Lucerne, Switzerland (2025)
- IEOC Office
- Jul 12, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 25
IEOC/an-vision Symposium June 19-21, 2025
General Information
This is a fun, intimate meeting filled with many opportunities to share ideas, treatments and topics that are relevant today. Diversity abounds... about ½ of the attendees are from the EU, Australia and the East the rest typically attend from Canada and the US. If you haven’t attended the symposium in the past, this is a must-try for equine practitioners! All attendees become members, and members always receive a ‘meeting pearls’ summary and complimentary proceedings of the meeting the week following the event.
Travel Tips
Looking for some inspiration for your travel for the Symposium? Check out these potential recommended day trips with travel directions! These ideas offer a mix of adventure, natural beauty, and cultural insights, ensuring you have a memorable experience. Need some tips about travel and payments in Switzerland? Check out these Travel Tips!
Host Hotel & Reservations
The 2025 IEOC/an-vision, Inc. Symposium will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, The facility is in the center of Lucerne, highly walkable and with competitive rates.
The block is now closed and the hotel is nearly sold out. Hotel reservations at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Lucerne, can be made through the hotel’s reservation department. Please contact reservations.lucerne@radissonblu.com, +41 41 369 99 11 or +41 41 369 99 12 and mention IEOC for the special rate as agreed on the contract. (Overflow recommendations will be posted after May 5th. We will not be securing a new block.)
2025 Presentation Schedule
The speaker presentation schedule will be finalized and posted by May 1st at the latest. Speakers should also check their email for acceptance letters and the presentation schedule soon.
New this year, we will have about a dozen poster presentations for you to enjoy. Watch for details soon.
State-of-the-Art Speakers
Dr. Richard J. McMullen Jr., DACVO, DECVO, CAQ Equine Ophthalmology (Germany)
“Infracyanine Green (Emundo®) and Indocyanine Green Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapy in Equine Ophthalmology”
Overview and description of photodynamic (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT)
How indo- (ICG) and infracyanine (InfraCG) green-based PDT/PTT found their way into equine ophthalmology
Descriptions and applications of ICG- and InfraCG-based PDT/PTT in equine ophthalmology:
Corneoscleral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
Eyelid and periocular neoplasia (SCC, sarcoids, melanocytoma)
Immune mediated keratitis (IMMK)
Corneal tissue welding
Descemet’s membrane ruptures/separation/detachments
Surgical incision closure
Future research
State of the Art Lecturer Sponsored by:
Dr. Simon Pot, DVM, PhD, DACVO, DECVO
"Corneal cross-linking: what's new / what else is new?"
Through its stabilizing effects on the stromal extracellular matrix and its antimicrobial effects, UV-A/Riboflavin crosslinking of the cornea (CXL) is a useful adjunctive therapy for infectious corneal diseases.
Following a short introduction of basic concepts, in this keynote lecture we will:
present the current state of research
cover some clinical disease features that might limit treatment efficacy, and how to overcome those to optimize treatment outcome (in other words: what have we learned during the past five years that is relevant for the use of CXL in our clinic?)
discuss potential new crosslinking strategies, but also different therapeutic strategies altogether.
State of the Art Lecturer Sponsored by:
Medical VET AG
Saturday Dinner Cruise on Lake Lucerne
This dinner event has sold out. Please email us if you would like to join a wait list.
For those who have already secured tickets please remember this occurs Saturday evening this year rather than the usual Friday event. We are a group of about 115 who will walk to the docks, arriving to begin boarding at 5:50pm, the boat will return no later than 9:00pm after dinner and drinks and a cruise around the lake.
Registration is Now Closed (4.25.25)
This event is completely sold out, we have reached the maximum space usage in this facility at 130 members, and seven exhibiting vendors. Thank you to all who are attending and supporting this fantastic opportunity, this is the largest IEOC Symposium to date. You may email the IEOC office to request to be placed on a waiting list if we receive a cancellation.
Tentative General Schedule
The Program schedule is typically the following, the final schedule will be posted no later than May 1st:
Thursday - Welcome Reception 6:00pm - 8:00 pm
Friday - CE 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Friday - Membership meeting to follow (likely 4:30 pm - 5:00pm)
Saturday - CE 8:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday - Optional Lake Lucerne Boat Dinner Event (boarding starts at 5:50pm, departure at 6:00pm, arrive back at 9:00pm)
Exhibitors & Sponsors
The exhibit hall is full, a couple sponsorships are available. Please contact the office for availability and details.
Thank You Sponsors
Thank you to an-vision, Inc./an-vision, GmbH, for agreeing to be our 2025 Namesake Sponsor!
State of the Art Lecturer (Dr. McMullen) Sponsor: Medical Laser Technology Ltd.
State of the Art Lecturer (Dr. Pot) Sponsor: Medical VET AG
General Sponsor, Luzern Tourismus AG - Tourist Board
Thank You 2025 Exhibiting Companies (Full)
an-vision, Inc. & an-vision, GmbH
Eickemeyer Medizintechnik für Tierärzte KG
Medical Laser Technology Ltd.
Medical VET AG
Neoplas Vet GmbH OCULUS Optikgeräte GmbH Peschke GmbH
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