Day 1, Thursday, 10 th Dec 2015 09:00 11:00 Glaucoma: Advances in Diagnostics 09:00 11:00 Cornea: Ocular Surface Disease Management, 09:00 11:00 James Bacon, UAE & Chasing the Dragon! Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C Prashant Bhatia, UAE 09:00 09:15 Gonioscopy A Lost Art Prashant Bhatia, UAE 09:15 09:30 Perimetry Back to Basics James Bacon, UAE 09:30 09:45 OCT Has this patient got glaucoma and are glaucoma patients stable? Scott Smith, UAE 09:45 10:05 Anterior segment OCT The role in Glaucoma Management Randy Craven, KSA 10:05 10:25 Advanced perimetry analysis for detecting progression Abdulla Naqi, UAE 10:25 10:50 24 hour ambulatory IOP monitoring debate Randy Craven, KSA V/S 10:50 11:00 Q & A 09:00 09:15 Rosacea, are we under diagnosing it? Sam Navon, UAE 09:15 09:30 Ocular surgery in the presence of limbal cell dysfunction 09:30 09:50 Limbal stem cell transplant, a review Osama Giledi, UAE 09:50 10:05 Treatment of severe dry eye with platelet rich plasma and autologous serum Abdel Hakim Taguri, UAE 10:05 10:20 Management of Postkeratoplasty Interface Infections Abdullah Assiri, KSA 10:20 10:35 Cyclosporine A 1% for subepithelial infiltrates secondary to adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis Amna AlMaazmi, UAE 10:35 10:50 Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia (CIN): Surgery, Interferon, 5 FU, or Mitomycin Ahmed Al Saadi, UAE 10:50 11:00 CXL for infectious keratitis Sherif Emerah, UAE Free for Opening Ceremony 11:00 11:30 11:30 12:00 Opening Ceremony Ali Bin Shakar Lecture Prof. Peng Khaw, UK Meeting Room C Meeting Room C 1
Day 1, Thursday, 10 th Dec 2015 12:00 14:00 Oculoplastics : Orbit and Lacrimal 12:00 14:00 Uveitis: Uveitis Symposium 12:00 14:00 Cataract: Unhappy patients post phaco: Why? How to treat? Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 12:00 12:15 The Hot orbit Omar Durrani, UAE 12:15 12:30 Pearls in the management of orbital cellulitis Habibullah Eatamadi, UAE 12:30 12:45 Challenging case scenarios in lacrimal surgeries Javed Mohamed, India 12:45 13:00 Orbital Tumors Rebecca Ford, UAE 13:00 13:15 Updates on lacrimal surgery Javed Mohamed, India 13:15 13:30 Minimally invasive/ Navigation guided orbital decompression Milind Naik, India 13:30 13:45 Pediatric lacrimal disorders Javed Mohamed, India 13:45 14:00 Q & A 12:00 12:10 Differential diagnosis of anterior uveitis Kavitha Avadhani, UAE 12:10 12:20 Differential diagnosis of posterior uveitis Beatrice Peebo, UAE 12:20 12:30 Ancillary investigations and laboratory support in the diagnosis of uveitis Manish Jain, UAE 12:30 12:40 Surgical Management in patient with uveitis: Avinash Gurbaxani, UAE 12:40 12:50 Management of Uveitic Glaucoma Sohaib Mustafa, UAE 12:50 13:00 Update on ocular TB Prasan Rao, UAE 13:00 13:10 Treatment of Uveitis during pregnancy Tahra AlMahmoud, UAE 13:10 13:30 Pediatric uveitis: an overview on immunomodulatory management Elsadeg Mohamed Sharif, UAE 13:30 13:40 Pediatric uveitis: Challenging cases: Sana Al-Zuhaibi, Oman 13:40 14:00 Discussion / Q & A 12:00 12:15 Corneal and ocular surface challenges and how to address it? Ahmed Osman, Egypt 12:15 12:30 Post capsular opacifications & PVD Ahmed El-Massry, Egypt 12:30 12:45.IOL/Bag decantation, how to tackle? 12:45 13:00 Role of Retinal Diseases and how to avoid Viktoria Mester, UAE 13:00 13:15 The shadow living with me Dysphotopsias Alaa El-Zawawy, Egypt 13:15 13:30 Oops! un happy multifocal patient 13:30 13:45 What you missed in Toric patients Khiun Tjia, Netherlands 13:45 14:00 Panel Discussion, Q & A 14:00 15:00 Lunch Symposium Meeting Room C 2
