Highlights from ESCRS 2024

Barcelona was alive with activity this September during the 2024 ESCRS. Over 13,000 participants, including more than 8,000 healthcare professionals specializing in ophthalmology, gathered for five days of intensive educational sessions aimed at advancing the fields of cataract and refractive surgery.

Our presence at this congress provided a valuable opportunity to strengthen our connections with customers and distributor partners, while further raising our profile in the ophthalmology community. We kicked off with the HSO Partnership Forum, a strategic meeting that brought together HOYA Surgical Optics colleagues and our distributor partners, setting the stage for a productive and successful congress. The Visionary Summit followed, gathering our top Key Opinion Leaders to discuss emerging trends in ophthalmology and future opportunities for HOYA Surgical Optics. Our exhibition space served as the central point to connect with customers and distributors, offering hands-on demos of our latest products.

Our Masters Film Festival at ESCRS was a unique video-based educational symposium, moderated by the esteemed Dr. Robert Osher. The event featured a distinguished panel of speakers, including Dr. Erik Mertens, Dr. Ashvin Agarwal, Dr. Romesh Angunawela, Dr. Francesco Carones, and Dr. Richard Packard. We are sincerely grateful to these engaging panelists for their contributions. If you missed the event, don’t worry—read here how you can access the full 1-hour recording.

We appreciate the collaboration and support that made ESCRS 2024 a successful and impactful experience. Special thanks to our colleagues who supported our exhibition presence and led the peer-to-peer sessions, as well as our customers, distributor partners, the ESCRS organizers, and all the new connections we made along the way.