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Brazil

Prof. Renato Ambrósio Jr

Renato Ambrósio Jr, MD, PhD is Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), also in private practice. He is also affiliated to the post-graduation program for the Federal University of São Paulo (stricto sensu) and (lato sensu) to the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology. Prof. Ambrósio founded the Rio de Janeiro Corneal Tomography and Biomechanics Study Group in 2008 and co-founded the BrAIn (Brazilian Study Group of Artificial Intelligence and Corneal Analysis) in 2010. Major interests are customized laser vision correction, imaging for early detection of corneal ectasia using artificial intelligence, and alternative treatments for ectatic corneal diseases prior to keratoplasty.

Professor Ambrósio is the current president of the ISRS (International Society of Refractive Surgery – 2020-22).

USA

Prof. Guillermo Amescua

Dr. Guillermo Amescua is an ophthalmologist in Miami, FL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital and University of Miami Hospital and Clinics. He received his medical degree from Monterrey Institute of Technology, completed his residency training at the University of Pittsburgh, followed by cornea and uveitis training at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He specializes in anterior segment related, cataract related, cornea & external disease, and uveitis and is experienced in artificial corneal surgery

USA

Prof. Michael Belin

Dr. Belin attended Northwestern University (Evanston, Il) where he majored in Bio-Medical Engineering and received his medical degree from Rutgers Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at the Albany Medical College and fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at the University of Iowa. He subsequently completed (by invitation) a traveling fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeon of England Foundation. Dr. Belin is Professor of Ophthalmology & Vision Science at the University of Arizona Department of Ophthalmology and Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System (Tucson, Arizona). He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Albany Medical College (Albany, New York) and the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada). Dr. Belin holds an honorary Professorship at the Military Hospital #1, Shenyang, China.

Dr. Belin is a Past-President of the Cornea Society (2006-8) and Vice-President for International Development (2008-15). He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmology. He served on the Board of Directors, the Medical Advisory Board and the Executive Committee of the Eye Bank Association of America. Michael is Chair of the American University Professors of Ophthalmology’s Fellowship Compliance Committee (AUPO-FCC). Dr. Belin is a past recipient of the AAO Honor Award, Senior Honor Award, Academy Service Award, the Achievement Award (x2) and the AAO Life Time Achievement Award. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed articles and has presented over 300 papers at major national or international meetings.

Turkey

Dr. Efekan Coskunseven

Dr Efekan Coskunseven was born in 1968 in Nazilli, Turkey. He graduated from Medical School of Ege University and specialized in Ophthalmology in the Medical School of Dicle University. Dr Coskunseven is the Director of Refractive Surgery Department in Dunya Eye Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey since 2003.

Germany

Dr. Robert Herber

Israel

Prof. Boris Knyazer

Knyazer Boris was born in Russia in 1972 and emigrated to Israel in 1990. He received his B.Sc. and MD degrees in 2005 at Irwin Goldman Medical School, Beer-Sheva, Israel. After graduation he finished his residency in ophthalmology at Ophthalmology Department, Soroka University Medical Center. In 2013-14 Dr. Knyazer completed his cornea, cataract and refractive fellowship at Apollo hospital, Hyderabad, India under mentorship of Dr. Rajesh Fogla. Today Dr. Knyazer works as senior ophthalmologist and cornea and cataract surgeon at Soroka University Medical Center and as refractive surgeon at ophthalmology center Sheva Einaim in Beer-Sheva. Dr.
Knyazer’s research interest include: Keratoconus, CXL, PACK-CXL and infectious keratitis, hormonal changes and cornea biomechanics. He is former lecturer at Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Israel.

Switzerland

Dr. Sabine Kling

India

Dr. Pooja Khamar

Italy

Prof. Cosimo Mazzotta

Graduated from Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at University of Siena, Italy, Medical School in 1997. He had a Specialist diploma in Ophthalmology in 2001 at University of Siena, Italy. In 2006, he received his PhD in Ocular Pathology and Oncology at University of Siena. Assistant Professor of Corneal Pathology and Surgery at Post-Graduate Ophthalmology School, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Siena, Italy and gained the Italian National University Professional Qualification as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. He is Chief of the cataract surgery service at the Ophthalmology Departmental Unit of Alta Val d’ Elsa Hospital, Siena and Casentino Hospital, Arezzo, Italy.

Head and Founder of the “ Siena International Crosslinking Centre”, Italy.

