Experience the future of ophthalmology: Our Innovation Forum Ophthalmology takes place for the first time at DOG 2025 and is a new platform dedicated to visionary projects and groundbreaking ideas in ophthalmology.
It comprises two main segments:
Saturday, 27th September
15:00 – 16:15
Startup Solutions
Saturday, 27th September
16:45 – 18:00
OphthalmoPitch
Unmet Needs and Expert Discussion
Joint Innovation Forum of DOG,
ESCRS & Euretina:
Late breaking News / Best of the Best
The newly introduced session format Startup Solutions, an initiative of DOG, Euretina and ESCRS, serves to highlight unmet needs in the field of ophthalmology. This engaging session will showcase advanced projects from pioneering startups, presented and discussed by a panel of experts.
Unmet Need: The limits of current laser refractive treatments
Speaker: Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill (Antwerpen, B)
Solution approach: Epicure vision
Speaker: Bert Van den Bogerd (Antwerpen, B)
Unmet Need: Innovative solutions in refractive corneal and cataract surgery
Referent/Speaker: Burkhard Dick (Bochum)
Solution approach: LIRIC
Referent/Speaker: Stephanie Joachim (Bochum)
Unmet Need: Home OCT
Referent/Speaker: Maximilian Pfau (Basel, CH)
Solution approach: Notal Vision
Referent/Speaker: Kester Nahen (Centreville, USA)
Unmet Need: Smart Retina: AI-supported future of retina diagnostics and therapy
Speaker: Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth (Vienna, A)
Solution approach: RetinAI
Speaker: Carlos Ciller (Bern, CH)
Solution approach: Retinsight
Speaker: Corinna zur Bonsen-Thomas (Vienna, A)
Solution approach: Deep Eye
Speaker: Manuel Opitz (Munich)
Ophthalmo-Pitch: Stage for Innovation
At the OphthalmoPitch, six bright minds will each have five minutes to present their innovative ideas in the field of ophthalmology. Each presentation will be followed by a discussion with a panel of ophthalmologists and industry experts. The audience is invited to join the discussion.
After an audience vote and the jury evaluation, first and second place will be awarded.
Keynote:
Deep Tech & MedTech: Wie UnternehmerTUM medizinische Innovationen beschleunigt
Helmut Schönenberger, UnternehmerTUM (München)
Jury:
Sascha Fauser (Basel, CH)
Helmut Schönenberger (München)
Dorothee Döpfer (Berlin)
Nicole Eter (Münster)
Verena Prokosch (Köln)
Gerd Auffarth (Heidelberg)