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2025-2026 Ophthalmic Meetings Calendar
Market Scope regularly updates its list of ophthalmic meetings to keep the information current. Please contact us at matthewdouty@market-scope.com if we do not have your meeting listed. Thank you.
Gene Therapies Make Progress Toward Goal of Restoring Sight
Gene therapies again generated buzz at the 2024 AAO meeting—as they have at recent meetings—but perhaps most exciting were reports of a treatment that could partially restore severe vision loss fro...
Zeiss Bolsters Launch of Micor 700 at AAO Meeting With US Surgeons Discussing Adoption
Carl Zeiss Meditec featured its Micor 700 at the 2024 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago, Illinois, with presentations that included booth talks by select US surgeons who h...
Ophthalmology Continues to Draw Investors, Eyecelerator Meeting Shows; Retina Stands Out
Ophthalmology remains an appealing investment, driven largely by procedural growth. While hundreds of companies are working toward technology enhancements and innovative therapies, ophthalmology pr...
AI Discussions Surge at Eye Meetings with Aim to Allay Fears, Seek Use Cases
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence has generated both fear and excitement among many in the ophthalmic industry. As technology progresses, so do the conversations at major meetings, wi...
Office-Based Surgery Garners Enthusiasm at 2024 AAO Meeting
Several sessions at the 2024 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting highlighted the trend of office-based surgery (OBS) and the option of oral sedation among practitioners. The consensus among t...
AAO Puts FDA Deputy Director of Ophthalmology on the Hot Seat
William Boyd, MD, deputy director of ophthalmology at the US FDA’s Office of New Drugs, had a quick answer when asked to name the biggest unmet need in ophthalmology. “We need and want more therapi...
Are Drugs for GA in the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’?
The celebrations and excitement that accompanied the launch in 2023 of the first two drugs approved in the US for the treatment geographic atrophy (GA) gave way to a hangover and regrets at the 202...
Weighing the Ophthalmic Impact of Boom in GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Treatment
Recent studies indicate that up to 6 percent of the US population is currently taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist, a class of drugs prescribed to help manage blood glucose levels for diabetes and weig...
New Trifocal IOLs Expected to Help the US Resume PC-IOL Growth
Bausch + Lomb’s enVista Envy and J&J Vision’s Odyssey are two new trifocal IOLs that were shown at the 2024 AAO meeting in Chicago. They are expected to help reverse the decline in trifocal IOL sal...
AAO and Eyecelerator Sessions Showcase Latest in Glaucoma Lasers and Surgical Devices
New glaucoma lasers and surgical devices were shown at various venues during the 2024 AAO meeting, including Glaucoma Subspecialty Day and the Eyecelerator meeting. There was also an important upda...
Alcon Looks to Refine Retinal Surgery with Unifeye, Unipexy
Alcon launched at the 2024 AAO meeting two new retinal surgical devices—Unifeye for air-gas exchange and Unipexy for retinopexy. Each is a one-person, hand-held, single-use gas delivery device. The...
Cornea and Eye Banking Forum Looks at Ways to Expand the Donor Pool
Expanding the donor pool was once again top of mind at the 2024 Cornea and Eye Banking Forum, held Oct. 18 in conjunction with the AAO meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The forum, supported by the Eye ...
First ASCRS Business Summit Breaks Down Premium Surgery’s Role in Practice Success
The first-ever ASCRS Business of Refractive Cataract Surgery (BRiCS) Summit was a two-day course designed to equip practices with the knowledge, resources, and confidence to boost their adoption of...
ESCRS Congress Boasts Record Attendance in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain, hosted the ESCRS congress for the third time in the 42-year history of the meeting and set a record for the highest attendance to date. Nearly 17 thousand people registered, 60 pe...
EU Regulators Rain on Apellis’ Party at 2024 Euretina Congress
The big news at the 24th Euretina congress was something that didn’t happen at the congress. The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) embarrassed Apelli...
