MAY 17, 2025. VII SYMPOSIUM WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
HOTEL MONA
It is with great pleasure that we inform you that on May 17, 2025, the 7th Contactology Symposium with international participation will be held at the Mona Plaza Hotel in Belgrade, which will mark the 20th anniversary of our Society!
The organization and performance of the symposium, as always, aims to educate participants about the latest trends in contactology. Participation has already been confirmed by representatives of the European Association, as well as our leading experts from Serbia.
This gathering will be an opportunity for socializing and networking, with the belief that it will contribute to the future of contactology in Serbia.
We invite you to magnify this significant jubilee with your presence.
6th Contactology Symposium "New trends in contactology, Hotel Holiday Inn, May 8, 2024
Dear colleagues and friends,
It was our great pleasure to organize the Sixth Contactology Symposium "New Trends in Contactology" on May 8, 2024 at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Belgrade.
The initial idea was to share knowledge about new technologies and materials in contactology and the artificial tear industry.
The number of participants exceeded our expectations, the topics were diverse and interesting, and we are grateful to all the lecturers and participants who took their time.
Special thanks go to our sponsors, companies that have been cooperating with the Association for years and who recognize that quality education is our common interest.
Thanks to the sufficient turnout, the annual Assembly was held after a long break, at which the new management team of the Association of Ophthalmologists and Contactologists of Serbia was elected. The association received new members at this Symposium.
We hope that we will all contribute to the development and reputation of our Association, and thus justify the trust of all our teachers-ophthalmologists who laid its foundations.
On behalf of the newly elected team, I warmly welcome you.
Dr. Katarina Janković Terzić
Download the program here
We were honored to host Prof. Dr. Ömür Uçakhan-Gunduz, Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Turkey. Dr. Uçakhan gave an interesting lecture on keratoconus and the challenges in its treatment, both conservative and surgical. The professor also serves as the general secretary of the European Society of Contact Ophthalmologists (ECLSO), of which COLSS is a member, so her success is an additional motivation for our society to continue its good work.
5th Contactology Symposium, Hotel Falkensteiner, October 19, 2018
The Organizing Committee of the Fifth Symposium on Contactology thanks all the ophthalmologist participants for their participation. We thank all sponsors who made this meeting possible, all lecturers and regular members of COLSS.
Hotel Falkensteiner was an excellent place for the exchange of knowledge and socializing among contactologists. The good energy and enthusiasm from this meeting gives us an incentive to organize new symposia.
With respect
Valentina Dimitrijević Milovanović, PhD, and Danijela Ranđelović, PhD
IV Symposium on Contactology - Crown Plaza Hotel
The organizing committee of the fourth Symposium on Contactology thanks all the participants (200 ophthalmologists) for their participation. We thank all sponsors who made this meeting possible, all lecturers and regular members of COLSS.
The Crown Plaza Hotel was a great place to exchange knowledge and socialize among contactologists. The good energy and enthusiasm from this meeting gives us an incentive to organize new symposia.
45 ECLSO Congress, Izmir 16-17.10.2015
At the 45th ECLSO Congress, which was held in Izmir on October 16-17, 12 members of our Society were present. In the beautiful surroundings of the Swissotel Ephesus Convention Center, we had the opportunity to exchange experiences with colleagues from Europe and the USA, to learn about the latest achievements from in the field of contactology. Valentina Dimitrijevic Milovanovic, M.Sc., MD, chaired the session: Soft lens Track-Taking soft lens fitting a level higher, together with Dr. Ursulom Vogt from London. Dr. Katarina Jankovic Terzic presented her work with a Poster: Microbiological analysis of samples of lens care solution in reusable soft contact lens trial sets.
CLAO, TORONTO 12-14. June 2014
Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO), TORONTO 12-14. June 2014
III symposium on contactology, 23 May 2014, Belgrade, CROWN PLAZA hotel
On May 23, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belgrade, the Third Contactology Symposium with international participation - Contemporary on contact lenses was held. The meeting was opened by the president of the Association of Ophthalmologists and Contact Specialists, COLSS prim. M.Sc. Dr. Valentina Dimitrijević Milovanović. The program consisted of 13 expert highly specialized lectures in contactology presented by eminent ophthalmologists and contactologists of our country and two invited lecturers from the European association ECLSO.
Lectures in three sessions included topics from the field of children's contactology, news about soft contact lenses and possible complications, as well as indications and possibilities of RGP contact lenses in modern contactology.
During the Symposium, a humanitarian action was organized to help flood victims. The collected contribution was paid to the account of the Serbian Red Cross.
2nd Symposium on Contactology, Belgrade. May 18, 2012
On May 18, 2012, the II symposium on contactology with international participation "CONTACT LENSES TODAY" was held at the M Best Western Hotel in Belgrade. The symposium was opened by the president of COLSS, prim. M.Sc. sci. Ph.D. Valentina Dimitrijević . Special guest lecturers were Dr. Rene Mely, President of the European Association ECLSO and Prof. Dr. Christina Grupcheva.
