Sponsors

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We thank the following companies for their generous support of the 57th OOG Meeting 2023 in Berlin, Germany:

Aura Biosciences
80 Guest Street, Brighton, MA 02135/USA
www.aurabiosciences.com
Sponsoring: €5.000,-

Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG GmbH
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin/Germany
www.bebig.com
Sponsoring: €5.000,-

Roche Pharma AG
Emil-Barell-Straße 1
79639 Grenzach-Wyhlen/Germany
www.roche.de
Sponsoring: €5.000,-

Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Max-Jarecki-Straße 8, 69115 Heidelberg/Germany
www.HeidelbergEngineering.de
Sponsoring: €3.000,-

Immunocore Ireland Ltd
Unit 1 Sky Business Centres
Port Tunnel Business and Technology Park,
Dublin D17 FY82/Ireland
www.immunocore.com
Sponsoring: €3.000,-

Bayer Vital GmbH
Geb. K56, 51366 Leverkusen/Germany
www.gesundheit.bayer.de
Sponsoring: €2.000,-

Delcath Systems Limited
Unit 19, Mervue Business Park
H91 EP89 Mervue, Galway/Ireland
www.delcath.com
Sponsoring: €2.000,-

Optos GmbH
Tiefenbroicher Weg 25, 40472 Düsseldorf/Germany
www.optos.com
Sponsoring: €2.000,-

RaySearch Laboratories AB
Eugeniavägen 18C, 10430 Stockholm/Sweden
www.raysearchlabs.com
Sponsoring: €2.000,-

Novartis Pharma GmbH
Roonstraße 25, 90429 Nürnberg/Germany
www.novartis.de
Sponsoring: €1.000,-

Théa Pharma GmbH
Schillerstraße 3, 10625 Berlin/Germany
www.theapharma.de
Sponsoring: €500,-

Ursapharm Arzneimittel GmbH
Industriestraße 35, 66129 Saarbrücken/Germany
www.ursapharm.de
Sponsoring: €500,-

Preface

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Dear OOG members and guests,

It is a great pleasure to present to you on behalf of the organizers and the OOG board the program of the 57th OOG Meeting 13th to 16th April.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Berlin.

More than 75 presentations are scheduled either as full presentations (8 min. + 2 min. discussion), or new to the OOG meetings, Rapid fire presentations (2 min. + 1 min. discussion).

There will be a YIN session to start with on Thursday afternoon and we have a total of eleven invited speakers all across the program.

The meeting includes multiple lunches, dinners and social activities for optimal social interaction.

We hope to meet you soon in Berlin


Robert M. Verdijk
(Rotterdam/NL)

Alexandre Moulin
(Lausanne/CH)

Antonia M. Joussen
(Berlin/D)

General information

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Scientific programme and further information

Prof. Dr. Antonia M. Joussen
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF), Department of Ophthalmology
Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK), Department of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin
E-Mail: Anke.Walz@charite.de


Organisation

Congress-Organisation Gerling GmbH
Werftstraße 23, 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone +49 (0) 2 11 / 59 22 44
Fax +49 (0) 2 11 / 59 35 60
E-Mail info@congresse.de
Homepage www.congresse.de


Venue

Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung
Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115 Berlin
www.kaiserin-friedrich-stiftung.com


Lecture hall

Auditorium


Official Language

English


Date

Thursday, April 13th, 2023, 13:00h - 19:00h
Friday, April 14th, 2023, 09:00h - 18:00h
Saturday, April 15th, 2023, 10:00h - 17:00h
Sunday, April 16th, 2023, guided tours


Opening hours congress office

Thursday, April 13th, 2023, 11:00h - 12:00h
Friday, April 14th, 2023, 08:00h - 18:00h
Saturday, April 15th, 2023, 08:30h - 17:00h
Sunday, April 16th, 2023, closed


Opening hours industrial exhibition

Friday, April 14th, 2023, 09:00h - 16:30h
Saturday, April 15th, 2023, 09:30h - 16:00h


