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Show Neuro-Ophthalmology News Section Editor: Kathleen B. Digre, MD The 12th European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (EUNOS) Meeting, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 21-24, 2015 T he 12th Congress of the European NeuroOphthalmology Society (EUNOS) met in beautiful Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 21-24, 2015 at the Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre. The Congress organizer was Professor Marko Hawlina, who is the head of the research group of University Eye Hospital, Ljubljana and also the Chair of Ophthalmology at Medical Faculty of University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (Fig. 1). The unique feature of this meeting was that it overlapped with the 53rd Symposium of International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV). The combined attendance of both meetings was 600 from 38 countries. The educational program began with 3 teaching courses dealing with abnormal eye movements coordinated by Christopher Kennard (United Kingdom), electrophysiology in neuro-ophthalmology coordinated by Graham Holder (United Kingdom), and nystagmus coordinated by Irene Gottlob (United Kingdom). The next 2 days included sessions FIG. 1. Professor Marko Hawlina hosted a well-organized and lively European Neuro-Ophthalmology Society meeting. e30 on headache and intracranial hypertension, eye movement and pupillary disorders, pediatric neuro-ophthalmology, optic neuropathies, and controversies in neuro-ophthalmology. Mini symposia featured projects of the EUNOS research committee, mitochondrial disease genetics, illusions, hallucinations, visual neglect, and visual rehabilitation. Invited speakers included Gulden Akdal (Turkey), Chrystalina Antoniades (United Kingdom), Anthony Arnold (United States), Fion Bremner (United Kingdom), Michael Brodsky (the United States), Shlomo Dotan (Israel), Jette Frederiksen (Denmark), Irene Gottlob (United Kingdom), Thomas Hedges (the United States), Graham E. Holder (United Kingdom), Walter Jay (the United States), Christopher Kennard (United Kingdom), Anat Kesler (Israel), Klara Landau (Switzerland), Paresh Malhotra (United Kingdom), Gordon Plant (United Kingdom), Susanne TrauzettelKlosinski (Germany), Richard Weleber (the United States), Patrick Yu-Wai-Man (United Kingdom), and Eberhart Zrenner (Germany). The joint congress day featured many interesting cases of neuro-ophthalmic conundrums partially solved with electrophysiologic techniques. Graham E. Holder delivered the William Dawson Memorial lecture featuring how electrophysiology serves neuro-ophthalmology. There were 3 poster sessions with more than 133 posters show-casing research performed by EUNOS and ISCEV members. The social programs lead to wonderful conversations and interactions among all attendees-starting with the opening reception at the CD Club at Cankarjev Dom. A wonderful dinner at the Ljubljana Castle was festive featuring extraordinarily talented musicians. The EUNOS president, Christopher Kennard, welcomed all EUNOS members. The in-coming EUNOS president, Klara Landau, congratulated Prof Hawlina for a wonderful meeting. The next EUNOS meeting will take place in Budapest in 2017. EUNOS has more than 150 members from throughout Europe and also Qatar, the United States, Egypt, and Canada. It has an active board of directors that promote neuro-ophthalmic education, with the next EUNOS Update Course 2016 in Zurich. The official journal is NeuroOphthalmology, edited by Gordon Plant and Walter Jay. Kathleen B. Digre, MD Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Digre: J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2015; 35: e30 Copyright © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. |
