DETAILS!! TFOS CONFERENCE: TAORMINA, SICILY 2013

The 7th International TFOS Conference on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, will occur from 18-21 September 2013, in Taormina, Sicily. Please visit the conference website: www.tfos2013.org

Mission:

• Assess the current knowledge and ‘state of the art’ research on the structure and function of tear film-producing tissues, tears and the ocular surface in both health and disease

• Promote an international exchange of information that will be of value to basic scientists involved in eye research, to clinicians in the ophthalmological community, and to companies with an interest in the diagnosis and treatment of lacrimal gland, tear film or ocular surface disorders

SESSIONS
Translating Tear Film & Ocular Surface Protein Discoveries into Treatments
Cutting-Edge Surgery: Induction and Treatment of Ocular Surface Disease
New & Emerging Clinical Endpoints for Ocular Surface Disease
Macro to Micro: Imaging Approaches for Understanding the Ocular Surface
Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Update
Ocular Surface Senescence: Programmed or Preventable?
Innate & Adaptive Immunity: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Microbiome: Role in Inflammation & Infectious Disease
New Paradigms in Understanding Corneal Sensation & Pain
Corneal Homestasis, Repair & Regeneration
Prime Time: TFOS Debates
TFOS Workshop on Contact Lens Discomfort: Reports

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, MODERATORS & HOSTS

CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Title Sponsor: Alcon Laboratories (USA)
Silver Sponsor: Santen (Japan)
Bronze Sponsor: SIFI (Italy), Vistakon (USA)
Sponsors: Advanced Vision Research (USA), SOOFT (Italy), Senju (Japan), Menicon (Japan)
(others to be announced)

For Sponsor and Exhibit opportunities, please contact Amy Gallant Sullivan .

ENDORSEMENTS
International Association for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), Italy
Italian Society of Corneal Transplants (S.I.TRA.C.)
European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease Specialists (EUCORNEA)
Italian Society of Glaucoma (S.I.GLA.)
Italian Association of Ophthalmologists (A.I.M.O.)
(others to be announced)

NOTE: Special hotel rates will only be available until the end of January! Book your hotel as soon as possible! Link here to the conference hotel booking page: BOOK NOW!

Early Registration Ends 31 January: TFOS Members receive a discount for conference registration! REGISTER NOW!

For more information, please visit the conference website: www.tfos2013.org

See some images from the 2010 Conference in Florence: Florence Pictures

See some images from 2007 Conference in Taormina: Sicily Pictures

“One cannot think of Italy without having a picture of Sicily in your heart: this is the key to everything. . .” Goethe

MISCELLANEOUS

Thank You
On Thursday November 29, 2013, a Gala Dinner & Charity Auction took place at the Hotel Hassler in Rome. This event, aided by TFOS, was a fundraiser to support the Italian Blind and Visually Impaired People Association. This organization, founded by Roberto Wirth, is dedicated to helping deaf and blind children from birth to 6 years of age, as well as their families. The Association provides services, programs and professionals to address the childrens’ needs until they attend school (http://www.cabss.it/). Thank you to all the TFOS guests who were able to attend, despite the torrents of rain & flooded roads of Rome!

Giuseppe Castronovo, President, International Association for the Prevention of Blindness, Italy
Fabrizio Chines, Chairman, SIFI
Giorgio Silvestri, Secretary, Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti ONLUS

Scientific World Journal
There is an upcoming issue of the Scientific World Journal with a special issue on dry eye syndrome, entitled. “Dry Eye Syndrome: Diagnosis, Mechanisms, and Therapies.” Drs. Anat Galor, Bennie Jeng, Stephen Pflugfelder and Remigio Lopez Solis are guest editors for this issue and request that TFOS Members submit papers for possible inclusion. The link to submit a paper is: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/si/192356/cfp/

IN ADDITION

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TFOS APPS

Don’t forget to download the TFOS App! We shall also have a conference App available soon!

iPhone/iPad App:
TFOS APP – http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/tfos/id485364890?mt=8
MGD APP – http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/tfos-mgd-report/id484975330?mt=8

Android App:
http://www.tfosblog.org/MGDReport.apk

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