Friday December 1st 2017

09:00 - 09:15

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Joint Welcome and overview

Speakers

René MELY

(Valmont, FRANCE)

Alex J. SHORTT

(London, UNITED KINGDOM)

09:15 - 11:00

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The science of dry eye and ocular surface disease

09:15 - 11:00

Alex J. SHORTT (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

Scientific Advances in Dry Eye Disease
Murat DOGRU (Yokohama, JAPAN)

DEWS Update
Lyndon JONES (Waterloo, CANADA)

Panel Q&A

11:00 - 11:30

Exhibition area

Coffee break

11:30 - 13:00

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Ocular Surface Disease Masterclass: "Clinical Pearls in OSD and Dry Eye"! Interactive Case Based Discussion about common but poorly understood conditions / rare but interesting conditions / complex cases

11:30 - 12:00

Masterclass: “Clinical Pearls in Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency”
Francisco FIGUEIREDO (Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM)

12:00 - 12:30

My Bugbear!
Saeeha RAUZ (Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM)

12:30 - 13:00

Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Martin WATSON (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

13:00 - 14:00

Exhibition area

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30

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Bron Award presentations

Chairperson

Francisco FIGUEIREDO

(Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:00 - 14:10

Contact lens related central toxic keratopathy-like syndrome: a case series with literature review
Darren Shu Jeng TING (Sunderland, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:10 - 14:20

The use of confocal microscopy in the provisional diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Vijay PATEL (Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:20 - 14:30

Relationship of severity of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy with triplet repeat expansion in TCF4 and The Potential Implications to Surgical Intervention
Kirithika MUTHUSAMY (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:30 - 15:00

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BCLA

14:30 - 15:00

New developments in medical contact lenses
Brian TOMPKINS (Northampton, UNITED KINGDOM)

15:00 - 15:15

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Industry SILVER Symposium

15:15 - 15:40

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Free papers

Chairpersons

Jaishree GANDHEWAR

(Wolverhampton, UNITED KINGDOM)

Zoe JOHNSON

(Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM)

15:15 - 15:20

Corneal confocal microscopy for assessment of corneal nerve morphology in patients with obesity
Fahri Onur AYDIN (Istanbul, TURKEY)

15:20 - 15:25

An improved ocular surface treatment strategy using dry preserved human amnion
Andrew HOPKINSON (Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM)

15:25 - 15:30

Clinical outcome of amniotic membrane transplantation for treatment of different cornea and conjunctiva diseases
Inês Maria Pacheco Soares CARNEIRO (Maia, PORTUGAL)

15:30 - 15:35

Evaluation of the role of silicone hydrogel contact lens use on the Meibomian gland morphology and function
Mehtap ARSLANTURK (Ankara, TURKEY)

15:35 - 15:40

The effect of contact lens use on corneal epithelium
Nese ARSLAN (Ankara, TURKEY)

15:40 - 16:10

Exhibition area

Afternoon Tea

16:10 - 17:05

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Kersley medal lecture

16:10 - 17:00

Genetics and Corneal Disease - an overview
Stephen TUFT (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

17:00 - 17:05

Presentation of Kersley Medal made by Alex J. Shortt
Alex J. SHORTT (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

17:05 - 17:10

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Bron Award presentations

17:05 - 17:10

Francisco FIGUEIREDO (Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM)

17:10 - 17:20

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Summary and Objectives of Day 1

17:10 - 17:20

Alex J. SHORTT (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

17:20 - 17:45

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MCLOSA AGM

Saturday December 2nd 2017

08:30 - 09:00

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AGM ECLSO

09:00 - 10:00

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Session 1: Soft Contact Lenses

Chairperson

René MELY

(Valmont, FRANCE)

09:00 - 09:20

Contact lens drop-outs, factors, and ways to prevent drop-outs
Graeme YOUNG (Farnham, UNITED KINGDOM)

09:20 - 09:50

Contact lens solution preservatives and the uptake/release issues
Lyndon JONES (Waterloo, CANADA)

09:50 - 10:00

Discussion

10:00 - 10:30

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Free Papers

Chairperson

René MELY

(Valmont, FRANCE)

10:00 - 10:05

Daily disposable on-eye contact lens wettability – importance of lens material
Michel GUILLON (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

10:05 - 10:10

Changes in relative peripheral refraction, HOAs and optical quality using a soft centre distance multifocal contact lens with different additions and optical zones
Giancarlo MONTANI (Lecce, ITALY)

10:10 - 10:15

Is myopia control for every myope?
Langis MICHAUD (Quebec, CANADA)

