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Programme 2026
Below you can find the overall structure of the 20th annual meeting.
Want to check out the programme in more detail? Review the preliminary programme here.
Monday 9 November
- Arrival in São Paulo, Brazil
Tuesday 10 November
- Board meeting (just for board members)
- Start 20th Annual meeting
- WAEH Member Meeting
- Official Opening of the 20th Annual WAEH Meeting
- Welcome to the Brazilian Healthcare system
- Keynote: Cathedral Thinking and the Future of the WAEH
- Tour Instituto Suel Abujamra
- Welcoming dinner
Wednesday 11 November
- Public health systems & comparative models
- Quality of care in eye hospitals
- Human resources & the workforce of the future
- Applied research & innovation
- Launch of the WAEH Global Dashboard
- Brazilian Cultural Dinner
Thursday 12 November
- Eye hospital management
- New Member Ceremony
- Poster session
- Digital transformation in eye care
- Patient experience
- Brazilian cultural networking evening
Friday 13 November
- Experience the large campaign Glasses for Kids (Suel Abujamra screens 660 schools per year!)
- Exchange ideas during the on site Communities of Practice
- Experience 3D Live surgery
- Visit to the HSP-UNIFESP Ophthalmology Department
- Announcement of the WAEH 2027 host location
Saturday 14 November
- Morning: Travel to Londrina, Brazil by plane (Latam airways)
- Afternoon: Visit Hoftalon Eye Hospital (Londrina, Brazil) including a tour and presentations
- Dinner hosted by Hoftalon Eye Hospital
Sunday 15 November
- Take a flight from Londrina back to São Paulo (Latam airways)
- Fly from São Paulo to Santiago, Chile (Latam airways)
Monday 16 November
- Visit Clínica Oftalmológica Pasteur (Santiago, Chile)
- Sessions with the Chilean Society of Ophthalmology (SOCHIOF)
- Hospital management, sustainability & innovation presentations
- WAEH Roundtable: International Collaboration and Future Challenges in Eye Care
- Dinner hosted by Pasteur