Retina Specialists Grapple with Functional Endpoints in Clinical Trials
European regulators’ repeated rejection of Syfovre made one thing very clear to retina specialists at Euretina: “Treatment should have an impact on everyday function,” said Thomas Ach, MD (Germany)...
Retina Surgeons at European Meetings Ask, ‘What’s New?’
Experienced retina surgeons among the approximately 8.1 thousand attendees at Euretina in Barcelona, Spain, were underwhelmed by the surgical devices that industry had on display. “There is nothing...
ESCRS iNovation Day Looks at MDR Roadblocks, Global Care Issues
The impact of Europe’s new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) on innovation sparked considerable discussion during the ESCRS iNovation Day. The meeting was held Sept. 6 in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of t...
ISOP Meeting Examines Importance of Patient Education and Predictable Outcomes
Patient selection, education, and communication were emphasized throughout the International Society of Presbyopia’s 16th annual conference. The meeting, held Sept. 5 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in ...
Sustainability: Walking the Walk or Talking the Talk?
Sustainability was a theme for multiple sessions at this year’s ESCRS congress, including one called “Sustainability Without Borders,” hosted by the ESCRS’ Young Ophthalmologists for Sustainability...
Investors Take Temperature of Ophthalmic Market at European Futures Forum
The 2024 Ophthalmology Futures European Forum reviewed the decline in ophthalmic deals in 2024 before offering presenting companies some guidance on how to advance their technology in such an envir...
Hyperopia Treatment Using Lenticule Extraction Showcased to Eager European Ophthalmologists
Dan Reinstein, MD (UK), shared during an overly full symposium at the 2024 ESCRS congress his experience using Zeiss’ SMILE lenticule extraction procedure to treat hyperopic patients. Zeiss is the ...
Cornea Surgeons Examine New Crosslinking Options and Old Debates
Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, FARVO (Switzerland), discussed at the 2024 ESCRS congress the goals of the second global consensus on keratoconus, being drafted in 2024. This consensus encompasses feedback...
ESCRS Congress Celebrates 75th Anniversary of First IOL Implantation
The 2024 ESCRS congress celebrated the 75th anniversary of Sir Harold Ridley, MD, implanting the first intraocular lens by telling his story and describing the developments that have occurred since...
2024 ESCRS Congress Puts Spotlight on Latest IOL Designs
New and recently launched IOLs took the spotlight in presentations and on the exhibit floor at the 2024 ESCRS congress. These lenses included the Rayner RayOne Galaxy trifocal, the BVI Serenity Mon...
ViaLase Releases Latest Glaucoma Laser Data at ESCRS Congress
Rick Lewis, MD, chief medical officer at ViaLase, provided an update at the 2024 ESCRS congress on the ViaLuxe glaucoma laser, including the system’s most recent clinical trial results. The ViaLuxe...
Bausch + Lomb Launches Octavius Topo-Guided Treatment at ESCRS Congress
Bausch + Lomb showcased its CE marked Octavius at the 2024 ESCRS Congress. Octavius is a new treatment mode on the Teneo excimer laser that uses data from multiple diagnostic platforms to provide a...
2024 World Ophthalmology Congress Draws Thousands to Vancouver
Nearly 3 thousand attendees from 127 countries participated in the 2024 World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), the biennial meeting of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). Over 500 attend...
Meet with Market Scope at the 2024 AAO Meeting
Market Scope will be exhibiting at the 2024 AAO meeting, set for Oct. 18-21 at McCormick Place in Chicago. We will be located at Booth 4903. Contact us to set up a time to discuss any custom resear...
Ophthalmologists Compare Myopia Interventions at WOC as Prevalence Soars
Myopia—especially progression of myopia—is getting increased attention from industry and physicians, as evidenced by the sheer number of studies published on the topic. Additionally, data showing h...