Day 1, Thursday, 10 th Dec 2015 15:00 16:00 Free Paper Sessions: Oculoplastics and cornea 15:00 16:00 Free Paper Sessions: Uveitis and Retina Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 3
Day 1, Thursday, 10 th Dec 2015 16:00 18:00 Refractive Surgery: Surface Ablation Challenges 16:00 18:00 Prevention of Blindness 16:00 18:00 Glaucoma: Advanced Medical Therapies and Lasers and Therapeutic Choices Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 16:00 16:15 Trans-epithelial PRK 16:00 16:15 Medical therapies update Muawyah Al Bdour, Jordan James Bacon, UAE 16:15 16:30 Topography guided PRK 16:30 16:45 Corneal Epithelium remodeling 16:45 17:00 Modern management of irregular cornea Mohamed Shafik, Egypt 17:00 17:15 Phototheraputic keratectomy (PTK), modalities and techniques Tamer Gamily, UAE 17:15 17:30 In regressed eyes post LASIK, is it safe and effective to do PRK Osama Giledi, UAE 17:30 17:45 Surface ablation on Corneal Grafts, how effective and safe? Ahmed Al Saadi, UAE 17:45 18:00 Different Modalities of Laser Ablation: Pros & Cons Mounir Khalifa, Egypt 16:15 16:30 Preservative in anti-glaucoma medications Do they make a difference? Prashant Bhatia, UAE 16:30 16:45 Compliance and adherence to medication has anything changed? Sohaib Mustafa, UAE 16:45 17:00 Neuroprotection Are we there yet? Peng Khaw, UK 17:00 17:15 ALT, SLT, or MLT what's the evidence? 17:15 17:30 Sustained release drug delivery systems Where are we so far? Randy Craven, KSA 17:30 17:50 First line glauocma treatment Meds V/S Lasers Debate Scott Smith, UAE V/S Peng Khaw, UK 17:50 18:00 Q & A End of Day 1 4
Day 2, Friday, 11 th Dec 2015 09:00 11:00 Oculoplastics: Cosmetic and Rejuvenation 09:00 11:00 Glaucoma: What, When and Why? 09:00 11:00 Cataract: Femto-Cataract surgeries, what you see is what you get! Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 09:00 09:15 Aesthetic Approach to Oculoplastic Surgery Milind Naik, India 09:15 09:30 Complications prevention and management in oculoplastic surgery Omar Durrani, UAE 09:30 09:45 Brow rejuvenation Vinod Gauba, UAE 09:45 10:00 Lower lid blepharoplasty approaches Milind Naik, India 10:00 10:15 Lower lid blepharoplasty complications and management Milind Naik, India 10:15 10:30 Avoiding poor cosmetic results following Facial injuries Habibullah Eatamadi, UAE 10:30 10:45 Fillers and Fat Omar Durrani, UAE 10:45 11:00 Botox2 TBA 09:00 09:15 MIGS, Whats all the fuss? 09:15 09:30 The safe trabeculectomy Peng Khaw, UK 09:30 09:40 Express Glaucoma device increased efficacy or not? Abdulla Naqi, UAE 09:40 09:50 Sutureless bleb surgery 09:50 10:05 Schlem's canal surgery Randy Craven, KSA 10:05 10:15 Trabectome should we do it? Scott Smith, UAE 10:15 10:25 Expoiting the Suprachoroidal space, Does it work 10:25 10:35 Endo Cyclo Photocoagulation Abdulla Naqi, UAE 10:35 10:55 Is it going to be bleb surgery or blebless surgery (debate) Peng Khaw, UK V/S 10:55 11:00 Q & A 09:00 09:20 basic concepts of Femto laser that you need to know Ahmed Al Saadi, UAE 09:20 09:40 Different platforms overview & does it really matter? Alaa El-Zawawy, Egypt 09:40 10:00 what Femto-Cataract added to me Mohamed El-Deeb, UAE 10:00 10:20 I don t believe Femto-Cataract will add to me 10:20 10:40 Femto-Cataract in challenging cases Ahmed El-Massry, Egypt 10:40 11:00 Panel Discussion, Q & A 5
Day 2, Friday, 11 th Dec 2015 11:00 12:00 Free Paper Sessions: Glaucoma & Cataract 11:00 12:00 Free Paper Sessions: Pediatric Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 12:00 13:00 Friday Prayers Buses to the Mosque 13:00 14:00 Lunch Symposium Allegran Meeting Room C 6
