Scientific Program FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY Hall Trianti ESCRS/EuCornea Cornea Day (Organised by ESCRS and EuCornea) Friday 15 February 09.30 16.30 Chairpersons: J. Güell SPAIN (EUCORNEA), R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS (ESCRS) Topics will include: Ocular Surface Disease: What Worked and What Did Not Management of Corneal Complications after Refractive Surgery Tips and Pitfalls in Corneal Graft Surgery: DALK, DSEK, DMEK, PK Infectious Keratitis The Cornea Day programme will be comprised of a number of expert keynote lectures and a series of case presentations on the topics listed above. Welcome Ceremony Friday 15 February 16.30-17.00 16.30 Welcome from the President B. Cochener FRANCE (PRESIDENT, ESCRS) 16.35 Welcome from the local hosts K. Koufala GREECE (PRESIDENT, HSIOIRS) 16.38 HSIOIRS Scholarship Spyros Georgaras & HSIOIRS Sponsorship D. Kyroudis (GENERAL SECRETARY, HSIOIRS) E. Patsoura (TREASURER, HSIOIRS) 16.42 Presentation of HSIOIRS Kelman Award M. Balidis (PRESIDENT ELECT, HSIOIRS) 16.45 HSIOIRS Kelman Lecture Life behind the lens, D. Spalton UK
Main Symposia New Advances in Glaucoma Friday 15 February 17.00 18.30 Chairpersons: V. Karampatakis GREECE, S. Morselli ITALY 17.00 New drugs and delivery modes, C. Schweitzer FRANCE 17.10 When and why MIGS?, M. Teus SPAIN 17.20 Discussion 17.30 Tubes and valves, A. Prinz AUSTRIA 17.40 Non-penetrating surgical procedures, A. Fea ITALY 17.50 Discussion 18.00 When and why trabeculectomy?, F. Topouzis GREECE 18.10 Non-invasive surgical procedures, A. Konstas GREECE 18.20 Discussion 18.30 End of session HSIOIRS-EOS Symposium Organized by the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery and the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society Friday 15 February 18.30-20.00 Keratoconus: Diagnosis and Management Moderators: Ch. Siganos, GREECE, I.El Adawi, EGYPT 18:30 Femto-Keratoplasty for Keratoconus, Mahmoud Ismail, EGYPT 18:42 Current and future strategies for crosslinking in Κeratoconus, Miltos Balidis, GREECE 18:54 SMILE and Keratoconus, Ahmed Ghoneim, EGYPT 19:06 Two stages procedure in management of selected cases of Keratoconus, Tharwat Mokbel EGYPT 19:18 Intracorneal Ring Segments for the correction of Keratoconus, Konstantinos Moschou, GREECE 19:30 Management of Astigmatism after Cross Linking with Toric ICL, Konstantina Koufala, GREECE 19:42 Discussion 20:00 End of Session
Hall Skalkotas Young Ophthalmologists Programme Friday 15 February 09.00 12.30 Learning from the Learners: Interactive Session on Cataract Surgery for Trainees Chairpersons: O. Findl AUSTRIA, S. Morselli ITALY Panellists: R. Packard UK, N. Reus THE NETHERLANDS 09.00 R. Packard UK, The most common tips I give to my trainees 09.15 Learning from the learners: one of my first operations (Video cases submitted by young ophthalmologists) 10.30 Break Panellists: V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, P. Rosen UK 10.45 P. Rosen UK, Things I tell my residents - phaco tricks to improve your surgery 11.00 Learning from the learners: tackling more risky cases (Video cases submitted by young ophthalmologists) 12.15 Roundtable: summary 12.30 End of session Didactic Courses Cataract Surgery Didactic Course Friday 15 February 14.30 17.00 Chairpersons: R. Packard UK, P. Rosen UK In the Beginning: Learning to Learn. 14.30 At the start: surgical simulation, L. Benjamin UK 14.45 What do I want from my trainer?, A. Prinz AUSTRIA 15.00 Efficient Cataract Surgery, P. Rosen UK 15.15 Biometry: Precision in IOL Calculations, D. Sculfor UK 15.40 Incisions: Creating the Perfect Wound, O. Muftuoglu TURKEY 15.55 Visco-elastics: Creating space - Protecting Tissue, V. Katsanevaki GREECE 16.10 The Capsule, A. Crnej SLOVENIA, V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA 16.30 New Age Phaco Dynamics, R. Packard UK
