Event Programme

Friday, November 20th  
15.00 onwards Registration and check-in
Time TBC Buffet dinner in Bentley’s Bar OR Twilight Spa package
21.00 ‘Slide’ session (main meeting room)
Saturday, November 21th  
09.00 – 09.05 Welcome
09.05 – 9.50 Is this retina normal? Tips and tricks to navigate around the fundus! (András Komáromy)
9.50 – 10.30 Beyond funduscopy – new diagnostic methods for retinal examination (András Komáromy)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break and commercial exhibition
11.00 – 11.45 Canine inherited retinopathies – an overview (András Komáromy)
11.45 – 12.30 Get your formalin fix-an insight to ocular pathology (Emma Scurrell)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch and commercial exhibition
14.00 – 15.00 Abstracts 4 x 15 minutes (BrAVO members)
15.00 – 15.30 Gene therapy and other newly emerging treatments for inherited retinopathies – Part 1 (András Komáromy)
15.30 – 16.00 Tea and commercial exhibition
16.00 – 16.45 Gene therapy and other newly emerging treatments for inherited retinopathies – Part 2 (András Komáromy)
16.45 – 17.30 Tales of the unexpected – when good intentions go bad…
(Panel – András Komáromy, plus 2 BrAVO members)
19.00 Pre-dinner drinks
19.30 Gala dinner with after-dinner Quiz (run by JC conferences)
Sunday, November 22nd  
09.00 - 09.30 Letter from America (András Komáromy)
9.30 – 10.15 When cones go bad – the story of day blindness (András Komáromy)
10.15 – 11.00 Tea and commercial exhibition
11.00 – 11.30 ECVO highlights (Travel scholarship report)
11.30 – 12.00 Travel scholarship report 2
12.00 – 12.30 BrAVO AGM
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch and commercial exhibition
14.00 – 14.45 Relax, let’s cut it - how to safely use muscle relaxants in ophthalmic surgery (Karen Walsh)
15.00 - 15.30 Tips from the Specialist – Electroretinography: how to tackle common technical problems (András Komáromy)
15.30 – 16.00

The red, the blue, the white – see the eye in a new light! How useful are the new diagnostic light sources in distinguishing retinal and optic nerve disease? (András Komáromy)

16.00 Close of conference