Day 2, Friday, 11 th Dec 2015 14:00 16:00 Pediatric : Pediatric Ophthalmology for every day 14:00 16:00 Retina: Future in Retina! 14:00 16:00 Glaucoma: What Is at the End of the Tunnel practice: What you need to know & James Bacon, UAE & Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C Anwar Hamdan Sajwani, UAE Sohaib Mustafa, UAE 14:00 14:15 Decoding of Infantile Esotropia: Why, What and 14:00 14:20 Artificial vision restoration using Epiretinal Implant 14:00 14:15 Communication and Compliance with patients When in Order Smart phones and Beyond Darakshanda Khurram, UAE Prashant Bhatia, UAE 14:20 14:40 Gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa, outcomes of the 14:15 14:30 Botox in Strabismus: Are we ready first clinical trial Dahreb Mishari, Kuwait Nicola Ghazi, UAE 14:30 14:45 How to manage post ocular surgery Diplopia Robert LaRoche, Canada 14:45 15:00 Can we slow Myopia progression? Janice Glaser, UAE 15:00 15:15 Anterior Segment Dysgenesis in Children: Make it simple! Asim Ali, Canada 15:15 15:30 Importance of Refraction in both children and adult strabismus Robert LaRoche, Canada 15:30 15:45 Nuts and Bolts needed for best outcome: Amblyopia management Arif Khan, KSA 15:45 16:00 Amblyopia: Pearls from PEDIG Studies & New Adult Information Robert LaRoche, Canada 14:40 15:00 Update on cell derived therapies (including stem cells) for retina degeneration 15:00 15:20 RPE cell transplant 15:20 15:40 Artificial Vision Robert Scott, UAE 15:40 16:00 The Argus 2 Retina Implant in Retinitis Pigmentosa: Indication & technique 14:15 14:30 Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery to combine or not to combine? Randy Craven, KSA 14:30 14:45 Non penetrating Glaucoma surgery 14:45 15:00 Glaucoma tube surgery latest review of evidence on safety and efficacy James Bacon, UAE 15:00 15:15 Tubes and Tribulations Sohaib Mustafa, UAE 15:15 15:30 Neovascular glaucoma destroy or rehabilitate Abdulla Naqi, UAE 15:30 15:45 Q & A 7
Day 2, Friday, 11 th Dec 2015 16:00 18:00 Cataract: Hot topics in cataract for chit-chat 16:00 18:00 Retina: New Face of the Vitreoretinal surgeries 14:00 16:00 Refractive Surgery Updates Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 16:00 16:15 Update on preventing endophthalmitis post phaco? Mohamed El-Deeb, UAE 16:15 16:30 How to approach cataract in compromised corneas? 16:30 16:45 How to approach cataract with advanced glaucoma? Peng Khaw, UK 16:45 17:00 How to approach cataract with unhealthy retina? Ammar Saffar, UAE 17:00 17:15 overview on presbyopia correcting IOLs in the market, Pros & Cons Saleh Saif Al Messabi, UAE 17:15 17:30 the truth and myth about Femto-Cataract Abdullah Assiri, KSA 17:30 18:00 Panel Discussion, Q & A 16:00 16:20 Bimanual approach on the management of complicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) Faisal Fayyad, Jordan 16:20 16:40 Comparison of surgery, Observation and Intravitreal Ocriplasmin in Vitreomacular traction Syndrome 16:40 17:00 Use of Intra-surgical OCT in macular disease 17:00 17:10 23/25/27 G vitrectomy: Preferences and Advantages Ammar Saffar, UAE 17:10 17:20 Endoscopic vitrectomies in indicated cases 17:20 17:30 Inverted flap technique for chronic macular hole 17:30 17:40 Treatment difficulties in Traumatic Macular holes Viktoria Mester, UAE 17:40 17:50 Microincision Vitrectomy: Pits and Tips Ahmed H Gad, UAE 17:50 18:00 Small gauge parsplana vitrectomy for removal of large IOFBs. Surgical techniques Sharif Issa, UAE 16:00 16:15 Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE): Refractive results and future developments Sandeep Mitra, UAE 16:15 16:30 SMILE vs LASIK: Which is the winner? Against V/s SMILE vs LASIK: Which is