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21st International Corneal Cross Linking & Keratoconus Experts’ Meeting (KCXL 2025)
The International Congress for Corneal Cross Linking Experts

21st International Corneal Cross Linking & Keratoconus Experts’ Meeting (KCXL 2025)
The International Congress for Corneal Cross Linking Experts

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Datum
11.12.2025 - 13.12.2025
Kongress
Mailand
Sprache
Englisch
Gebühren ab
750.00 CHF
Veranstalter
Light for Sight-Stiftung
Organisator

Light for Sight-Stiftung
c/o Elza Institute
Webereistrasse 2
8953 Dietikon
Schweiz
Tel.: +41 44 741 81 81


The 21st Keratoconus and CXL International Experts’ Meeting 2025 will take place at the Humanitas Congress Center, Milan, Italy. It brings together the leading experts in keratoconus, corneal ectasia, and corneal cross-linking. Here you can participate in a comprehensive scientific program covering the state-of-the-art in cross-linking, surgical rehabilitation strategies, and emerging applications, featuring presentations on the latest research and advancements.
  • Basisinformation
    Datum
    11.12.2025 - 13.12.2025
    Kongress
    Mailand
    Sprache
    Englisch
    Gebühren ab
    750.00 CHF
    Veranstalter
    Light for Sight-Stiftung
    Organisator

    Light for Sight-Stiftung
    c/o Elza Institute
    Webereistrasse 2
    8953 Dietikon
    Schweiz
    Tel.: +41 44 741 81 81


  • VERANSTALTUNGSORT
    Humanitas Kongress Centrum
    Via Alessandro Manzoni, 113
    20089 Mailand, IT
  • Programm

    December, 11th 2025

    Main auditoriium:

    13.00 – 14.00
    EMAGine & CSO Italia: ELZA-PACE Skills Transfer Course

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    14.00 – 15.00
    Oculus: KC Diagnostics Skills Transfer Course

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    15.00 – 16.00
    Schwind eye-tech solutions: TheraCare Skills Transfer Course

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    16.00 – 17.00
    Mediphacos: ICRS Skills Transfer Course

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    17.00 – 18.00
    Ziemer: CAIRS Skills Tranfer Course

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry

    Room 2

    How to manage KC using emerging new technologies
    A step-by-step approach

    13.00 – 13.30
    The Pentacam

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    13.30 – 14.00
    The Pentacam OCT

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    14.00 – 14.30
    The CorVis

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    14.30 – 15.00
    The MS-39

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry
    15.00 – 15.30
    The Anterion

    Speaker: Speaker provided by Industry

     

    December, 12th 2025

    Main Auditorium:

    2nd Global Consensus
    10′ talk plus 5′ discussion
    Chair: José Alvaro Gomes

    09.00
    Concept of the Delphi Panel
    Speaker: Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland)
    09.15
    Results Part 1 – Definition/ Diagnosis/ Staging
    Speaker: Maria Henriquez (Peru)
    09.30
    Results Part 2 – CXL for progression
    Speaker: Emilio Torres (Switzerland)
    09.45
    Results Part 3 – Invasive visual rehabilitation
    Speaker: Luis Izquierdo (Peru)
    10.00
    Results Part 4 – Keratoplasty approaches
    Speaker: Boris Knyazer (Israel)
    10.15
    Results Part 5 – Elective refractive surgery
    Speaker: Riccardo Vinciguerra (Italy)
    10.30
    Results Part 6 – Cataract Surgery in KC
    Speaker: Jorge Alio (Spain)
    10.45
    Coffee Break

    Courses:

    Devices – Basics

    09.00
    Basics of Corneal Topography
    Speaker: Stephen Klyce (USA)
    09.15
    Basics of Corneal Tomography
    Speaker: Michael Belin (USA)
    09.30
    Q&A
    Speaker: All
    09.45
    Basics of AS-OCT with Placido
    Speaker: Francesco Versaci (Italy)
    10.00
    Basics of Corneal Biomechanics
    Speaker: Riccardo Vinciguerra (Italy)
    10.15
    Q&A
    Speaker: All
    10.30
    Coffee Break

    Devices – Clinical Application

    11.15
    Reading corneal topography and tomography
    Speaker: J. Bradley Randleman (USA)
    11.30
    Reading CorVis results
    Speaker: Riccardo Vinciguerra (Italy)
    11.45
    Q&A
    Speaker: All
    12.00
    Reading progression displays – Part 1
    Speaker: Michael Belin (USA)
    12.15
    Reading progression displays – Part 2
    Speaker: Francesco Versaci (Italy)
    12.30
    Q&A
    Speaker: All

    CXL for ectasia for newcomers

    13.45
    The crosslinking reaction

    Speaker: Sabine Kling (Switzerland)
    14.00
    The role of oxygen

    Speaker: Theo G. Seiler (Switzerland)
    14.15
    Q&A

    Speaker: All
    14.30
    Epi-off Protocols explained

    Speaker: Cosimo Mazzotta (Italy)
    14.45
    Epi-on Protocols explained

    Speaker: Emilio Torres (Switzerland)
    15.00
    Q&A

    Speaker: All

    KCXL Recognition Award

    15.15
    Awardee
    TBD

    CXL for ectasia for newcomers – continued

    15.45
    Complications and Surprises explained
    Speaker: Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy)
    16.00
    Customized CXL explained
    Speaker: Shady Awwad (Lebanon)
    16.15
    Q&A
    All