Room MC3 Free Paper Session Refractive Friday 15 February 09.30 10.00 Free Paper Session Cornea Friday 15 February 10.30 12.30 Didactic Courses Refractive Surgery Didactic Course Friday 15 February 14.45 17.05 Moderators: D. Epstein SWITZERLAND, C. Roberts USA Part 1 Diagnostic Techniques 14.45 Patient selection, D. Siganos GREECE 15.00 Corneal topography, F. Ribeiro PORTUGAL 15.20 Lasers in refractive surgery, G. Kymionis GREECE 15.40 Biomechanics of the cornea, C. Roberts USA 16.00 IOL calculation strategies, M. Morral SPAIN 16.15 Quality of vision evaluation, R. Applegate USA 16.35 Case reports, N. Hirnschall AUSTRIA Room MC2 Basic Optics Course Friday 15 February 08.30-16.00 Chairpersons: I. Pallikaris GREECE, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM Part 1 Visual Behaviour (Visual Function) Moderators: R. Applegate USA, I. Pallikaris GREECE 08.30 Retinal image quality, R. Applegate USA 08.50 Presbyoptics, I. Pallikaris GREECE 09.10 Straylight: importance of different domains of the point spread function, T. Van den Berg THE NETHERLANDS 09.30 State-of-the-art assessment of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, S. Plainis GREECE 09.55 Visual function assessment using adaptive optics, P. Artal SPAIN 10.15 Modelling visual function, H. Ginis GREECE
Part 2 Visual Optics Moderators: I. Pallikaris GREECE, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM 10.35 Light propagation in the eye, F. Van de Velde BELGIUM 10.55 Aberrations of the optical system, S. Marcos SPAIN 11.20 Optics of the crystalline lens and accommodative response, A. Glasser USA 11.40 IOL optics, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM 12.00 Epidemiology of the optical parameters of the eye, J. Rozema BELGIUM 12.20 IOL power calculation, W. Haigis GERMANY 12.45 Break Part 3 Imaging the Human Eye Moderators: B. Malyugin RUSSIA, A. Pallikaris GREECE 14.15 Confocal microscopy, from research to clinical practice, A. Pallikaris GREECE 14.35 Measuring the biomechanics of the cornea, C. Roberts USA 14.55 OCT imaging, from research to clinical practice, B. Malyugin RUSSIA 15.15 Corneal topography challenges, S. Panagopoulou GREECE Banquet Hall Instructional Courses Friday 15 February 09.00 10.30 Intraocular lenses in the absence of capsular support, V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, S. Georgaras GREECE 11.00 12.30 Complex cataract surgery, B. Malyugin RUSSIA, M. Balidis GREECE 15.00 16.30 Spectacle independence after cataract surgery, B. Cochener FRANCE, P. Papadopoulos GREECE Poster Area Moderated Poster Session Friday 15 February 14.00 15.00
SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY Hall Trianti Free Paper Session Cataract Saturday 16 February 08.30 11.00 Main Symposia Trends in Refractive Surgery Saturday 16 February 11.30 13.00 Chairpersons: V. Katsanevaki GREECE, T. Kohnen GERMANY 11.30 The transepithelial approach: a re-birth of PRK, D. Epstein SWITZERLAND 11.40 LASIK: the role of a mechanical keratome in the femto laser era, J. Guell SPAIN 11.50 Discussion 12.00 Evidence-based benefits of SMILE over LASIK, J. Hjortdal DENMARK 12.10 Phakic IOLs: are the posterior lenses gaining ground over the anterior ones?, R. Nujits THE NETHERLANDS 12.20 Discussion 12.30 Refractive lens exchange: why should a clear lens be sacrificed?, K. Koufala GREECE 12.40 Corneal inlays: why bother with them after all the past failures?, I. Pallikaris GREECE 12.50 Discussion 13.00 End of session Near Live Surgery (Organised by the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery) Saturday 16 February 14.00 16.00 Moderators: P. Papadopoulos, GREECE, P. Smachliou GREECE Discussion Panel: B. Cochener-Lamard FRANCE, O. Findl AUSTRIA, B. Malyugin RUSSIA 3D Near Live Surgery Expanding visualization frontiers in cataract surgery with NGENUITY Digitally Assisted Surgery 3D technology & Centurion Vision System, implanting Clareon AutonoMe IOL Surgeon: D. Siganos GREECE 3D Near Live Surgery Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery using LenSx Laser System & Centurion Vision System assisted by VERION image-guided system with implantation of PanOptix Toric Trifocal IOL Surgeon: P. Papadopoulos GREECE 2D Near Live Surgery Myopic Laser Correction with SMILE Surgeon: K. Moschou GREECE
