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List of Keynote Speakers & Lectures

(as of July, 1999)

ETHICAL ASPECTS OF OCULAR PHARMACOLOGICAL CLINICAL STUDIES
S. Merin, Israel

THE BENEFITS AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF ACADEMIA INDUSTRY COLLABORATION - THE INDUSTRY POINT OF VIEW
G. Cagle, USA

THE BENEFITS AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF ACADEMIA INDUSTRY COLLABORATION - THE ACADEMIC POINT OF VIEW
C.S. Foster, USA

ACADEMIA INDUSTRY COLLABORATION - THE CONTRACT PROCESS: ACHIEVING THE RIGHT BALANCE
A. Latham, UK

INTRAOCULAR DEVICES - MOVING FROM RESEARCH TO COMMON PRACTICE
P. Ashton, USA

METHODOLOGIES OF MEASURING DRUG DELIVERY - RELEVANCE TO DRUG DEVELOPMENT
R. Gurny, Switzerland

NON-AQUEOUS DRUG DELIVERY PLATFORMS
O. Olejnik, USA

GENE THERAPY IN IMMUNE MEDIATED DISEASES: DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES
U. Pleyer, Germany

THE EMERGENCE OF GENETIC THERAPY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
A. Reaves, USA

TARGETS FOR FUTURE DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN GLAUCOMA
P. Kaufman, USA

THE EMERGENCE OF NEW THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHMS FOR GLAUCOMA - ARE WE BETTER EQUIPPED TO PROTECT THE OPTIC NERVE FROM GLAUCOMATOUS DAMAGE
S. Melamed, Israel

THE USE OF CONTROLLED WOUND HEALING IN GLAUCOMA SURGERY
D.A. Lee, USA

THE LAST 20 YEARS OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT FOR GLAUCOMA - HAVE WE REALLY PROGRESSED?
T.J. Zimmerman, USA

GLAUCOMA CLINICAL STUDIES IN JAPAN
M. Araie, Japan

PEARLS AND PITFALLS OF CLINICAL STUDIES OF GLAUCOMA DRUGS
L. Metzner-Serra, Portugal

NEUROPROTECTANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NORMAL-TENSION GLAUCOMA
Y. Kitazawa, Japan

NEUROREPAIR: MAINTAINING FUNCTION AFTER NEUROPROTECTION
L. Levin, USA

PECULIARITIES OF OCULAR BLOOD FLOW - COMPARTMENTS AND POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS
A. Harris, USA

THE ROLE OF IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN EVALUATING OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND DRUG EFFECTS
S. Krupsky, Israel

UNDERSTANDING INTRAOCULAR BLOOD VESSELS GROWTH - THE TRANSFER FROM ANIMAL MODELS TO THE CLINICAL REALITY
R. D'Amato, USA

NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICAL THERAPY OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY (I)
J. Cunha-Vaz, Portugal

MEDICAL THERAPY IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY (II)
A. Kampik, Germany

IS AMD A VASCULAR DISORDER?
E. Friedman, USA

THE ROLE OF PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY: PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
J.W. Miller, USA

MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY (PVR)
J.C. Pastor-Jimeno, Spain

LIGANDS FOR NUCLEAR RECEPTORS INHIBIT RPE PROLIFERATION
C-L. Schoenfeld, Germany

FUTURE AND PRESENT ROLE OF CYTOKINES FOR INFLAMMATORY EYE DISEASES
M. Jager, The Netherlands

THE USE OF ANTI-SENSE TECHNOLOGY IN INFLAMMATORY EYE DISEASES
M. De Smet, The Netherlands

ORAL INDUCED IMMUNE MODULATION
S. Thurau, Germany

COMBINING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN THE EFFORT TO PRESERVE VISION IN DESTRUCTIVE INFLAMMATORY EYE DISEASES
C.Stephen Foster, USA

THE PHARMACOLOGIC ASPECT OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY
H. Wu, USA

THE ROLE OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS IN THE THERAPEUTIC REGIMEN OF DRY EYES
M. Calonge, Spain

NEW TRENDS ON TOPICAL ANAESTHETICS IN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY
A. Castanheira Dinis, Portugal

TOXOKINETICS OF OPHTHALMIC DRUG INTERACTIONS
J. Bartlett, USA

FRONTIERS OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
T. O'Brien, USA

COMMUNICATING BASIC SCIENCE TO THE CLINICIAN - BRIDGING THE GAP
C.A. Paterson, USA

THE ROLE OF META-ANALYSES IN EVALUATING DRUG EFFECTS:
THE COCHRANE APPROACH
R. Wormald, UK

THE DIFFICULTIES OF PUBLISHING NEGATIVE RESULTS AND ITS UNTOWARD EFFECT ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
B. Schwartz, USA

THE PROS AND CONS OF CONDUCTING MULTINATIONAL CLINICAL STUDIES
R. Vogel, USA

INVESTIGATIVE SITE NETWORKING IN OPHTHALMIC CLINICAL STUDIES
J. Tauber, USA

OPHTHALMIC CLINICAL STUDIES - IS IT WORTHWHILE TO PARTICIPATE (PATIENTS & INVESTIGATORS POINTS OF VIEW)
R. David, USA

THE ORIGIN AND RAMIFICATION OF BLOOD VESSELS IN THE EYE - STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP
D. Armstrong, USA

OCULAR EFFECTS OF GINGKO BILOBA EXTRACT: REALITY OR FANTASY?
F. Drago, Italy


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