Online Registration

>>Please register here


Attendance fee
Registration until 1st April, 2023 from 2nd April, 2023
OOG Member 250€ 280€
OOG non-ember 300€ 330€
accompanying person 100€ 100€

The attendance fee covers the costs for coffee breaks, lunches and the social program.
Incl. VAT and excl. foreign transfer fees


Payment

by bank transfer (bank details are quoted on your confirmation and invoice. Please do not transfer money without noting your invoice number), PayPal or by credit card: VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCARD


Important notes for participants

If you register late or on-site we cannot guarantee for lunch and participation in the social program.
Cancellation for the symposium has to be made via e-mail (service@congresse.de) or fax (+49 (0) 2 11 / 59 35 60) by 10th April, 2023. In any case an administration fee of € 22,- has to be paid. After this date no refunds can be made.
Changes, errors and misprints excepted.


Certificate of attendance / CME-Credits

The Symposium is registered at the Ärztekammer Berlin providing CME-credits for the German Continuing Medical Education System. Please bring your Barcode Labels and we will register you for CME-point documentation.

An equivalent Certificate of Attendance will be sent to you after the meeting by e-mail.

Information for speakers

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Presentations

Duration, please see scientific program


Projection

Microsoft PowerPoint presentation
You are asked to preferably upload your presentation prior to the meeting. The link will be sent to all speakers. Otherwise you may bring a flash drive or own notebook.

Scientific program

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Thursday, 13th April, 2023

11:00h - 12:00h

Registration at Kaiserin Friedrich Stiftung
Important:
For access to the Helmholtz Zentrum Full name, City, Country, Number of ID of all attendees is required!
Please bring your ID/passport.


12:00h

Departure of the bus to Helmholtz Zentrum for Proton beam therapy


12:45h - 13:00h

small lunch provided


13:00h

Welcome
Prof. Dr. Antonia M. Joussen (meeting host - Berlin/D)
Dr. Alexandre Moulin (president OOG - Lausanne/Ch)

13:10h

Welcome
Prof. Dr. Andrea Denker (proton beam facility - Berlin/D)


YIN meeting

13:20h

Welcome
Denis Malaise (Paris/F) / Josephine Nguyen (Rotterdam/NL)
YIN representatives


13:30h - 14:40h
Physics in Ocular Oncology (invited speakers)

Chairs:
Denis Malaise (Paris/F)
Josephine Nguyen (Rotterdam/NL)

13:30h

Advances in MRI of intra-ocular lesions
Jan Willem Beenakker (Leiden/NL)

13:50h

Radiotherapy of intraocular tumors: present and future
Jens Heufelder (Berlin/D)

14:10h

Ocular proton therapy worldwide results of the PTCOG OPTIC questionnaire
Linda Mortimer (Clatterbridge/GB)


14:30h - 15:00h
Experimental approaches

Chair:
Natasha van Poppelen (Rotterdam/NL)

14:30h

Organoids in Uveal melanoma research
Susanne Wolf (Berlin/D)

14:45h

Comprehensive profiling benefits
Marie Laure Yaspo (Berlin/D)


15:00h

Break


15:30h - 16:50h
Presentations Imaging and Irradiation submitted abstracts

Chairs:
Jan Willem Beenakker (Leiden/NL)
Maya Eiger-Moscovich (Jerusalem/IS)

15:30h

Quantitative analysis of perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in uveal melanoma
Lisa Klaassen (Leiden/NL)

15:40h

Advantages of 3-D image-based versus conventional modelbased treatment planning in ocular proton therapy
Johannes Gollrad (Berlin/D)

15:50h

A-OCT in early recognition of radiation retinopathy - a pilot study
Weronika Mularska (Zakrzewo/PL)

16:00h

Radiation Maculopathy:
an Imaging and Omic Combined Diagnostic Approach

Guilia Midena (Rome/I)

16:10h

Baseline MRI screening for bilateral retinoblastoma patients
Maya Eiger-Moscovich (Jerusalem/IS)

16:20h

Advantages of Helium Ion beams in particle therapy of ocular tumors
Andreas Weber (Berlin/D)