In 2004 he introduced the corneal Crosslinking therapy in Italy and invented the VEGA CBM UV-A X-linker for the cross-linking procedure being Awarded from the Italian Society of Ophthalmology (S.O.I.) for the “ Best Italian Research Project” in the field of Keratoconus conservative therapy: the “ Siena Eye Cross Project 2004”. He published a lot of “ milestones” Peer Reviewed Papers performing the first World confocal microscopy studies in vivo in humans after CXL and a lot of basic and advanced clinical researches and surgical techniques in the field of Keratoconus pathophysiology, pulsed light and accelerated cross-linking. International opinion leader of CXL in the Crosslinking Therapy, he was awarded at the last ESCRS 2019 in Paris with the Joseph Colin Prize for Keratoconus and standardized CXL ” M nomogram“.

Italy

Dr. Miguel Rechichi

Founder and CEO, Studio oculistico Dr Miguel Rechichi

USA

Prof. Cynthia Roberts

India

Prof. Rohit Shetty

Dr. Rohit Shetty is the Vice Chairman of Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute. He is a Professor at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, India and an Adjunct Associate Professor at MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore. Dr. Rohit is an Affiliate Associate Professor and PhD guide at the Maastricht University in The Netherlands.Dr. Shetty has over 150 publications in peer reviewed indexed journals. He is a corneal and refractive surgeon at Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute, Bangalore, India. His other areas of work include neuro-ophthalmology and electrophysiology. Dr. Rohit defended his PhD from Maastricht University, Netherlands on Understanding the Clinical, Immunological and Genetic Molecular Mechanism of Keratoconus. He has a special interest in the management of keratoconus, tear film abnormalities and biomarkers. He has introduced cutting edge technology at Narayana Nethralaya and spearheads treatment for challenging eye disorders.

In the 2015 annual conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society, Dr. Rohit won the prestigious Col. Rangachari award for the overall best paper of the conference for his work on “Is Inflammation Driving Keratoconus? – A Holistic Study Of Molecular Pathways”. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recently conferred an achievement award to Dr. Rohit Shetty for the distinguished services he has rendered over the years to the programs of the society.

Switzerland

Dr. Emilio Torres-Netto

Emilio A. Torres-Netto MD PhD is a cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon trained in Brazil, USA, France and Switzerland, who is engaged in the development of innovative approaches for keratoconus, cross-linking and refractive surgeries at the ELZA Institute and University of Zurich. His training has taken place at the following organisations: Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Medical Faculty Santa Casa Sao Paulo, Brazil; Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France; University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland; University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Geneva, Switzerland; and ELZA Institute, Switzerland.

He has received 16 national and international Awards from the largest societies in ophthalmology and was named among the 50 global key opinion leaders in ophthalmology by Media Mice in 2021.

After an unanimous decision, in 2018, he was chosen as the inaugural World Winner of the International Council of Ophthalmology Award for his work in corneal biomechanics, keratoconus and cross-linking. In 2022 he had the honour of being awarded with the José Ignácio Barraquer Medal by BRASCRS, for his work and contribution to the cornea and refractive surgery field.

Dr. Torres-Netto is the author of around 40 articles in peer-review journals, 30 publications/interviews in trade-journals and 10 book chapters. He is reviewer of multiple international peer-reviewed journals in the area of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery, and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Refractive Surgery Case Reports and the Oftalmologia em Focus Magazine. Additionally, has been appointed as an International Member and Ambassador of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, affiliated to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

He has participated in more than 200 national and international congresses and has delivered over 200 presentations worldwide.

Italy

Dr. Riccardo Vinciguerra

Dr Riccardo Vinciguerra is currently working as an ophthalmologist and Scientific responsible at the Humanitas San Pio X Hospital, Milan, as well as a research collaborator at Biomechanical Engineering Group, University of Liverpool, UK. Despite his young age, he is a very well-known international researcher with various peer-reviewed publications mainly in the field of corneal biomechanics, refractive surgery, corneal collagen cross-linking and corneal transplants.

He has completed his medical school in the Università degli Studi di Milano in 2011. He then graduated from the Brescia-Insubria University as a Specialist in Ophthalmology and completed a Glaucoma Clinical fellowship and a Cornea Clinical Fellowship at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. He worked then as a Cornea Consultant at the Birmingham and Midland Eye Center, Birmingham, UK. The article “Detection of Keratoconus With a New Biomechanical index” published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery earned him the prestigious Troutman Prize in 2017.

