22nd ANNUAL MEETING
KCXL Experts’
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.
*Timings are still subject to change
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Schwind eye-tech solutions | Speaker provided by Industry | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | EMAGine & CSO | Speaker provided by Industry | |
| Time TBC | Oculus, Mediphacos, Intelon, Ziemer (to be confirmed) | Speaker provided by Industry |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 – 14:00 | CAIRS 1 (8 participants) | ||
| 14:30 – 16:00 | CAIRS 1 (8 participants) | ||
| 16:15 – 17:45 | CAIRS 1 (8 participants) | ||
17:45 – 19:15 | CAIRS 1 (8 participants) |
| 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) | ||
*Timings are still subject to change
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 | Welcome and introduction | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 09:05 | Hormones, thyroid function and keratoconus | ||
| 09:15 | Keratoconus pathophysiology and genetics | Pooja Khamar | India |
| 09:25 | Inflammation in keratoconus | Antonio Di Zazzo | Italy |
| 09:35 | Eye rubbing in the pathogenesis of keratoconus | ||
| 09:45 | The role of vitamin deficiency on keratoconus progression | Giulio Ferrari | Italy |
| 09:55 | Keratoconus progression and the role of the corneal epithelium | Shafi Balal | UK |
| 10:05 | AI and new algorithms in keratoconus detection | Shafi Balal | UK |
| 10:15 | Keratoconus detection in the East-Asian population (cCBI & cTBI) | Lim Li | Singapore |
| 10:25 | KAI index for keratoconus detection | Riccardo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 10:35 | Brillouin | Riccardo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 10:45 | Phenotype keratoconus | Luis Fernandez-Vega | Spain |
| 10:55 – 11:15 | Panel discussion: Early keratoconus and diagnostic decision-making | Pooja Khamar, Paolo Vinciguerra | |
| 11:15 – 11:35 | 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 | Global consensus: Summary — early KC and diagnosis | Riccardo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 12:25 – 13:00 | Hands-on: Clinical cases with live corneal tomography devices | Riccardo Vinciguerra, Emilio Torres | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Riboflavin concentration and solutions; soaking time for epi-off and epi-on procedures | Anders Behndig | |
| 14:10 | Hyper-flattening after CXL: what is the cause? | Emilio Pedrotti | Italy |
| 14:20 | CXL and Dry Eye Updates | Cosimo Mazzotta | Italy |
| 14:30 | Detecting progression after CXL with advanced technology | Paolo Vinciguerra | Italy |
| 14:40 | Sub400 | Emilio Torres | Switzerland |
| 14:50 | Theranostic-guided corneal UV photoreshaping | Marco Lombardo | Italy |
| 15:00 | Epi-on CXL | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 15:10 | Boost CXL | Lim Li | Singapore |
| 15:20 | Neovascularisation and CXL updates | ||
| 15:30 | PACK-CXL updates | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Panel discussion CXL protocol selection and clinical interpretation | Anders Behndig, Boris Knyazer | |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Coffee break |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:45 – 16:50 | Discussion | ||
| 17:05 – 17:10 | Discussion |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:10 – 17:20 | Emilio Torres | Switzerland | |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:20 – 18:00 | How to select between protocols, follow-up regimes, 3 mW / 9 mW | Emilio Torres | Switzerland |
*Timings are still subject to change
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Corneal biomechanics of corneal rings and CAIRS | ||
| 09:10 | Planning excimer laser treatment in keratoconus | Cosimo Mazzotta | Italy |
| 09:20 | Excimer treatment with CXL | Shady Awwad | Lebanon |
| 09:30 | Excimer and CXL: simultaneous or sequential | Alio Del Barrio | Spain |
| 09:40 | ELZA-PACE | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:50 | AI algorithms power in IOL’s implant for keratoconus | ||
| 10:00 | IOL choice in keratoconus | ||
| 10:10 | ICL after ICRS | Andrea Russo | Italy |
| 10:20 | Bioptic procedures: corneal remodeling plus phakic IOL implant in keratoconus | Miguel Rechichi | Italy |
| 10:30 | CL rehabilitation — what an ophthalmologist needs to know | Leonard Kollros | Switzerland |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Panel discussion Moderate keratoconus: reshaping, rehabilitation and sequencing | Luis Fernández-Vega, Pooja Khamar, Lim Li, Paolo Vinciguerra | |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee break |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:35 – 11:40 | Discussion | ||
| 11:55 – 12:00 | Discussion |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:10 – 12:50 | When to combine CXL with PRK / PTK; bioptics case | Presenter: Shady Awwad Discussion: Olivier Prisant, Andrea Russo, Farhad Hafezi, Alio del Barrio | |
| 12:50 – 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:45 | Corneal allogenic intracorneal ring segments: revolutionising additive intrastromal ring surgery | ||
| 13:55 | ICRS | ||
| 14:05 | Planning differences ICRS vs CAIRS, and nomograms | Shady Awwad | Lebanon |
| 14:15 | Biosynthetic ICRS | Efekan Coskunseven (Mediphacos) | Turkey |
| 14:25 | Biomechanical and structural outcomes of ECO-CAIRS | Farhad Hafezi | Switzerland |
| 14:35 | Additive surgery for keratoconus: lamellar implantation | ||
| 14:45 | SLAK 1 | Jorge Alió del Barrio | Spain |
| 14:55 | SLAK 2 | ||
| 15:05 | Intrastromal keratoplasty using biosynthetic corneas versus human donor corneas in advanced keratoconus | ||
| 15:15 | CXL with lamella addition | Bader Khayat | Germany |
| 15:25 | Decellularized lamella implantation for keratoconus | Lim Li | Singapore |
| 15:35 | Gene therapy | Pooja Khamar | India |
| 15:45 – 15:55 | Panel discussion Advanced keratoconus and additive intrastromal surgery |
Emilio Pedrotti | Italy |
| 15:55 – 16:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | Country |
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| 16:21 | |||
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| 16:27 | |||
| 16:30 – 16:35 | Discussion | ||
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| 16:47 | |||
| 16:50 – 16:55 | Discussion |
| 16:55 – 17:45 | CAIRS vs Intacts |
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Presenter: Shady Awwad |
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