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Pre-congress
Thursday, December 12

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

Day 1
Friday, December 13

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

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 [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

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