the winner? With Mohamed Shafik, Egypt V/S Sandeep Mitra, UAE 16:30 16:45 FEMTOSECOND LASIK COMPLICATIONS; Prevention and management Khaled Sharif. Jordan 16:45 17:00 Updates on treatment for Presbyopia: Laser Blended Vision VS Kamra Inlay, etc. Osama Giledi, UAE 17:00 17:15 IOL calculation Post Refractive surgery, how can I make my results accurate? Mark Wilkins, UK 17:15 17:30 Cataract surgery in Keratoconus, optimizing the outcome Mohammed Aly, UAE 17:30 17:45 Post-PK astigmatism Massimo Busin, Italy 17:45 18:00 Limbal Relaxing Incisions Hussein Ali Hussein, Egypt End of Day 2 8
Day 3, Saturday, 12 th Dec 2015 09:00 11:00 Retina: How to tackle the leaking retina: What can 09:00 11:00 Pediatrics: Cataract Surgeries in Children: 09:00 11:00 Cataract: How to nail down 20/20 post op? we do more? Trends and Controversies Meeting Room A & Emad Abboud, UAE Meeting Room B Meeting Room C 09:00 09:20 New concept in retinal laser deliver 09:20 09:35 Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, evolving concepts and management Nicola Ghazi, UAE 09:35 09:50 What s new in the management of Central serous chorioretinoapthy Prasan Rao, UAE 09:50 10:05 Role of Dexamethasone implant in macular edema: Present scenario Ahmed El Khashab, UAE 10:05 10:20 Incidence of Non responders in anti-vegf treatment for NV-AMD 10:20 10:35 The Effect of Nicotine on anti-vegf Therapy in the Treatment of Neovascular AMD Ammar Saffar, UAE 10:35 10:50 Updated Classification of posterior Vitreoretinal - interface diseases. The vitreous in AMD 10:50 11:00 Chronic Endophthalmitis Emad Abboud, UAE 09:00 09:15 Planning of Pediatric Cataracts: Tips Asim Ali, Canada 09:15 09:30 Posterior Capsule Management Arif Khan, KSA 09:30 09:45 Managing Challenging Pediatric Cataract Abdul Rauf, UAE 09:45 10:00 Pediatric Glaucoma Surgical Management Hayat Khan, UAE 10:00 10:15 Practical approach to ROP and role of drugs Zia ur Rehman Khan, UAE 10:15 10:30 Telemedicine Role in tackling ROP Disease Kelly Hutcheson, Qatar 10:30 10:45 Retinoblastoma and other Vitreoretinal disorders: Make it simple! TBA 10:45 11:00 Complex Surgical Scenario in Children Asim Ali, Canada 09:00 09:15 IOL calculation post laser vision correction Safwan Baiati, UAE 09:15 09:30 Tips and pearls on accurate biometry Suhail Elkhouri, UAE 09:30 09:45 Overview on technologies for biometery Saleh Saif Al Messabi, UAE 09:45 10:00 Technologies for IOL centration and alignment 10:00 10:15 How to address toric cornea Saleh Saif Al Messabi, UAE 10:15 10:30 Which presbyopia correction IOL and for which patient Mohamed Ali Hesham, UAE 10:30 10:45 New generations Formula Suhail Elkhouri, UAE 10:45 11:00 Panel discussion,q & A 9
Day 3, Saturday, 12 th Dec 2015 11:00 13:00 Session: Allied Health Professionals 11:00 13:00 Session: ESOIRS: Femto Laser in Cataract and 11:00 13:00 Cornea: Advance Corneal Surgery; Are We Up to the Corneal Surgery Challenges? Meeting Room A Meeting Room B Hussein Ali Hussein, Egypt; Meeting Room C Alaa El-Zawawy, Egypt & Ahmed Osman, Egypt 11:00 11:15 Ocular Anatomy 101: What do I need to know? Olga Plekhanova, UAE 11:15 11:30 Surgical Assisting: How to be a nurse that a Doctor can't leave without Margarita Acebal, UAE 11:30 11:45 Care and Handling of Ophthalmic Surgical Instruments Margarita Acebal, UAE 11:45 12:00 Ophthalmic Diagnostics: Why do we need them? Olga Plekhanova, UAE 12:00 12:15 Pediatric Eye Exam in a Nutshell Keith Wilken, UAE 12:15 12:30 Myopia Epidemics Janice Glaser, UAE 12:30 12:45 Updates on Keratoconus Treatment Osama Giledi, UAE 12:45 13:00 How to choose the best Lasik Candidate? Janice Glaser, UAE 11:00 11:10 Femotolaser