Saturday 27 May
Note: This programme is subject to change
Instructional Course: Suturing
08:30 – 09:30 | Room 1 (Level -1)
Harminder Dua, UK
Dalia Said, UK
Opening Ceremony & Medal Lecture
09:30 – 10:15 | AXA Auditorium
Beatrice Cochener-Lamard, FRANCE
Opening Remarks
George Kymionis, GREECE
EuCornea Medal Lecture: Combined surgical techniques for the management of corneal and IOL complications
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Instructional Course: DALK
10:45 – 11:45 | Room 1 (Level -1)
Vincenzo Sarnicola, ITALY
Alberto Villarubia, SPAIN
Global Symposium:
Keratoconus Management Around the World
(EuCornea, Cornea Society, Asia Cornea & Pan Cornea)
10:45 – 12:45 | AXA Auditorium
Moderators: Beatrice Cochener-Lamard FRANCE, George Kymionis GREECE & Mario Nubile ITALY
Part 1: Diagnosis of Corneal Ectasia
10:45 Pierre Fournie, FRANCE (EUCORNEA)
The global impact of corneal ectatic disorders: lifetime economic burden of
10:55 José Alvaro Pereira Gomes, BRAZIL (PANCORNEA)
Definition and differential diagnosis (keratoconus vs other corneal ectasias) (10 min)
11:05 Shizuka Koh, JAPAN (ASIA CORNEA SOCIETY)
Current and upcoming technologies for keratoconus diagnosis: what should be used?
11:15 Michael Belin, USA (CORNEA SOCIETY)
Ectasia progression: risk factors, definition, and follow-up
11:25 Panel Interactive Discussion
Part 2: Treatment Algorithm of Corneal Ectasia
11:45 Carina Koppen, BELGIUM (EUCORNEA)
Conservative non-surgical management: from spectacles to new generation contact lenses
11:55 Maria Henriquez, USA (CORNEA SOCIETY)
The role of Corneal Cross Linking: when and how
12:05 Luis Izquierdo, PERU (PANCORNEA)
Corneal Re-shaping technique: types and role in the surgical management
12:15 Rajesh Fogla, INDIA (ASIA CORNEA SOCIETY)
Keratoplasty: indications and techniques
12:25 Panel Interactive Discussion
Satellite Symposium
Advancing the treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis
12:45 - 13:45 | AXA Auditorium
Moderators: Francisco Arnalich Montiel SPAIN, Jesper Hjortdal DENMARK
Francisco Arnalich Montiel, SPAIN
The Importance of an Early Diagnosis
Nuno Moura Coelho, PORTUGAL
Current therapies and Outcomes
Paolo Rama, ITALY
Phase 3 Outcomes Polihexanide (PHMB) Monotherapy
Panel Interactive
Discussion
Francisco Arnalich Montiel, SPAIN
Closing Remarks
Industry Course
Intracorneal Devices in Corneal Transplant Surgery (Endo-K Pro, Neoring and Intracorneal Ring Segments)
13:00 - 14:00 | Room 1
Belén Alfonso Bartolozzi, SPAIN
A New Pre-descemetic Corneal Ring (NeoRing) in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty for Advanced Keratoconus.
José F. Alfonso Sánchez, SPAIN
Pseudochamber Protected Keratoplasty with Intercorneal Implant (Endo-K).
Carlos Lisa Fernández, SPAIN
Intracorneal Ring Segments (FerraraRing) in the Refractive Correction of Keratoplasty.
YO & Senior Hot Topic: Reconstruction of Ocular Surface
14:00 – 14:45 | AXA Auditorium
Miriam Barbany, SPAIN
Jesper Hjortdal, DENMARK
Maria Fideliz de la Paz, SPAIN
Maria Phylactou, GREECE
Instructional Course: Common Corneal Procedures
14:45 – 15:45 | Room 1 (Level -1)
Harminder Dua, UK
Dalia Said, UK
Instructional Course: Imaging
16:45 - 17:45 | Room 1 (Level -1)
Beatrice Cochener-Lamard, FRANCE
Sebastian Siebelmann, GERMANY
Symposium:
Lamellar Grafts & Alternatives
16:45 – 18:15 | AXA Auditorium
Moderators: Jose Guell SPAIN, Claus Cursiefen GERMANY
16:45 Antonia Howaldt, GERMANY
Pentacam-based detection of fibrillar layer to customize DM-stripping in DMEK
16:57 Juan Alvarez de Toledo, SPAIN
Avoiding inverted grafts in DMEK: intraoperative strategies
17:09 Arie Marcovich, ISRAEL
Endoart: how it was invented and where it may be useful
17:21 Rajesh Fogla, INDIA
How to get a successful DALK in front of posterior layers limitations
17:33 Mert Mestanoglu, TURKEY
Update on fish-scale based biocornea
17:45 Discussion
18:15 End of session