EVER newsletter
November 23, 2007

It is no exaggeration to declare the 10th Congress of EVER in Portoroz, Slovenia, a complete success. In fact, the General Assembly thought the venue to be the best so far, even surpassing the excellent facilities we have had in the past. Rooms were spacious and conveniently located, and the technical facilities and staff just excellent.
We broke several records. Discounting last year’s congress, which was associated with one-time events, the number of registered participants topped for the first time 700, up 21 from a previous record of 681 in 2003, Alicante, Spain. As before, large numbers attended from the neighbouring countries, like Italy with 70 participants. The number is expected to increase further when news of EVER spread more widely in the region.
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It has been a pleasure to host the EVER meeting in Slovenia in October and I am glad that most of the delegates found the new venue pleasant from the point of view of the congress centre as well as by the pleasurable closeness of the beach that many of you enjoyed already for a morning swim.

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Best POSTER by section

• Anatomy/Cell Biology: Imre LENGYEL
• Cornea/Ocular Surface: Etienne GARDEA
• Glaucoma: FERNANDEZ DURANGO
• Immunology/Microbiology: Natasa VIDOVIC VALENTINCIC
• Lens and Cataract: Sally CHE
• Molecular Biology/Genetics/Epidemiology: Takao HASHIMOTO
• Neuro-ophthalmology/Strabismology: Antonio PINNA
• Pathology/Oncology: Dana FAINGOLD
• Physiology/Biochemistry/Pharmacology: Antonio AMBROSIO
• Retina/Vitreous: Richard BONSHEK
• Vision Sciences/Electrophysiol/Physiol Optic: Thomas JEHLE

EVER travel grants for best paper

• Anatomy/Cell Biology: Kati-Sisko VELLONEN
• Cornea / Ocular Surface: Gilles THURET
• Glaucoma: Raquel FERNANDEZ DURANGO
• Immunology/Microbiology: Valerie TOUITOU
• Lens and Cataract: Sally CHE
• Molecular Biology/Genetics/Epidemiology: Oliver PUK
• Neuro-ophthalmology/Strabismology/Paediatric/History: Lajos Rudolf KOZAK
• Pathology/Oncology Bruno FERNANDES
• Physiology/Biochemistry/Pharmacology: Simon BACKHOUSE
• Retina/Vitreous: Irmela MANTEL
• Vision Sciences/Electrophysiol./Physiol. Optic: Marika WAHLBERG

Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Travel awards for the three best abstracts submitted to EVER 2007 by young researchers in the cornea section:

• María Fideliz DE LA PAZ
• Laurent BATAILLE
• Pier Luigi DODI

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We are pleased to present you the new Secretary General (2007-2012) Bahram BODAGHI.

Composition of the board 2008

The new EVER representatives in the ACTA Board are:
• Pinar AYDIN, Ankara
• Tero KIVELÄ, Helsinki

March 15: Accommodation booking opens
June 1: Abstract submission deadline
July 15: Notification of abstract acceptance, programme online
August 15: Accommodation booking closes
September 1: Early registration deadline
October 1-4: EVER 2008 Annual Meeting, Portoroz, Slovenia

Suggestions for
• Special Interest Symposium (SIS) 2008
• COURSE 2008
• KEYNOTES 2009
proposals are welcome. The deadline for submission of outlines is January 6, 2008.

If you are logged in on the EVER website, you can submit a SIS, a COURSE or a KEYNOTE proposal.

EVER will participate in the ARVO 2008 with the following symposia:
• University funding for research
• European collaboration in eye research

EVER will participate in the WOC 2008 with a symposium on When West meets East: Different diseases, same investigational methods.