16:30h

Status and Perspectives for the Treatment of Intra Ocular Tumors with Protons and Helium Ions – enabling ocular FLASH particle therapy
Andrea Denker (Berlin/D)

16:40h

From mice to man: in vivo analysis of retinal function in animal models for retinal disease and its translational value
Olaf Strauß (Berlin/D)


16:50h - 20:00h

Snacks and tour of the proton therapy facility
in small groups (10-15 people)


20:30h

Bus back to Berlin



Friday, 14th April, 2023

09:00h - 10:00h
Uveal melanoma Genetics (invited speakers)

Chair:
Ulrich Pfeffer (Genova/I)

09:00h

Which are the important players in genetics?
Emine Kilic (Rotterdam/NL)

09:20h

Is there progress in malignancy form small uveal melanoma to large melanoma to metastasis?
Jens Folke Kiilgaard (Copenhagen/DK)

09:40h

Genetics of ocular melanoma and non-malignant lesions
Natasha van Poppelen (Rotterdam/NL)


10:00h - 11:00h
Uveal melanoma presentations 1st round (submitted abstracts)

Chairs:
Jens Folke Kiilgaard (Copenhagen/DK)
Bertil Damato (London/GB)

10:00h

Validation of AJCC staging for metastatic disease in a Danish cohort of patients with metastases from posterior uveal melanoma
Tine Gadegaard Hindso (Copenhagen/DK)

10:10h

Iris melanoma outcomes based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) classification in 78 consecutive patients
Guy Negretti (London/GB)

10:20h

Uveal Melanoma App – current expert knowledge in digital form
Felix Schröder (Berlin/D)

10:30h

Survival of uveal melanoma patients with peritoneal metastases: a retrospective single-center analysis
Stanislav Rosnev (Berlin/D)

10:40h

The extraocular extension of the uveal melanoma
Iwona Rospond-Kubiak (Poznan/PL)

10:50h

Large optic disc melanocytoma:
a long-term follow-up case series

Francesco Baldo Lanza (Milano/I)


11:00h - 11:30h

Break & Industrial Exhibition


11:30h - 12:40h
Uveal melanoma presentations 2nd round (submitted abstracts)

Chairs:
Sebastian Ochsenreither (Berlin/D)
Iwona Rospond-Kubiak (Poznan/PL)

11:30h

Interdependence of molecular lesions that drive Uveal Melanoma metastasis
Adriana Amaro (Genova/I)

11:40h

Atypical outcomes from uveal melanoma tumors with Class 1A, 1B, and 2 gene expression profiles
Firas Kreidieh (Houston, TX/USA)

11:50h

Hyperglycemia-induced missegregation of chromosome-3 in the uveal melanoma cells
Aysegül Tura (Lübeck/D)

12:00h

Detection of ctDNA in vitreous body and aqueous humor of uveal melanoma patients
Claudia Le Guin (Essen/D)

12:10h

Application of multi-domain genomic data integration for Uveal and Skin Melanoma
Francesco Reggiani (Genova/I)

12:30h

Whole genome, methylation and transcriptome sequencing of primary Uveal melanoma
Erwin Brosens (Rotterdam/NL)


12:40h - 13:00h
Uveal melanoma Metastasis - Prevention

Chair:
Vicktoria Vishnevskia-Dai (Qiriyat Ono/IS)

12:40h

System Medicine in Choroidal melanoma
Ulrich Keilholz (Berlin/D)


13:00h - 14:00h

Lunch & Industrial Exhibition


14:00h - 15:00h
Collaborative initiatives - open discussion

Chairs:
Alexandre Moulin (Lausanne/CH)
Serge Leyvraz (Berlin/D)

Request to all OOG members to mail collaborative proposals to the secretary: r.verdijk@erasmusmc.nl


15:00h - 16:00h
Uveal melanoma presentations 3rd round (submitted abstracts)

Chairs:
Norbert Bornfeld (Düsseldorf/D)
Jens Heufelder (Berlin/D)

15:00h

A novel integrated concept to treat large intraocular tumors
Henning Manke (Dortmund/D)

