On this website you find a list of upcoming scientific conferences covering ROP in their program.
If you are the organizer of a conference covering ROP topics not listed here, please send us an email.
Coming conferences
May 03-07 2026 // Denver, Colorado, USA
ARVO 2026 (Annual meeting of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
(link to conference website)
September 24-26 2026 // Bucharest, Romania
EPOS 2026 (Annual meeting of the European Paediatric Opthalmological Society)
(link to conference website)
September 24-27 2026 // Berlin, Germany
Annual meeting of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) 2026
(link to conference website)
At DOG 2026, the EU-ROP registry will be represented with dedicated sessions on retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), including a study group meeting and a scientific symposium.
We warmly invite all interested colleagues to join us. Please refer to the official DOG 2026 program for detailed information on dates, times, and session formats.
October 01-04 2026 // Vienna, Austria
EURETINA 2026 (Annual meeting of the European Society of Retina Specialists)
(link to conference website)
Past conferences
December 4-5 2025 // Florence, Italy
World ROP Congress in Florence 2025
(link to conference website)
On December 4th and 5th, the EU-ROP team had the pleasure of participating in the World ROP Congress 2025 in Florence.
Our delegation attended numerous scientific sessions and engaged in intensive exchange with international colleagues dedicated to improving the care of infants with retinopathy of prematurity.
A particular highlight was the in-person meeting of several EU-ROP members during our own EU-ROP study meeting. Current developments within the registry, ongoing analyses, and upcoming milestones were discussed.
EU-ROP was also strongly represented scientifically this year: presentations included real-world data on the first 651 treated patients from the EU-ROP registry, a multicenter comparison of anti-VEGF treatment patterns across Europe, and two country comparisons (Germany–Türkiye and Germany–Poland).
The congress in Florence marked another important milestone for EU-ROP. We thank all participating centers and partners for their continued commitment and look forward to further developing the registry together.
September 25-28 2025 // Berlin, Germany
Annual meeting of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) 2025
(link to conference website)
This year’s DOG took place at the end of September in Berlin – and the EU-ROP project was once again represented on site!
Particularly noteworthy was the well-attended ROP course: under the direction of Andreas Stahl, Tim U. Krohne, Johanna M. Pfeil, and Wolf A. Lagrèze, engaging topics such as the assessment of plus disease in ROP screening, disinfection in ROP treatment, and follow-up care for preterm infants were discussed. The course also featured a presentation on the latest real-world data from the EU-ROP registry.
Following the course, an informal EU-ROP meeting took place which provided a great opportunity for new and experienced centers to meet in person and exchange insights on current developments, analyses, as well as practical tips and tricks for data entry.
In another session during the congress, two of our MD students presented further data from the EU-ROP registry: A country comparison of Germany and Türkiye and an overview on photo documentation in ROP management.
October 10-13 2024 // Berlin, Germany
Annual meeting of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) 2024
(link to conference website)
Three of our doctoral students presented data from the EU-ROP registry in different talks. On Friday, October 11th, Deborah Müller presented her talk on the topic of differences in anti-VEGF use for ROP across Europe. Laura Schnorr and Sophie Schnorr also presented their talks on Friday on photodocumentation of ROP in Europe and the comparison of children with AP-ROP and A-ROP.
On Saturday, October 12th, there was a workshop on ROP in which Prof. Andreas Stahl presented a talk with the title “Correctly categorise ROP severity levels: Comparison of different ROP scoring systems”. In the same workshop Dr. Johanna Pfeil presented the topic “Understanding ROP data: joint analyses of the Retina.net ROP, EU-ROP and FRB-ROP registers”.
Additionally, Prof. Andreas Stahl presented the EU-ROP registry in the workshop “Ophthalmological registers - what can we learn from them?” in on Saturday.
