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Session on inherited retinal diseases and paediatrics  featured talks addressing unmet needs, updates on outcomes of patients treated with voretigene neparvovec gene therapy, and new insights about select genetic diseases. 

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) was the focus of the Friday Euretina session on vitreoretinal surgery.

Nine speakers present results from preclinical and in-human clinical trials of interventions designed for patients with genetic diseases, neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), and geographic atrophy (GA). 

The EuroVersion International Surgical video case contest takes place on Friday, 2 October 2026 from 12:15 – 13:15 CEST in Room 4.

The winners of this year’s Best Free Paper, Best ePoster and Best Video awards were announced during the Opening Ceremony. Here is where and when to see each winning presentation.

View photos of the award winners receiving their prizes during the opening ceremony.

Euretina President Professor Nicole Eter officially opened the 26th Congress on Thursday afternoon, welcoming registrants to Vienna.

Speakers in Thursday afternoon’s Euretina session on diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO) covered a range of topics that included screening and early detection of DR, novel methods for treatment delivery and applications for imaging techniques.

The Euretina Session track at the 2026 Congress began on Thursday morning with a programme titled “Eye Openers”. In this video-based interactive session, six experienced retina specialists presented lessons learned from challenging vitreoretinal surgery cases. At junctures when complications occurred throughout the cases, input on next steps was sought from a faculty panel and audience members equipped with electronic response keypads.

View photos from Thursday in Vienna