15:10h

Iodine -125 Plaque Radiotherapy for Choroidal Melanoma. Treatment Results, treatment related complications, Ocular and Systemic Prognosis
Vicktoria Vishnevskia-Dai (Qiriyat Ono/IS)

15:20h

Deep-notch Episcleral Iodine-125 plaque for the treatment of juxtapapillary melanoma
Hatem Krema (Toronto, ON/CDN)

15:30h

Melanoma Recurrence or Something Else?
Hibba Quhill (Sheffield/GB)

15:40h

Ruthenium brachytherapy for iridocilliary melanoma
Emilia Zwolinska (Poznan/PL)

15:50h

Uveal melanoma treatment with active scanning beam protontherapy: the CNAO/INT experience
Martina Angi (Milan/I)


16:00h - 16:30h

Break & Industrial Exhibition


16:30h - 18:00h
Uveal melanoma presentations 4th round (submitted abstracts)

Chairs:
Emine Kilic (Rotterdam/NL)
Antonia M. Joussen (Berlin/D)

16:30h

Endoresection of choroidal melanoma after proton beam irradiation: a retrospective interventional case series
Louis-Philippe Fermon (Berlin/D)

16:40h

Review of 166 patients with iris melanoma treated proton beam therapy
Alexander Böker (Berlin/D)

16:50h

Robotic CyberKnife Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Uveal Melanoma
Paul Foerster (München/D)

17:00h

A Phase 2 Trial of Belzupacap Sarotalocan (Bel-sar), a Firstin-Class Targeted Therapy for Choroidal Melanoma, via Suprachoroidal Administration
Hakan Demirci (Ann Arbor, MI/USA)

17:10h

How to make strawberry ice cream:
two types of cell therapy trials in uveal melanoma

Sapna Patel (Houston, TX/USA)

17:20h

Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in Small Choroidal Melanocytic Lesions
Salvatore Grisanti (Lübeck/D)

17:30h

Identifying Uveal Melanoma Biomarkers from Patient Extracellular Vesicles and the Pharmacological Action of 1,4 Dihydroxy Quininib
Valentina Tonelotto (Dublin/IRL)

17:40h

Ergolide Mediates Anti-Cancer Effects on Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Cells and Modulates their Extracellular Vesicle Proteome
Breandán Kennedy (Dublin/IRL)

18:00h

departure on foot for Ship cruise

19:15h

Ship cruise with Dinner


Saturday, 15th April, 2023

09:00h - 10:00h
OOG Business Meeting

Chairs:
OOG board


10:00h - 10:20h
Orbit Anterior Segment Tumors (invited speakers)

Chair:
Alexandre Moulin (Lausanne/CH)

10:00h

Different surgical approaches to the orbit are currently in clinical use. There is limited clinical data on comparison of the different options
Eckart Bertelmann (Berlin/D)


10:20h - 12:10h
Orbit and ocular adnexa ((submitted abstracts)

Chairs:
Shahar Frenkel (Jerusalem/IS)
Murat Tunc (Çankaya/D)

10:20h

Global Trends in Incidence of Ocular Melanoma and Iris Color Prevalence
Mike Wu (Rotterdam/NL)

10:30h

ATRX loss in (pre-) malignant melanocytic lesions of the conjunctiva
Jolique van Ipenburg (Nijmege/NL)

10:40h

Treatment of Conjunctival Palpebral Tumors Using Ruthenium Plaque Brachytherapy
Shahar Frenkel (Jerusalem/IS)

10:50h

Malignant tumors of the eyelid and the eye surface:
one-time frozen section procedure or two-time procedure

Joris de Keersmaecker (Berlin/D)

11:00h

Epidemiological characteristics and clinical outcome of facial Merkel cell carcinoma
Michael Gutmann (Berlin/D)

11:10h

Post-operative Interventional Radiotherapy (Brachytherapy) in advanced eye and eyelid tumors as alternative treatment to invasive surgery
Gustavo Savino (Rome/I)

11:20h

The characteristics of childhood ocular and orbital malignancies in the USA, 1996-2018
Ahmed Alfaar (Berlin/D)

