BrightFocus Macular Fast TrackTM Workshop

September 15, 2025
Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

The RD Meeting organizers have partnered with the BrightFocus Foundation to host the BrightFocus Macular Fast TrackTM Workshop as a pre-RD2025 event. This educational Workshop includes lectures from world-class macular degeneration scientists known for their contributions to this field. The speakers and topics covered in this full-day program are listed below. The topics selected for inclusion in the Workshop were chosen to help new and established scientists increase their knowledge of AMD and accelerate their research into the causes and treatments of macular degeneration. The organizers are hopeful that the Workshop will provide an overall comprehensive review of this field, including clinical and basic research areas that will help new and current investigators identify areas where additional research is needed. All early-career scientists and established investigators wishing to establish impactful research programs in macular degeneration are encouraged to attend. There is an additional $210 registration fee for RD2025 attendees or a $250 fee for attending the Fast Track only. The registration fee also includes breakfast, breaks, lunch, and dinner with the speakers.

You can register for the Macular Fast Track by going to the meeting registration page.

RD2025 registration

Macular Fast Track Speakers and Topics

Usha Chakravarthy, MD, PhD
AMD, an Overview

Rob Mullins, MS, PhD
The Choroid

Rui Chen, PhD
AMD Genetics and Transcriptomics

Mike Sapieha, PhD
Senescence, Innate Immunity and AMD

Matthew Campbell, PhD
The Blood Retinal Barrier in AMD

Patricia D’Amore, PhD, MBA
Glycocalyx and ECM

Ruchi Sharma, MD
Lessons from iPSC-derived models

Patricia Boya, PhD
Mitophagy

Tiarnan Keenan, MD, PhD
AMD, antioxidants and nutrients