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Scientific Programme

Thursday, November 8th, 2018


16.00-16.30 Registration


16.30-16.45 Welcome address and meeting rationale
Gino Mirocle Crisci, Rector, University of Calabria (Cosenza)
Giovanbattista De Sarro, Rector, University Magna Graecia (Catanzaro)
Maria Luisa Panno, Head of Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, (Cosenza)
Giacinto Bagetta, Chairman of Pharmacology, University of Calabria
(Cosenza)
Francesco Motta, Presidente Unione Ciechi (Cosenza)
Marcello Manna, Mayor of Rende (Cosenza)
Franco Iacucci, President of Cosenza Province
Sinibaldo Esposito, vPresident Health Committee, Calabria Region Council

 


16.40-16.45 Keynote lecture introduction
Chairperson Rossella Russo (Cosenza)


16.45-17.30 Keynote speaker
Gerry Melino (Rome, Cambridge)
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death


17.45-18.35 Basic and Clinical Trends in Glaucoma Neuroprotection
Chairpersons Emiliano Giardina & Laura Berliocchi


17.45-18.05 Rossella Russo (Cosenza) New research paradigms for target discovery in glaucoma


18.05-18.25 Carlo Nucci (Rome) Neuroprotection and glaucoma:
clinical view and imaging


18.25-18.35 General Discussion


18.35 Welcome cocktail

 


Friday, November 9th, 2018


09.20-10.55 From Genes to Disease
Chairpersons Carlo Nucci & Giuseppe Passarino


09.20-9.40 Emiliano Giardina (Rome) Precision medicine applied to age related macular degeneration and retinal dystrophies


09.40-10.00 Massimo Cesareo (Rome) The retinal posterior pole in ocular pathologies causing low vision


10.00-10.20 Paolo Nucci (Milan) New trends in congenital cataract surgery


10.20-10.40 Luigi A. Morrone (Cosenza) From drugs to nutrients in low vision


10.40-10.55 General Discussion


10.55-11.10 Coffee Break


11.10-13.00 Rehabilitation and Inclusion Technologies in Low vision
Chairpersons Paolo Nucci & Luigi A. Morrone


11.10-11.30 Sabrina Signorini (Pavia) Childhood rehabilitation
 

11.30-11.50 Vincenzo Scorcia (Catanzaro) Visual rehabilitation in the adult


11.50-12.10 Vito Romagno (Cosenza) Typhlology and inclusion of individuals with visual impairment


12.10-12.30 Carlo Bruni (Cosenza) Information technology and access to
information for the blind: tools and their use


12.30-12.45 General Discussion


12.45-13.00 Concluding remarks

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pharmacology meeting low vision research

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