Friday September 2nd

08:45-09:00  Presidents’ welcome

Carina Koppen, ECLSO, Louisette Bloise, SFOALC

09:00-10:00  Update on infectious keratitis

09:00-09:15   Pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment of infectious keratitis

Vincent Borderie (France)

09:15-09:30   Risk factors for infectious keratitis

Parwez Hossein (United Kingdom)

09:30-09:45   Is corneal crosslinking a valid alternative for treatment of IK?

Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland) 09:45-10:00           Round table

10:00-10:30  Free paper session 1

 10:30-11:00    Coffee break                                                 

11:00-12:00  Ocular surface disease symposium

11:00-11:15  Keynote lecture: Exploring the ocular surface from the basics to the more sophisticated

Christophe Baudouin, Paris (France) 11:15-11:30    Dry eye and allergy

Andrea Leonardi, Padua (Italy)

11:30-11:45   New treatments for Dry Eye Disease

José Benitez del Castillo, Madrid (Spain) 11:45-12:00            Round table

 12:30-13:30    Lunch                                                      

13:30-15:00  Scleral lenses: The learning curve

13:30-13:50   Scleral lenses: the gold standard for irregular corneas

Muriel Schornack, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (USA) 13:50-14:10    Starter kit for scleral lens fitting

Lynette Johns, Boston (USA)

14:10-14:30   Update on scleral lens research

Eef van der Worp, Maastricht (The Netherlands) 14:30-15:00     Round table

15:00-15:15  Sponsor symposium

15:45-16:15

Highlights from international meetings

Bruce Koffler, IMCLC, Bennie Jeng, ECLA (USA), Shizuka Koh, JCLS (Japan), Tania Schaefer, SOBLEC (Brazil)

16:15-18:00

Free paper session 2

15:45-18:00

(In parallel room) Course for Young Ophthalmologists (in French):

«Trucs et astuces pour gérer la contactologie en remplacement» Marie-Caroline Trône, Saint-Etienne (France)

18:00-18:15

Fick-Kalt-Müller medal

René Mély, Valmont (France), Past President ECLSO

Saturday September 3rd

08:30-09:00 ECLSO General Assembly 09:00-10:00 Myopia management session 1

09:00-09:15   Myopia control - Why every dioptre counts

Monica Jong, Sydney (Australia)

09:15-09:45   Myopia progression - A Review of current fundamental research

Frank Schaeffel, Tübingen (Germany)

09:45-10:00   Myopia correction and management with spectacles

Dominique Bremond-Gignac, Paris (France)

10:00-10:30  Free paper session 3

 10:30-11:00   Coffee break                                                

11:00-11:45  Myopia management session 2

11:00-11:15   Effectiveness of Ortho-K for myopia management

Matthieu Leconte, Rouen (France)

11:15-11:30   Effectiveness of Soft contact lenses for myopia management

Keith Tempany, Broadstone (United Kingdom)

11:30-11:45  Low Dose Atropine Treatment strategies and effectiveness in myopia management

Monica Jong, Sydney (Australia)

 12:30-13:30   Lunch                                                      

13:30-14.30  Myopia management session 3

13:30-13:50   Keynote lecture: White papers of the International Myopia Institute

James Wolffsohn, Aston (United Kingdom)

13:50-14:30   Round table with participation of all myopia management speakers

 15:15-15:45   Tea break                                                   

15:45-16:15 Kersley lecture

Stain without pain: Current management of neurotrophic keratitis

Ebru Toker, Morgantown (USA)

16:15-18:00

Free paper session 4

15:45-16:15

Highlights from international meetings

Bruce Koffler, IMCLC, Bennie Jeng, ECLA (USA), Shizuka Koh, JCLS (Japan), Tania Schaefer, SOBLEC (Brazil)

16:15-18:00

Free paper session 2

15:45-18:00

(In parallel room) Course for Young Ophthalmologists (in French):

«Trucs et astuces pour gérer la contactologie en remplacement» Marie-Caroline Trône, Saint-Etienne (France)

18:00-18:15

Fick-Kalt-Müller medal

René Mély, Valmont (France), Past President ECLSO European Ophthalmologists

 Registration required. For further information please contact the organizer.