Scientific Program
12:00-13:00 Registration & Lunch in the industry exhibition
13:00-13:05
Welcome
Chantal Dysli, Bern | Florian Heussen, Bern | Martin Zinkernagel, Bern
13:05-14:05
Session I: Age-related macular degeneration
Chairs: Irmela Mantel, Lausanne | Daniel Barthelmes, Zurich
13:05-13:20
Progression to exudation in high risk iAMD eyes: seeing the unseen
Usha Chakravarthy, Belfast, UK
13:20-13:35
Late-Stage AMD on OCT: What Matters, What Mimics, What Misleads
Lorenzo Ferro Desideri, Bern
13:35-13:50
Real-World-Data, Real-World Impact: The benefits of establishing a registry to track outcomes in ophthalmology
Daniel Barthelmes, Zurich
13:50-14:05
Geographic Atrophy in 2026: Diagnostic Advances and Emerging Therapies
Chiara M. Eandi, Lausanne
14:05-14:35 Coffee break in the industry exhibition
14:35-15:25
Session II: Vitreoretinal surgery
Chairs: Martin Zinkernagel, Bern | Moreno Menghini, Lugano
14:35-14:50
A Quarter Century of Floater Vitrectomy – Do We Still Need to Debate?
Martin K. Schmid, Lucerne
14:50-15:05
Should any membrane be peeled?
Moreno Menghini, Lugano
15:05-15:20
Innovations in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Martin Zinkernagel, Bern
15:20-15:35
Port delivery system ante portas
Andreas Ebneter, St.Gallen
15:35-15:50
SVRG Research Prizes
Moderation: Christian Prünte, Biel/Bienne
15:50-16:20 Coffee break in the industry exhibition
16:20-17:20
Session III: Tumours
Chairs: Florian Heussen, Bern | Nikolaos E. Bechrakis, Essen, DE
16:20-16:35
From Diagnosis to First-Line Therapy in Uveal Melanoma
Nikolaos E. Bechrakis, Essen, DE
16:35-16:50
Peripheral Retinal Vascular Lesions: Diagnosis and Management
Josep Callizo Planas, Basel
16:50-17:05
Recognizing Intraocular Lymphoma: Red Flags and Pitfalls
Ann Schalenbourg, Lausanne
17:05-17:20
Why Prognostication Matters in Choroidal Melanoma
Florian Heussen, Bern
17:20-18:35
Session IV: Paediatric Retina
Chairs: Chantal Dysli, Bern | Christina Gerth-Kahlert, Zurich
17:20-17:35
Paediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery: Indications, Limits, and Outcomes
Robert Henderson, London, UK
17:35-17:50
Current Diagnosis and Management of Retinopathy of Prematurity
Christina Gerth-Kahlert, Zurich
17:50-18:05
Avascular Peripheral Retina in Children - Differential Diagnosis and Management
Chantal Dysli, Bern
18:05-18:20
Slowing Pediatric Myopia Progression: An Evidence-Based Update
Leila Sara Eppenberger, Bern
18:20-18:35
Retinoblastoma update: diagnosis, management and future directions
Christina Stathopoulos, Lausanne
Status: 28.04.2026 (scientific program subject to change without notice)