    December, 13th 2025

    Main Auditorium:

    PACK-CXL

    08.30
    RF PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis
    Speaker: Boris Knyazer (Israel)
    08.45
    RB PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis
    Speaker: Guillermo Amescua (USA)
    09.00
    Discussion
    All

    K-Map Global KC prevalence

    09.15
    Update and first results

    Speaker: Nikki Hafezi (Switzerland)
    Speaker: Emilio Torres (Switzerland)
    09.45
    Coffee Break

    Invasive Visual rehabilitation I 

    10.15
    Wavefront-guided surface ablation

    Speaker: Jorge Alio (Spain)
    10.30
    Discussion

    All
    10.45
    Pin-hole IOL

    Speaker: Emilio Pedrotti (Italy)
    11.00
    Discussion

    All
    11.15
    ELZA-PACE: customized cross-linking

    Speaker: Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland)
    11.30
    Discussion

    All
    11.45
    ICRS: results and long-term safety

    Speaker: Luis Fernandez Vega (Spain)
    12.00
    Discussion

    All
    12.15
    Lunch Break

    Sterile corneal melting

    13.15
    New insights into CXL-resistance to stromal melting
    Speaker: Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland)
    13.30
    Effect of pre-operative CXL on corneal melting and corneal neovascularisation
    Speaker: Gerald Schmidinger (Austria)
    13.45
    Ex vivo CXL for high risk corneal grafts
    Speaker: Joseph Ciolino (USA)
    14.00
    Discussion
    All

    Invasive Visual rehabilitation II

    Augmenting
    14.15
    CAIRS – the journey
    Speaker: Soosan Jacob (India)
    14.30
    CAIRS – from manual to FS laser
    Speaker: Shady Awwad (Lebanon)
    14.45
    Discussion
    All
    15.00
    CAIRS using industrially prepared segments
    Speaker: Aylin Klilic (Turkey)
    15.15
    ECO-CAIRS using ultra high-fluence CXL
    Speaker: Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland)
    15.30
    Discussion
    All
    15.45
    Coffee Break
    16.15
    Group Photo

    Invasive Visual rehabilitation II

    Augmenting

    14.15
    CAIRS – the journey

    Speaker: Soosan Jacob (India)
    14.30
    CAIRS – from manual to FS laser

    Speaker: Shady Awwad (Lebanon)
    14.45
    Discussion

    All
    15.00
    CAIRS using industrially prepared segments

    Speaker: Aylin Klilic (Turkey)
    15.15
    ECO-CAIRS using ultra high-fluence CXL

    Speaker: Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland)
    15.30
    Discussion

    All
    15.45
    Coffee Break
    16.15
    Group Photo

    Courses:

    Free papers session

    08.30
    Will be online after the review process, beginning of November
    09.15
    Coffee Break
    09.45
    Free papers session
    12.15
    Lunch Break

    Step-by step Course advanced

    13.15
    Customized PRK for keratoconus
    Speaker: Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy), Emilio Torres (Switzerland)
    13.45
    CAIRS
    Speaker: Soosan Jacob (India), Shady Awwad (Lebanon)
    14.15
    ICRS
    Speaker: Olivier Prisant (France), Luis Fernandes Vega (Spain)

    Low-compliant keratoconus patients

    14.45
    Detection of KC in patients with Down syndrome
    Speaker: Jorge Alio (Spain)
    15.00
    CXL in patients with Down syndrome
    Speaker: Nikki Hafezi (Switzerland)

    How to treat corneal opacities

    15.15
    Losartan
    Speaker: Rohit Shetty (India)
    15.30
    Apical scar
    Speaker: Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy)
    15.45
    PTK/PRK
    Speaker: Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy)
    16.00
    Q&A
    Speaker: All

    Cataract Surgery and Phakic lenses in KC

    10′ talk plus 5′ discussion

    16.30
    IOL power calculations, choosing the right formula
    Speaker: Emilio Torres (Switzerland)
    16.45
    Refractive Surprise after Toric phakic IOLs: what to do
    Speaker: Jorge Alio (Spain)
    17.00
    Tips & Pearls in phacoemulsification in KC
    Speaker: Jorge Alio del Barrio (Spain)
    17.15
    Customized phakic IOLs in KC
    Speaker: Jorge Alio (Spain)
    17.30
    Phakic IOLs in KC: optimizing outcomes
    Speaker: Shady Awwad (Lebanon)
    17.45
    Sizing in Phakic IOLs
    Speaker: Andrea Russo (Italy)
  • Gebühren
    Fachärzte/-innen
    Gebühren ab
    1.250,00 CHF
    Early Bird bis 30.09.2025
    750,00 CHF
    Ärzte/-innen in Weiterbildung
    Gebühren ab
    1.250,00 CHF
    Early Bird bis 30.09.2025
    750,00 CHF
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    For further information please contact the organiser.

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  • Sponsoren

    Mediphacos
    EMAGine & CSO

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