8 :30        Reception of the Participants
9 :00        Welcoming speech :
                 The Director of Toulouse Hospitals
                 Dr Thomas H.WHEELER-SCHILLING, Administrateur My Europia

SESSION 1 : Epidemiology and pathogenesis

Modérators :   
Franck SCHAEFFEL, Tuebingen,Germany
Patrick CALVAS, Toulouse, France

9 :10        Current issues regarding the physiopathology of myopia
                    Franck SCHAEFFEL,Tuebingen, Germany

9 :30        Genetic factors of myopia
                    Christopher J. HAMMOND, Londres, UK

9 :45        Environmental factors of myopia
                    Patrick CALVAS, Toulouse, France

10 :00       Can we slow down the progression of myopia in children?
                    Christopher J. HAMMOND, Londres, UK

10 :15       Discussion

10 :30       Coffee break


SESSION 2 : Myopia and refractive surgery: what’s new?

Modérators :    
Pablo ARTAL, Murcia, Spain
Jose Luis GUELL, Barcelone, Spain

11 :00       Myopic optic abnormalities: investigation
                    Pablo ARTAL, Murcia, Spain

11 :15       Myopic optic abnormalities: treatment
                    Jose Luis GUELL, Barcelone, Spain

11 :30       Myopia and Laser Excimer
                    François MALECAZE, Toulouse, France

11 :45       Myopia and intraocular surgery

                    Jean-Louis ARNE, Toulouse, Bordeaux 

12 :00       Discussion

12 :15       Lunch break

SESSION 3 : The retina of a myope    

Modérators :    
Carlos MATEO, Barcelona, Spain
Véronique PAGOT, Toulouse, France

13 :45        The macula of a myope
                    Michel WEBER, Nantes, France

14 :00        The peripheral fundus of a myope
                    Jean François KOROBELNIK, Bordeaux, France

14 :15        Surgical approach
                    Carlos MATEO, Barcelona, Spain

14 :30    Discussion


SESSION 4 : Contactology

Modérators :    
Jean-Louis ARNE, Toulouse, Bordeaux
Theo SEILER, Zurich, Switzerland

14 :45        How to fit myopic children?
                    Marie-Noelle GEORGE, Nantes, France

15 :00        How to fit myopic presbyopes?
                    Catherine PEYRE, Paris, France

15 :15        Discussion

15 :30        Coffe break


SESSION 5 : New treatments     

Moderators :
Christopher J. HAMMOND, Londres, UK
François MALECAZE, Toulouse, France

16 :00        New medical treatments
                    Christopher J. HAMMOND, Londres, UK

16 :15        Cross-linking
                    Theo SEILER, Zurich, Switzerland

16 :30        Discussion

16 :40        Final conclusion