AOC 2024 - African Ophthalmology Council Inaugural in-person scientific congress
The African Opportunity. Be it. Find it. Seize it.

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Datum

27.07.2024 - 29.07.2024

Kongress

Kigali

Sprache

Englisch

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350.00 USD

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African Ophthalmology Council

Organisator

digiLUNTU trading as Plan2join
Heyns du Preez
aoc2024@plan2join.com
secretariat@aocafrica.org
+27 655 404 852

Ausrichter:
African Ophthalmology Council
academic matters contact:
Dr Michael Mikhail
(AOC2024 Congress Chair)
drmok@hotmail.co.uk
&
Prof Ciku Mathenge
(AOC President)
ciku@email.com

The African Ophthalmology Council is the congress for all ophthalmologists, optometrists and all allied eye health professionals. With the theme “The African Opportunity: Be it. Find it. Seize it.”, the congress aims to explore the various opportunities available in Africa to push the boundaries of ophthalmic knowledge, improve the lives of those suffering from vision loss, and ensure the everyone has access to the quality eye care.

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Datum

27.07.2024 - 29.07.2024

Kongress

Kigali

Sprache

Englisch

Gebühren ab

350.00 USD

Veranstalter

African Ophthalmology Council

Organisator

digiLUNTU trading as Plan2join
Heyns du Preez
aoc2024@plan2join.com
secretariat@aocafrica.org
+27 655 404 852

Ausrichter:
African Ophthalmology Council
academic matters contact:
Dr Michael Mikhail
(AOC2024 Congress Chair)
drmok@hotmail.co.uk
&
Prof Ciku Mathenge
(AOC President)
ciku@email.com
VERANSTALTUNGSORT

Kigali Convention Centre
Convention Ctr Roundabout
6629 Kigali, RW

Programm

Saturday, 27 July 2024
7:00	REGISTRATION
SESSION:	AOC BOARD MEETING & AOC ADVIORY COUNCIL	AOC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VENUE:	Room AD 10
CHAIR:	AOC President
8:30	Board meeting starts
9:25	Board meeting concludes
9:30	AOC ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING STARTS
1025	Advisory council meeting concludes
10:30	REFRESHMENTS AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	AOC GENERAL ASSEMBLY	ALL AOC MEMBERS
VENUE:	Room AD 12
CHAIR:	AOC President
11:00	General assembly starts
12:10	Discussion
12:25	General assembly ends
12:30	LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	THE AOC TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE
VENUE:	Room AD 12
CHAIR:	AMOS KIBATA AND TBC
13:30	Why Technology Matters	Ciku Mathenge - AOC
13:40	What happens when you combine confocal retina imaging with an automated perimeter,and active retinal tracking function and a scanning ophthalmoscope	Giulio Pascolini - iCare
13:50	Technologies For Glaucoma Lasers Assisted Solutions (Glass)	Emmanuel Sudre - Quantel
14:00	Peek: PEEK	Hilary Rono - Peek
14:10	Vikash Dudhia-International Need For Nurse Led Programes For Retinopathy Of Prematurity	Vikash Dudhia - Neolight
14:20	Frugal Tech for Sight	Andrew Blaikie - Arclight
14:30	Electrophysiology of vision as an objective assessment of visual system	Mohammed Farouk - Roland Consult
14:40	Q & A Discussion
12:30	LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	MASTER CLASSES SERIES 1: NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY The case Infront of me is NeuroOphthalmology. Now what?
VENUE:	Room AD 10
CHAIR:	Tsedeke Asaminew and Okonkwo Ogugua
13:30	Mystery Case 1	Karl Golnik
13:40	Mystery Case 2	Yaping Joyce Liao
13:50	Mystery Case 3	Karl Golnik
14:00	Mystery Case 4	Yaping Joyce Liao
14:10	Mystery Case 5	Karl Golnik
14:20	Mystery Case 6	Yaping Joyce Liao
14:30	Discussion
SESSION:	MASTER CLASS SERIES 2: WOMEN LEADERS IN TRAINING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CARE
VENUE:	Room AD 12
CHAIR:	Allison Hill, FHF
15:10	Women in Training-	Abeba T / Giorgis
15:20	Women in refractive surgery. My role as a mentor and sponsor	Harald Gaeckle
15:30	Women in Research	Lisa Roberts
15:40	Women In Eye Programs	Annette Kobusingye
15:50	Women in Cornea / Private Sector	Jyoti Trivedy
	Discussion	Allison Hill
	Adjourn
SESSION:	MASTER CLASS SERIES 2 RETINA: FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGIC ADVANCEMENTS
VENUE:	Room AD 10
CHAIR:	Tsedeke Asaminew and Okonkwo Ogugua
15:10	AI for a whole nation	Ciku Mathenge
15:20	Novartis speaker	Oscar Onyango
15:30	Novartis Speaker	Theophile Tuyisabe
15:40	Liquid Biopsy proteomics in retinal disease	Vinit Mahajan
15:50	Africa Retina Society Speaker	Evelyn Mensa
16:00	Africa Retina Society Speaker	Louis Kruger
	Discussion
	Adjourn
19:30	GALA DINNER, CULTURAL EVENING AND OPENING CEREMONY
VENUE:	Room MH 2+3	IKAZE

