Meet the Committees
The World Glaucoma Congress is organized by the World Glaucoma Association (WGA).
Executive Committee
Neeru Gupta – President (Canada)
Fabian Lerner – Immediate Past President (Argentina)
Keith Martin – Past Past President (Australia)
Arthur Sit – Treasurer (USA)
Shan Lin – Executive Vice President (USA)
Kaweh Mansouri – Associate Executive Vice President (Switzerland)
Board of Governors
Makoto Aihara (Japan), Nkiru Kizor – Akaraiwe (Nigeria), Vijaya Lingam (India), Winifred Nolan (United Kingdom), Pradeep Ramulu (USA), Lisandro Sakata (Brazil), Ingeborg Stalmans (Belgium), Xinghuai Sun (China), Fotis Topouzis (Greece) and Anja Tuulonen (Finland)
Co-Chairs Program Planning Committee
Arthur Sit (USA) & Kaweh Mansouri (Switzerland)
Vice-Chairs Program Planning Committee
Tanuj Dada (India), Miriam Kolko (Denmark), Pradeep Ramulu (USA), Lisandro Sakata (Brazil)
Program Planning Committee Members
Leon Au (United Kingdom), Eytan Blumenthal (Israel), Yvonne Buys (Canada), Robert Casson (Australia), Ching-Yu Cheng (Singapore), Anthony Khawaja (United Kingdom), Steven Mansberger (United States), Sayoko Moroi (United States), Toru Nakazawa (Japan), Yvonne Ou (United States), Arsham Sheybani (United States), Chelvin Sng (Singapore), Min Hee Suh (South Korea), Andrew Tatham (United Kingdom), Susan Williams (South Africa) and Xiulan Zhang (China)
Hosting Societies
Italian Glaucoma Society (SIGLA)
Italian Association for the Study of Glaucoma (AISG)
Co-chairs Local Organizing Committee (Italy)
Stefano Gandolfi, President of the SIGLA
Stefano Miglior, President of the AISG
Local Organizing Committee Members (Italy)
Marco Nardi, Giorgio Marchini, Tommaso Salgarello, Ciro Costagliola, Beatrice Brogliatti, Roberto Carassa, Luciano Quaranta, Luca Rossetti
Wetlab / Surgical Courses Committee Co-chairs
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland) & Ziad Khoueir (Lebanon)