3D Near Live Surgery Minimally Invasive Cataract Surgery leveraging the automated Clareon AutonoMe IOL delivery system with INTREPID BALANCED Tip in synergy with Active Fluidics technology Surgeon: M. Balidis GREECE 3D Near Live Surgery Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery using the VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform, the Stellaris Elite vision enhancement system and implanting the EyeCee One Crystal Preloaded IOL Surgeon: Luigi Caretti ITALY 2D Near Live Surgery Secondary Insertion of Scleral Fixation (Carlevale) IOL in an eye after complicated Cataract Surgery Surgeon: P. Papadopoulos GREECE 3D Near Live Surgery Surface Ablation with StreamLight - WaveLight s One Step Trans-Epi PRK Surgeon: K. Koufala GREECE Main Symposia When the Unexpected Happens Saturday 16 February 16.30 18.00 Chairpersons: S. Georgaras GREECE, D. Spalton UK 16.30 The Argentinian flag sign, M. Amon AUSTRIA 16.40 The floppy iris syndrome, T. Kohnen GERMANY 16.50 Discussion 17.00 Zonular dialysis, S. Morselli ITALY 17.10 IOL damage on insertion, S. Srinivasan UK 17.20 Discussion 17.30 Posterior capsule rupture, K. Chalioulias GREECE 17.40 Postoperative infection, S. Ní Dhubhghaill IRELAND 17.50 Discussion 18.00 End of session Hall Skalkotas Didactic Courses Cataract Surgery Didactic Course Saturday 16 February 08.00 12.30 Chairpersons: R. Packard UK, P. Rosen UK Part 2: Next Steps. 08.00 Managing the Nucleus, R. Packard UK
08.40 Complex Cases: Advanced Phaco Techniques, B. Malyugin RUSSIA, R. Packard UK, P. Artal SPAIN, V. Pfeifer SLOVENIA, I. Dekaris CROATIA 10.00 Break 10.20 What is the Role of Femtosecond Lasers and Cataract Surgery?, Z. Nagy HUNGARY 10.40 Intraocular Lens Design, D. Spalton UK 11.00 Presbyopia Correction with Intraocular Lenses, F. Kretz GERMANY 11.15 Intraoperative Correction of Astigmatism: Toric Intraocular Lenses, S. Ní Dhubhghaill IRELAND 11.30 Solutions for Post Cataract Surgery Refractive Error, M. Amon AUSTRIA 11.45 Corneal laser correction, P. Rosen UK 12.00 Complications Pre and Post-Operatively, L. Benjamin UK 12.20 Negative dysphotopsia, R. Packard UK 12.30 End of session Room MC3 Cornea Didactic Course Saturday 10 February 08.00-16.15 Clinical Cornea Moderators: B. Cochener FRANCE, G. Kymionis GREECE 08.00 Introduction, J. Güell SPAIN 08.05 Basic science: anatomy, physiology and biomechanics, G. Kymionis GREECE 08.20 Pathological responses of the cornea, M.J. Tassignon BELGIUM 08.30 Laboratory testing for ocular surface diseases, J. Merayo-Lloves SPAIN 08.50 Corneal imaging evaluation techniques, B. Cochener FRANCE 09.10 Non-infectious keratitis, M. Morral SPAIN 09.30 Break Moderators: H. Møller DENMARK, D. Touboul FRANCE 09.45 Infectious keratitis, B. Frueh SWITZERLAND 10.05 Corneal dystrophies, H. Møller DENMARK 10.25 Ectasia disorders and degenerations, TBC 10.45 Dry-eye and ocular surface disease, T. Fuchsluger GERMANY 11.05 Immunological disorders of the cornea, U. Pleyer GERMANY 11.25 Clinical case report 11.35 Discussion