Day 2, Sunday, 28 July 2024

Time	Topic	Speakers / panelists
	Sunday, 28 July 2024
SESSION:	Womens Breakfast: “Standing Strong, Sharing Space and Shaping Solutions”	Evelyne MensahAmelia BukeJalikatu MustaphaAnnah Major
VENUE:	Room MH 2
CHAIR:	Ciku Mathenge
Time	07:00 to 08:00
7:00	REGISTRATION
SESSION:	Welcome Ceremony
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	President AOC
8:30	Welcome adddress by Chair of the Scientific Program
8:35	Presidents Address
8:45	Motivational Speech by Cam Hollows
SESSION:	Refractive Surgery Alliance Symposium
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Anesu Madikane and Harald Gaekle
9:00	Welcome and Session Overview (Wu)	Harald Gaekle
9:05	The impact of untreated refractive errors on human safety and productivity in Africa (Getaneh) – 10 minutes	Daniel Getaneh
9:15	The Seven Procedures in Refractive Surgery (Coetzee) – 15 minutes	Lourens Coetzee
9:30	Keeping it Safe with Modern Diagnostics (Wu) – 10 minutes	Helen Wu
9:40	Modern IOLs (Kruger) – 15 minutes	Johann Kruger
9:55	Training to be a Refractive Surgeon (Wu) – 10 minutes	Helen Wu
10:05	Bringing refractive surgery to a new country. (Mhizha) – 10 minutes	Ronald Mhizha
10:15	Panel Discussion – 15 minutes	Harald Gaekle
10:30	REFRESHMENTS AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	HE AOC CATARACT SYMPOSIUM-THE GREAT DEBATE
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Okonkwo Ogugua and Ciku Mathenge
11:00	Elimination is difficult – the social economic factor-	Jalikatu Mustapha
11:07	Its not social economics- its many other things	John Nkurikiye
11:14	Elimination is difficult – our patients do not trust us	TBC
11:21	Improving outcomes through good training	Bonnie Henderson
11:28	Elimination is possible BUT Its not just surgeon quality- the entire system needs to improve	Tsedeke Asaminew
11:35	Elimination is possible with Innovative solutions- Offering high quality phacoemulsification to the masses successfull	George Ohiti
11:42	The winning formula- Sorting out both Demand and Suppl	Amos Kibata
11:49	AUDIENCE RESPONSE
12:10	Closing remarks by panellists- 2 minutes each	All
12:24	Closing Remarks by Session Chairs- 3 minutes each	Okonkwo OguguaCiku Mathenge
13:00	LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN OPHTHALMIC GENETICS
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Prof Raj Ramesar and Dr Oscar Onyango
14:00	Opportunities and Challenges in Global Genetic Eye Research and How Africa can Participate.	Michael Chiang /Gyan “John” Prakash
14:15	Introduction Of GEGC: Systematic Approach To Tackle Genetic Eye Diseases From Diagnostic To Therapeutic	Takeshi Iwata
14:25	Role of RPE65 in recessively and dominantly inherited IRDs	Michael Redmond
14:35		Prof. S. Natarajan
14:45	African Vision Research Collaboration Program to launch an African Longitudinal Eye Study	Musa Kana
14:55		Lisa Roberts
15:00		Raj Ramesar
15:10	Discussion
15:30	REFRESHMENTS AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR ALL EYE PROFESSIONALS
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Nombuso Mathe and Chinsisi Nyirenda
16:00	Panel Discussion:Nyawira Mwangi, Tsedeke Alemu, George Moyo, Karl Golnik-	Moderator: Nombuso
16:30	An Interactive Online Curriculum in Oculoplastic Surgery for Under-resourced Settings Globally	Harsha Reddy
16:40	Building Capacity To Improve Cataract Surgical Services In Malawi	Chinsisi Nyirenda-
16:50	Clinical Exposure Matters For African Medical Students In Choosing Ophthalmology And Other Surgical Subspecialties: A Mixed-Methods Cross-Sectional Study Across 36 Countries	Henok Samuel
17:00	The Ophthalmology Foundation Education Program	Karl Golnik
17:10	Training of Ophthalmic Clinicl officers and Ophthalmic nurses	Nyawira Mwangi
17:20	Training of Orthhoptists in Nigeria	Jumbo
17:30	Closing Remarks	Nombuso Mathe
17:50	Discussion
18:00	Adjourn
19:00	EVENING FUNCTION
SESSION:	PRESIDENTS DINNER	AOC PRESIDENT/EXCOM
VENUE:	KOZO RESTAURANT

