Pre-congress
Thursday, December 12
CXL Basics for Beginners
Main auditorium
| Time |
Title |
Speakers |
Country |
| 10.00 – 10.30 |
Corneal structure and biomechanics |
John Marshall |
UK |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Oxygen, riboflavin and UV-A. Understanding the CXL reaction |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
CXL: biomechanics, resistance to digestion, oxidative stress, endothelial safety |
Theo G. Seiler |
Switzerland |
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
Pre -op assessment when and to to operate? |
Paolo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
| 12.00 – 12.30 |
How to do my first CXL |
Frederik Raiskup |
Germany |
| 12.30 – 13.00 |
Modifying riboflavin solutions and fluence, when to use which? |
Cosimo Mazzotta |
Italy |
Light for Sight Course Saving Sight, One Child at a Time – How to conduct eye and vision screenings in children
Main auditorium
| Time |
Title |
Speakers |
Country |
| 14.00 – 14.12 |
To provide guidelines and best practices for screening low to non-compliant patients |
Nikki Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 14.12 – 14.24 |
To share best practice models and recruit investigators to enroll in the KMAP study |
Emilio Torres |
Switzerland |
| 14.24 – 14.36 |
To demonstrate the need for partnerships |
Nikki Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 14.36 – 14.48 |
Best practice models of overall vision screening in children from economically-challenged areas |
Mouhcine El Bakkali |
Morocco |
| 14.48 – 15.00 |
Questions & Answers |
Company courses – CSO Italia / EMAGine AG
Breakout Room
| Time |
Title |
Speakers |
Country |
| 15.00 – 15.20 |
EMAGine’s new CXL protocols starting 2025 and an outlook into the immediate future. |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 15.20 – 15.40 |
ELZA-PACE and ELZA-STARK. Customized CXL for keratoconus and post RK. |
Emilio Torres |
Switzerland |
| 15.40 – 16.00 |
ECO-CAIRS with the Ziemer Z8 and CSO’s MS-39: using extracorporeal ultra-high fluence in CAIRS. |
Farhad Hafezi, Emilio Torres, Enes Aydemir |
Switzerland |
Company courses – Schwind eye-tech solutions
Breakout Room
| Time |
Title |
Speakers |
Country |
| 16.00 – 17.00 |
Title to be announced |
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Company courses – Oculus Instruments
Breakout Room
| Time |
Title |
Speakers |
Country |
| 17.00 – 18.00 |
The all-new OCULUS Pentacam Cornea OCT – Functions, Features, Future |
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Free Papers A
Main auditorium
Chairs: Shruti Kochar Maru, Giukia Firmani
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 08:00 |
Transepithelial Corneal Cross-Linking Advancement with Novel Hibiscus-Inspired RF/ZIF-8 Composites |
Jinhai Huang |
China |
| 08:08 |
Efficacy and Safety of Oxygen-Enriched Rose Bengal and Green Light Corneal Cross-linking |
Jinhai Huang |
China |
| 08:16 |
Delayed late onset of severe progressive corneal flattening – a complication 9 years after CXL |
Giulia Firmani |
UK |
| 08:24 |
Discussion |
| 08:30 |
Softest Point Analysis in Normal, Subclinical, and Keratoconic Corneas Using Motion tracking Brillouin Microscopy |
J. Bradley Randleman |
USA |
| 08:38 |
3D Analysis and Characterization of Normal, Subclinical, and KC Corneas Using Motion Tracking Brillouin Microscopy |
J. Bradley Randleman |
USA |
| 08:46 |
A Futuristic Genetic Panel for Keratoconus in Early Detection and Shaping Next-Generation Therapies. |
Shruti Kochar Maru |
India |
| 08:54 |
Discussion |
2nd Global Consensus
Main auditorium
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 09:00 |
Presentation of the Delphi Panel |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 09:15 |
First Results |
José Álvaro Pereira Gomes |
Brazil |
CXL for Ectasia I
Main auditorium
Chairs: Riccardo Vinciguerra, Michael Belin
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 09:30 |
Epi-off Protocols |
Cosimo Mazzotta |
Italy |
| 09:45 |
Epi-on Protocols |
Emilio Torres-Netto |
Switzerland |
