
| Chair XCV Professor Johanna Seddon, Boston, USA | |||
| Chair XCVI Professor Yaxing Wang, Beijing, P.R. China | |||
| Chair XCVII Professor Peizeng Yang, Chongqing, P.R. China | |||
| Chair XCVIII Professor Farhad Hafezi, Geneva, Zurich, Switserland | |||
| 10:30 | Group Photograph in the Academy Square | ||
| 10:40 | Coffee/Tea break | ||
| Session 8. Improving clinical care through education: role of fellowships | |||
| Chairs: Xinquan Fan, Rafael Barraquer, Maria Berrocal, Marco Zarbin |
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| 11:10 | Jinfeng Cao | Value of a Chinese Scholarship Council fellowship | |
| 11:20 | Viridiana Kocab | Fellowships: experience on three continents | |
| 11:30 | Berthold Seitz | IOFF- Ophthalmology Foundation – Fellowships | |
| 11:40 | Karl Golnik | AI and educatio | |
| 11:50 | Marie-José Tassignon | Harmonization of Sub-Specialty fellowships in Europa | |
| 12:00 | Discussion on how to improve education | ||
| 12:30 | Sit down lunch in Academy Building (partners welcome if registered) | ||
| Session 9. Global Ophthalmology | |||
| Chairs: Jorge L Alio, Jost Jonas, Kanxing Zhao, Peter McDonnell |
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| 13:20 | Martine Jager / Renbing Jia | Eye melanoma patients from different parts of the world | |
| 13:30 | Jorge Alio | Changing eye color: is it smart? | |
| 13:40 | Xianqun Fan | Strategy for Retinoblastoma treatment in China | |
| 13:50 | Janey Wiggs | Do genetics provide useful information for patients? | |
| 14:00 | Camiel Boon | Gene therapy for IRDs: developments and challenges | |
| 14:10 | Emily Chew | AI in retinal diseases | |
| 14:20 | Serge Resnikoff | Quality gaps in cataract surgery in different parts of the world | |
| 14:30 | Prashant Garg | Using AI for improving care in India | |
| 14:45 | Discussion on on improving care | ||
| AOI lecture by Rubens Belfort Jr (partners welcome) |
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| Chair: Richard L Abbott |
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| 14:55 | Richard L Abbott | Introducing AOI Lecturer R. Belfort | |
| 15:00 | Rubens Belfort Jr | AOI Lecture: Diplomacy for Medicine and Science | |
| 15:20 | Richard L Abbott/Charles NJ McGhee | Presentation of AOI Lecture Gift | |
| 15:25 | Richard L Abbott and Martine J Jager | Conclusions, announcements | |
| 15:30 | Guided Walking Tour through Leiden (partners welcome) | ||
| 18:30 | Drinks at Museum of Antiquities (partners welcome) | ||
| 19:15 | Gala Anniversary Dinner (partners welcome) Dress code: men coat & tie; women festive |
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| 22:00 | End of conference | ||