Surgical Cornea Moderators: R. Bellucci ITALY, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS 11.45 Corneal cross-linking, D. Touboul FRANCE 12.05 Anterior lamellar keratoplasty procedures, R. Bellucci ITALY 12.25 Penetrating keratoplasty, B. Allan UK 12.45 Break Moderators: J. Hjortdal DENMARK, S. Moussa AUSTRIA 14.15 Management of postkeratopathy astigmatism, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS 14.35 DSEK, TBC 14.55 DMEK, B. Bachmann GERMANY 15.15 Amniotic membrane, J. Guell SPAIN 15.35 Conjunctival surgery, J. Hjortdal DENMARK 15.55 Limbal transplantation and keratoprosthesis, S. Moussa AUSTRIA 16.15 Surgical case report 16.25 Discussion 16.35 End of session Room MC2 Refractive Surgery Didactic Course Saturday 16 February 08.00 12.35 Part 2 Therapeutic Techniques: Intraocular Surgery Moderators: J. Guell SPAIN, A. Marinho PORTUGAL 08.00 Phakic IOLs, A. Marinho PORTUGAL 08.20 Refractive lens exchange, P. Rosen UK 08.35 Toric IOLs, R. Nuijts THE NETHERLANDS 08.55 Multifocal and EDOF IOLs, O. Findl AUSTRIA 09.15 Refractive reoperations and enhancements, J. Guell SPAIN 09.35 Break Part 3 Therapeutic Techniques: Corneal Surgery Moderators: G. Grabner AUSTRIA, B. Cochener-Lamard FRANCE 09.45 Surface ablation techniques, J. Hjortdal DENMARK 10.05 Cross-linking and refractive surgery, D. Epstein SWITZERLAND 10.25 Topo- and wavefront-guided ablations, V. Katsanevaki GREECE
10.40 LASIK complications, V. Katsanevaki GREECE 10.55 Incisional corneal procedures, T. Kohnen GERMANY 11.10 LASIK: surgical technique, R. Bellucci ITALY 11.30 Small lenticule extraction, B. Cochener-Lamard FRANCE 11.50 Laser refractive surgery for presbyopia, TBC 12.05 Intracorneal ring segments, D. Touboul FRANCE 12.20 Intrastromal inlays (biologiocal and synthetic), G. Grabner AUSTRIA Poster Area Moderated Poster Session Saturday 16 February 14.00 15.00 SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARY Hall Trianti Main Symposia Pearls for the Young Cataract Surgeon Organised by the Young Ophthalmologists Committee Sunday 17 February 09.00 10.30 Chairpersons: S. Palkovits AUSTRIA, C. Pedrosa PORTUGAL, N. Visser THE NETHERLANDS 09.00 My first rhexis and hydrodissection attempts, B. Bostanci Ceran TURKEY 09.10 The perfect rhexis and hydrodissection, Th. Neuhann GERMANY 09.20 Discussion 09.30 My first phaco complications, V. Qin BELGIUM 09.40 The dream phaco,r. Packard UK 09.50 Discussion 10.00 Thin ice: my first challenging cases, V. Diakonis GREECE 10.10 Mastering challenging cases, B. Malyugin RUSSIA 10.20 Discussion 10.30 End of session Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery Symposium Sunday 17 February 11.00 13.00 Advanced Technology: Better Results? Chairpersons: K. Koufala GREECE, M. Balidis GREECE 11:00-11:30 D. Kyroudis, LASIK vs SMILE, K. Moschou GREECE
11:30 12:00 D. Mikropoulos, Conventional phaco vs FLACS, P. Papadopoulos GREECE 12:00 12:30 P. Smachliou, Multifocal vs EDOF IOLs, E. Patsoura GREECE 12:30 13:00 V. Katsanevaki, Cross-linking classic protocol vs modern protocols, M. Balidis GREECE Surgical Skills Training Courses http://www.escrs.org/athens2019/programme/surgical-skills-schedule.asp ESONT Didactic Day 2019 http://www.esont.org/escrs-winter-meeting-athens-2019 EuroTimes Satellite Education Programme Friday 15 February 12:45-14:15 (Lunchtime Symposium) Location: Hall Skalkotas ESCRS Education Forum - Achieving Optimal Cataract Refractive Outcomes with Presbyopia and Toric Lens Technologies Friday 15 February 13:00-14:00 (Lunchtime Symposium) Location: Room MC3 ESCRS Education Forum - Implementing Ocular Surface Disease Treatment Strategies to Improve Surgical Outcomes Saturday 16 February 13:00-14:00 (Lunchtime Symposia) Location: Hall Skalkotas ESCRS Education Forum - Surgical Phaco Basics: Optimising Machine Settings for All Cases Location: Room MC2 Johnson&Johnson Vision - New Concepts for Improving Patient Outcomes in Cataract Surgery Moderator: F. Carones ITALY Expanding treatment options for presbyopia-correcting IOL, O. Goslings THE NETHERLANDS Impact of MGD treatment on the cataract practice, F. Carones ITALY Location: Room MC3 Thea Laboratoires - How Can Théa s Innovations Improve? Moderator: G. Kymionis GREECE Dry eye management, M. Labetoulle FRANCE Ocular surface inflammation, K. Boboridis GREECE Blepharitis caused by demodex, S. Doan GREECE Cataract surgery, G. Kymionis GREECE