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he lights were up and the auditorium was packed for the opening ceremony of the 22nd EURETINA Congress (EURETINA 2022) on a beautiful September afternoon in Hamburg, Germany. Doctors, industry and press trickled in and filled seats all the way up to the opening remarks. The anticipation was palpable as attendees waited for the official opening of the four-day long event at the Congress Center Hamburg. But all was quiet as the lights went down for Dr. Alistair Laidlaw, the current president of EURETINA, as he made his opening remarks about the past, present and future of the congress. With over 5,000 attendees, Dr. Laidlaw noted that this year’s event is a far cry from 22 years ago, which welcomed 230 delegates in the meeting’s first iteration.
Dreaming impossible dreams with diabetic retinopathy With the pleasantries out of the way, it was time for the main event. The crowd erupted with electric applause as Dr. Laidlaw affectionately introduced a titan of the retinal world, 2022 EURETINA Lecture honoree, Dr. Sobha Sivaprasad. Editor-in-chief of the prestigious Eye journal and recipient of over 18 million euros in grants, Dr. Sivaprasad is one of the most eminent and published researchers of the last few decades in the retinal world. Her EURETINA 2022 lecture was titled Steps to Achieving the Impossible in the Clinical Management of Diabetic Cont. on Page 3 >>