10:15 - 10:20

ND filter as a therapeutic option for unilateral reduced visual quality
J.m.j VAN VLIET (Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS)

10:20 - 10:30

Discussion

10:30 - 11:00

Exhibition area

Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00

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Session 2: Presbyopia Debate: Refractive Surgery versus Contact Lenses

Chairpersons

Gudrun BISCHOFF

(Hamburg, GERMANY)

Ursula VOGT

(London, UNITED KINGDOM)

11:00 - 12:00

Presbyopia and Contact Lenses
Andrena MC ELVANNEY (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

Dan REINSTEIN (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

Round table with international views on presbyopia correction
Deborah JACOBS (Needham, UNITED STATES), Tania SCHAEFER (Curitiba, BRAZIL), Gudrun BISCHOFF (Hamburg, GERMANY)

11:55 - 12:00

Free paper: Cortical changes in visual and non visual areas induced by monovision
Shehzad NAROO (Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM)

12:00 - 12:45

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Industry GOLD Symposium

12:45 - 14:00

Exhibition area

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

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Sclerals' Master Class

Chairperson

Ayse Ebru TOKER

(Morgantown, UNITED STATES)

14:00 - 14:15

Impression scleral lenses for today: less of a grind, more of a graphic
Ken PULLUM (Hertford, UNITED KINGDOM)

14:15 - 14:30

Optimizing scleral lens fit and corneal health with the use of oblate designs
Langis MICHAUD (Quebec, CANADA)

14:30 - 14:45

Scleral lenses – Current research to date and what we need to learn
Lynette JOHNS (Boston , UNITED STATES)

14:45 - 15:00

Discussion

15:00 - 15:21

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News from industry

Chairperson

Ayse Ebru TOKER

(Morgantown, UNITED STATES)

15:30 - 16:00

Exhibition area

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:00

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Managing Irregular Astigmatism: Surgery versus Specialty Lenses

Chairperson

Carina KOPPEN

(Antwerp, BELGIUM)

16:00 - 16:30

Keratoconus: pro surgery
Ali MEARZA (London, UNITED KINGDOM)

Keratoconus: pro lenses
Deborah JACOBS (Needham, UNITED STATES)

16:30 - 17:00

Post-keratoplasty: pro surgery
Sheraz DAYA (Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM)

Post-keratoplasty: pro lenses
Florence MALET (Bordeaux, FRANCE)

17:00 - 17:20

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BCLA

Chairperson

Florence MALET

(Bordeaux, FRANCE)

17:00 - 17:20

Clinical Conference 2017; Scientific Highlights
Shehzad NAROO (Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM)

17:20 - 17:45

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Free papers

Chairperson

Florence MALET

(Bordeaux, FRANCE)

17:20 - 17:25

Contact lens fitting after intracorneal ring segments (ICRS) implantation
Luisa MALHEIRO (Porto, PORTUGAL)

17:25 - 17:30

Surface area of endothelial blebs and cells after 25 minutes of scleral lens wear of various clearances
Langis MICHAUD (Quebec, CANADA)

17:30 - 17:35

Scleral lenses decrease the need for corneal transplants in severe keratoconus
Carina KOPPEN (Antwerp, BELGIUM)

17:35 - 17:40

A 20-year retrospective study of contact lens prescribing at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas-SP
Ana paula ENGEL (PoÃ§os de caldas, BRAZIL)

17:40 - 17:45

Eyebrid hybrid contact lenses – short-term results
Ibrahim Inan HARBIYELI (Adana, TURKEY)

17:45 - 18:00

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Rapid fire on crosslinking

Chairperson

Florence MALET

(Bordeaux, FRANCE)

17:45 - 17:48

Cross-linking in keratoconus - the importance of early treatment
Yoram BIGER (Kfar-saba, ISRAEL)

17:48 - 17:51

Comparative results between conventional and accelerated crosslinking at 4 years
Cristina NICULA (Cluj napoca, ROMANIA)

17:51 - 17:54

Evaluation of safety and efficacy of corneal collagen cross linking in a pediatric population of Iranian keratoconic patients
Fateme ALIPOUR (Tehran, IRAN)

17:54 - 17:57

Accelerated (9 mw/cm2) corneal collagen crosslinking for progressive keratoconus: two-year follow-up
Ömür U&CCEDIL;AKHAN-G&UUML;ND&UUML;Z (Ankara, TURKEY)

17:57 - 18:00

Discussion

18:00 - 18:10

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Announcement of the best paper presentation and best poster, introduction of next year's congress