Join us for the 20th Annual International CXL & Keratoconus Experts’ Meeting held in historic Zurich, Switzerland.

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Mövenpick Zurich Airport Hotel

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Highlights from the 2023 CXL Experts Meeting

The International CXL Experts’ Meeting 2023 Zurich, organized by the Light for Sight Foundation, is an independent forum to unite expert clinicians and researchers in the field of corneal cross-linking.

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Young Ophthalmologist Discount - FREE THURSDAY COURSES

If you are an ophthalmologist (aged 35 years or under), the Light for Sight Foundation would like to offer you a free registration to the Thursday courses to support your continuing education.

Registration and discount code will be provided at a later date. Please continue to check the website as the Thursday courses fill up, and there is a limited number of spaces available to keep the courses interactive.

Important deadlines

Online Abstract Opens:  July 1, 2024
Registration Opens:  July 1, 2024
Deadline to cancel registration for refund:  September 15, 2024
Deadline for Abstract Submission:  September 15, 2024
Notification to Abstract Submission:  October 25, 2024
Deadline for Speaker Registration:  November 1, 2024
Final Program Uploaded & Late Registration Applies: November 8, 2024
Conference begins: December 12, 2024

July 1, 2024

Online Abstract Opens

July 1, 2024

Registration Opens

September 15, 2024

Deadline for Cancel registration for refund

September 15, 2024

Deadline for Abstract Submission

October 25, 2024

Notification to Abstract Submission

November 1, 2024

Deadline for Speaker Registration

November 8, 2024

Final Program Uploaded & Late Registration Applies

Why You Should Join Our Confrence

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Scientific Committee and
Honorary Members

CXL Experts’ Meeting 2024

Prof. Paolo Vinciguerra

Italy

Prof. Farhad Hafezi

Switzerland

Prof. J. Bradley Randleman

USA

Prof. Shady Awwad

Lebanon

Prof. Seiler, Theo

Honorary Member. Switzerland

Prof. Spoerl, Eberhard

Honorary Member. Germany

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Our Program

 

 

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CXL Basics

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CXL for Ectasia – The Protocols

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CXL for Ectasia – Indications & Outcome Assessments

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CXL for Infectious Keratitis – PACK-CXL

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Rapid Fire – Free Papers

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CXL Plus – Combination Procedures

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Scientific Posters

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FRCS1

Algorithmic Approach for Toric Implantable Collamer Lens (TICL) Planning in Post-Crosslinking Keratoconic Eyes

Shalu Chavan, Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Amulya Punati

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Case series of CTK post CXL

Nancy All Raqqad, Mohammed Alyarabi, Mohammad Altarawneh

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Corneal Cross-Linking: An Alternative Treatment in Infectious Corneal Ulcers

Susanne Marx-Gross, Faustin Ngounou, Paul-Rolf Preussner

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Keratometric Outcomes of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus Patients at Sussex Eye Hospital: 5-Year Results

Mohamed Elghobaier, Mayank Nanavaty

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Long-term keratometric and refractive stability after TG-PRK with CXL on keratoconic eyes

Olivier Prisant, Elodie Pottier

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Refractive and Topographic Results of Progressive Thickness Versus Stable Thickness Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment Implantation in Duck Type Keratoconus

Efekan Coşkunseven

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Zagreb Protocol – A Combined Guided T-PRK and CXL Protocol for the Treatment of Low Visual Acuity Keratoconus

Doria Gabric, Alma Biščević, Mateja Jagić, Ivan Gabric, Lucija Žerjav

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Epithelial Thickness Analysis Using Anterior Segment OCT in Keratoconus Patients with Very Asymmetric Ectasia

Tadas Naujokaitis, Maximilian Friedrich, Gerd U. Auffarth, Ramin Khoramnia, Victor A. Augustin

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Understanding the critical link of eye rubbing and inflammation by molecular pathways and its potential therapeutics

Sanjri Malhotra, Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Nithin Kiran, Nimisha Rajiv Kumar

Laboratory Science: Poster Presentations
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Evaluation of the effect of infiltration time on diffusion depth and rose bengal-green light corneal cross-linking efficacy

Jinhai Huang, Rongrong Gao, Keith M. Meek

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Intrastromal Stem Cell and Telocyt Implantation for Advanced Keratoconus (KCN)

Faruk Semiz, Ceren Ece Semiz, Njomza Hima Musa, Zekeriya Alp Demirsoy, Gamze Tanriverdi

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SACS1Antifungal Effect on Candida albicans and Fusarium spp. PACK-CXL in Combination with Low-Energy Laser Radiation (630-670 nm) in Fungal Keratitis Experiment In VivoLiudmyla Troichenko, Galyna Drozhzhyna
SACS2Corneal Perforation Following Combined CXL+PRK – A Case of CTKDoria Gabric, Ivan Gabric
SACS3CXL Combined with Either Transepithelial PTK, for Epithelial and Partial Stromal Removal, or with Transepithelial Topo-Guided Ablation, for Corneal Optical RegularizationYue Feng, Aleksandar Stojanovic
SACS4Genetic Risk Factors for Post-LASIK/PRK EctasiaJavier Tato, William Trattler, Nicole Kantor, Tori Hersman
SACS5Prevention of Vascularization Through Ex Vivo CXL of Corneal Donor Tissue: Evidence from Prospective Boston Kpro CXL StudyJoseph Ciolino, Ana Roldan, Rohan Singh, Nikolay Boychev, Sofia De Arrigunaga
SACS6Scleral Lens Fitting in a Patient After INTACTs, Cross-Linking, and Conductive KeratoplastyStephanie Frankel
SACS7The Increase in Corneal Stiffness After Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking in Progressive Keratoconus Using Different Methods of Epithelial DebridementRobert Herber, Frederik Raiskup
SACS8A novel genetic panel for Keratoconus in Asian population.Durgalaxmi Modak, Pooja Khamar, Rohit Shetty, Arkasubhra Ghosh,
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Optimizing UV-A Irradiation Profiles in Cross-Linking for Progressive Keratoconus: A Comparison of Outcomes After Standard Accelerated and Topography-Guided Protocols

João Quadrado Gil, Telmo Cortinhal, Andreia Rosa, Maria João Quadrado, Joaquim Murta

Laboratory Science: Poster Presentations
SALS2Corneal shape (Q value) changes in keratoconus (KCN) after fresh myopic intrastromal lenticular (FML) implantationFaruk Semiz, Ceren Ece Semiz, Njomza Hima Musa, Zekeriya Alp Demirsoy
SALS3Histopathologic correlation between patients who underwent Keratoplasty after Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial TherapyJuan Carlos Navia, Jaime Martinez Martinez, Jordan Huang, Guillermo Amescua, Jean-Marie Parel
SALS4Rose Bengal Photodynamic Therapy Safety StudyJaime Martinez Martinez, Guillermo Amescua, Sander Dubovy, Roger Leblanc, Jean-Marie Parel

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Additional services

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Hotel booking

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Light for Sight Annual Dinner

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Meet & Greet

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