THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2023 (NZST)

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End

Presentation

Speaker / Location

7:30

8:30

Registration open

Level 5 Foyer

8:30

8:55

Opening of the Glaucoma Science conference

Chairs: Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer & Dr Jesse Gale

Clancy's Room

8:30

8:50

Mihi whakatau, welcome from tangata whenua

Darren Rewi, Ngai Tahu kaumatua

8:50

8:55

Welcome from ANZGS Chair

Prof Keith Martin

8:55

9:55

Session 1: Wound healing: the impact on glaucoma surgery

Chairs: A/Prof Paul Healey & Dr Jen Fan Gaskin

Clancy's Room

8:55

9:10

Overview of wound healing modification

A/Prof Paul Healey

9:10

9:20

Antifibrosis and new strategies

Dr Jennifer Fan Gaskin

9:20

9:30

Angiotensin in wound healing

A/Prof Andrew White

9:30

9:40

Connexins, Inflammasomes and Chronic disease

Prof Colin Green (Pre-recorded video)

9:40

9:55

Questions and discussion

10:00

10:30

Morning Tea Break

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

10:30

12:00

Session 2: The neuro-vascular bundle- and role in glaucoma progression

Chairs: Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer & Prof Leonard Levin

Clancy's Room

10:30

10:55

Keynote: Neuronal and Vascular Dysfunction in Optic Neuropathies: New Insights

Prof Adriana Di Polo

10:55

11:03

Questions and discussion

11:03

11:15

Autophagy in glaucoma

Dr Katharina Bell

11:15

11:27

Stretch, Squish, and Stanch: Pathways for Axonal Degeneration in Glaucoma

Prof Leonard Levin

11:27

11:39

Glia and neuroinflammation in glaucoma

Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer

11:39

12:00

Questions and discussion

12:00

13:00

Lunch Break

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

12:45

17:30

Optional bike tours - Arrowtown to Gibbston Valley

Note: Bike Ride has departure of 1pm from the shop in town. Return to town at 5pm.

17:30

18:30

Session 3: Rapid Fire Presentations

Chairs: Dr Jesse Gale & TBC

Clancy's Room

17:30

17:40

The impact of glaucoma on optokinetic nystagmus

Dr Joshua Oskam

17:40

17:50

Impact of Mean Ocular Perfusion Pressure (MOPP) on patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma (NTG) in Canterbury, New Zealand

Mr Nathan Macdonell

17:50

18:00

Colchicine for fibrosis control

Dr Mark Donaldson

18:00

18:10

Does the preservative, Benzalkonium Chloride, activate the inflammasome pathway in ocular cells?

Miss Gabriela Bantas

18:10

18:20

Irbesartan as a potential neuroprotective agent in the treatment of Glaucoma

A/Prof Andrew White

18:20

18:30

Ocular findings in a man with congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia

suggest potential new treatment for optic disc drusen

Dr Yuanzhang Jiao

FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2023 (NZST)

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Presentation

Speaker / Location

7:30

8:30

Registration open

Level 5 Foyer

8:30

10:10

Session 4: New methods and technologies

Chairs: Prof Adriana Di Polo & Prof Keith Martin

Clancy's Room

8:30

8:50

Off piste science: new methods to study live neurons

Dr Karl Iremonger (University of Otago)

8:50

8:55

Questions and discussion

8:55

9:05

Targetting neurorecovery

Prof Jonathan Crowston

9:05

9:20

Genetic treatments in glaucoma

Prof Alex Hewitt

9:20

9:30

Intracranial pressure estimates and glaucoma

Prof Bill Morgan

9:30

9:45

Ocular biomechanics

Prof J Crawford Downs

9:45

10:10

Questions and discussion

10:10

10:40

Morning Tea Break

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

10:40

12:15

Session 5: Ganglion cell metabolism- translation from lab to clinical application

