Cornea specialist Dimitri T. Azar, MD, MBA, since 2015 in leading positions at the former Google unit Verily, is one of the most prominent advocates of AI applications for the human eye. His keynote lecture on Saturday will focus on innovative technologies that may facilitate increasingly effective and affordable ophthalmological care.

Treating the growing number of traumatized patients, particularly refugees fled from war zones, poses specific challenges for ophthalmologists. At the symposium “Migration and Ophthalmology”, organized by the DOG section International Ophthalmology, Professor Dr. med. Malek Bajbouj, Director of Affective Neurosciences at Charité Berlin, will share his experiences and make recommendations on how to interact with […]

Use the opportunity to register via our online registration, which will also be available throughout the congress. That way, you can register comfortably from wherever you are and save time onsite. Please do not miss the chance either to register before congress to benefit from reduced rates.

At the end of the free paper oral sessions, the participants will vote on the best presentation of each session. Voting in the free paper oral sessions and other interactive sessions takes place via smartphone and is accessible at www.qna.at/dog or by using the QR code in the program or the congress app.

Excellent research deserves to be recognized. In this awards session, the DOG honors outstanding contributions in ophthalmology and awards funding for promising new projects.

Located a stone’s throw from the Chancellery and the Reichstag, the TIPI has been reserved just for you for the entire ­evening. After arriving at 19:30, enjoy an aperitif in TIPI’s garden as you take in views of the government district.

At early night-time we invite you to join the DOG-Clubbing at the TIPI am Kanzleramt. Get into the right mood for the evening with some aperitif. Later on fantastic music invites for a dance.