The Rome Eye Bank looks forward to welcoming you to the eternal city for the XXXVI Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association from the 16th to the 18th of January 2025.
In this regard, we announce the launch of the LinkTree page for this event (click here), and the opening of the online registration portal and to provide details of the call for abstract submissions (link)!
The Scientific Committee has designed a programme that includes Keynote Lectures, Round Tables, Symposia, Free Papers and Posters that offer a wide range of opportunities to enrich one’s professional experience.
The EEBA Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to present the latest updates in the fields of corneal transplantation and eye banking and to meet international experts, in order to facilitate communication between all the different actors involved in corneal transplantation, eye banking and the treatment of ocular surface diseases.
We look forward to receiving your Free Paper abstract submissions and remind you that the planned deadline date for submissions is 15 October 2024!
Industrial partners are welcome too! Contact jakacongress@jaka.it for details of exhibition and sponsorship opportunities.
Please note that the Early Bird Registration fee is available until 15 November 2024.
Launch of the 2023 Annual Data Collection Exercise for the EEBA statistical report of eye banking activity in Europe
The questionnaire for the 2023 EEBA statistical report of eye banking activity in Europe is now available on-line by way of the EEBA data entry portal. All designated Eye Bank Corresponding Members are asked to insert the activity data for their eye bank for the calendar year 2023 as soon as possible (initial deadline for data submission is 12 July 2024)...
Launch of the 2022 Annual Data Collection Exercise for the EEBA statistical report of eye banking activity in Europe
The questionnaire for the 2022 EEBA statistical report of eye banking activity in Europe is now available on-line by way of the EEBA data entry portal. All designated Eye Bank Corresponding Members are asked to insert the activity data for their eye bank for the calendar year 2022 as soon as possible (initial deadline for data submission is 24 July 2023) ......
At the recent EEBA Business Meeting on 5 March 2022, EEBA Members expressed their sympathy and support for the people of Ukraine and, in particular, for colleagues working in the fields of human ocular tissue and cell banking and transplantation. To this end, they undersigned the “EEBA Statement of Solidarity with Ukraine” (proposed by the EEBA President and EEBA Committee) .....
EEBA Annual Meeting Goes Virtual for 2022
The XXXIII Annual Meeting of the European Eye Bank Association (EEBA 2022) will be organized as a virtual event, and run from 3rd - 5th March 2022, due to the continuing uncertainty relating to COVID19 health and travel restrictions. We are sorry that we won’t have the honour and privilege of welcoming you in person to Liverpool as originally planned. Nevertheless, although EEBA 2022 will be a different experience, we are confident that the platforms that.....
EEBA is now affiliated with BMJ Open Ophthalmology an international peer-reviewed journal from BMJ publishing clinically relevant content across all areas of ophthalmology and vision science.
It is the open access companion to British Journal of Ophthalmology with a focus on high quality papers in basic, translational and clinical science and vision science, providing clinicians and scientists with the information they need to improve patient care....
This Guideline has been formulated to assist eye bank procurement and retrieval staff in their routine donor screening for SARS-Cov-2 and we trust that the pocket chart format will be useful and practical.
Nevertheless, this document should be used in conjunction with local/regional/national exclusion and deferral criteria determined by competent health authorities, risk assessment instructions from the ECDC, and the selection/exclusion guidelines proposed by GAEBA.
In addition, the social anamnesis of each potential donor should be included into each individual risk assessment to determine donor eligibility (e.g. includes close contact to COVID-19 infected persons, vaccination for COVID-19).
Ocular Tissue Donation - EEBA Guideline for Donor Screening for SARS-Cov-2_Feb21.pdf
Important announcement regarding the 2021 EEBA Annual Meeting
The European Eye Bank Association regretfully announces that the 2021 EEBA Annual Meeting has been cancelled.
In view of ongoing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the local organising committee for EEBA 2021 felt that the momentous and unpredictable public health crisis didn’t proffer them with a realistic chance of organising a safe and successful meeting and as such they called for the event to be postponed until 2022. This unwelcome but understandable appeal was accepted by the EEBA Committee and as a result the European Eye Bank Association formally affirms that the XXXIII Annual Meeting, scheduled to take place in March 2021, will now take place in Liverpool in March 2022.
In consideration of the recent Coronavirus outbreak, members of the Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations (GAEBA) have consolidated international responses in relation to ocular tissue donation so as to issue a global alert outlining those recommendations that apply to both active transmission zones and non-effected zones (https://www.gaeba.org/2020/alert-coronavirus-2019-ncov-and-ocular-tissue-donation/).
The European Eye Bank Association (EEBA) is delighted to announce the launch of its new website and to present its new look. Our new website provides a clear message about who we are, what we stand for and about our activities. The website features a clean and intuitive design with modified menu functionalities that direct you to the most relevant information. It is fully compatible with mobile devices and the website pages are easy to navigate using a wide range of .....