| 10:00 |
Customized CXL |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 10:15 |
Complications and Surprises |
Paolo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
CXL for Ectasia II
Main auditorium
Chairs: Cosimo Mazzotta, Robert Herber
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 11:00 |
Corneal Topography and Tomography |
J. Bradley Randleman |
USA |
| 11:15 |
A new index to detect keratoconus |
Riccardo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
| 11:30 |
Scheimpflug technology |
Michael Belin |
USA |
| 11:45 |
OCT technology |
Shady Awwad |
Lebanon |
| 12:00 |
Scheimpflug vs OCT, CXL Success |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 12:15 |
Epithelium before and after CXL |
Robert Herber |
Germany |
| 12:45 |
Lunch Break |
KCXL Recognition Award
Main auditorium
Chairs: Nikki Hafezi, Paolo Vinciguerra
| Time |
Awardee |
| 13:30 |
- Jérôme Vryghem (Belgium)
- Stephen Klyce (USA)
- Theo Seiler (Switzerland)
- Eberhard Spoerl (Germany)
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Keratoconus, medical and surgical tips and tricks
Main auditorium
Chairs: Boris Knyazer
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 14:00 |
DALK – Big bubble Technique. Why, When and How |
Anas Anbari |
UK |
| 14:15 |
DALK complications: waking up from nightmares |
José Alvaro Gomes |
Brazil |
CXL for ectasia III
Main auditorium
Chairs: Sabine Kling, Emilio Torres
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 14:30 |
KC and biomechanics I (CorVis & Brillouin) |
Riccardo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
| 14:45 |
KC and biomechanics II (Brillouin) |
J. Bradley Randleman |
USA |
| 15:00 |
KC and biomechanics III (OCT Elastography) |
Sabine Kling |
Switzerland |
| 15:15 |
Biological markers in KC |
Rohit Shetty |
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| 15:30 |
Long-term flattening in KC and ectasia |
Paolo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
| 15:45 |
Concept of epi-on sub400 in ultrathin corneas |
Emilio Torres |
Switzerland |
| 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
Cataract Surgery and Phakic lenses in KC
Main auditorium
Chairs: Shady Awwad, Jorge Alio del Barrio
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 16:30 |
IOL power calculations , choosing the right formula |
Emilio Torres |
Switzerland |
| 16:40 |
Tips & Pearls in phacoemulsification in KC |
Jorge Alió del Barrio |
Spain |
| 16:50 |
Pinhole vs monofocal IOLs |
Emilio Pedrotti |
Italy |
| 17:00 |
Phakic IOLs in KC: optimizing outcomes |
Shady Awwad |
Lebanon |
| 17:10 |
Sizing in Phakic IOLs |
Andrea Russo |
Italy |
| 17:20 |
Refractive Surprise after Toric phakic IOLs: what to do |
Jorge Alió |
Spain |
PACK-CXL
Main auditorium
Chairs: Guillermo Amescua
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 17:30 |
New insights into CXL-resistance to digestion |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 17:40 |
RF PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis |
Boris Knyazer |
Israel |
| 17:50 |
RB PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis |
Guillermo Amescua |
USA |
Day 2
Saturday, December 14
Free Papers C
Main auditorium
Chairs: Bradley Randleman, Jinhai Huang
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 8:00 |
Efficacy of KeraVio using Violet Light Emitting Glasses without Riboflavin Drops for Progressive Keratoconus |
Hidenaga Kobashi |
Japan |
| 8:05 |
Megadose dietary riboflavin & sunlight in treatment of keratoconus & post-refractive ectasia – an update |
John Jarstad |
USA |
| 8:10 |
Comparative Efficacy of Customized PRK/CXL Versus CXL Alone in the Management of Progressive KC |
Jorge Alió del Barrio |
Spain |
| 8:15 |
Multicenter, randomized Sham-Controlled Phase 3 Study to evaluate epi-on CXL in KC subjects 8 to 45 years |
Michael Belin |
USA |
| 8:20 |
Long-Term Graft Survival after Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy for Infectious Keratitis and Keratoplasty |
Jose Miguel Mora Correa |
USA |
| 8:25 |
Discussion |
| 8:30 |