Domaći i strani predavači međunarodnog renomea dali su simpozijumu jedinstvenost i veliku mogućnost sticanja novih znanja iz kontaktologije. Kroz svoja predavanja izneli su savremene stavove o fitovanju kontaktnih sočiva kod pacijenata svih uzrasta, od beba do prezbiopa.
42. Kongres ECLSO Nica, 2012.
42.ECLSO Nica 2012. U Nici je od 14.do 16. septembra 2012, održan 42 ECLSO kome je pristvovalo 350 oftalmologa iz celog sveta i 15 otalmologa iz Srbije, članova našeg udruženja. Eminentni predavači govorili su o Keratoconusu i mogućnostima lečenja, novim vrstama kontaktnih sočiva, lečenju prednjeg segmenta.
Takođe su održana i 4 edukativna kursa pod pokroviteljstvom EBO, (Evropski odbor za oftalmologiju), gde su predavači, lideri svojih oblasti obrađivali teme "Fitovanje mekih kontaktnih sočiva, ortokeratologiju, fitovanje kontaktnih sočiva kod beba i pacijenata sa iregularnom roznjacom".
I ove godine kao i predhodnih prim. mr. sci. dr. Valentina Dimitrijević Milovanović imala je pozivno predavanje na EBO edukacionom kursu i bila predsedavajući na prvoj sesiji kongresa zajedno sa dr Florence Malet (Francuska) i dr Bruce Koffler (USA), prim dr Ljiljana Kovač održala je predavanje o fitovanju sočiva kod beba i adolescenata.
41. Kongres ECLSO Istambul, Turska, 09 - 11. sept. 2011.
Od 9-11.septembra 2011. odrzan je 41. ECLSO kongres u Istambulu. U prelepom gradu na Bosforu pored izuzetnih predavanja kontaktologa iz Evrope, SAD i Brazila posebnost kongresu dali su i kursevi "Live Fitting" koji su po prvi put organizovani na ovaj način.Više od 15 članova našeg udruženja je bilo prisutno na kongresu, a prim. mr. sci. dr. Valentina Dimitrijević , bila je predsedavajući na sesiji: "Contact lens material & solution".
40. ECLSO Kongres, VarŠava, Poljska, septembar 2010.
U godini Šopena, na 40.ECLSO u Varšavi specijalna pažnja je bila posvećena siliconhidrogelnim sočivima i njihovoj primeni u svim starosnim grupama od dece do prezbiopa. Takođe, bilo je govora o razvoju i modifikacijama ovog materijala, kao i o novim generacijama “custom-made” kontaktnih sočiva koja optimiziraju bezbednost, komfor i kvalitet vida. Course 5- Soft contact lenses for astigmatism - Valentina DIMITRIJEVIC, Belgrade (SERBIA) - Graeme YOUNG, Farnham (UNITED KINGDOM). Course 4- Therapeutic contact lenses - Ljiljana KOVAC, Belgrade (SERBIA) - Adriana STANILA, Sibiu (ROMANIA).
39. ECLSO Kongres, Pariz, Francuska, maj 2009.
Ovaj Kongres je bio specifičan i po tome što je kombinovan i sa godišnjom konvencijom francuskog oftalmološkog društva (SFO) i po grandioznoj prezentaciji knjige autora Dr. Florence Malet Les lentiles de contact. Course 2- Presbyopia and contact lenses: practical approach, CL selection and fit - prim. mr. sci. dr. Valentina Dimitrijević, Belgrade (SERBIA) Simona RADU, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
38th ECLSO Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, August 2008
COLSS participates as a full member of ECLSO with the participation of contactologists from another 24 countries Course 3 - How to increase your success rate in presbyopic soft contact lens fitting - prim. M.Sc. sci. Ph.D. Valentina Dimitrijević, Belgrade (SERBIA) - Franck EARITH, Le Vesinet (FRANCE) Dry eye or dryness? Ljiljana KOVAC, Belgrade (SERBIA) The most common reasons for refitting soft contact lenses into RGP contact lenses - Gordana SUVAJAC, Belgrade (SERBIA))
37th ECLSO Congress, Antwerp, Belgium, June 2007
Safe wearing of contact lenses by children was promoted at the Congress. Organized a symposium dedicated to this topic in which Dr. Suvajac and Dr. Milutinović took part in an oral lecture on the topic: Myopia and juvenile glaucoma.
The first congress of COLSS, 2007
The first Serbian COLSS congress with international participation
36th ECLSO Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2006
The Society of Contactologists of Serbia and Montenegro becomes a full member of ECLSO
35th ECLSO Congress, London, England, June 2005.
Association of Contact Specialists of Serbia and Montenegro, participant of the ECLSO congress
The Founding Assembly of Ština, 02.12.2004.
The Association of Contact Specialists of Serbia and Montenegro was founded in Belgrade. The Chairman of the Founding Assembly was Prim.Dr. Sima Marjanović