Ophthalmologists Address Challenges of Ocular Trauma During WOC Sessions
Eleven sessions, 52 presentations, and numerous posters at the 2024 World Ophthalmology Congress were dedicated to ocular traumas and emergencies. Conflict zones present ophthalmologists and manufa...
WOC Sessions Raise Concerns Over Physician Health as Burnout Increases
Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, MBA (US), shared findings at the 2024 World Ophthalmology Congress from a study that evaluated the level of burnout among ophthalmologists in the Philippines. Results showed t...
Wnt Agonists and Optogenetics Create Excitement at 2024 ASRS Meeting in Sweden
Impressive new science and challenging business conditions topped the discussions at the American Society of Retina Specialists’ 2024 annual meeting. The conference took place July 17-20 in Stockho...
Meet with Market Scope at the 2024 ESCRS Congress
Market Scope will be exhibiting at the 2024 ESCRS congress, which is Sept. 6-10 in Barcelona, Spain. We will be located at Stand 6.D12. Contact us to set up a time to discuss any custom research ne...
2024 Octane Meeting Delves Into Practice Management Issues
The 2024 Octane Ophthalmology Tech Forum changed up its program from previous years, putting more focus on practice management and moving to a new location: the VEA Newport Beach, in Newport Beach,...
Eye Banking Meeting Celebrates Successful Transplants, Looks at Needs Going Forward
Attendees at the 2024 Eye Banking Association of America (EBAA) meeting celebrated many achievements and milestones across the eye banking profession and transplant community in general, as 2023 ma...
Champalimaud Vision Award Recognizes Eye Hospital Serving Gaza and West Bank
A sparsely attended Champalimaud Vision Award Lecture at the 2024 ARVO meeting highlighted the work of St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital in Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. Leonor Beleza, presi...
2024 ARVO Meeting Sets Attendance Record, Showcases Novel Treatment Approaches
The 2024 meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology set a record as the largest ARVO meeting ever. The 11,631 registered attendees passed the old record of 10,224 set in Va...
Ophthalmic Companies Use ARVO Meeting to Boost Research
Many companies participate in ARVO’s annual meeting to catch the attention of external researchers and propel their research program or clinical trials forward. Two such companies in 2024 were John...
Artificial Intelligence Takes Leading Role at 2024 ARVO Meeting
Artificial intelligence was a prominent topic at the 2024 ARVO meeting. Discussions ranged from using AI in published ophthalmic research to employing it in early detection and monitoring of eye di...
2024 ARVO Awards Highlight New Focus on Inflammation
The Weisenfeld and Cogan awards and lectures at the 2024 ARVO meeting put a spotlight on inflammation. Martine Jager, MD, PhD (Netherlands), received the Weisenfeld Award in recognition of her pion...
2024 APAO Congress Brainstorms How to Expand Access to Eye Care; Companies Showcase Tech Boom
Nearly 7,800 delegates attended the 2024 congress of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in southern Bali from Feb. 22-25. The 253 sessions and 120 exhibits spread across four floors in two n...
Meet with Market Scope at the 2024 ASCRS Meeting
Market Scope will be located at Booth 3080 at the 2024 ASCRS meeting in Boston, set for April 5-8. Contact us to set up a time to discuss your custom research needs and to learn about our new repor...
Glaucoma 360 Showcases Innovation in Diagnosis, Management of Disease
Innovative diagnostics for glaucoma screening, staging, and management were a highlight of the Glaucoma 360 New Horizons Forum, with several physicians showcasing new approaches to visual field tes...
VSY Launches Enova Maestro Trifocal Toric Preloaded IOL at ESCRS Winter Meeting
Germany’s VSY Biotechnology launched its Enova Maestro trifocal toric preloaded intraocular lens (IOL) at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Winter Meeting, held Feb. ...
Sight Sciences Reports Launching of Omni Ergo-Series for Canaloplasty in Europe at ESCRS Winter Meeting
Sight Sciences announced Feb. 14 that it would launch the Ergo-Series of its Omni system for canaloplasty in Europe at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Winter Meetin...