11:30h

Novel characteristics of Orbital Solitary Fibrous Tumour:
Prevalence of TERT-promotor mutation and radiographic properties in multimodal imaging

David Sinan Koca (Berlin/D)

11:40h

Two cases of intra-ocular undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
Robert M. Verdijk (Rotterdam/NL)

11:50h

Ocular Oncology - Problems and Solutions in Animals
Stefan Kindler (Wiesbaden/D)


12:10h - 13:00h

Lunch & Industrial Exhibition


13:00h - 13:20h
Lymphoma (invited speaker)

Chair:
Robert M. Verdijk (Rotterdam/NL)

Speakers
Alexandre Moulin (Lausanne/CH)
Bert Müller (Berlin/D)
Martin Janz (Berlin/D)


13:20h - 15:30h
Retina (submitted abstracts)

Chairs:
Alexandre Matet (Paris/F)
Oliver Zeitz (Berlin/D)

13:20h

Molecular exploration of aqueous humor cfDNA in retinoblastoma
Alexandre Matet (Paris/F)

13:30h

Retinal giant cell astrocytoma: report of 2 cases
Alexandre Moulin (Lausanne/CH)

13:40h

Primary vitreoretinal lymphoma in the capital region of Denmark.
Clinical features and treatment outcomes

Carsten Faber (Copenhagen/DK)

13:50h

Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma:
Examining patient outcomes based on varying diagnostic and treatment modalities

Patrick Murtagh (Dublin/IRL)

14:00h

Correlation of a preoperative priority list with the final diagnosis of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma (PVRL)
Clemens Niklas Rudolph (Sulzbach/D)

14:10h

IL-10/IL-6 ratio in the diagnosis of intraocular lymphoma
Philipp Rating (Essen/D)

14:20h

To analyse clinical outcome of Cyberknife SRT in a series of patients with Choroidal hemangioma
Murat Tunc (Çankaya/TR)

14:30h

Outcome of combined cataract surgery and iris prosthesis Implantation in patients with previous iris melanoma surgery
Kristoffer Nissen (Copenhagen/DK)

14:40h

Exudative retinal detachment in uveal melanomas treated with interventional radiotherapy
Monica Maria Pagliara (Rome/I)

14:50h

Outcome optimization after irradiation of ocular tumors
Oliver Zeitz (Berlin/D)

15:00h

Choroidal Vascular Changes Secondary to Ocular Irradiation Because of Posterior UM
Raffaele Parrozzani (Padova/I)

15:10h

In vivo preclinical model of radiation retinopathy
Denis Malaise (Paris/I)


15:20h - 16:00h

Break & Industrial Exhibition


16:00h - 17:00h
Rapid fire session (2 min. presentation,1 min. discussion each)

Chairs:
Robert M. Verdijk (Rotterdam/NL)
Antonia M. Joussen (Berlin/D)


Cyberknife Stereotactic Surgery for Vasoactive Proliferative Tumor of the Retina
Murat Tunc (Çankaya/TR)

Prognostic significance of Bap1 protein expression in uveal melanoma
Susan Kennedy (Dublin/IRL)

Choroidal biopsy success by technique:
the role of transscleral Essen forceps biopsy

Hibba Quhill (Sheffield/GB)

The epidemiology of adults‘ ocular malignancies in Germany in a decade
Ahmed Alfaar (Berlin/D)

The characteristics of adult ocular and orbital malignancies in the USA, 1996-2018
Ahmed Alfaar (Berlin/D)

Presentation of a recurrent conjunctiva cyst, a case report and review of literature
Ifeoma Chigozie Echieh (Clabar/NGA)

Orbital metastasis of a neuroendocrine tumor
Luciano Accetta (Berlin/D)

Our Experience in The Management of Uveal Metastasis Based on Rare Primary Tumor Origins: A Case Series
Massimiliano Borselli (Cantanzaro/I)

Everolimus in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Patients with Retinal Hamartomas
Lynn zur Bonsen (Berlin/D)

