DOG 2025 (English)

International Experts Day

With cutting-edge insights and outstanding expertise, these sessions are a highlight for all DOG 2025 participants.

Saturday, 27th September 2025


Heinrich Heimann
Christine Curcio

08:30 – 09:45
Room 1

Chair: Thomas Ach (Bonn)
Chair: Nicole Eter (Münster)

AMD Pathogenesis Update
Christine Curcio (Birmingham)


What can we learn from the NHS?
Heinrich Heimann (Liverpool)


Ken Nischal
Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe

10:15 – 11:30
Room 1

Chair: Claus Cursiefen (Köln)
Chair: Anja K. Eckstein (Essen)

Update amblyopia prevention and treatment
Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe (Tel Aviv)


Update pediatric corneal transplantation
Ken Nischal (Pittsburgh)


15:00 – 16:15
Room 1
Chair: Arne Viestenz (Halle/Saale)
Chair: Simona Schlereth (Köln)

Ferenc Kuhn
Jacoubus Bosch

Systemic therapies in ocular tumors
Jacobus Bosch, Leiden

War related eye injuries
Ferenc Kuhn (Jacksonville)


Diego Strianese
Dan Milea

16:45 – 18:00
Room 1

Chair: Gerd Geerling (Düsseldorf)
Chair: Franz H. Grus (Mainz)

Non-visual Functions of the Eye: implications for Glaucoma and Neurodegenerative diseases
Dan Milea, Singapur

Surgery tear system
Diego Strianese (Neapel)