Please see below a picture of the doctoral students of the EU-ROP project (from left to right: Deborah Müller, Sophie Schnorr, Laura Schnorr)
September 19-22 2024 // Barcelona, Spain
EURETINA 2024 (Annual meeting of the European Society of Retina Specialists)
(link to conference website)
Sophie Schnorr presented data from the newest interim analysis of the EU-ROP registry in the symposium of the German retina society and was able to meet several EU-ROP study team members. Please see below a picture of the team of the symposium (from left to right: Nicolas Feltgen, Thomas Ach, Sophie Schnorr, Theresa Barth, Nicole Eter, Daniel Pauleikhoff, Horst Helbig).
June 28-29 2024 // Essen, Germany
36th Annual meeting of the German Retina Society
(link to conference website)
October 19-21 2023 // Leuven, Belgium
EPOS 2023 (Annual meeting of the European Paediatric Opthalmological Society)
(link to conference website)
October 5-8 2023 // Amsterdam, Netherlands
EURETINA 2023 (Annual meeting of the European Society of Retina Specialists)
(link to conference website)
September 28 - October 1 2023 // Berlin, Germany
Annual meeting of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) 2023
During this conference, there was a whole symposium dedicated to ROP:
Friday, 29th of September at 8:15 am in room XV.
During this symposium the most up-to date data from the EU-ROP registry was presented: "The latest real-world data on ROP from the EU-ROP registry"
(link to conference website)
September 8-9 2023 // Warsaw, Poland
FODS 2023 (Pediatric Opthalmology and Strabismus Forum)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"The newly established EU-ROP registry - current real-world data on ROP"
which focussed on informing about the purpose, setting, documented parameters and first analysis as well as outcomes from the EU-ROP project.
(link to conference website)
June 30 - July 1 2023 // Würzburg, Germany
35th Annual meeting of the German Retina Society
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"Comparability of input parameters in the German Retina.net ROP registry and the EU-ROP registry - an exemplary comparison between 2011 and 2021"
(link to conference website)
April 23-27 2023 // New Orleans, USA
ARVO 2023 (Annual meeting of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
(link to conference website)
Please find below the poster we presented at the ARVO 2023.
Click on the poster to see a bigger version of it!
November 12 2022 // Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Society of pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuroopthalmology and Opthalmogenetics
The following talk was presented at this conference:
“From a national registry to an international one – the newly established European registry on ROP (EU-ROP)”
October 8-9 2022 // Munich, Germany
47th Meeting of European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society
(link to conference website)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"Treatment for retinopathy of prematurity in Germany and Turkey – first data from the newly established European ROP registry (EU-ROP)"
September 29-October 2 2022 // Berlin, Germany
Annual meeting of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG)
(link to conference website)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"First data from the EU-ROP registry on treated cases of ROP"
September 26-29 2022 // Greifswald, Germany
Annual meeting of the German Society of Epidemiology (DGEpi)
(link to conference website)
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The following talk was presented at this conference:
"The European ROP registry (EU-ROP) – data from the first 78 patients entered"
September 1-4 2022 // Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World ROP congress 2022
(link to conference website)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"Real-world data on ROP - the newly established EU-ROP registry"
September 1-4 2022 // Hamburg, Germany
EURETINA 2022 (Annual meeting of the European Society of Retina Specialists)
(link to conference website)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"Presentation of the newly established European ROP registry (EU-ROP) and the first 60 patients entered"
July 1-2 2022 // Lübeck, Germany
34th Annual meeting of the German Retina Society
(link to conference website)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"Systemic and ophthalmologic complications within the first 7 days after treatment of retinopathy of prematurity - first data from the newly established EU-ROP registry"
June 30-July 2 2022 // Greifswald, Germany
71st Annual meeting of the North German Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
(link to conference website)
The following talk was presented at this conference:
"First data from the EU-ROP registry – from a national to an international one"
May 19-21 2022 // Aachen, Germany
48th Annual meeting of the German Society for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care
(link to the conference website)
At this conference a talk about data on the Retina.net ROP registry, the German forerunner project of the EU-ROP was presented.
May 1-4 2022 // Denver, USA
ARVO 2022 (Annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)
(link to conference website)
Please find below the poster we presented virtually at the ARVO 2022.
Click on the poster to see a bigger version of it!
