![]() |
2019
- Joint EGS-AGS Members’ Meeting in Bordeaux
- Insights into Glaucoma Pathogenesis through New Diagnostic Methods
- Transforming glaucoma care: the power and pitfalls of artificial intelligence
- New initiatives
- Grants for training at the Tays Eye Centre Surgical Wetlab
- On-line CME counter coming soon
- Formation of European network of Patient Support Organization
2018
- 13th EGS Congress in Florence
- Record number of abstracts submitted
- Launch of MyEGS app: lists all EGS’s activities, meetings and congresses
- New initiatives
- On-line surgical registry coming soon
- Train-the-trainers educational cascade
- Greater involvement of Next Generation Partners in EGS Committees and SIGs
- Greater patient participation: new Patient Support EGS SIG
2017
- Updated website
- New look
- On-line applications e.g. membership and training support
- ‘EGS Likes’ stamp for training centres and meetings
- International and national ophthalmic meetings calendars
- Links to national societies’ websites
- Educational materials with videos
- EGS Education Continuum with development of Curriculum and Evaluation forms
- Inaugural Next Generation Partnership meeting, London, September 7
- Members’ Meeting, London, September 8-9 with new interactive format
- 5 Travel Grants and 5 Fellowship Grants in 2016-17
- New Imaging Book (eds. Iester, Garway-Heath, Lemij)
- BJO publishes EGS Guidelines chapters; Guidelines translated in 9 languages, including Arabic
2016
- 12th EGS Congress in Prague
- Record 3250 attendances
- Introduction of EGS Show case
- Missions and action plans defined for 4 Themes, 11 Committees and 9 SIGs
- Full-time Secretary engaged
2015
- Members’ Meeting, Tampere, Finland
- New EGS vision, missions and structure defined
- New EGS Theme “Implementation”
- The 1st ever European subspecialty exam with EBO (curriculum continuum from residency)
Click here
Controversies in the history of glaucoma: is it all a load of old Greek?
Founder members the European Glaucoma Society (EGS) in 1978
At the initiative of J. François, W. Leydhecker and E.L. Greve a proposal was made in 1977 to create a European Glaucoma Society. An invitation was sent to a number of glaucoma specialists representing all European countries. This group of glaucoma specialists met in Ghent in 1978. Founding members of the European Glaucoma Society were: R. Etienne, J. François, E.L. Greve, W. Leydhecker, R. Smith and J. Stepanik.



2. What matters beyond IOP?
3. The IOP appears low and there is continued worsening: what comes next?
4. Evolving glaucoma surgery
5. Is less more? Can we be more efficient using high tech?
6. Controversies in angle closure glaucoma
7. Structure and function for diagnosis and follow-up
8. Special surgery for special patients
9. Let’s challenge the IOP concepts

2. Glaucoma Biomechanics: From experimental to Clinical evidence and relevance
3. Glaucoma beyond IOP
4. Imaging and Visual Field for initial Glaucoma Diagnosis: A controversy?
5. Issues in the Diagnosis and Management in Primary Angle Closure
6. Medical Therapy and Quality of Life
7. New and Old surgeries: The conflict between efficacy, side effects, and Half-Life - The Present State
8. Real Life and Management Pearls
9. IOP Measurement.

2. Glaucoma mechanisms and pathophysiology
3. Glaucoma progression
4. Unmet needs in glaucoma management
5. Medical and surgical treatment

2. Health economics
3. Ophthalmoscopy, imaging and perimetry
4. Surgery
5. Angle closure
6. Secondary glaucomas

2. Structural aspects, blood flow, neuroprotection
3. Optic nerve head imaging
4. Anterior segment imaging: angle closure
5. Management: intraocular pressure
6. Medical treatment: RCTs
7. Management: laser treatment, pseudoexfoliation
8. Management: surgical treatment

2. Ocular imaging
3. Genetics and childhood glaucoma
4. Blood flow and miscellaneous
5. Medical treatment
6. Antiproliferatives
7. Glaucoma surgery/NPFS
8 A few notes about EGS

2. Optic nerve head, imaging
3. Medical treatment
4. Blood flow
5. Laser
6. Filtering surgery
Selected papers from this meeting were published on International Ophthalmology.

1. Visual function
2. Optic nerve and retinal nerve fibre layer
3. Medical treatment
4. Fibrosis inhibition
5. Glaucoma and cataract
Selected papers from this meeting were published on International Ophthalmology.

1. New developments in surgery
2. Optic nerve head measurements
3. Relation between reduction of IOP and progression of glaucoma
4. Pharmacotherapeutic developments
Selected papers of this meeting were published in International Ophthalmology

2. Laser trabeculoplasty
3. Computer assisted perimetry
4. Psychophysical tests
The papers of this meeting were published in Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series

2. Medical therapy and pharmacology
3. Indication for surgery
4. Anatomy of the outflow system
5. Ocular hypertension
6. Perimetry