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Pre-congress
Thursday, December 8

OCULUS Company Course: Part 1

Chairs: Michael Belin, Farhad Hafezi

Time	Title	Speakers	Notes
18:00–19:00	Modern Keratoconus Monitoring: Pre- and Post-CXL	Michael Belin, Riccardo Vinciguerra, Emilio Torres-Netto & Farhad Hafezi	Click here for the flyer

Welcome reception: 19:00–19:30

OCULUS Company Course: Part 2

Chairs: Michael Belin, Farhad Hafezi

Time	Title	Speakers	Notes
19:30–20:30	Modern Keratoconus Monitoring: Pre- and Post-CXL	Michael Belin, Riccardo Vinciguerra, Emilio Torres-Netto & Farhad Hafezi	Click here for the flyer

Day 1
Friday, December 9

Wetlab EMAGine “CXL – Beginners/Intermediate”

Chairs: Farhad Hafezi, Boris Knyazer, Emilio Torres-Netto

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
07:45	60 minute wetlab

CXL Basics

Chairs: Emilio Torres-Netto, Mouhcine El Bakkali

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
08:55	Introduction	Farhad Hafezi
09:00	Corneal structure and biomechanics	John Marshall
09:10	CXL: increase in biomechanics & enzymatic resistance	Frederik Raiskup
09:20	CXL: oxidative stress & DNA intercalation	Nanji Lu
09:30	Discussion
09:40	Coffee Break
10:10	Understanding the demarcation line	Cosimo Mazzotta
10:20	CXL and endothelial cell toxicity. How much is too much?	Theo G. Seiler
10:30	Light, fluence, oxygen. How everything works together	Farhad Hafezi
10:40	Discussion

CXL Preclinical

Chairs: Sabine Kling, Stephen Klyce

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
10:50	OCT Elastography evaluation of localized CXL patterns in porcine eyes	Matteo Frigelli
11:00	Understanding collagen structure in suspect corneal topographies to predict ectasia	Ritica Mukherji
11:10	Diffusion depth and efficacy for rose bengal CXL in rabbit eyes	Jinhai Huang
11:20	Dynamic mechanical evaluation of CXL and osmotic diffusion effects using OCT elastography	Matteo Frigelli
11:30	Discussion
11:40	Novel therapeutic targets in keratoconus	Durgalaxmi Modak
11:50	Enhanced transepithelial corneal cross-linking using novel hibiscus-like RF/ZIF-8 composites	Jinhai Huang
12:00	Experimental and lab model of potential gene therapy in keratoconus	Pooja Khamar

Lunch break

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
12:20	Lunch break
12:20 – 14:00	Poster Session

Keratoconus Diagnostics

Chairs: Miltos Balidis, Juan Arbalaez

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
14:00	PMD versus keratoconus	Michael Belin
14:15	Current biomarkers in keratoconus and cross-linking	Rohit Shetty
14:30	Discussion
14:40	OCT elastography	Sabine Kling
14:55	Brillouin microscopy	Giuliano Scarcelli
15:10	Measuring the effect of CXL with corneal biomechanics: the present and the future	Riccardo Vinciguerra
15:25	Discussion
15:35	Coffee break

Keratoconus therapeutics

Chairs: Mohamed Shafik Shaheen, Shady Awwad

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
16:00	CXL Plus: ICRS, PRK, CXL and phakic lenses	Efekan Coşkunseven
16:15	PACE (2nd generation customized CXL)	Farhad Hafezi
16:30	Discussion
16:40	CXL Plus: PTK and CXL	Rohit Shetty
16:55	CXL Plus: Customized PRK and CXL	Paolo Vinciguerra
17:10	Discussion
17:20	Femto-CAIRS	Shady Awwad
17:35	Scleral lenses for extreme KC	Léonard Kollros
17:50	Discussion

Social Dinner

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
19:30	Social Dinner

Day 2
Saturday, December 10

CXL for ectasia / CXL for Refractive / CXL Plus

Chairs: John Marshall (UK), Adel Barbara (Israel)

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
09:00	PRK and CXL without MMC versus CXL alone: results of a prospective study	Shady Awwad
09:08	Selective CXL in keratoconus and radial keratotomy guided by Galilei topography	Carlos G. Arce
09:16	Transepithelial CXL with Oxygen enhancement; 1-year results.	Alaa Eldanasoury
09:24	Customized transepithelial CXL for keratoconus: 2-year follow-up	Prof. Miltos Balidis
09:32	Discussion
09:40	Epi-off customized CXL with supplemental oxygen for keratoconus – 1-year results	Theo G. Seiler
09:48	Predicting the corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) after CXL	Fanka Gilevska
09:56	Epi-on CXL without additional oxygen, and without iontophoresis	Farhad Hafezi
10:04	Discussion
10:12	Localized Corneal Biomechanical Changes Following CXL Using Brillouin Microscopy	J. Bradley Randleman
10:20	External Validation Of The Artificial Intelligence Indices For Enhanced Detection Of Corneal Ectasia	Robert Herber
10:28	Progressive high-fluence epi-on CXL	Cosimo Mazzotta
10:36	Comparison between CXL plus topoguided ablation and ICRS for KC	Tiago Monteiro
10:44	Coffee Break