Dr. Vinciguerra is the author of 70 original scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and received 5 prizes and awards. His work has been cited more than 1100 times with an h-index of 16.

Spain

Dr. Jorge Alio del Barrio

Consultant in Ophthalmology.
Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Unit, Vissum (Miranza Group), Alicante, Spain.

Associate Professor in Ophthalmology.
Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain

Jorge L. Alió del Barrio graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Specialized in Ophthalmology at the University Hospital of Ramón y Cajal (Madrid, 2009-2013), and he subspecialized in the area of Cornea, Cataract, Ocular Surface and Refractive Surgery after completing Fellowships at Guy`s and St Thomas’ Hospital (2013-2014, London, UK) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (2014-2015, London, UK).

PhD by the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), he is currently working as a cornea, cataract, ocular surface and refractive surgery surgeon at Vissum (Miranza Group) in Alicante, Spain. He is also Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Miguel Hernández in Alicante.

More than 150 publications in prestigious peer reviewed journals (n=106) and international scientific books (n=67) support his research and scientific background. Graduated as “Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology-Specialist Diploma in Cataract and Refractive Surgery (FEBOS-CR)” from September 2018 and recently awarded (2022) by the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology with the “Premio Arruga” to the best CV of a Spanish ophthalmologists under 40 years of age. Declared as “Top reviewer” by the Journal of Refractive Surgery in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and finally declared as “Fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgeons & Visual Sciences” (FWCRS) from June 2023.

Kuwait

Dr. Anas Anbari

Italy

Dr. Andrea Russo

Germany

Dr. Bader Khayyat

Italy

Dr. Emilio Pedrotti

Switzerland

Dr. Enes Aydemir

Italy

Dr. Francesco Versaci

Germany

Prof. Frederik Raiskup

Italy

Dr. Marco Zagari

Prof. John Marshall

Germany

Dr. Lamis Baydoun

Italy

Prof. Mario Nubile

Morocco

Dr. Mouhcine El Bakkali

Professor Mouhcine el Bakkali is a specialist in anterior segment surgery, refractive surgery, keratoconus and imagery of anterior segment. He is an academic laureate of the Central Hospital University of Iba Sina (CHU) and works in La Clinique de la Vision Rabat and at the Centre Vision Laser. He is interested in keratoconus, particularly pediatric cases. He is a frequent lecturer in courses at congresses like ESCRS, SAFIR, SAMIR, and SMO about keratoconus, cross-linking, refractive surgery and imagery.

Switzerland

Dr. Nikki Hafezi

Co-Founder, Light for Sight Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.

Nikki Hafezi-Kristoffersen is a management consultant in strategy, business development, intellectual property management, fundraising and quality management systems. She specializes in medical devices and hospital management with a focus in ophthalmology and vision science.

Mrs. Hafezi has built and managed a global-leading vision institute and research center in Zurich, launched a center for international clinical research for the largest eye hospital in Switzerland, and founded the largest charity dedicated to a specific eye disease and vision health initiatives.

In Uzbekistan, Mrs. Hafezi is responsible for the strategic development of the most modern eye hospital based in Tashkent. Additionally, she has built an international ophthalmic medical device company with a distribution channel in over 60 countries.

Mrs. Hafezi earned a master’s degree in intellectual property from the ETH Zurich and a specialization in clinical research (biostatistics) from the University of Bern, Switzerland.

France

Dr. Oliver Prisant

Chief, Cabinet Alma-Vision, Paris, France.

India

Dr. Soosan Jacob

USA

Prof. Stephen Klyce

Stephen D. Klyce, PhD, FARVO is Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (USA) and serves as a consultant and/or board member to a number of industries in ophthalmology. He is the ASCRS ANSI representative, an expert for ISO Optics and Optical Instruments, and chairs the ASCRS Telemedicine Task Force Committee. His academic honors include the Everett Kinsey Lecture, the Lans Distinguished Lecturer, the Max Schapiro Memorial Lecture, the Whitney Sampson Lecture, the ISCLR Ruben Medal, the Casebeer Lecture Award, the Barraquer Award, and the Waring Medal. He is an active member of several professional societies including ARVO (Past President), ISER (Past Councilor), and the ISCLR (Past President). His academic work is in the areas of corneal physiology, topography, and refractive surgery.