Participation in the 2024 Glaucoma 360 Attendee Survey Hits All-Time High
Ophthalmologist (MD) and optometrist (OD) attendees of the 2024 Glaucoma 360 (G360) meeting demonstrated a record interest in participating in the Ninth Annual G360 Survey powered by Market Scope. ...
Top Innovators Delve into Latest Concepts at G360’s New Horizons Forum
Two of ophthalmology’s leading innovators headlined the New Horizons Forum at the Glaucoma 360 meeting. Sean Ianchulev, MD—arguably the most prolific ophthalmic product inventor in the US—led off t...
Reimbursement Issues for Glaucoma Surgery Remain Threat, G360 Speakers Say
Attendees of the G360 New Horizons Forum received a detailed breakdown of the battle that the ophthalmic industry collectively waged throughout 2023 to stop proposed limits to Medicare coverage for...
AAO Glaucoma Day Session Evaluates Latest Devices Advancing or Sold Outside the US
US glaucoma specialists have over 20 surgical options to treat their patients, but even more devices are available or in the pipeline outside the US, and their developers could seek FDA approval. M...
Retina Specialists Face Complement Inhibition Therapy with Mixed Emotions
The use of complement inhibitors to slow the progression of geographic atrophy (GA) is shaping up as the fulcrum for changing how ophthalmologists deliver and get compensated for retina care. Two c...
Pros and Cons of Same-Day Cataract Surgery Debated During AAO Refractive Day
The advantages and disadvantages of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) took center stage during a 2023 AAO Refractive Day session that tasked Rupert Menapace, MD (Austria), wit...
US Refractive Surgeons Grapple with Treatment Options for High Myopes
Surgeons attending the Refractive Subspecialty Day at the 2023 AAO meeting in San Francisco debated the ideal treatment options for patients with moderate to high myopia. Practices shared widely di...
Euretina Prepares European Doctors for the GA Revolution
The 2023 Euretina congress presented an array of information and technologies that could make European retina specialists better prepared for the arrival of treatments for geographic atrophy than w...
Europe Still in Grips of Visudyne Shortage
The Visudyne shortage is into its third year in Europe after emerging in May 2020 due a reduction in manufacturing capacity, according to the European Medicines Agency. The shortage made the questi...
2023 AAO Meeting Draws 15,661 to San Francisco
The 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology drew 15,661 in-person attendees Nov. 3-6 to Moscone Center in San Francisco, according to preliminary numbers released by the AAO. Another ...
Buzzworthy Topics at the 2023 AAO Meeting
Dry Eye: New products kept generating buzz around dry eye. Bausch + Lomb leaned into the promotion of Miebo, the new, first-in-class drug therapy that directly targets tear evaporation. Diagnostic ...
Eyecelerator at AAO Showcases Innovators and Awards $45 Thousand in Prize Money
Eyecelerator awarded a total of $45 thousand in prize money to winning pitch challengers at its fall meeting, after emerging companies got a chance to work with accomplished industry veterans to re...
RxSight Announces Controlled Launch of LAL+ with Extended EDOF Functionality
RxSight—already the fastest growing IOL company in the US—is conducting a controlled launch of an additional version of the Light Adjustable Lens (LAL), referred to as the LAL+. Stephen Slade, MD, ...
Surgeons Compare Trifocal and EDOF IOLs During AAO Refractive Day
Trifocal IOLs went head-to-head with extended depth of focus lenses during the 2023 AAO Refractive Day program as Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD (France), advocated for trifocal models and Douglas Koch, M...
UCSF Ophthalmology Showcase Sends Message to Industry That It’s ‘Open for Business’
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), held its Ophthalmology Showcase on Nov. 3 to highlight both the school’s history of ophthalmic innovation and its role in future advancements. Th...