Efficacy of Ultra-Low-Dose Radiotherapy in Association with Single-Agent Rituximab Compared with Standard External Radiotherapy Alone in Low Grade Orbital Lymphoma
Massimiliano Borselli (Cantanzaro/I)

Radiation-induced changes to the anterior segment of mice eye
Johannes Gollrad (Berlin/D)

Rise of an unexpected foe:
secondary extraocular extension following photodynamic therapy

Hibba Quhill (Sheffield/GB)

17:30h

Concert at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung
Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115 Berlin

19:00h

Dinner at Restaurant Habel am Reichstag
Luisenstraße 19, 10117 Berlin


Sunday, April 16th, 2023

On Sunday you are cordially invited to join one of the guided tours to the Reichstag, the New Museum with Nefertiti or the Jewish Museum (details see social program) to discover Berlin and deepen the meeting´s scientific exchange.

Authors

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Dr. Luciano Accetta
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Ahmed Samir Alfaar
Smile Eyes Augen
+ Laserzentrum Leipzig
Lampestraße 1
4107 Leipzig, Germany

Dr. Adriana Amaro
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico
San Martino
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10
16132 Genova, Italy

Martina Angi, MD, PhD
Fondazione IRCCS
Istituto Nazionale Tumori
via G. Venezian 1
20133 Milano, Italy

Dr. Jan-Willem Beenakker
Leiden University
Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Albinusdreef 2
2333 ZA Leiden,
The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Eckart Bertelmann
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Alexander Böker
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12200 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Norbert Bornfeld
Surgery
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Laube
Schadowstraße 80
40212 Düsseldorf, Germany

Dr. Massimiliano Borselli
University of Catanzaro
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Viale Europa
88100 Catanzaro, Italy

Dr. Erwin Brosens
Erasmus Medical Center
Dept. of Clinical Genetics
Dr. Molewaterplein 50
3000 GE Rotterdam,
The Netherlands

Prof. Bertil Damato
Moorfields Eye Hospital
City Road
EC1V 2PD London, UK

Joris de Keersmaecker
Charité -
Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Hakan Demirci
University of Michigan
W.K. Kellogg Eye Center
1000 Wall St
MI 48105 Ann Arbor, USA

Prof. Dr. Andrea Denker
BerlinProtonen
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1
14109 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Ifeoma Chigozie Echieh
University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital
Dept. of Ophthalmology
540001 Calabar, Nigeria

Dr. Maya Eiger-Moscovich
Hadassah Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Kalman Ya’akov Man st.
9112001 Jerusalem, Israel

Carsten Faber, MD, PhD
Rigshospitalet
University Hospital
Copenhagen
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Blegdamsvej 9
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Louis-Philippe Fermon
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12200 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Paul Foerster
LMU Munich
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Mathildenstraße 8
80336 München, Germany

Prof. Shahar Frenkel
Hadassah Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Kalman Ya’akov Man st.
9112001 Jerusalem, Israel

Dr. Johannes Gollrad
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Klinik für Radioonkologie
Hindenburgdamm 30
12200 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Salvatore Grisanti
Universitätsklinikum
Schleswig-Holstein
Campus Lübeck
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23538 Lübeck, Germany

Michael Gutmann
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Dr.rer.nat. Jens Heufelder
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Klinik für Radioonkologie und
Strahlentherapie
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1
14109 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Tine Gadegaard Hindsö
Rigshospitalet
University Hospital
Copenhagen
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Blegdamsvej 9
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Janz
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin - Med. Clinic
Dept. of Hematology and
Oncology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12203 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Antonia M. Joussen
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Keilholz
Charité Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Breandan Kennedy
University College Dublin
UCD Conway Institute
Belfield
D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Susan Kennedy
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
Adelaide Road
D02 XK51 Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Jens Folke Kiilgaard
Rigshospitalet
University Hospital
Copenhagen
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Blegdamsvej 9
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr. Emine Kilic
Erasmus Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Dr. Molewaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam, The
Netherlands

Dr. med. vet. Stefan Kindler
Anicura WiesbadenSchierstein GmbH
Saarbrücker Allee 7
65201 Wiesbaden, Germany

