08:30 - 09:00 » Opening ceremony

09:00 - 10:30 » Current approaches in treatment of keratoconus

Chairpersons: xx xx, Istanbul (TURKEY) - xx xx, Vilnius (LITHUANIA) - xx xx, Carouge (SWITZERLAND)

  • 09:00 - 09:30 » Translational research for UVA riboflavin corneal cross-linking:

  • 09:00 - 09:15 » The science behind UVA riboflavin corneal crosslinking

    xx xx, Dresden (GERMANY)

  • 09:15 - 09:30 » Clinical application of UVA riboflavin corneal crosslinking

    xx xx, Geneva (SWITZERLAND)

  • 09:30 - 09:45 » Intracorneal segments

    xx xx, Istanbul (TURKEY)

  • 09:45 - 10:00 » Refractive surgery and keratoconus

    xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) Presentation

  • 10:00 - 10:15 » State of the art in transplant surgery for ectatic disease

    xx xx, Paris (FRANCE)

  • 10:15 - 10:30 » The pivotal role of contact lenses in the treatment paradigm of keratoconus

    xx xx, Antwerp (BELGIUM) Presentation

10:30 - 11:00 » Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:20 » 3rd TFOS Report on Contact Lens Discomfort

Chairpersons: xx xx, Sutton, Surrey (UNITED KINGDOM) - xx xx, Offenbach (GERMANY)
Speaker: xx xx, Bordeaux (FRANCE)

11:20 - 12:00 » Free paper session 1

Chairpersons: xx xx, Epinal (FRANCE) - xx xx, Padova (ITALY) - xx xx, Santander (SPAIN)

  • 11:20 - 11:30 » Inflammatory cells in the central corneal epithelium in dry eye

    xx xx, Riga (LATVIA) Presentation

  • 11:30 - 11:40 » Showing the efficacy and safety of intraperitoneally applied celecoxib in the experimental dry eye model of mice

    xx xx, Kocaeli (TURKEY) Presentation

  • 11:40 - 11:50 » The benefits of using therapeutic contact lenses in the anterior eye segment surgery

    xx xx, Sibiu (ROMANIA) Presentation

  • 11:50 - 12:00 » Amniotic membrane or bandage contact lens?

    xx xx, Szeged (HUNGARY)

12:00 - 12:45 » Industry sponsored symposium

12:45 - 14:00 » Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 » Contact lens materials: new developments

Chairpersons: xx xx, Bordeaux (FRANCE) - xx xx, Riedlingen (GERMANY) - xx xx, Leça Da Palmeira (PORTUGAL)

  • 14:00 - 14:30 » Keynote speaker on soft lens materials

    xx xx, Birmingham (UNITED KINGDOM)

  • 14:30 - 14:50 » Overview of current RGP materials

    xx xx, Boston (UNITED STATES) Presentation

  • 14:50 - 15:00 » Antimicrobial materials: myth or soon reality?

    xx xx, Epinal (FRANCE)

15:00 - 16:00 » R&D perspective on soft and RGP materials (Industry supported session)

16:00 - 16:30 » Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:00 » Rapid fire session on material problems with photo competition

Chairpersons: xx xx, London (UNITED KINGDOM) - xx xx, Szeged (HUNGARY)

  • 16:30 - 16:35 » Iron deposits on soft contactlenses

    xx xx, Diepenbeek (BELGIUM)

  • 16:35 - 16:40 » A hidey hole not so quiet

    xx xx, Amiens (FRANCE)

  • 16:40 - 16:45 » It is unbelievable what patients do with GP lenses within a short period of use

    xx xx, Poznan (POLAND)

  • 16:45 - 16:50 » Full scleral lens solved fitting issues in advanced PMD patient

    xx xx, Poznan (POLAND)

  • 16:50 - 16:55 » Fitting hybrid lens instead of RGP lens to avoid corneal graft

    xx xx, Hydra (ALGERIA)

  • 16:55 - 17:00 » Abnormal color fading of an iris paint lens

    xx xx, Antwerp (BELGIUM)

17:00 - 18:10 » Free paper session 2

Chairpersons: xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) - xx xx, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA) - xx xx, Sank Poelten (AUSTRIA)