Switzerland

PD Dr. Theo G. Seiler

Senior physician in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Dusseldorf, Germany. Consultant in Ophthalmology, IROC, Zurich, Switzerland. Medical Director YouSeeZüri Eye Laser Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland

Dr. Anas Anbari
Dr. Andrea Russo
Dr. Bader Khayyat
Prof. Boris Knyazer
Prof. Cosimo Mazzotta
Prof. Cynthia Roberts
Dr. Efekan Coskunseven
Dr. Emilio Pedrotti
Dr. Emilio Torres-Netto
Dr. Enes Aydemir
Dr. Francesco Versaci
Prof. Frederik Raiskup
Prof. Guillermo Amescua
Prof. John Marshall
Dr. Jorge Alio del Barrio
Dr. Lamis Baydoun
Dr. Marco Zagari
Prof. Mario Nubile
Prof. Michael Belin
Dr. Miguel Rechichi
Dr. Mouhcine El Bakkali
Dr. Nikki Hafezi
Dr. Oliver Prisant
Dr. Pooja Khamar
Dr. Riccardo Vinciguerra
Prof. Renato Ambrósio Jr
Dr. Robert Herber
Prof. Rohit Shetty
Dr. Sabine Kling
Dr. Soosan Jacob
Prof. Stephen Klyce
PD Dr. Theo G. Seiler

Our Program

Pre-Congress, Thursday
December 12
Day 1, Friday
December 13
Day 2, Saturday
December 14

CXL Basics for Beginners

Main auditorium

Time	Title	Speakers	Country
9.30 – 10.00	Coffee Break
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
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch

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
16.00 – 16.15	Coffee Break

Company courses – Schwind eye-tech solutions
Customized Treatments of Keratoconic Eyes with Schwind Technologies

Breakout Room

Time	Title	Speakers	Country
16.15 – 16.30	SCHWIND Keratoconus Toolbox and Foresight	Andreas Krämer	Germany
16.30 – 16.45	Treatment procedure and 12-month clinical outcomes after customized treatments of Keratoconus	Dr. Robert Herber	Germany
16.45 – 17.00	Revolutionizing Corneal Surgery: CAIRS and Atos Integration	Dr. Juan Arbelaez	Oman
17.00 – 17.12	Questions and Answers

Company courses – OCULUS Optikgeräte
The all-new OCULUS Pentacam Cornea OCT – Functions, Features, Future

Breakout Room

Moderator: Farhad Hafezi

Time	Title	Speakers	Country
17.30 – 17.42	The Pentacam® Cornea OCT: A Novel Paradigm Shift in Corneal Imaging	Prof. Rohit Shetty	India
17.42 – 17.54	Pentacam® Cornea OCT and Corvis® ST – the triangle of Corneal management	Dr. Riccardo Vinciguerra	Italy
17.54 – 18.06	The Belin ABCD – for Keratoconus Staging and Progression – pre- and post CXL	Prof. Michael Belin	USA
18.06 – 18.18	In Vivo Corneal Stiffness Mapping based on Corvis ST and Pentacam	Dr. Robert Herber	Germany
18.06 – 18.18	Questions and Answers

Main auditorium

Time	Title	Speaker	Country
07:45 – 08.00	Opening	Farhad Hafezi

Free Papers A

Main auditorium
Chairs: Shruti Kochar Maru, Giulia 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

2^nd 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)

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
15:30	Long-term flattening in KC and ectasia	Paolo Vinciguerra	Italy
15:45	Discussion
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	Riccardo Vinciguerra	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: Jaime Martinez

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	Jaime Martinez	USA

Friday Gala Dinner

FIFA Museum, Seestrasse 27, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland

Time	Venue
19:00	FIFA Museum, Seestrasse 27, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland

Free papers B

Breakout Room
Chairs: Salomon Berikansky, Juan Carlos Navia

Time	Title	Speaker	Country
08:00	Measuring Biomechanical Changes of Collagen Cross-Linking with Rose Bengal and Green Light using AMF	Salomon Merikansky	USA
08:10	Rose Bengal PDAT/PACK-CXL for Acanthamoeba Keratitis: In Vitro Cysticidal Evaluation	Juan Carlos Navia	USA
08:20	Discussion
08:30	Graphitic Carbon Nitride Quantum Dots for Enhanced Corneal Cross-linking	Jinhai Huang	China
08:40	Precision Microneedle-Enhanced Riboflavin Delivery for Customized Corneal Cross-Linking in Keratoconus Therapy	Jinhai Huang	China
08:50	Discussion

