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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