  • 17:00 - 17:10 » Keratoconus - missing the early diagnosis becomes a medicolegal problem

    xx xx, Kfar-saba (ISRAEL) Presentation

  • 17:10 - 17:20 » Importance of corneal tomography in differentiating atypical keratoconus and regular non-ectatic corneas with high astigmatism

    xx xx, Belgrade (SERBIA) Presentation

  • 17:20 - 17:30 » Corneal collagen crosslinking in pediatric patients: 1 year follow-up results

    xx xx, Ankara (TURKEY)

  • 17:30 - 17:40 » Alterations in contact lens fitting parameters post cross linking in keratoconus patients of indian ethnicity

    xx xx, Delhi (INDIA) Presentation

  • 17:40 - 17:50 » Evaluation of efficiency and safety of quercetin as an alternative of riboflavin in cross-linking treatment on rabbit cornea

    xx xx, Kocaeli (TURKEY)

  • 17:50 - 18:00 » Effect of contact lens materials and corneal biomechanical properties on intraocular pressure in neophyte soft contact lens wearers

    xx xx, Braga (PORTUGAL)

  • 18:00 - 18:10 » New hybrid lenses: for whom … and how?

    xx xx, Epinal (FRANCE)

18:15 - 19:15 » Welcome cocktail in the exhibition area

09:00 - 12:00 » Basic Course  Basic Course

  • 09:00 - 09:40 » RGP contact lenses

    xx xx, Krilo Jesenice (CROATIA)

  • 09:40 - 10:20 » Soft contact lenses

    xx xx, Rijeka (CROATIA) Presentation

  • 10:20 - 10:40 » Morning coffee

  • 10:40 - 11:20 » Soft toric contact lenses

    xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA)

  • 11:20 - 12:00 » Round table - Optometry and internet sale in contactology of the region

    xx xx, Krilo Jesenice (CROATIA) - xx xx, Rijeka (CROATIA) - xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA)

14:00 - 17:00 » Advanced Course  Advanced Course

  • 14:00 - 14:40 » Contact lenses for keratoconus

    xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA)

  • 14:40 - 15:20 » Fitting or irregular corneas and eyes after penetrating keratoplasty

    xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) Presentation

  • 15:20 - 15:40 » Coffee break

  • 15:40 - 16:20 » Contact lenses for infants

    xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) Presentation

  • 16:20 - 17:00 » Contact lens complications

    xx xx, Split (CROATIA)

08:30 - 09:00 » ECLSO General Assembly

09:00 - 10:10 » Contact lens related infectious disease

Chairpersons: xx xx, Split (CROATIA) - xx xx, Belgrade (SERBIA) - xx xx, Lexington (UNITED STATES)

  • 09:00 - 09:15 » What is new about contact lens complications? An observation on over 2000 cases in Germany

    xx xx, Riedlingen (GERMANY)

  • 09:15 - 09:30 » How effective are contact lens solutions against Acanthamoeba?

    xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) Presentation

  • 09:30 - 09:45 » A practical approach to the microbiological diagnosis of infectious keratitis

    xx xx, Liège (BELGIUM) Presentation

  • 09:45 - 10:00 » Photoactivated chromophore (PACK-CXL) for the treatment of infectious keratitis

    xx xx, Geneva (SWITZERLAND)

  • 10:00 - 10:10 » In office disinfection of contact lenses

    xx xx, Cointrin-geneva (SWITZERLAND) Presentation

10:10 - 10:30 » Fick-Kalt-Müller medal

Chairperson: xx xx, Valmont (FRANCE)
Laureate: xx xx, Padova (ITALY)

10:30 - 11:00 » Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 » Scleral lenses: Three ground-breaking pioneers offer their perspective

Chairpersons: xx xx, Antwerp (BELGIUM) - xx xx, Sibiu (ROMANIA) - xx xx, Ankara (TURKEY)
Speakers: xx xx, Boston (UNITED STATES) - xx xx, Nijmegen (NETHERLANDS) - xx xx, London (UNITED KINGDOM) Presentation

12:00 - 12:30 » Industry sponsored symposium

12:30 - 14:00 » Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 » International symposium by CLAO (Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists) and SOBLEC (Sociedade Brasileira de Lentes de Contacto)

Chairpersons: xx xx, Hamburg (GERMANY) - xx xx, Curitiba (BRAZIL) - xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA)

  • 14:00 - 14:15 » My initial clinical experience with a new Hybrid Lens

    xx xx, Lexington (UNITED STATES)