Chairs: Prof Robert Casson & Dr Katharina Bell

Clancy's Room

10:40

11:00

Overview of retinal metabolism

Prof Robert Casson

11:00

11:20

Nicotinamide

Prof James Morgan

11:20

11:35

Mitochondrial dysfunction

Speaker TBA

11:35

11:50

Mitchondrial transport in the axon

Prof Adriana Di Polo

11:50

12:15

Questions and discussion

12:15

13:15

Lunch Break

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

13:15

16:30

Optional mountain walk or fun run

16:30

17:30

ANZGS ASM

Clancy's Room

17:30

18:30

Session 6: Rapid Fire Presentations

Chairs: Dr Ridia Lim & Prof James Morgan Clancy's Room

17:30

17:40

Efficacy and Safety of different Gelatin Stent Implants into varying Locations

Prof Bill Morgan

17:40

17:50

Lower Body Mass Index is Associated with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Multiple Cohorts

Dr Ella Berry

17:50

18:00

Ibopamine challenge testing is predictive of glaucoma progression in glaucoma suspects and early manifest glaucoma patients

Dr John Landers

18:00

18:10

CRISPR-Cas9 edited mice recapitulate the retinal but not glaucoma phenotypes of a TMEM98 mutation responsible for human nanophthalmos

Dr Mark Hassall

18:10

18:20

The ocular effects of inversion

Dr Pryce Payne

18:20

18:30

The effects of inversion on optic nerve stress signals

Mr Patchara Jirapanyayut

18:30

19:30

Networking Reception in the Exhibition and Poster Viewing

Area, Rydges

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2023 (NZST)

Start

End

Presentation

Speaker / Location

7:30

8:30

Registration open

Level 5 Foyer

8:30

8:45

Opening of the Clinical Glaucoma conference

Chairs: Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer & Dr Jesse Gale

Clancy's Room

8:30

8:35

Acknowledgment of tangata whenua

Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer & Dr Jesse Gale

8:35

8:40

Welcome from ANZGS Chair

Prof Keith Martin

8:40

8:45

Sponsor Presentation

8:45

10:15

Session 7: Case presentations

Chairs: Dr Stephen Best, Dr Sonya

Bennett

8:45

8:50

Introductions

8:50

9:05

By Hook Or Crook – Dealing with Phacomorhic Glaucoma

Dr Seng Chee Loon

9:05

9:20

The End is Nigh

Dr David Manning

9:20

9:35

Two cases of severe POAG requiring surgery sent on different

pathways

Prof Bill Morgan

9:35

9:50

Collagen cross-linking for the management of XEN associated bleb leak

Dr Judy Ku

9:50

10:05

Recognizing Tight Orbit Syndrome in our Glaucoma patients

Dr Anna Galanopolous

10:05

10:15

Case Wrap up

10:15

10:45

Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

10:45

12:40

Session 8: Clinical developments

Chairs: A/Prof Anne Brooks and Dr Sam Kain

10:45

10:48

Lowe Lecture Introduction

A/Prof Anne Brooks

10:48

11:13

Lowe Lecture: Closing the Health Gap: Where Do We Go From

Here?

Prof Eve Higginbotham

11:13

11:38

Early results of a novel designed glaucoma drainage device – VW- 50

A/Prof Michael Coote

11:38

11:48

Home perimetry

A/Prof Simon Skalicky

11:48

11:58

Visualising aqueous outflow in vivo

Dr Jed Lusthaus

11:58

12:10

Questions and discussion

12:10

12:35

Clinical controversies in glaucoma

Dr Judy Ku, Dr Colin Clement, Dr Mitchell Lawlor

To “ZAP” or not to “ZAP – that is the question. Should we stop doing laser peripheral iridotomies in all Primary Angle Closure

Suspects?

What are the roles of laser peripheral iridotomies and SLT in the management of Pigment Dispersion Syndrome & Pigmentary

Glaucoma?

What is the best long-term management for patients with CMV

associated uveitis & secondary glaucoma? Should topical steroids be avoided?

12:35

12:40

Sponsor Presentation

12:40

13:40

Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

13:40

14:40

ANZGS Committee Meeting

Committee members only Dart Room, Level 7

13:40

16:25

Optional lake cruise on Lake Wakatipu with Southern Discoveries

Cruise time 3.15pm - 4.45pm. Please arrive at the dock by 3.00pm

16:30

17:50

Session 9: Rapid Fire Presentations

Chairs: TBA

Clancy's Room

16:30

16:40

Combined Ahmed valve/gonioscopy-assisted transluminal

trabeculotomy: “double bypass” surgery for advanced open angle glaucoma

Dr William Trask

16:40

16:50

The effect of intraoperative intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) on surgical success of trabeculectomy at 3 years: The Avastin in Trabeculectomy Study

