Save the date to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Professional Symposium, booked for Sunday 2nd August 2026, Auckland.
The Grey Zones of Glaucoma: Uncertainty, judgement, and decision-making in everyday practice.
We are thrilled to announce our keynote speaker, Professor Keith Martin, MA BM BCh DM MRCP FRCOphth, FRANZCO FARVO ALCM. Professor Keith Martin is CERA Managing Director, Head of Glaucoma Research, a clinician scientist ophthalmologist and Head of Ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne.
Glaucoma care is entering a period of rapid technological and conceptual change, driven by advances in imaging, artificial intelligence–based analytics, home monitoring, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and novel therapeutic targets. These developments promise earlier detection, more individualised risk stratification, and refined longitudinal surveillance. Yet they also introduce new forms of uncertainty, as clinicians confront expanding data streams, evolving algorithms, and clinical scenarios not yet fully addressed by guidelines or trial evidence.
This keynote examines how emerging tools may reshape diagnosis and management across the disease spectrum, from pre-perimetric glaucoma to advanced disease. Topics include AI-assisted optic nerve assessment, continuous or home intraocular pressure monitoring, remote perimetry, and structural progression analysis at unprecedented resolution. The session explores how these innovations may recalibrate traditional concepts such as target pressure, progression thresholds, and treatment timing, while highlighting the importance of rigorous validation and thoughtful integration into real-world practice.
The address concludes by considering the professional and ethical responsibilities that accompany technological progress. Issues of algorithmic transparency, medico-legal accountability, health-equity implications, and clinician over-reliance on automated systems are critically examined. Rather than presenting innovation as a solution to uncertainty, the keynote argues that the next era of glaucoma care will demand even sharper clinical judgement, combining new tools with disciplined scepticism, patient-centred decision-making, and an enduring willingness to navigate the grey zones with clarity and humility.
In past years, this event has been accredited by ODOB for 6.9 points and OA 4.5ti.
Enjoy an interactive program of interesting cases & updates in glaucoma management, delivered by optometrists and ophthalmologists, convened by world-leading ophthalmologist Professor Dame Helen Danesh-Meyer.
Thank you for your interest. You can email info@glaucoma.org.nz for more information.
Dr Aparna Raniga
Ophthalmologist with subspecialist training in glaucoma, cataract and uveitis.