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 [WITHDRAWN]	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	The disappearing Cone	Bandana Sundaram	India
8:40	Evaluating Progression Thresholds in Varied Stages of Keratoconus: Precision in Corneal Epithelium Measurements for Predicting Disease Progression	Jinhai Huang	China
8:45	Evaluating the Global Consensus on Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases Agreements on Subclinical Keratoconus	Bradley Randleman	USA
8:50	Discussion

Technologies Course

Main auditorium
Chair: Bradley Randleman

Time	Title	Speaker	Country
9:00	Basics of Corneal Topography	Stephen Klyce	USA
9:20	Basics of Corneal Tomography	Michael Belin	USA
09:40	Basics of AS-OCT	Francesco Versaci	Italy
10:00	Basics of Corneal Biomechanics	Riccardo Vinciguerra	Italy
10:30 – 11.00	Coffee Break

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	Customized PRK and CXL: latest trends, do’s and don’ts	Paolo Vinciguerra	Italy
12:00	CAIRS	Soosan Jacob	India
12:15	Femto-CAIRS	Shady Awwad	Lebanon
12:30	ECO-CAIRS	Farhad Hafezi	Switzerland
12:45	Discussion
13:00	Femto-CAIRS: How to start	Jorge Alio del Barrio	Spain
13:15	CAIRS from the patient’s perspective	Wojciech Przybylski	Poland
13:25	Discussion
13:30	Lunch Break

Chairs: Riccardo Vinciguerra, Jerry Tan

14:30	Lenticule Augmentation	Mario Nubile	Italy
14:45	TREK	Rohit Shetty	India
15:00	Discussion
15:15	Bowman layer transplantation: evolving technique and results	Lamis Baydoun	Germany
15:30	ICRS: results and long-term safety	Olivier Prisant	France
15:45	Discussion
16:00	Group Photo
16:15	Coffee Break

16:45	Are we ready to transition from ICRS to CAIRS?	Shady Awwad	Lebanon
17:15	Xenia implants for Keratoconus: where do we stand?	Marwan Ghabra
17:30	Discussion

Free Papers E

Main auditorium
Chairs: Joseph Ciolino, Anna Bunin

Time	Title	Speaker	Country
17:45	A Review of Studies Evaluating Recurrent Keratoconus	Joseph Ciolino	USA
17:50	Can collagen imaging be a surrogate marker for KC genetics	Sannidhi BJ	India
17:55	Crosslinked All-Femtosecond Laser-Cut CAIRS (AFXL CAIRSs): Pilot Ex Vivo Study and Report of First Two Cases Performed in Italy	Marco Zagari	Italy
18:00	Medical Crosslinking And It’s Impact Ocular Surface For Stabilizing Keratoconus.	DrSanjri Malhotra	India
18:05	Discussion
18:10	Two-Year Results for Treating Keratoconus: Posterior Corneal Stromal Xenia Implant. The Ghabra Technique .	Marwan Ghabra	UK
18:15	Wound Signaling, Immunology, and Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking (CXL) Scars: A Biomarker Perspective	Abha Shah	India
18:20	“Ex Vivo Corneal Cross-Linking for Vascularized High-Risk Keratoplasty (ExCrossV)”: Outline of clinical trial background and design.	Joseph Ciolino	USA
18:25	Discussion

Free Papers D

Breakout Room
Chairs: Anders Behndig, Naoko Kato

Time	Title	Speaker	Country
08:00	Crosslinking in children	Danuta Horodynska	Poland
08:05	I just did a cross-link in a 84 year old man	Asaf Achiron	Germany
08:10	Comparison Of Laser-Assisted Epithelium Removal With And Without Corneal Wavefront-Guided PRK Combined With CXL In Progressive KC	Robert Herber	Israel
08:15	Corneal Crosslinking for Children 13 years-old or younger	Naoko Kato	Japan
08:20	Biomechanical changes between KLEX refractive surgery with and without crosslinking (CXL)	Jiwon Jeong	Korea, Republic of
08:25	Discussion
08:30	Sleep apnea and the cornea	Jenny Borissova	Bulgaria
08:35	Assessment of corneal epithelium thickness using Heidelberg Anterion Swept-Source OCT in early keratoconus	Beata Sawicka-Wojtiuk	Poland
08:40	Effects of Lotrafilcon A and Senofilcon A bandage contact lenses on visual rehabilitation and ocular discomfort after photorefractive keratectomy	Konuralp Yakar	Turkey
08:45	CXL+PRK vs. CXL alone for progressive keratoconus: meta-analysis	Asaf Achiron	Israel
08:50	Corneal Biomechanical Properties Measured with Brillouin Scanning	Anders Behndig	Sweden
08:55	Three-year follow-up of Accelerated versus Accelerated Contact Lens–Assisted CXL for Progressive Keratoconus in Adults	Anna Bunin	Israel
09:00	Discussion