Dr John Landers

16:50

17:00

3-year outcomes of XEN® Gel Stent Implantation

Mr Leo Fan

17:00

17:10

Small Posterior Conjunctival Incision Limbal-based (SPCIL) Trabeculectomy – a revival of the limbal-based trabeculectomy

Dr George Kong

17:10

17:20

The safety and efficacy of Transscleral MicroPulse Cyclophotocoagulation (MP-CPC) performed at Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) over a 12-month period

Dr Chantelle Venter

17:20

17:30

An observational comparative study of MMC injection vs sponge delivery in trabeculectomy surgery

Dr Mitchell Lawlor

17:30

17:40

Patient Experience of Eye Examination eValuation Study (PEEEVS)

Dr Siyuan Jabelle Lu

17:40

17:50

Glaucoma Incidence, Severity at First Presentation, and Risk Factors for Late Presentation in Rural Australia: The S1P Study

Mr Zayn Al-Timimi

20.00 - 23.00

Conference Dinner

Skyline Queenstown

SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2023 (NZST)

Start

End

Presentation

Speaker / Location

7:30

8:30

Registration open

Level 5 Foyer

8:30

10:20

Session 10: Clinical Pearls

Chairs: TBA

8:30

8:33

Welcome, Gillies lecture introduction

Prof Helen Danesh-Meyer

8:33

8:58

Gillies Lecture: "The ground beneath our feet: Dynamic behaviour of the eye and optic nerve"

Dr Jesse Gale

8:58

9:13

The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study: My Three Biggest

Takeaways

Prof Eve Higginbotham

9:13

9:15

Introduction

Is Hypotony Getting You Down? - Hypotony Management Following Glaucoma Filtering Surgery

Prof Graham Lee & Dr George Kong and panel

9:15

9:20

Hypotony after Xen

Dr Judy Ku

9:20

9:25

Hypotony after Trabeculectomy - Early

George Kong

9:25

9:30

Hypotony after Trabeculectomy - Late

Lance Liu

9:30

9:35

Hypotony after Trabeculectomy - Scleral patch

Graham Lee

9:35

9:40

Hypotony after Trabeculectomy - Trab/Xen

Ridia Lim

9:40

9:45

Hypotony after Tube - Early

Graham Lee

9:45

9:50

Hypotony after Tube - K Pro

Dr Colin Clement

9:50

9:55

Revision of Preserflo

Graham Lee

9:55

10:15

Questions and discussion

10:15

10:20

Sponsor Presentation

10:20

10:50

Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

10:50

12:42

Session 11: Clinical insights

Chairs: TBA

10:50

11:10

The art of seeing (Landscape photography)

Christopher David Thomson

(thepicturelounge.co.nz)

11:10

11:20

Novel ab externo guide-wire technique for ciliary sulcus implantation of glaucoma drainage devices

Dr Xingdi Wang

11:20

11:30

Luminal stenting with removable 10-0 Nylon during Preserflo microshunt glaucoma surgery reduces postoperative hypotony

Dr Mark Hassall

11:30

11:40

Long-term Safety Profile and Subsequent Interventions following Hydrus microstent implantation: Data from the SPECTRUM MIGS Registry

A/Prof Ashish Agar

11:40

11:50

Impact of glaucoma iStents on refractive outcomes following combined cataract and glaucoma surgery with toric intraocular lenses

A/Prof Tim Roberts

11:50

12:00

A Comparison of the PAUL Glaucoma Implant and the Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant for the Treatment of Glaucoma

Dr Nathan Kerr

12:00

12:10

A comparison of the XEN-45 Gel Implant, PRESERFLO MicroShunt, and trabeculectomy for the management of glaucoma

Dr Nathan Kerr

12:10

12:40

Film Festival

Graham and Ridia

12:40

12:42

Sponsor Presentation

12:42

13:00

Conference closing

12:42

12:47

ANZGS Trainee Presentation Prize - Ivan Goldberg Scholarship

Speaker TBA

12:47

12:52

Glaucoma Australia Trainee Presentation Prizes - Miss Kathleen Holmes Scholarship

Speaker TBA

12:52

13:00

Congress Close

Dr Jesse Gale

13:00

14:00

Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room

14:00

15:00

Pack-out

Queenstown & Wakatipu Room