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From the WGA Executive Office
Professor Robert D. Fechtner, Executive Vice President
By the time you read this, the 6th World Glaucoma Congress in Hong Kong is taking place. The Program Planning Committee has worked diligently during the last two years to offer the best possible glaucoma meeting. The program includes topics from all the different areas of glaucoma research and practice: basic science, clinical science, surgery and translational science. With six plenary sessions, 16 symposia, 9 wetlabs and more than 60 courses, there is plenty to learn and interchange.
New this year, the President’s Symposium: Glaucoma Innovation and Opportunities, is presenting the state of the art in glaucoma during the inaugural ceremony on the very first day of the Congress. From genetics, translational glaucoma or epidemiology to grand rounds, the film festival or hot debates in surgery, the list of topics covers all aspects of our subspecialty.
The symposium entitled ‘Tackling Glaucoma in Sub-Saharan Africa’ is the start of a new WGA project on glaucoma care in Africa. IGR, issue 16-4 will provide you with the outlines of the different presentations during this symposium. In addition, we will be updating you on our plans regarding this project via future IGR issues. Do inform us on names of colleagues working in Africa via Mariska van der Veen at the WGA Executive Office (vanderveen@worldglaucoma.org), as we are starting to create a mailing list.
Also the second online-only issue was a success and we are very pleased with this result. The statistics show that the E-pub and E-pdf versions of IGR 16-1 & 2 have been downloaded by over 8,000 users and the total number of hits at the IGR website is over 280,000 since January 1.
Please let me know your thoughts regarding our efforts in this and all WGA initiatives. You can reach me at Fechtner@worldglaucoma.com. You can also contact our WGA Executive Office (info@worldglaucoma.org) if you need any information or have questions on IGR or WGA-related matters. I look forward to hearing from you..
