Saturday, 19th September 2009
| Welcome Session | |
08.45 09.40 |
Welcome Addresses Bernd Kirchhof (Köln, Germany - Retina Implant Foundation) Helma Gussek (Bonn, Germany - Retina Implant Foundation - Pro Retina Foundation) |
| 09.00 | Heinrich Gerding (Olten, Switzerland) A Brief Review on the History of Electrical Stimulation of the Human Eye |
| Keynote Lecture | |
| 09.10 | Heinz Wässle (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) Molecular and genetic approaches to restore photosensitivity in retinal degeneration |
| 09.40 10.40 |
Basic Research |
| 09.40 | Robert Marc (Salt Lake City, USA) The dynamics of retinal degeneration |
| 10.00 | Shelley Fried (Boston, USA) The distribution of voltage across the proximal axon underlies spike initiation in response to electric stimulation of retinal ganglion cells |
| 10.20 | Nicolas Cottaris (Detroit, USA) Cortical assessment of retinal prosthetic stimulation |
| 10.40 11.15 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.15 | Rolf E. Eckmiller (Bonn, Germany) Learning of Image Encoding |
| 11.35 | Gislin Dagnelie (Baltimore, USA) Simulation of Artificial Vision |
| 11.55 13.15 |
Preclinical Development of Systems I |
| 11.55 | Daniel Palanker (Stanford, USA) High Resolution Photovoltaic Retinal Prosthesis |
| 12.15 | Shawn K. Kelly (Cambridge, USA) The MIT Visual Prosthesis Project |
| 12.35 | Gregg J. Suaning (Sydney, Australia) The Australian Visual Prosthesis Project |
| 12.55 | Vernon L. Towle (Chicago, USA) The Cortical Prosthesis |
| 13.15 14.25 |
Lunch |
| 14.25 14.30 |
Welcome Address Renate Reymann (Berlin, Germany) President of the German Federation of Blind and Visually Impaired People |
| 14.30 16.10 |
Preclinical Development of Systems II |
| 14.30 | Raymond Iezzi (Rochester, USA) Multichannel Neurotransmitter based Prosthesis |
| 14.50 | Hum Chung (Seoul, South Korea) The Seoul Visual Prosthesis Project |
| 15.10 | Qiushi Ren (Beijing, China) The C-Sight Project |
| 15.30 | Yasuo Terasawa (Gamagori, Japan) A visual prosthesis based on suprachoroidal-transretinal stimulation |
| 15.50 | Heinrich Gerding (Olten, Switzerland) The MiRi Project |
| 16.10 16.40 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.40 17.40 |
Clinical Trials |
| 16.40 | Greg Cosendai, R. Greenberg (Sylmar, USA) The Second Sight ARGUS Trials |
| 16.55 | Ralf Hornig1, Gisbert Richard2 (1Bonn, 2Hamburg, Germany) The IMI Trials |
| 17.10 | Eberhart Zrenner (Tübingen, Germany) Blind Retinitis Pigmentosa patients can read letters and combine them to words |
| 17.25 | Peter Walter1,Wilfried Mokwa1, U. Thomas2 (1Aachen, 2Giessen, Germany) The EPIRET Trial |
| 17.40 18.40 |
Free Communications, Perspectives, Ideas |
| 17.40 | Jun Ohta (Nara, Japan) Light controlled retinal stimulator for large number of electrodes |
| 17.50 | Thomas Schanze (Giessen, Germany) Neurophysics of retinal visual prostheses |
| 18.00 | Thomas Laube (Düsseldorf, Germany) Long term activation and functionality of an epiretinal prosthesis in the Göttingen micropig |
| 18.10 | Michaela Velikay-Parel (Graz, Austria) Mobility testing and its repeatability in RP Patients with profound visual impairment: Learning effects, coping strategies and other influencing factors |
| 18.20 | Walter-Gerhard Wrobel (Reutlingen, Germany) Active subretinal implants: Design, functionality and operational experience |
| 18.30 | Àkos Kusnyerik (Budapest, Hungary) Results of the preoperative planning procedure in subretinal prosthesis implantation |
| 18.40 | Closing Remarks Peter Walter (Aachen, Germany) |