  • 14:15 - 14:30 » Dry eye and pollution in Brazil

    xx xx, Sao Paulo (BRAZIL)

  • 14:30 - 14:45 » Superficial keratitis in contact lens wearers

    xx xx, Sao Paulo (BRAZIL)

15:00 - 15:20 » Industry sponsored symposium

15:20 - 16:00 » Free paper session 3

Chairpersons: xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) - xx xx, Kfar-saba (ISRAEL) - xx xx, Riga (LATVIA)

  • 15:20 - 15:30 » A comparison of the effects of preoperative wearing soft and RGP contact lenses on dry eye after lasik surgery

    xx xx, Belgrade (SERBIA) Presentation

  • 15:30 - 15:40 » The correlation between duration of orthokeratology lens wear and corneal epithelial and stromal thickness in school children

    xx xx, Selangor (MALAYSIA) Presentation

  • 15:40 - 15:50 » Results of refractive surgery after many years of Ortho-K

    xx xx, Kiev (UKRAINE) Presentation

  • 15:50 - 16:00 » A new alternative treatment for refractory corneal ulcers: topical coenzyme Q10 eye drop

    xx xx, Kayseri (TURKEY)

16:00 - 16:30 » Coffee break

16:30 - 18:00 » Free paper session 4

Chairpersons: xx xx, Zagreb (CROATIA) - xx xx, Antwerp (BELGIUM)

  • 16:30 - 16:40 » A new alternative fitting approach for providing adequate comfort and visual performance in keratoconus: soft hydrocone silicone hydrogel lenses

    xx xx, Kayseri (TURKEY)

  • 16:40 - 16:50 » Safety and efficacy of kerasoft IC contact lenses in refractive correction

    xx xx, Ankara (TURKEY)

  • 16:50 - 17:00 » Scleral RGP lenses for the correction of complicated corneas

    xx xx, Kiev (UKRAINE)

  • 17:00 - 17:10 » The possibilities in customized permeable scleral lenses for the best fitting

    xx xx, Rouen (FRANCE)

  • 17:10 - 17:20 » Angulation of the mini sclera lens to improve scleral fitting

    xx xx, Edegem (BELGIUM) Presentation

  • 17:20 - 17:30 » Scleral lenses for the correction of irregular and high regular astigmatism

    xx xx, Belgrade (SERBIA)

  • 17:30 - 17:40 » Mini-scleral contact lenses: settling, apical clearance and corneal thickness changes after 8 hours of wear

    xx xx, Istanbul (TURKEY)

  • 17:40 - 17:50 » Therapeutic scleral lens to rescue severe ocular surface disease

    xx xx, Algiers (ALGERIA) Presentation

18:00 - 18:15 » Best Free Paper and best Poster award - Closure of the congress

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Friday 10th October

12:00 - 12:45 » Symposium ALCON: How important is the central K reading in soft contact fitting?

Helmer SCHWEIZER, Geneva (SWITZERLAND) Presentation

15:00 - 16:00 » R&D perspective on soft and RGP materials

Chairpersons : Florence MALET, Bordeaux (FRANCE) - Dorothea KUHN, Riedlingen (GERMANY) - Pedro RODRIGUES (PORTUGAL)

  • Alcon: Innovations for 2014

    I. PEREZ-GOMEZ Presentation

  • Johnson & Johnson: The science behind contact lens innovation

    G. KARACA

  • SynergEyes: The Soft Cushion Design

    D. REYES

  • Mark'ennovy: Inspired by nature

    K. ARIF

  • EyeBrid: Innovative hybrid technology leading to a new generation of materials

    E. VEILLARD Presentation

  • Menicon: A new approach to daily disposable soft lenses

    P. MONTEIL Presentation

  • Fenestrations a key for corneal sclerals lenses ?

    F. BAECHELE LAO

  • Eaglet Eye: measuring anterior surface beyond the cornea

    A. SNEPVANGERS

Saturday 11th October

12:00 - 12:30 » Symposium Johnson & Johnson Vision Care: Clinical Performance of Contemporary Daily Disposable Contact Lenses

Omür UCAKHAN-GÜNDÜZ, Ankara (TURKEY)

15:00 - 15:20 » Symposium SynergEyes: UltraHealth - Second Generation S-H Hybrid Contact Lens - The New Solution for Irregular Cornea Management

Halina MANCZAK, Poznan (POLAND)