About this event
- Date and time Thu 13 Feb 2020 from 5:30pm to 10:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Ophthalmology
Is artificial intelligence part of the next evolutionary step in human vision?
This event will take you on a journey through the history of the evolution of the eye and how this is now continuing into the next phase with the upcoming growth of artificial intelligence.
Experts from Moorfields Eye Hospital will explore the new possibilities of evolution with the advances in artificial intelligence to benefit and develop the human vision.
Meeting topics:
- Update on the anatomy and physiology of the historical timeline of how the eye has evolved
- Learn about the latest developments in artificial intelligence and how it is a new form of ocular evolution and its application to diagnosing and treating ocular conditions
- To grasp the importance of good knowledge of the evolution of the eye in order to help better understand how to treat ocular disease
This event is FREE for RSM members.
This meeting has an optional 3-course chef's choice evening dinner for £50 per person. If you would like to attend the dinner please call customer service on 02072903941.
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The Ophthalmology Section would like to thank Bausch + Lomb and Johnson & Johnson for supporting the Academic Year 2019-2020 Programme of Events
Please note that none of the companies listed have had any influence or involvement over the agenda, content or organisation of this meeting.
Agenda
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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Chair: Miss Sally Ameen, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Western Eye Hospital
The evolution from genetics to genomics: Disease models to patients
Dr Mariya Moosajee, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Moorfields Eye Hospital, Associate Professor, University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology, Group Leader of Ocular Genomics and Therapeutics, the Francis Crick Institute
The future of retinal gene therapy
Mr Harry Orlans, Specialist Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Honorary Research Associate, University of Oxford, Moorfields Eye Hospital
The next stage of evolution: The eye and artificial intelligence
Dr Siegfried Wagner, Medical Research Council, Clinical Research Training FellowMoorfields Eye Hospital, National Institute for Health Research, Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology
Panel discussion
Closing of meeting
Drinks reception
Optional dinner
Pre-booked delegates only
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom