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.
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
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Basisinformation
Datum27.07.2024 - 29.07.2024KongressKigaliSpracheEnglischGebühren ab350.00 USDVeranstalterAfrican Ophthalmology Council
OrganisatordigiLUNTU trading as Plan2join
Heyns du Preez
aoc2024@plan2join.com
secretariat@aocafrica.org
+27 655 404 852Ausrichter:
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 -
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