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GENERAL INFORMATION
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW (pdf)
CORNEA DAY
MAIN SYMPOSIA
DIDACTIC PROGRAMME
BASIC OPTICS COURSE
CATARACT SURGERY DIDACTIC COURSE
REFRACTIVE SURGERY DIDACTIC COURSE
SURGICAL SKILLS TRAINING COURSES
EUROTIMES SATELLITE EDUCATION PROGRAMME
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
REGISTRATION
VISA LETTER APPLICATION
HOTEL BOOKING
 
Main Symposia


Friday 6 February

17.00 – 19.00
Endothelial Keratoplasty

Chairpersons: L. Fontana ITALY, R. Nuijts NETHERLANDS

17.00
D. Ponzin ITALY
Is the use of organ cultured precut tissue safe for
endothelial keratoplasty?
17.15
B. Allan UK
Graft adhesion after Descemet Stripping Automated
Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK)
17.30
M. Holzer GERMANY
Endothelial keratoplasty with the femtosecond laser
17.45
Y.Y.Y. Cheng NETHERLANDS
Quality of vision after femtosecond-assisted
Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty,
DSAEK and PK 
18.00
M. Busin ITALY
How to minimise endothelial cell loss and manage
complications in DSAEK
18.15
M. Muraine FRANCE
Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty
18.30
Discussion
19.00
End of session 



Saturday 7 February

13.00 – 18.15
Refractive Cataract Surgery

Conference Room Chairpersons: T. Akingbehin UK, R. Bellucci ITALY

Surgical Theatre Chairpersons: M. Piovella ITALY, S. Rossi ITALY

Conference Room Coordinator: F.I. Camesasca ITALY

Live Surgery from the San Carlo IDI Hospital
Eye Department, Rome Chairperson: S. Rossi ITALY

13.00
Opening remarks
13.05
Opening Keynote Lecture
Refractive cataract surgery: The state of the art
13.20
Live refractive cataract surgery (Two cases)

Refractive lens surgery: Part I
13.47
Aspheric IOL technology
13.55
Aspheric IOLs: Pro
14.00
Aspheric IOLs: Con
14.05
Discussion
14.09
Live refractive cataract surgery (Two cases)

Refractive lens surgery: Part II
14.37
Multifocal IOL technology
14.45
Multifocal IOLs: Pro
14.50
Multifocal IOLs: Con
14.55
Discussion
14.59
Live refractive cataract surgery (Two cases)

Refractive lens surgery: Part III
15.27
Accommodating IOL technology
15.35
Accommodating IOLs: Pro
15.40
Accommodating IOLs: Con
15.45
Discussion
15.49
Live refractive cataract surgery (Two cases)

Refractive lens surgery: Part IV
16.17
Toric IOL technology
16.24
Toric IOLs: Pro
16.29
Toric IOLs: Con
16.34
Discussion
16.39
Live refractive cataract surgery (Two cases)
17.06
Enhancement with the aid of femtosecond LASIK
17.16
17.16 Obtaining optimal LASIK outcomes: Microkeratomes or femtosecond lasers?
17.23
Discussion
17.28
Live refractive surgery (Two cases)
17.55
Closing Keynote Lecture
The European refractive cataract surgery market
18.07
Conclusions
18.15
End of session

Sunday 8 February

11.00 – 13.00
Stretching the Limits of Excimer Laser Surgery

Chairpersons: J. Alio SPAIN, F. Carones ITALY

11.00
E. Donnenfeld USA
Is LASIK Safe? Global outcomes and patient
satisfaction
11.12
A. Marinho PORTUGAL
LASIK and high myopia: What are the limits?
11.24
W. Sekundo GERMANY
LASIK without a flap
11.32
D. Reinstein UK
When LASIK and when surface ablation?
11.44
D. de Ortueta GERMANY
Limits of hyperopic LASIK
11.52
M.A. Arbelaez OMAN
Wavefront: Myths and reality
12.00
M. Jankow SERBIA
Abnormal corneas, cross-linking and laser ablation.
Can we make it?
12.08
A. Artola SPAIN
Presbyopia as the last frontier: Corneal multifocal
LASIK
12.20
Discussion
13.00
End of session