22nd ANNUAL MEETING
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Meeting 2026:
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Program
Preliminary Program and Agenda
Stay informed with our detailed schedule and agenda for education. This section provides a comprehensive rundown of all events, sessions, and activities from the first day to the last.
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Schwind eye-tech solutions | Speaker provided by Industry | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | EMAGine & CSO Italia | Speaker provided by Industry | |
| Time TBC | Oculus, Mediphacos, Intelon and Ziemer courses – to be confirmed | Speaker provided by Industry |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 – 14:00 | CAIRS wetlab 1 (limited to 8 participants) | ||
| 14:30 – 16:00 | CAIRS wetlab 2 (limited to 8 participants) | ||
| 16:15 – 17:45 | CAIRS wetlab 3 (limited to 8 participants) | ||
| 17:45 – 19:15 | CAIRS wetlab 4 (limited to 8 participants) | ||
| Time | Title |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Welcome and introduction | ||
| 09:05 | Hormones, thyroid function and keratoconus | ||
| 09:15 | Keratoconus pathophysiology and genetics | ||
| 09:25 | Inflammation in keratoconus | ||
| 09:35 | Eye rubbing and keratoconus progression | ||
| 09:45 | The effect of vitamins on keratoconus progression | ||
| 09:55 | Keratoconus progression | ||
| 10:05 | New algorithms in keratoconus detection and AI | ||
| 10:15 | cCBI and cTBI | ||
| 10:25 | KAI and epithelium in keratoconus detection | ||
| 10:35 | Brillouin microscopy | ||
| 10:45 | Keratoconus phenotypes | ||
| 10:55 | Panel discussion: Early keratoconus and diagnostic decision-making | ||
| 11:15 | Coffee Break | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:35 – 12:05 | 10 selected presentations, 3 minutes each | ||
| 12:05 – 12:15 | Discussion block 1 |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:15 – 12:25 | |||
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Hands-on Clinical Cases with Live Corneal Tomography Devices |
|---|---|
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Riboflavin concentration, solutions and soaking time for epi-off and epi-on procedures | ||
| 14:10 – 14:20 | Hyper-flattening after CXL: what is the cause | ||
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Confocal changes in CXL | ||
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Detecting progression after CXL with advanced technology | ||
| 14:40 – 14:50 | Sub400 | ||
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Theranostic-guided corneal cross-linking | ||
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Epi-on CXL | ||
| 15:10 – 15:20 | Boost CXL | ||
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Neovascularisation and CXL updates | ||
| 15:30 – 15:40 | UVC-CXL | ||
| 15:40 – 15:50 | PACK-CXL updates | ||
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Panel discussion CXL protocol selection and clinical interpretation | ||
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 16:42 | |||
| 16:45 | Discussion | ||
| 16:50 | |||
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| 16:56 | |||
| 16:59 | |||
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| 17:05 | Discussion |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:10 – 17:20 | |||
| 17:20 – 18:00 | How to select between protocols , follow-up regime, 3mW/9m2 |
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| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 08:20 | |||
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| 08:26 | |||
| 08:29 | |||
| 08:32 | |||
| 08:35 | Discussion | ||
| 08:40 | |||
| 08:43 | |||
| 08:46 | |||
| 08:49 | |||
| 08:52 | |||
| 08:55 | Discussion |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 | Corneal biomechanics of corneal rings and CAIRS | ||
| 09:10 | Planning excimer laser treatment in keratoconus | ||
| 09:20 | Excimer treatment with CXL | ||
| 09:30 | Excimer and CXL: simultaneous or sequential | ||
| 09:40 | ELZA-PACE | ||
| 09:50 | AI algorithms power in IOL’s implant for keratoconus | ||
| 10:00 | IOL choice in keratoconus | ||
| 10:10 | ICL after ICRS | ||
| 10:20 | Bioptic procedures: corneal remodeling plus phakic IOL implant in keratoconus | ||
| 10:30 | Contact lens rehabilitation | ||
| 10:40 | Panel discussion Moderate keratoconus: reshaping, rehabilitation and sequencing | ||
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:20 | |||
| 11:23 | |||
| 11:26 | |||
| 11:29 | |||
| 11:32 | |||
| 11:35 | Discussion | ||
| 11:40 | |||
| 11:43 | |||
| 11:46 | |||
| 11:49 | |||
| 11:52 | |||
| 11:55 | Discussion |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | |||
| 12:10 – 12:50 | When to combine CXL with PRK/PTK, Bioptics case |
|---|---|
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Corneal allogenic intracorneal ring segments: additive intrastromal ring surgery | ||
| 13:10 | ICRS | ||
| 13:20 | Planning differences ICRS vs CAIRS, and nomograms | ||
| 13:30 | Biosynthetic ICRS | ||
| 13:40 | Biosafety. Allograft corneal ring segments and lamellas | ||
| 13:50 | Biomechanical and structural outcomes of ECO-CAIRS | ||
| 14:00 | Additive surgery with lamellar implantation | ||
| 14:10 | SLAK 1 | ||
| 14:20 | SLAK 2 | ||
| 14:30 | Intrastromal keratoplasty using biosynthetic corneas versus human donor corneas in advanced keratoconus | ||
| 14:40 | Decellularized lamella implantation for keratoconus | ||
| 14:50 | Gene therapy | ||
| 15:00 | Panel discussion Advanced keratoconus and additive intrastromal surgery |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:40 | |||
| 15:43 | |||
| 15:46 | |||
| 15:49 | |||
| 15:52 | |||
| 15:55 | Discussion | ||
| 16:00 | |||
| 16:03 | |||
| 16:06 | |||
| 16:09 | |||
| 16:12 | |||
| 16:15 | Discussion |
| 16:20 – 17:00 | CAIRS vs Intacts |
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