08:30 - 09:00

Opening ceremony

Main arena

09:00 - 10:00

Contact lens, tear film and ocular surface interactions

Main arena

Chairpersons : René MELY (Valmont, FRANCE), Ahmet Tuncer ÖZMEN (Bursa, TURKEY)

09:00 - 09:20

Keynote lecture: The Dream Study on Omega 3
Penny ASBELL (New York, UNITED STATES)

09:20 - 09:30

Contact lens wear and meibomian gland and tear film dysfunction
Ayse YAĞCI (Izmir, TURKEY)

09:30 - 09:40

Contact lens wear and allergy
Zeynep ÖZBEK (Izmir, TURKEY)

09:40 - 09:50

Contact lens discomfort - update on the TFOS Report of the contact lens interactions with the tear film subcommittee
Mark WILLCOX (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)

09:50 - 10:00

Panel discussion

10:00 - 10:30

Free paper session 1

Main arena

Chairpersons : Andrena MC ELVANNEY (London, UNITED KINGDOM), Lorenzo MANNUCCI (Padova, ITALY)

10:00 - 10:07

Assessing tear clearance rate utilizing a corneo-scleral profilometer
D Robert ISKANDER (Wroclaw, POLAND)

Izabela GARASZCZUK (POLAND)

10:07 - 10:14

Topical treatment of persistent epithelial defects with matrix regenerating agent
Mehmet Orkun SEVIK (Istanbul, TURKEY)
Ebru TOKER (TURKEY)

10:14 - 10:21

Ocular surface disorders management in patients after Bone Marrow Transplantation - own experience
Magdalena KORWIN (Warsaw, POLAND)

Anna M. AMBROZIAK (POLAND), Anna KAMINSKA (POLAND), Jacek P. SZAFLIK (POLAND), Monika UDZIELA (POLAND)

10:21 - 10:28

Comparison of the effects of subtenon injection of bevacizumab and interferon Alfa-2A on corneal angiogenesis in an Alkali Burn induced model
Sinan BILGIN (ızmir, TURKEY)
Eyüp KARAHAN (TURKEY), Esra KOCAKAYA ALTUNDAL (TURKEY), Ugur OZDEMIR (TURKEY), Emine SEKER UN (TURKEY), Aziz TOPALOGLU (TURKEY), Murat UYAR (TURKEY), Sevim YILDIRIM (TURKEY)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Exhibition area

11:00 - 12:00

Therapeutic contact lenses

Main arena

Chairpersons : Ebru TOKER (Istanbul, TURKEY), Adriana STANILA (Sibiu, ROMANIA)

11:00 - 11:15

Therapeutic contact lenses after refractive surgery
Ebru TOKER (Istanbul, TURKEY)

11:15 - 11:30

Therapeutic contact lenses for ocular surface disease
Andrena MC ELVANNEY (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

11:30 - 11:45

Therapeutic use of scleral lenses
Lynette JOHNS (Boston, UNITED STATES)

11:45 - 12:00

Amniotic membrane and therapeutic contact lenses
Penny ASBELL (New York, UNITED STATES)

12:00 - 12:45

Gold Sponsor symposium

Main arena

12:45 - 14:00

Lunch

Exhibition area

14:00 - 14:30

Kersley lecture

Main arena

Chairpersons : Sait EGRILMEZ (Izmir, TURKEY), Ksenija CURUVIJA OPACIC (Zagreb, CROATIA)

14:00 - 14:30

Aphakia correction in children: contact lenses vs. IOL implantation
Ahmet Tuncer ÖZMEN (Bursa, TURKEY)

14:30 - 15:15

Contact lenses in children

Main arena

Chairpersons : Sait EGRILMEZ (Izmir, TURKEY), Ksenija CURUVIJA OPACIC (Zagreb, CROATIA)

14:30 - 14:45

Management of binocular dysfunctions with contact lenses
Fatih Mehmet MUTLU (Ankara, TURKEY)