Platforms: Similarities & Differences Alaa El-Zawawy, Egypt 11:10 11:20 Pearls of Femtocataract Surgery Techniques Tarek Abdel Razek, Egypt 11:20 11:30 Femtocatarcat Surgery in Difficult Cases Ahmed Osman, Egypt 11:30 11:40 Evolution of Capsulotomy Hussein Ali Hussein, Egypt 11:40 11:50 FemtoLaser Assisted ICRS implantation Ahmed El-Massry, Egypt 11:50 12:00 Q & A 12:00 13:00 Session: ESOIRS: Interactive Session of Challenging Cases in Refractive Surgery. An Expertise Panel Discussion of challenging cases in refractive surgery which present hot debatable issues. The audience will interact through an integrating digital response system. Moderators: Mohamed Shafik, Egypt & Alaa Ghaith, Egypt Panelists: Fathi El- Sahn, Egypt; Mounir Khalifa, Egypt; Ahmed El- Massry, Egypt Topics: PRK Xtra for special cases Hyperopic Anisometropia in Children Surgical options to correct post PKP refractive errors Never too late to explant an ICL Challenging Pentacam Preoperative maps Unhappy SMILE patients 11:00 11:20 Ultra-Thin DSEAK Massimo Busin, Italy 11:20 11:40 DMEK technique: A stepwise approach Tarek Katamish, Egypt 11:40 11:50 DMEK vs ultrathin DSAEK With 11:50 12:00 DMEK vs ultrathin DSAEK AGAINST Ahmed Al Saadi, UAE 12:00 12:15 Keratoprosthesis update Mark Wilkins. UK 12:15 12:30 Femtokeratoplasty is it still in fashion Saleh Saif Al Messabi, UAE 12:30 12:45 DALK Massimo Busin, Italy 12:45 13:00 Tips for executing the perfect Big Bubble DALK Tarek Katamish, Egypt 13:00 14:00 Lunch Symposium Meeting Room C 10
Day 3, Saturday, 12 th Dec 2015 14:00 16:00 Retina Debate: Controverisies in Intreavitreal 14:00 16:00 Cornea Keratoconus Biomechanics, Are We 14:00 16:00 Cataract: Videos on challenging cataract cases " injections: To be or not to be! Still Dreaming? It may happen to you! Meeting Room A Moderator: Anwar Hamdan Sajwani, UAE Meeting Room B Meeting Room C Panel of Debaters: ; Emad Abboud, UAE Robert Scott, UAE; Patricio Aduriz, UAE Ammar Saffar, UAE; Faisal Fayyad, Jotdan Madhav Rao, UAE; 14:00 14:30 Diabetic Macular edema: AntiVEGF Ammar Saffar, UAE Diabetic Macular Edema : macular laser Emad Abboud, UAE 14:30 15:00 CRVO with Macular edema Dex Implant CRVO with ME Anti VEGF Patricio Aduriz, UAE 15:00 15:30 Vitreolysis in Vitreomacular Tracion Robert Scott, UAE Surgery in Vitreomacular Traction 15:30 16:00 Acute CSCR Intravitreal Injection TBA Acute CSCR Observe or treat Madhav Rao, UAE 14:00 14:15 Management of Post Refractive corneal ectasia 14:15 14:30 How to maximize your results with intrastromal corneal rings for keratoconus? Ahmed El Massry, Egypt 14:30 14:45 Updates of corneal cross linking Muawyah Al Bdour, Jordan 14:45 15:00 keratoconus in children Alaa Ghaith, Egypt 15:00 15:15 Sequential Versus Simultaneous PRK with CXL for KC: Towards refining the visual results. Mohamed Shafik, Egypt 15:15 15:30 OCT angiography in the cornea Mark Wilkins, UK 15:30 15:45 Pediatrics Corneal Grafts 15:45 16:00 Athen s protocol and it is modifications, is it safe and effective? Safwan Al-Bayati, UAE 14:00 14:10 Posterior polar cataract Saleh Saif Al Messabi, UAE 14:10 14:30 Posterior capsular tear management with or without vitreous loss 14:30 14:40 Intumescent Cataract Abdullah Assiri, KSA 14:40 14:50 Black cataract Khiun Tjia, Netherlands 14:50 15:00 Managing Iris defects in cataract surgeries 15:00 15:10 Subluxated IOL Mohamed El-Deeb, UAE 15:10 15:20 Cataract in small pupil Abdulla Naqi, UAE 15:20 15:30 Cataract in uveitic patients Tarek Abdulrazek, Egypt 15:30 15:40 Femto-cataract challenges Ahmed El-Massry, Egypt 15:40 15:50 Nanophthalmos Alaa El-Zawawy, Egypt 15:50 16:00 Q & A End of Day 3 11