Lisa Klaassen
Leiden University Medical
Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Albinusdreef 2
2333 ZA Leiden,
The Netherlands

Dr. David S. Koca
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Firas Kreidieh
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
TX 77030 Houston, USA

Prof. Hatem Krema
Princess Margaret
Cancer Centre
610 University Ave.
M5G 2M9 Toronto, Canada

Dr. Francesco Baldo Lanza
Fondazione IRCCS
Istituto Nazionale Tumori
via G. Venezian 1
20133 Milano, Italy

Dr. Claudia H. D. Le Guin
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Hufelandstraße 55
45147 Essen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Serge Leyvraz
Charité Comprehensive
Cancer Center
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Denis Malaise
Institut Curie
26 Rue d‘Ulm
75005 Paris, France

Henning Manke
TU Dortmund
Faculty of Physics
Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a
44227 Dortmund, Germany

Dr. Alexandre Matet
Institut Curie
26 Rue d‘Ulm
75005 Paris, France

Giulia Midena
IRCCS -
Fondazione G. B. Bietti
Via Livenza 3
198 Roma, Italy

Linda Mortimer
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
65 Pembroke Place
L7 8YA Liverpool, UK

Priv.-Doz. Dr.
Alexandre Moulin
Hopital Universitaire
Ophtalmique
Jules Gonin
Avenue de France 15
1004 Lausanne, Switzerland

Weronika Mularska
Poznan University
of Clinical Sciences
Academic Clinical Hospital
Dept. of Oncological Pathology
Szamarzewskiego 82/84
60-101 Poznan, Poland

Dr. Patrick Murtagh
Royal Victoria Eye
and Ear Hospital
Adelaide Road, Dublin
D02 XK51 Dublin 2, Ireland

Guy Negretti
Moorfields Eye Hospital
City Road
EC1V 2PD London, UK

Josephine Nguyen
Erasmus Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Dr. Molewaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam, The
Netherlands

Dr. Kristoffer Nissen
Rigshospitalet
University Hospital
Copenhagen
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Blegdamsvej 9
2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sebastian
Ochsenreither
Charité – Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin
Franklin - Med. Clinic
Dept. of Hematology and
Oncology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12203 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Monica Mara Pagliara
Fondazione Policlinico
A.Gemelli IRCCS
Intraocular and Surface
Tumors Unit
Largo F. Vito 1
168 Roma, Italy

Prof. Raffaele Parrozzani
University of Padua
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Via Giustiniani, 2
35128 Padova, Italy

Ass. Prof. Sapna Patel
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
TX 77030 Houston, USA

Dr.rer.nat. Ulrich Pfeffer
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico
San Martino
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10
16132 Genova, Italy

Hibba Quhill
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Glossop Road
S10 2JF Sheffield, UK

Dr. Philipp Rating
Universitäts-Augenklinik
Hufelandstraße 55
45147 Essen, Germany

Dr. Francesco Reggiani
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico
San Martino
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10
16132 Genova, Italy

Stanislav Rosnev
Charité – Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin -
Med. Clinic
Dept. of Hematology and
Oncology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12203 Berlin, Germany

Iwona Rospond-Kubiak ,
MD, PhD
Poznan University of Clinical
Sciences
Academic Clinical Hospital
Dept. of Oncological
Pathology
Szamarzewskiego 82/84
60-101 Poznan, Poland

Dr. Clemens N. Rudolph
Knappschaftskrankenhaus
Sulzbach
Dept. of Ophthalmology
An der Klinik 10
66280 Sulzbach, Germany

Ass. Prof. Gustavo Savino
Fondazione Policlinico
Universitario A. Gemelli
IRCCS
L. go Vito 8
168 Roma, Italy

Dr. Felix Schröder
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12200 Berlin, Germany

Prof.Dr.rer.nat. Olaf Strauß
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Valentina Tonelotto
University College Dublin
Belfield
D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Murat Tunc
Tunc Eye Clinic
Tunali Hilmi Cad. 85-15
6400 Cankaya, Turkey