14:45 - 14:55

My first choice of lenses in children: Soft lenses
Christina GRUPCHEVA (Varna, BULGARIA)

14:55 - 15:05

My first choice of lenses in children: Rigid lenses
Cornelius BERZAS (Offenbach Am Main, GERMANY)

15:05 - 15:15

Discussion

15:15 - 16:00

R&D perspective on contact lenses and lens care systems (Industry supported session)

Main arena

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

Exhibition area

16:30 - 16:45

Rapid fire session with photo-competition

Main arena

Chairpersons : Cornelius BERZAS (Offenbach Am Main, GERMANY), Rets SKRICKIS (Riga, LATVIA)

16:30 - 16:33

Unusual cornea endothelial effects of the radial keratotomy
Fernando ABIB (Curitiba, BRAZIL)

Dulcemar ABIB (BRAZIL)

16:33 - 16:36

A road on Mars
Vania LAGES (Porto, PORTUGAL)

Irene BARBOSA (PORTUGAL), Miguel NEVES (PORTUGAL)

16:36 - 16:39

The importance of protein removal for scleral contact lenses
Maarten VAN HOEY (Antwerp, BELGIUM)

Carina KOPPEN (BELGIUM), Inge LEYSEN (BELGIUM)

16:39 - 16:42

Failure of the own cornea instead of the transplanted cornea
Gert VANSCHOENWINKEL (Diepenbeek, BELGIUM)

16:45 - 18:00

Free paper session 2

Main arena

Chairperson : Mirna STABUC SILIH (Ljubljana, SLOVENIA)

16:45 - 16:52

Accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking for progressive keratoconus
Bora YÜKSEL (IZMIR, TURKEY)
Tuncay KÜSBECI (TURKEY), Umut Duygu UZUNEL (TURKEY)

16:52 - 16:59

Miniscleral contact lens users' visual performance and vision related quality of life
Ozge Begum SEFEROGLU (Istanbul, TURKEY)
Ebru TOKER (TURKEY)

16:59 - 17:06

A comparison of clinical performance and short-term settling of two mini-scleral lens designs
Fehim ESEN (Istanbul, TURKEY)
Esra EYVAZ (TURKEY), Ozge Begum SEFEROGLU (TURKEY), Ebru TOKER (TURKEY)

17:06 - 17:13

Scleral lenses in rigid gas permeable lens failure in ectatic corneas
Zeynep BAS (Ankara, TURKEY)

Ömür UÇAKHAN GÜNDÜZ (TURKEY)

17:13 - 17:20

Silicone hydrogel soft keratoconus lens fitting in corneal ectatic diseases
Canan Asli UTINE (Izmir, TURKEY)

Vildan OZTURK (TURKEY)

17:20 - 17:27

Stromal keratocytes density in neophytes and wearers of different types of contact lenses in keratoconus
Haliza ABDUL MUTALIB (Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA)

Somnath GHOSH (MALAYSIA), Rituparna GHOSHAL (MALAYSIA), Sharanjeet KAUR (MALAYSIA), Shamala RETNASABAPATHY (MALAYSIA)

17:27 - 17:34

Effects of rigid gas permeable contact lens use on ocular surface for keratoconus patients
Cansu YUKSEL ELGIN (Istanbul, TURKEY)

Ovgu AYDIN (TURKEY), Guzin ISKELELI (TURKEY)

17:34 - 17:41

Hydrops: not that bad !
Moatez Billah MEKKI (Algiers, ALGERIA)
Rachid BOUGUERFA (ALGERIA), Okba TITAH (ALGERIA), Said YAHIAOUI (ALGERIA)

17:41 - 17:48

Scleral lenses in corneal opacities
Sarah BELGHMAIDI (Marrakech, MOROCCO)

Wiam ENNAISSIRI (MOROCCO), Ibtissam HAJJI (MOROCCO), Abdeljalil MOUTAOUAKIL (MOROCCO)

18:15 - 19:15

Welcome cocktail

Exhibition area