TechTransfer Day
Smart Contact Lenses: Embedded Technologies beyond Vision
SAARBRÜCKEN GERMANY
September 29 & 30, 2025
Speakers & Moderators
See the Future.
Shape the Future.
Smart contact lenses are set to redefine how we see, sense, and connect with the world. From augmented reality navigation to disease monitoring and therapy, next-generation lenses promise powerful new functions—all in an invisible, wearable form. But moving from prototype to product requires more than innovation: it demands seamless integration, user comfort, and sustainable design.
Join industry leaders, researchers, and innovators as we explore the latest advances in materials science, device engineering, and system design. Engage in focused seminars and dynamic discussion tables to exchange insights, forge partnerships, and accelerate progress from lab to market.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to connect, collaborate, and lead the next wave of smart contact lens innovation. Register now and be part of what’s next.
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Program
September 29
Registration, welcome lunch
Smart contact lenses for
glaucoma care and beyond
Prof. Chi Hwan Lee, Purdue University (US)
Microfluidic Contact Lenses
for Ocular Diagnostics
Prof. Ali Yetisen Imperial College London (UK)
Discussion Session 1
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Moderator: Enrique Vega (Azalea Vision)
Coffee break
Next-Generation Personalized Healthcare with Smart Contact Lenses
Prof. Jang-Ung Park, Yonsei University (KR)
Discussion Session 2
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Moderator: Sacha Cerboni (Sensimed AG)
Current major trends in the global contact lens market. What and why.
Prof. Philip Morgan, Eurolens Manchester (UK)
Discussion Session 3
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Moderator: t.b.a.
Coffee break
Dinner (downtown)
September 30
Seeing the Future:
The Latest in Contact Lens Tech
Prof. Jason J Nichols, University Alabama (US)
Self-lubricating
Contact Lenses
Prof. Aránzazu del Campo, Leibniz INM (DE)
Discussion Session 4
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Moderator: Max Ostermeier (Implandata GmbH)
Farewell lunch
Speaker info
Prof. Chi Hwan Lee
Chi Hwan Lee is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indianapolis. His Research Group focuses on bridging a critical gap between engineering and unmet clinical needs. It explores a variety of wearable biomedical devices that can be safely attached to the skin or eye, enabling continuous remote assessment of human health and diseases
Prof. Ali Yetisen
Ali K. Yetisen is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. The Centre for Biochemical Sensors develops biochemical sensors, optical materials, and devices for medical diagnostics, therapeutics, and imaging.
Prof. Philip Morgan
Philip Morgan is Professor of Optometry and Director of Eurolens Research at The University of Manchester. He is President of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators and is Past President of the International Society for Contact Lens Research. His main research interests relate to the clinical performance of contact lenses. He has managed an annual international survey of contact lens prescribing trends since 1996.
Prof. Jason J. Nichols
Jason J. Nichols is Professor at the School of Optometry and Senior Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Alabama (US). He is an expert in ocular surface and his main research interests are in dry eye, meibomian gland disease, and pharmaceutical and medical device development and testing. He is currently Editor of Contact Lens Spectrum and Contact Lenses Today® and has Chaired the AAO’s Research Committee and the Tear Film and Ocular Surface (TFOS) Society’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Board.
Prof. Jang-Ung Park
Jang-Ung Park is Prof. for Materials Science and Engineering at Yonsei University in South Korea. His research focuses on wearable opto-electronic devices as free-form electronics with IoT (Internet of Things) technology, including transparent, foldable, stretchable, 4D-printable, or self-healable properties. The group combines electronics with human life and environment, and spans fundamental science and technology transfer.
Prof. Aránzazu del Campo
Aránzazu del Campo is the Scientific Director and CEO of the INM– Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Professor for Materials Chemistry at Saarland University. Her research focuses on hydrogel materials for cell encapsulation and biofabrication of therapeutic devices. In the field of ocular drug delivery, her group works on self-replenishable, drug eluting contact lenses for zero-waste therapeutic solutions.
Discussion Moderators
Sensimedic (CH)
Implandata (DE)
Azalea Vision (BE)