Stream 5 Session #2: Symposium - Advances in diabetes-related eye disease
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Meeting Room 101 & 102
| Wednesday, August 19, 2026 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Meeting Room 101 & 102 (Level 1) |
Speaker
Prof Timothy Davis
Professor of Medicine
The University of Western Australia
Chairperson
Biography
Devy Deliyanti
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Amira Howari
Optometrist & Diabetes Australia
Diabetes Australia
Lived experience presentation
11:00 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Prof Peter van Wijngaarden
Executive Director
The Florey
Keep Sight- establishing Australia's national program to reduce avoidable vision impairment in people with diabetes
11:10 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Prof Tien Wong
Senior Vice-chancellor and Founding Dean (Tsinghua); Senior Advisor (SNEC)
Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, China; Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore (SNEC)
Evolving global strategies for reducing diabetic retinopathy
11:35 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Prof Jenny Wilkinson-Berka
Head School Of Biomedical Sciences
University Of Melbourne
New insights into the pathogenesis of retinopathy and emerging therapies: focus on adaptive immunity
12:00 PM - 12:25 PMBiography
All Speakers
Questions
12:25 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