Day 3, Monday, 29 July 2024

Time	Topic	Speakers / panelists
	Monday, 29 July 2024
SESSION:	YOUNG OPHTHALMOLOGISTS BREAKFAST	Henry Rono, Kennedy
VENUE:	Room MH 2
CHAIR:	David Ngabo, Anesu Madikane
Time	07:00 to 08:00
7:00	REGISTRATION
SESSION:	MASTERS OF THE EYE: UNVEILING CUTTING-EDGE INSIGHTS
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Amelia Buke and Theodat Manga
	Office based cataract and VR surgery	Louis Kruger
9:00	Myopia And Presbyopia: Current Surgical Options	Miguel Morcillo
9:10	Cornea: Endothelial regeneration	Brent Finklea
9:20	Neuro: Optic Nerve Stroke	Joyce Liao
9:30	Closing Macular holes: an ILM abrasion Technique	Vinit Mahajan
9:40	Oculoplastic:	Harsha Reddy
9:50	Ocular Genetics:	Helen Wu
10:00	Managing Complex Trauma	Natarajan
10:10	Electrophysiology assessment in children	Mohammed Farouk
10:20	Discussion
10:30	REFRESHMENTS AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	THE BEST FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Mercy Kibe and Evelyn Mensa
	Panel Discussion	Evelyn Mensa, Ninani Kombo, Ahmed Salam, Harald Gaeckle
11:10		Mercy Kibe
11:30	Multimodal Imaging for Retina Diseases	Evelyn Mensa
11:50		Ninani Kombo
12:10	Femto cataract in a low income country	Harald Gaeckle
12:30
12:50	Discussion
13:00	LUNCH AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	AOC COUNCIL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	Marcia Zondervan and Naseer Ally
14:00	Eccentric macular holes as a postoperative complication of macular surgery in black Africans	Michael Mikhail - ROS
14:10	Assessement Of Adherence To Topical Eye Drops In Patients With Glaucoma In South-South Nigeria	Ugochukwu Eze - OSN
14:20	A Patient-Based Perspective On The Competence Of Their Ophthalmic Surgeon	Saka Idris - OSN
14:30	Medico-Legal Aspects Of Mutilating Eyeball Surgery In Cameroon	Nomo A Francine - CSdO
14:40	Biometric Characteristics Of The Eye With Microcornea And Congenital Cataract Before And After Cataract Extraction	Gloria Simba - DRC
14:50	Comparative Analysis of Paediatric IOL Power Under-correction: Manual vs. Machine Approach	Dagmawi Abebe - EOS
15:00	Impact of Covid-19 on Ophthalmic Procedures In Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multicentre Study	Naseer Ally - OSSA
15:00
15:20	Discussion
15:30	REFRESHMENTS AND TRADE EXHIBITION
SESSION:	THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
VENUE:	Room MH 3
CHAIR:	TBC
16:00	Development Of The COECSA Written Exams	Robert Ntitima
16:10	Postgraduate Training In Africa: Impact Of The International Centre For Eye Health	Marcia Zondervan
16:20	The Kenya RAAB Studies- From The Mountain To The Ocean	Michael Gichangi
16:30	A Decade Of National Cataract Outcome Monitoring Drives Up Quality And Quantity	John Buchan
16:40	Trabeculectomy in Ethiopia- a 3 year review of surgical outcomes	Elias Haile
16:50	What next after Post-Elimination Of Trachoma As A Public Health Problem	Caleb Mpyet
17:05	Discussion
17:20	Congress closure	President AOC
17:30	DELEGATES ADJOURN EVENING AT LEISURE

Gebühren

Fachärzte/-innen	Gebühren ab 400,00 USD Early Bird bis 31.05.2024 350,00 USD
Ärzte/-innen in Weiterbildung	Gebühren ab 400,00 USD Early Bird bis 31.05.2024 350,00 USD
medizinisches Fachpersonal	Gebühren ab 400,00 USD Early Bird bis 31.05.2024 350,00 USD
Orthoptisten/-innen	Gebühren ab 400,00 USD Early Bird bis 31.05.2024 350,00 USD
Industriemitarbeiter/-innen	Gebühren ab 400,00 USD Early Bird bis 31.05.2024 350,00 USD

The fees stated apply to international participants (Ophthalmologist, Optometrist, Allied, EyeCareTrade & NGO Staff) . For participants based in africa and members of the AOS special fees apply. These can be viewed on the organiser's website.

Buchung / Anmeldung
Zertifizierung
Sponsoren

Opthalmology Foundation
Fred Hollows Foundation
Eye Foundation Hospital
BEEVEEJAY
Cureblindness
CBM Kenya
Helpmesee
Orchidia
RIIO
Roland Consult
EyeLove Africa
Icare
Peek Vision
Orbis International
Serge-eye love africa
Will Centre for academix global ophthalmology
Envision Africa
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AOC 2024 - African Ophthalmology Council Inaugural in-person scientific congress
The African Opportunity. Be it. Find it. Seize it.

AOC 2024 - African Ophthalmology Council Inaugural in-person scientific congress
The African Opportunity. Be it. Find it. Seize it.

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The African Opportunity. Be it. Find it. Seize it.

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