Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association 2019 | NIIOS - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery | 17 January 2019 | Postillion Convention Center WTC Rotterdam, Beursplein 37, 3011 AA Rotterdam, Netherlands

The meeting will give an innovative and comprehensive overview of the latest developments in eye banking and corneal transplantation. The plenary scientific presentations, round-table debates and lectures by some of the world's top experts will cover a range of topics, such as the future of eye banking, custom-made services in modern eye banking, sustainable eye banking and ATMPs.

2019 Speakers

Isabelle Martinache
Agence de la Biomédecine, France

Robin van Eechoud
Dutch Transplant Foundation, The Netherlands

Esther A. Groeneveld-van Beek
Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Erik Hellier
Eversight, USA

Kyle Mavin
Alabama Eye Bank, USA

Nicola Hofman
German Society For Tissue Transplantation gGmbH, Germany

Jan Schroeter
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, University Tissue Bank, Cornea Bank Berlin, Germany

Thibaud Garcin, Corneal Graft Biology, Engineering and Imaging Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Jean Monnet University, France

Mor Dickman - Maastricht University Eye Clinic, the Netherlands

Graeme Pollock - Lions Eye Donation Service, Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Korine Van Dijk - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Beth Ann Benetz, Case Western Reserve University, USA

Suryan Dunker - Maastricht University Eye Clinic, The Netherlands

Marc Muijzer - University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jorge Peraza-Nieves - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS) / Antwerp University Hospital, The Netherlands / Belgium

Lisanne Ham, Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Lamis Baydoun, Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

David Usherwood - NHS Blood and Transplant, UK

Bernie Iliakis - Corneagen, USA

Alaadin Abdin - Saarland University Medical Center Uks, Germany

Johannes Menzel-Severing - University of Düsseldorf, Germany

Philip Maier - Eye Center, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany

Laura Giurgola - Alchilife, Italy

Silke Wahl - Knappschafts-Gewebebank Sulzbach, Germany

Michael Banitt - University Of Washington, USA

Beata Rymgayllo-Jankowska - Medical University Of Lublin, Poland

Rénuka Birbal - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Magdalena Netukova - Vinohrady Teaching Hospital, International Eye Bank of Prague, Czech Republic

Khadizhat Tonaeva - S.N.Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution, Russia

Diana Dragnea - Netherlands Institue for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Pavel Studeny - Dep. of Ophthalmology, 3rd Faculty Of Medicine, Charles University, University Hospital, Czech Republic

Joao Quadrado Gil - Centro Hospitalar E Universitário De Coimbra

Elba Agusti - Barcelona Tissue Bank, Spain

Stefanie Wiencke - Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Gewebetransplantation, Germany

Timur Kerimov - S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Russia

Etienne Vachon-Joannette, Université Laval, Canada

Marcus Binner - Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany

Daniele Spinozzi - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Alina Miron - Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS), The Netherlands

Dmitriy Ostrovskiy - S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution

Marina Bertolin - Veneto Eye Bank Foundation, Italy

2019 Sponsors

• Gebauer
• Moria Ophthalmic Instruments
• Eurobio Scientific
• Kohan Medical
• Hippocratech
• Alchimia
• Arandal
• Geuder
• Global First
• ICCBA
• Network Medical Products
• OThea
• Tomey
• Robin