US Ophthalmologists Emphasize Action as Industry Inches Toward Greener Practices
Sustainability sessions at the 2023 AAO meeting echoed the sentiment of the ESCRS and other ophthalmic meetings throughout the year. US ophthalmologists discussed how practices can implement protoc...
Diagnostic Leaders Showcase Devices, Collaborations at AAO Meeting
Notable diagnostic innovations showcased at the 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology were Topcon’s Tempo perimeter and Heidelberg Engineering’s Anterion anterior OCT platform. Also...
Five New PC-IOLs Push Total to Nearly 100 in Europe
European cataract surgeons now have access to nearly 100 presbyopia-correcting IOLs, after five new lenses made their debut at the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive S...
Eye Surgeons Prioritize Device and Data Needs for Companies at 2023 ESCRS iNovation Day
Ophthalmologists told companies at the second annual ESCRS iNovation Day that they were looking for integrated devices and easy access to data at an affordable price. The forum, held Sept. 8 in Vie...
Futures Forums Cater to Companies that Can’t Gain Limelight Elsewhere, Co-founder Says
Kuldev Singh, MD (US), co-founder of Europe’s annual Ophthalmology Futures Forums (OFF), told Market Scope in October that he takes pride in the group’s record of giving “people with new ideas who ...
Meet with Market Scope at the 2023 AAO Meeting
We will have multiple representatives attending the AAO meeting from Nov. 3-6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. To schedule a time to meet with us, please email Matthew Douty at matt@market-s...
ESCRS Breaks Attendance Record for Annual Congress
Nearly 16 thousand people attended the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, according to Oliver Findl, MD (Austria), president of the ESCRS, who announced the ...
Buzzworthy Topics at the 2023 ESCRS Congress
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS): The ESCRS highlighted the growing importance of MIGS this year by holding the meeting’s first MIGS master class. Several speakers in other sessions extol...
Lenticule Extraction Procedures Poised for Boost as Fourth Platform Enters Market at ESCRS
Johnson & Johnson Vision announced the launch of the Elita platform’s lenticule extraction (LE) procedure during the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. The s...
New Cornea Therapies Aim to Mitigate Unacceptable Outcomes
Cornea Subspecialty Day has become the most popular pre-meeting event at the annual congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, with 629 attendees this year. Cornea specia...
Ukrainian Ophthalmologists Endure Complex Surgical Cases Amid War
Ukrainian ophthalmologists are struggling to restore sight to soldiers and confronting complex surgical cases, even as the Russian offensive continues in their country. A large contingent of 825 Uk...
ISOP Meeting Analyzes ‘Phacorestoration’ and ‘Presbyopia Botox’
The International Society of Presbyopia highlighted new treatment approaches that come with some interesting names. The conference was held Sept. 7 at the Vienna Marriott Hotel in Vienna, Austria. ...
2023 ESCRS Congress Pits Greener Choices Against Traditional Practices to Fight Waste
Eye surgeons swapped their scrubs for boxing robes at the 2023 congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, as they took part in the society’s high-profile battle against s...
Retina Specialists at ASRS Meeting Debate Syfovre Issues
Pegcetacoplan, the first approved therapy for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA), was the top story at the American Society of Retina Specialists’ (ASRS) annual meeting, held this year in Sea...
Buzzworthy Topics at the 2023 ASRS Meeting
Photoreceptor health and ellipsoid zone integrity: Ursula Schmidt-Erfurt pioneered the process of using computers to help analyze OCT images to interpret the health of photoreceptors. The US FDA ha...
ASRS Meeting Brings Conflicts of Interest to the Forefront
Reginald Sanders, MD, opened the Saturday sessions of the 2023 meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) with a presentation on the association’s conflict of interest policy. It ...
OIS Retina Coaches Product Developers; Company Lineup Includes New Faces
Firas Rahhal, MD, moderator and co-chair of the 2023 OIS Retina meeting, said he didn’t want company pitches to focus only on their science—and most of them didn’t. “The point of pitches at OIS (fo...
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