Scientific Posters

Friday

	Title	Presenting Author
	Clinical Sciences: Poster Presentations
FRCS1	Algorithmic Approach for Toric Implantable Collamer Lens (TICL) Planning in Post-Crosslinking Keratoconic Eyes	Shalu Chavan, Rohit Shetty, Pooja Khamar, Amulya Punati
FRCS2	Case series of CTK post CXL	Nancy All Raqqad, Mohammed Alyarabi, Mohammad Altarawneh
FRCS3	Corneal Cross-Linking: An Alternative Treatment in Infectious Corneal Ulcers	Susanne Marx-Gross, Faustin Ngounou, Paul-Rolf Preussner
FRCS4	Keratometric Outcomes of Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus Patients at Sussex Eye Hospital: 5-Year Results	Mohamed Elghobaier, Mayank Nanavaty
FRCS5	Long-term keratometric and refractive stability after TG-PRK with CXL on keratoconic eyes	Olivier Prisant, Elodie Pottier
FRCS7	Refractive and Topographic Results of Progressive Thickness Versus Stable Thickness Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segment Implantation in Duck Type Keratoconus	Efekan Coşkunseven
FRCS8	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
FRCS9	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
FRCS10	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
FRLS1	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
FRLS2	Intrastromal Stem Cell and Telocyt Implantation for Advanced Keratoconus (KCN)	Faruk Semiz, Ceren Ece Semiz, Njomza Hima Musa, Zekeriya Alp Demirsoy, Gamze Tanriverdi

Saturday

	Title	Presenting Author
	Clinical Sciences: Poster Presentations
SACS1	Antifungal Effect on Candida albicans and Fusarium spp. PACK-CXL in Combination with Low-Energy Laser Radiation (630-670 nm) in Fungal Keratitis Experiment In Vivo	Liudmyla Troichenko, Galyna Drozhzhyna
SACS2	Corneal Perforation Following Combined CXL+PRK – A Case of CTK	Doria Gabric, Ivan Gabric
SACS3	CXL Combined with Either Transepithelial PTK, for Epithelial and Partial Stromal Removal, or with Transepithelial Topo-Guided Ablation, for Corneal Optical Regularization	Yue Feng, Aleksandar Stojanovic
SACS4	Genetic Risk Factors for Post-LASIK/PRK Ectasia	Javier Tato, William Trattler, Nicole Kantor, Tori Hersman
SACS5	Prevention of Vascularization Through Ex Vivo CXL of Corneal Donor Tissue: Evidence from Prospective Boston Kpro CXL Study	Joseph Ciolino, Ana Roldan, Rohan Singh, Nikolay Boychev, Sofia De Arrigunaga
SACS6	Scleral Lens Fitting in a Patient After INTACTs, Cross-Linking, and Conductive Keratoplasty	Stephanie Frankel
SACS7	The Increase in Corneal Stiffness After Accelerated Corneal Cross-Linking in Progressive Keratoconus Using Different Methods of Epithelial Debridement	Robert Herber, Frederik Raiskup
SACS8	A novel genetic panel for Keratoconus in Asian population.	Durgalaxmi Modak, Pooja Khamar, Rohit Shetty, Arkasubhra Ghosh,
SACS9	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
SALS2	Corneal shape (Q value) changes in keratoconus (KCN) after fresh myopic intrastromal lenticular (FML) implantation	Faruk Semiz, Ceren Ece Semiz, Njomza Hima Musa, Zekeriya Alp Demirsoy
SALS3	Histopathologic correlation between patients who underwent Keratoplasty after Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy	Juan Carlos Navia, Jaime Martinez Martinez, Jordan Huang, Guillermo Amescua, Jean-Marie Parel
SALS4	Rose Bengal Photodynamic Therapy Safety Study	Jaime Martinez Martinez, Guillermo Amescua, Sander Dubovy, Roger Leblanc, Jean-Marie Parel

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