Macular choroidal thickness in keratoconus |
Negates Yazdani |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| 8:35 |
Progressive Keratoconus in Older Patients Who Delayed Corneal Cross-Linking Treatment |
Alexandra Gil |
United States |
| 8:40 |
The disappearing Cone |
Bandana Sundaram |
India |
| 8:45 |
Evaluating Progression Thresholds in Varied Stages of Keratoconus: Precision in Corneal Epithelium Measurements for Predicting Disease Progression |
Jinhai Huang |
China |
| 8:50 |
Evaluating the Global Consensus on Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases Agreements on Subclinical Keratoconus |
Bradley Randleman |
USA |
| 8:55 |
Discussion |
Technologies Course
Main auditorium
Chair: Bradley Randleman
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 9:00 |
Basics of Corneal Topography (20′) and 10′ discussion |
Stephen Klyce |
USA |
| 9:30 |
Basics of Corneal Tomography (20′) and 10′ discussion |
Michael Belin |
USA |
| 10:00 |
Basics of AS-OCT (20′) and 10′ discussion |
Francesco Versaci |
Italy |
| 10:30 |
Basics of Corneal Biomechanics (20′) and 10′ discussion |
Riccardo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
Invasive Visual rehabilitation I
Main auditorium
Chairs: Mario Nubile, Rohit Shetty
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 11:00 |
Wavefront-guided surface ablation |
Paolo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
| 11:15 |
ELZA-PACE: customized cross-linking |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 11:30 |
Discussion |
| 11:45 |
Pin-hole IOL |
Emilio Pedrotti |
Italy |
| 12:00 |
CAIRS |
Soosan Jacob |
India |
| 12:15 |
Femto-CAIRS |
Shady Awwad |
Lebanon |
| 12:30 |
ECO-CAIRS |
Farhad Hafezi |
Switzerland |
| 12:45 |
Femto-CAIRS: How to start |
Jorge Alio del Barrio |
Spain |
| 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
Chairs: Farhad Hafezi, Emilio Pedrotti
| 14:00 |
Lenticule Augmentation |
Mario Nubile |
Italy |
| 14:15 |
TREK |
Rohit Shetty |
India |
| 14:30 |
Discussion |
| 14:45 |
Bowman layer transplantation: evolving technique and results |
Lamis Baydoun |
Germany |
| 15:00 |
ICRS: results and long-term safety |
Olivier Prisant |
France |
| 15:15 |
Discussion |
| 15:30 |
Group Photo |
| 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:15 |
Are we ready to transition from ICRS to CAIRS? |
Shady Awwad |
Lebanon |
| 16:30 |
Xenia implants for Keratoconus: where do we stand? |
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| 16:45 |
Customized PRK and CXL: latest trends, do’s and don’ts |
Paolo Vinciguerra |
Italy |
Free Papers E
Main auditorium Chairs: Joseph Ciolino, Anna Bunin
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
Country |
| 17:00 |
A Review of Studies Evaluating Recurrent Keratoconus |
Joseph Ciolino |
USA |
| 17:05 |
Can collagen imaging be a surrogate marker for KC genetics |
Sannidhi BJ |
India |
| 17:10 |
Crosslinked All-Femtosecond Laser-Cut CAIRS (AFXL CAIRSs): Pilot Ex Vivo Study and Report of First Two Cases Performed in Italy |
Marco Zagari |
Italy |
| 17:15 |
Medical Crosslinking And It’s Impact Ocular Surface For Stabilizing Keratoconus. |
DrSanjri Malhotra |
India |
| 17:20 |
Discussion |
| 17:25 |
Two-Year Results for Treating Keratoconus: Posterior Corneal Stromal Xenia Implant. The Ghabra Technique . |
Marwan Ghabra |
UK |
| 17:30 |
Wound Signaling, Immunology, and Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking (CXL) Scars: A Biomarker Perspective |
Abha Shah |
India |
| 17:35 |
“Ex Vivo Corneal Cross-Linking for Vascularized High-Risk Keratoplasty (ExCrossV)”: Outline of clinical trial background and design. |
Joseph Ciolino |
USA |
| 17:40 |
Three-year follow-up of Accelerated versus Accelerated Contact Lens–Assisted CXL for Progressive Keratoconus in Adults |
Anna Bunin |
Israel |
| 17:45 |
Discussion |
Rahmenprogramm
Social Events / Conference Diner
Friday Gala Dinner (Dec 13) - Special Location, including transport - (limited space)
Pricees from 175 CHF
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