The Seventh Annual Berkeley Conference on Translational Research

Understanding & Controlling Myopia - Successes & Remaining Challenges UC Berkeley, August 17-18, 2013

Saturday afternoon Registration noon 2 pm

2 pm Introductory remarks from Christine Wildsoet, Center for Eye Disease & Development, UC
Berkeley

2.15-3.15 pm Session 1: Myopia Prevalence & Risk Factors

Moderator: Christine Wildsoet Ian Flitcroft MD, The Childrens University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland The Myopia Epidemic The Real Costs to Society and Health Care

3.15-3.45 pm Coffee/Bathroom Break 3.45-5.30 pm Session 2: Eye Shape, Optics, Genes & Ethnicity Insights for Myopia
Moderator: Ravi Metlapally, Clinician Scientist, Center for Eye Disease & Development, UC Berkeley, USA David Atchison DSc, School of Optometry & Vision Science, Institute Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Hema Radhakrishnan, PhD, MCOptom, Head Eye & Vision Science Research Group, Univ Manchester, UK Nicola Logan BSc, PhD, MCOptom, School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston Univ, UK Robert Wojciechowski, OD, MSc, PhD, FAAO, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health & Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, USA Jay Neitz, PhD, Depart Ophthalmology Univ Washington, Seattle, USA Posterior Eye Shape

Peripheral Refractive Errors & Myopia Progression

Prevalence of Refractive Error in Multi-Ethnic UK Children

Paydirt: GWAS finally begin to unravel the complex genetics of myopia

Relative Activity of L & M Cone Photoreceptors, & the Cause and Prevention of Myopia

5.30-7 pm Poster Viewing & Wine & Cheese

Sunday
8-8.30 am Continental Breakfast & Coffee 8.30-10.30 am Session 2: Myopia Management Options

Moderator: Maria Liu, Faculty, Center for Eye Disease & Development, UC Berkeley, USA Tom Aller, OD, Senior Project Scientist, Vision CRC & Private Practice, USA Jeff Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO, Ohio State University College of Optometry, USA Audrey Chia FRANZCO Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore Klaus Trier, MD, Trier Research Laboratories, Hellerup, Denmark Brian Ward, MD, PhD, Retinal Diagnostic Center, Campbell, USA Clinical Management of Progressive Myopia

Corneal Reshaping Myopia Control

Atropine Treatment of Myopia

7-Methylxanthine A New Anti-myopia Treatment now Approved in Denmark Degenerative Myopia: Posterior Pole Buckling for Axial Myopia Control and Macular Protection

10.30-11.00 am Coffee/Bathroom Break 11.00 am-1 pm Session 3: What Animal Models Have Taught Us
Moderator: David Hammond, Faculty, Flinders University, Australia Earl Smith III, OD, PhD, Dean & Greenman-Petty Professor, University Houston College of Optometry, Houston, USA Maria Liu, MD, OD, PhD, MPH, MBA, Univ California Berkeley School of Optometry, USA Sally McFadden, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia Jez Guggenheim, OD, PhD, Center for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Machelle Pardue, PhD, Depart Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine & Center of Excellence in Visual & Neurocognitive Rehab, Atlanta VA Medical Center, USA Ambient Lighting and Vision-Induced Myopia

Refractive & Ocular Development Effects of Complex Visual Environments Temporal & Spatial Constraints on Ocular Growth and Myopia in a Mammalian Model Gene-Environment Interactions Shape Myopia Development

Altered Retinal Processing & Myopia Susceptibility in Mice

1-2.30 pm Lunch & Equipment Showcase 2.30-4 pm Session 4: Applications of New Technologies to Myopia Research & Management
Moderator: Lisa Ostrin, Clinician Scientist, Center for Eye Disease & Development, UC Berkeley, USA Michael Collins, PhD, Contact Lens & Visual Optics laboratory, School of Optometry & Vision Science, Queensland University Humans have Choroidal Accommodation, Like Chicks Evidence from High Resolution OCT Imaging

of Technology, Australia Amanda Alvarez, PhD, Science Writer, quondam, UC Berkeley, USA Jay Stewart, MD, Univ California San Francisco Depart Ophthalmology, USA John Phillips, Department Optometry & Vision Science, University Auckland, New Zealand Quantifying the Visual Environment & Behavior in Myopes

Applications of Cross-Linking Technologies to Corneal Disease and Potential Application to Myopia Myopia-Control Clinic

4-4.30 pm Coffee/Bathroom Break 4.30-5 pm Session 4: Interrogation Panel Lessons Learnt and Still to Learn?