Cornea Day @ ESCRS 2026!
EuCornea at Cornea Day & ESCRS 2026!
Highlights from a wonderful few days in London, bringing together colleagues from across the international ophthalmic community to share knowledge, exchange ideas and advance corneal care.
From Cornea Day, jointly organised by EuCornea and the ESCRS Cornea Committee, to the wider ESCRS Congress, it was a pleasure to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new colleagues and take part in inspiring discussions.
A big thank you to our faculty, colleagues and everyone who contributed to making Cornea Day 2026 such a valuable event.
*ESCRS Official Photos Copyright Â2026 Sam Frost
Cataract Surgery and Corneal Conditions
Session Number
CD01
Duration
120 min
Session Type
Cornea Day
Chairs
Sotiria Palioura
Athens, Greece
Mario Nubile
Italy
Programme
08:00 – 08:10
Preoperative Ocular Surface Optimisation Before Biometry
Edoardo Villani
08:10 – 08:20
Cataract in Severe Ocular Surface Disease: When Surgery Becomes Therapeutic
Sayan Basu
08:20 – 08:30
Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy in 2026: Who Really Needs Combined Surgery?
Björn Bachmann
08:30 – 08:40
Discussion
08:40 – 08:50
Complex Cataract Surgery and Keratoplasty: Special Lenses for Special Corneas
Georgios Kymionis
08:50 – 09:00
IOL Power Calculations in Irregular Corneas: Beyond Barrett True K
Damien Gatinel
09:00 – 09:10
Cataract Surgery in Keratoconus: Mild, Moderate, Advanced — Different Rules?
Beatrice Cochener-Lamard
09:10 – 09:20
Cataract Surgery in Non-Ectatic Irregular Corneas: Post-Traumatic and Peripheral Corneal Disorders
Pablo Larco Jr
09:20 – 09:30
Full DOFi SV IOLs in Diseased Corneas: Where Do We Draw the Line?
Marina Rodriguez Calvo de Mora
09:30 – 09:45
Discussion
09:45 – 10:00
Break
Additional Fees:
Cornea Day requires an additional registration fee separate from the standard ESCRS general congress pass.
Recording Notice:
Sessions from Cornea Day will not be live-streamed, recorded, or available on-demand post-event. Attendance therefore requires being on-site.
Ocular Surface
Session Number
CD02
Duration
165 min
Session Type
Cornea Day
Chairs
Carlos Rocha de Lossada
Málaga, Spain
Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill
Antwerp, Belgium
Programme
10:00 – 10:10
The Ocular Microbiome and Its Role in Eye Diseases
Heleen Delbeke
10:10 – 10:20
Diagnosing Dry Eye: A DEWS III Update
James Wolffsohn
10:20 – 10:30
Managing Dry Eye: A DEWS III Update
Jennifer Craig
10:30 – 10:40
Discussion
10:40 – 10:50
Corneal Neuropathic Pain: Managing an Unmet Clinical Need
Anat Galor
10:50 – 11:00
Corneal Neurotisation: Candidates, Techniques and Results
Sami Saad
11:00 – 11:10
New Treatments for Corneal Scarring: Hope or Hype?
Barbara Burgos-Blasco
11:10 – 11:20
Discussion
11:20 – 11:30
New Topical Therapies and Options for Neurotrophic Corneal Ulcers
Harminder Dua
11:30 – 11:40
Old Treatments for Corneal Ulcers: What Is the Evidence? (I Suggest incl. ESCRS Doxycycline Survey)
Jennifer Rose Nussbaumer
11:40 – 11:50
Epithelial Mapping in Dry Eye Disease
Paolo Vinciguerra
11:50 – 12:00
Discussion
12:00 – 12:45
Break
Cornea Surgery
Session Number
CD03
Duration
125 min
Session Type
Cornea Day
Chairs
Claus Cursiefen
Köln, Denmark
Nienke Visser
Maastricht, Netherlands
Programme
12:45 – 12:55
Endothelium: DMEK and Anterior Chamber IOLs — Risks and Benefits
Lamis Baydoun
12:55 – 13:05
Endothelium: Artificial Endothelial Implant — What Can We Learn from the First 80 Implants?
Johanna Wiedemann
13:05 – 13:15
Ectasia: Personalised CAIRS for Iatrogenic and Other Ectasias
Soosan Jacob
13:15 – 13:25
Discussion
13:25 – 13:35
Ectasia: Femto-DALK — No Bubble, No Trouble?
Jodhbir Mehta
13:35 – 13:45
LSCD: Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation (SLET) and Autologous Techniques
Emilio Pedrotti
13:45 – 13:55
LSCD: Regeneration — Are We There Yet?
Mor Dickman
13:55 – 14:05
Discussion
14:05 – 14:15
Avoiding PKP in Anterior Stromal Pathologies
Suphi Taneri
14:15 – 14:25
Delphi-Based Global Consensus on Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
Nidhi Gupta
14:25 – 14:35
Discussion
14:35 – 14:50
Break
Keratoconus and Crosslinking
Session Number
CD04
Duration
100 min
Session Type
Cornea Day
Chairs
Jesper Hjortdal
Department of Ophthalmology
Aarhus N, Denmark
Aarhus N, Denmark
Farhad Hafezi
Zurich, Switzerland
Programme
14:50 – 15:00
Artificial Intelligence in Keratoconus Diagnosis and Monitoring
Vincent Borderie
15:00 – 15:10
What Is Progressive Keratoconus? (incl. Consensus Data)
Bruce Allan
15:10 – 15:20
CXL to Improve Vision
Emilio Torres-Netto
15:20 – 15:25
Discussion
15:25 – 15:35
CXL: Special Considerations in Retreatments
Mohamed Elalfy
15:35 – 15:45
CXL: Is Epithelium-On the New Standard?
Cosimo Mazzotta
15:45 – 15:55
CXL Efficacy in Post-LASIK / Post-KLEx Ectasia
Elina Utti
15:55 – 16:00
Discussion
16:00 – 16:08
Keratoconus in Down Syndrome
Jorge L. Alio
16:08 – 16:16
Paediatric CXL
Ken Nischal
16:16 – 16:24
High Fluence CXL to Destroy Corneal Neovascularisation, Lipid Keratopathy and More
Valentin Jünger
16:24 – 16:30
Discussion and Close
Please note: Cornea Day requires a separate registration from the main ESCRS Congress, and sessions will not be live streamed or available on-demand, making in-person attendance the only way to experience the programme.