CXL Translational

Chairs: Rohit Shetty (India), Mazen Sinjab (UAE)

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
11:15	Peripheral high-fluence CXL for neovascularization: restoring the cornea’s angiogenic privilege	Gerald Schmidinger
11:23	Localized Corneal Biomechanical Changes Following LCV Using Brillouin Microscopy	J. Bradley Randleman
11:31	Discussion
11:39	Interplay of Vitamin D receptors and Lysyl oxidase in Keratoconus and Cross-linking	Anushree Bhatkal
11:47	Biomechanics of cross-linked porcine-derived corneal lenticules for KC treatment	Abby Wilson
11:55	Biomarker Enabled Specific Targeted Therapy: A New Insight into KC Management	Divya Trivedi

Lunch break

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
12:10	Lunch break
12:10 – 13:30	Poster Session

Schwind Course “Tips & Tricks performing customized treatments”

Chairs: Shady Awwad

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
12:30	60 minutes course	Shady Awwad, Farhad Hafezi, Léonard Kollros, Thomas Magnago

PACK-CXL

Chairs: Farhad Hafezi (Switzerland), Mohamed Hosny (Egypt)

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
13:30	High-fluence PACK-CXL in vitro	Nanji Lu
13:38	CXL guards against infectious keratitis; an experimental rabbit model	Ayah Marrie
13:46	Rapid High Fluence PACK-CXL for infectious Keratitis at the slit-lamp: A pilot study	Boris Knyazer
13:54	PACK-CXL the golden tool in PKP	Ashraf Bor’i
14:02	Discussion
14:10	Correlations Between Patients with Keratoplasties after Rose Bengal PDT	Jaime Martinez
14:18	Rose Bengal PDT: Species Diversity and Mycotoxin Profiles of Fusarium Isolates	Jaime Martinez
14:26	Photosensitizer Penetration within the Human Cornea: Applications in PDT	James Lai
14:34	Discussion
14:42	Successful treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis in a patient using riboflavin/UV-A and Rose Bengal/Green light	Farhad Hafezi
14:50	Repeated PACK-CXL For The Treatment Of Resistant Bacterial Keratitis	Mohammed Mahdy Tawfeek
14:58	CXL protocol modifications influence resistance to enzymatic digestion and treatment depth	Simon Pot
15:06	CXL Versus Voriconazole in Experimentally Induced Fungal Keratitis in Rabbits	Ahmed Elmassry
15:14	Discussion

Group photo

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
15:30	Congress group photo
15:40	Coffee break

Diagnostics & Therapeutics I

Chairs: Shady Awwad (Lebanon), Mohammed Shafik Shaheen

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
16:15	Corneal biomechanics before and after CXL	Riccardo Vinciguerra
16:23	How to have a happy Keratoconus patient with a Toric ICL?: An Experience of 15 Years	Mohamed Shafik Shaheen
16:31	SMART approach to keratoconus diagnostics	Nikki Hafezi
16:39	Brillouin Microscopy Differentiates Normal, KC, and Post-Laser Vision Correction Corneas	J. Bradley Randleman
16:47	Discussion
16:55	OCT elastography	Emilio Torres
17:03	Corneal Remodeling After Allograft Corneal Ring Implantation for KC	Ziya Burke
17:11	Combining CorVis and OCT data to diagnose KC	Nanji Lu
17:19	Combining Crosslinking with keratoplasty: the DRXL- DALK procedure	Marco Zagari
17:28	Assessment of the In-vivo Corneal Biomechanics Effect of ICRS in KC	Riccardo Vinciguerra
17:35	Discussion

Diagnostics & Therapeutics II

Paolo Vinciguerra (Italy), Riccardo Vinciguerra (Italy)

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
17:40	TBI 2.0: next-generation biomechanical index	Renato Ambrosio Jr
17:48	Effect of Preoperative Belin ABCD Display parameters on CXL Outcomes	Pinar Kosekahya
17:54	Discussion

Award session and close

Time	Title	Speaker	Notes
18:15	CXL Experts’ Meeting Award
18:20	Poster award
18:25	Closing remarks, announcement of CXL Experts’ Meeting 2023