Saturday 25th April
FROM 07:30
Registration desk open
08:30 - 09:00
ECLSO General Assembly
09:00 - 10:25
HIGHLIGHTS FROM TFOS DEWS III
Moderators: Omur Ucakhan-Gunduz, Ankara, Turkey, Murat Dogru, Tokyo, Japan
Definition, Classification & Diagnosis Of Dry Eye Disease
James S.W. Wolffsohn, Birmingham, UK
Nutrition & Dry Eye Disease
Marc Labetoulle, Paris, France
Digest
Jelle Vehof, London, UK
Management and Therapy of DE
Murat Dogru, Tokyo, Japan
Panel Discussion - All session participants
10:25 - 10:45
Sponsored Symposium - Johnson & Johnson
An Integrated Innovation Platform in Contact Lens Technologies
Speakers: Banu Arslan, Professional Education & Development Director, CEEMA & Daniel Ulrich, Professional Education & Development Manager, DACH
10:45 - 11:15
Refreshment and Exhibition
11:15 - 12:40
LOCAL SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM: CONTROVERSIES IN CONTACT LENS PRACTICE
Session by the Association of Contact Lens Fitting Ophthalmologists (Austrian Society)
Moderators: Carina Koppen, Antwerp, Belgium, Zeynep Ozbek, Izmir, Turkey, Bernhard Hahsler, Amstetten, Austria
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Contact Lenses are Better than Atropin in Myopia Control
FOR: Gabi Seher, Vienna, Austria
AGAINST: Gebtraud Schild-Burggasser, Vienna, Austria
Contact lens wear in Young Children
FOR: Daniel Schartmüller, Vienna, Austria
AGAINST: Bernhard Hahsler, Amstetten, Austria
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Early Optical Intervention (Scleral/Specialty Contact Lenses) is Better than Cross-Linking (CXL) in Progressive Keratoconus
FOR: Thomas Heinzle, Innsbruck, Austria
AGAINST: Roman Lischke, Innsbruck, Austria
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CASE REPORTS
Acanthamoeba keratitis in adolescents wearing orthokeratology lenses, Julia Aschauer, Vienna, Austria
Corneal Tissue Addition Keratoplasty, Roman Lischke, Innsbruck, Austria
A Case with scleral contact lenses, Simon Jäkel, Kelheim, Germany
Unusual course of contact lens-associated keratitis – The fungus in the eye, Daniel Schartmüller, Vienna, Austria
12:40 - 13:00
Sponsored Symposium - ALCON
When Daily Disposables Are Not an Option
Speaker: Vânia Figueiredo
​Although daily disposable silicone hydrogel contact lenses are generally regarded by eye care practitioners as the optimal modality for many patients, reusable lenses remain predominant. A persistent limitation of reusable contact lens modalities is poor patient compliance with manufacturer recommended replacement schedules. Despite continued advances in reusable lens materials and surface technologies, there remains a clinical need for innovations that better address the preferences and behaviors of patients who choose reusable modalities.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:15
INVITED YOUNG OPHTHALMOLOGISTS SESSION - case presentation to experts
Moderators and Expert Panel: Andrena McElvanney, London, UK, Katarina Jankovic Terzic, Belgrade, Serbia, Omur Ucakhan-Gunduz, Ankara, Turkey
Case 1:An Alternative Treatment Modality for Persistent Epithelial Defect after Alkali Chemical Injury: Case Report
Gizem Atalay, Antwerp, Belgium
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Case 2: A Challenging Case of Bilateral Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Ivan Pavlović, Zagreb, Croatia
Case 3: Corneal Manifestations in a Rare Skeletal Dysplasia: Case Series of Four Related Children
Tuna Celik-Buyuktepe, Ankara, Turkey
Case 4: A Case of Unilateral Recurrent Amyloid Depositions
Sayo Maeno, Osaka, Japan
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Case 5: Severe Bilateral Mooren Ulcer: Visual Rehabilitation and Ocular Surface Protection With Scleral Lenses
Vedrana Pejin presenting on behalf of Ana Dimitrijević, Belgrade, Serbia
15:15 - 15:35
Kersley Lecture
From Clinical Intuition to Algorithmic Precision: The AI Revolution in Custom-Designed Rigid Lens Fitting
Juliette Knoeri, Paris, France
15:35 - 16:00
Refreshment and Exhibition
16:00 - 17:00
NEW INSIGHTS IN SOFT CONTACT LENS TECHNOLOGY
Moderators: Réne Mély, Valmont, France, Eef van der Worp, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Parwez Hossain, Southampton, UK
Soft contact lenses - The 'Tipping Point'
Eef van der Worp, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Presbyopia management with contact lenses: the current situation
Philip Morgan, Manchester, UK
The contact lens–tearinterface
Erika Ponzini, Milan, Italy
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Panel Discussion - All session participants
17:00 - 17:15
Best free paper, free poster award
President's round-up and annoucements