Among the undisputed highlights at DOG 2026 in Berlin are the Keynote Lectures. Three highly ranking experts will dedicate their 30-minute talks to topics of importance not only to ophthalmology but to medicine and society in general.
Keynote Lecture
Thursday, 24.09.2026, 11:45-12:15
Auditorium von Graefe
Home Monitoring: From idea to clinical use
Anat Loewenstein (Tel Aviv)
The presentation will discuss the development and impact of home-based optical coherence tomography. Technology, clinical applications, and healthcare delivery model will be shared. We will discuss how development of such a service can serve as a blueprint for other digital health patient centric solutions.
Keynote Lecture
Friday, 25.09.2026, 11:45-12:15
Auditorium von Graefe
Freitag, 25.09.2026, 11:45-12:15
Auditorium von Graefe
Vision Restoration with the PRIMA Implant: what’s next?
Yannick Le Mer (Paris)
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with geographic atrophy (GA) causes irreversible vision loss and no therapies exist to restore visual function in this population. This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of the PRIMA system to restore vision in patients with severe vision loss due to GA. The PRIMA system employs a subretinal photovoltaic wireless implant with augmented reality glasses that project near-infrared light on it, thereby restoring input to second order neurons. On the 38 patients included in a prospective study, the PRIMA system successfully restored central vision in participants with AMD-related GA, demonstrating statistically significant and clinically meaningful VA improvements at 12 months post-implantation with consistent treatment effects across patient subgroups.
Albrecht von Graefe Memorial Lecture
Freitag, 25.09.2026, 16:45-18:00
Raum I
Alan C. Bird (London)
The Albrecht-von-Graefe-Medaille is awarded every ten years to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of ophthalmology, regardless of nationality. At this year’s congress, Alan Bird will receive this prestigious award and deliver the von Graefe Memorial Lecture.
Alan Bird is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts in medical retina. His work on age-related macular degeneration, retinal dystrophies, and the introduction of fundus autofluorescence has significantly advanced the understanding and diagnosis of retinal diseases.
Albrecht von Graefe Memorial Lecture
Saturday, 26.09.2026, 11:45-12:15
Raum I
Augenheilkunde ohne Grenzen – mit digitaler Ophthalmologie in die Zukunft?
Heinrich Heimann (Liverpool)
Die zunehmende Digitalisierung der Medizin verändert die Art und Weise, wie wir Augenheilkunde praktizieren. In Großbritannien ist die digitale Ophthalmologie seit Jahren fester Bestandteil der Behandlungsroutine, mit teilweise dramatischen Verbesserungen der Diagnostik, Prävention, Behandlung, Patientenzufriedenheit und klinischen Forschung. Im Ländervergleich wird dargestellt, welche Veränderungen auch in Deutschland in naher Zukunft zu erwarten und welche Hindernisse dabei zu überwinden sind.