Prof.Dr.rer.nat. Aysegül Tura
Universitätsklinikum
Schleswig-Holstein
Campus Lübeck
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23538 Lübeck, Germany

Jolique van Ipenburg
Radboud University Medical
Centre
Dept. of Pathology
Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10
6525 GA Nijmegen, The
Netherlands

Dr. Natasha van Poppelen
Erasmus Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Dr. Molewaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam, The
Netherlands

Dr. Robert M. Verdijk
Erasmus MC University
Medical
Center Rotterdam
Dept. of Pathology
PO-Box 2040
3000CA Rotterdam,
The Netherlands

Dr. Vicktoria Vishnevskia-Dai
Sheba Medical Center
Goldschleger Eye Research
Institute
Tel Hashomer
52621 Ramat Gan, Israel

Dr.rer.nat. Andreas Weber
BerlinProtonen
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1
14109 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Susanne Wolf
Charité - Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
Klinik für Augenheilkunde
Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin, Germany

Mike Wu
Erasmus Medical Center
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Dr. Molewaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam,
The Netherlands

Dr. Marie-Laure Yaspo
Max Planck Institute for
Molecular Genetics
Ihnestraße 63-73
14195 Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Oliver Zeitz
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12200 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Lynn S. zur Bonsen
Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Dept. of Ophthalmology
Hindenburgdamm 30
12200 Berlin, Germany

Dr. Emilia Zwolinska
Poznan University of Clinical
Sciences
Academic Clinical Hospital
Dept. of Oncological
Pathology
Szamarzewskiego 82/84
60-101 Poznan, Poland

Social program

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Friday, April 14th, 2023 – start 19:15h

Ship cruise with Dinner
Starting at pier Friedrichstraße this tour will pass the Museumsinsel, the Dome of Berlin and the historic Nikolaiviertel, the Reichstag, Berlin‘s government district, the new main station, Wedding, the Technical Univerity Berlin, Chateau Bellevue (House of the German president), the Federal Chancellery and plenty more interesting sites before finally returning to Friedrichstraße.

The pier is in walking distance of the venue (appr. 1,3km).
Important: The ship will leave exactly at 19:15h due to a strict schedule on Berlin´s waterways.

22:15h Return to pier Friedrichstraße


Saturday, April 15th, 2023 – 17:30h

17:30h Concert at the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Stiftung
Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115 Berlin

19:00h Dinner at Restaurant Habel am Reichstag
Luisenstraße 19, 10117 Berlin


Sunday, April 16th, 2023 – 10:00h-13:00h

Several guided tours are offered

Where German politic is made…
The Reichstag with guided tour

Meet the ancient pharaoh Nefertiti at the Neues Museum
https://www.museumsportal-berlin.de/de/museen/neues-museum/

The Jewish past and present in Germany
https://www.jmberlin.de/

Members of the Charité staff will accompany the groups to the guided tours.

Tours included, food & beverage not included.

Exhibitors

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Aura Biosciences
80 Guest Street
Brighton, MA 02135
USA
www.aurabiosciences.com

Bayer Vital GmbH
Geb. K56
51366 Leverkusen
Germany
www.gesundheit.bayer.de

Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG GmbH
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10
13125 Berlin
Germany
www.bebig.com

Delcath Systems Limited
Unit 19, Mervue Business Park
H91 EP89 Mervue, Galway
Ireland
www.delcath.com

Heidelberg Engineering GmbH
Max-Jarecki-Straße 8
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
www.HeidelbergEngineering.de

Immunocore Ireland Ltd
Unit 1 Sky Business Centres
Port Tunnel Business and Technology Park
Dublin D17 FY82/Ireland
www.immunocore.com

Novartis Pharma GmbH
Roonstraße 25
90429 Nürnberg
Germany
www.novartis.de

Optos GmbH
Tiefenbroicher Weg 25
40472 Düsseldorf
Germany
www.optos.com

RaySearch Laboratories AB
Eugeniavägen 18C
10430 Stockholm
Sweden
www.raysearchlabs.com

Roche Pharma AG
Emil-Barell-Straße 1
79639 Grenzach-Wyhlen
Germany
www.roche.de

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