20th Annual International CXL & Keratoconus Experts’ Meeting (KCXL 2024)
The International Congress for Corneal Cross Linking Experts
20th Annual International CXL & Keratoconus Experts’ Meeting (KCXL 2024)
The International Congress for Corneal Cross Linking Experts
Light for Sight-Stiftung
Grünaustrasse 6
8953 Dietikon
Schweiz
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Basisinformation
Datum12.12.2024 - 14.12.2024KongressZürichSpracheEnglischGebühren ab300.00 CHFVeranstalterLight for Sight-Stiftung
OrganisatorLight for Sight-Stiftung
Grünaustrasse 6
8953 Dietikon
Schweiz -
VERANSTALTUNGSORT
Kongresshaus Zurich
Gotthardstrasse 5
8002 Zürich, -
Programm
Pre-congress
Thursday, December 12CXL Basics for Beginners
Main auditorium
Time Title Speakers Country 10.00 – 10.30 Corneal structure and biomechanics John Marshall UK 10.30 – 11.00 Oxygen, riboflavin and UV-A. Understanding the CXL reaction Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 11.00 – 11.30 CXL: biomechanics, resistance to digestion, oxidative stress, endothelial safety Theo G. Seiler Switzerland 11.30 – 12.00 Pre -op assessment when and to to operate? Paolo Vinciguerra Italy 12.00 – 12.30 How to do my first CXL Frederik Raiskup Germany 12.30 – 13.00 Modifying riboflavin solutions and fluence, when to use which? Cosimo Mazzotta Italy Light for Sight Course Saving Sight, One Child at a Time – How to conduct eye and vision screenings in children
Main auditorium
Time Title Speakers Country 14.00 – 14.12 To provide guidelines and best practices for screening low to non-compliant patients Nikki Hafezi Switzerland 14.12 – 14.24 To share best practice models and recruit investigators to enroll in the KMAP study Emilio Torres Switzerland 14.24 – 14.36 To demonstrate the need for partnerships Nikki Hafezi Switzerland 14.36 – 14.48 Best practice models of overall vision screening in children from economically-challenged areas Mouhcine El Bakkali Morocco 14.48 – 15.00 Questions & Answers Company courses – CSO Italia / EMAGine AG
Breakout Room
Time Title Speakers Country 15.00 – 15.20 EMAGine’s new CXL protocols starting 2025 and an outlook into the immediate future. Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 15.20 – 15.40 ELZA-PACE and ELZA-STARK. Customized CXL for keratoconus and post RK. Emilio Torres Switzerland 15.40 – 16.00 ECO-CAIRS with the Ziemer Z8 and CSO’s MS-39: using extracorporeal ultra-high fluence in CAIRS. Farhad Hafezi, Emilio Torres, Enes Aydemir Switzerland Company courses – Schwind eye-tech solutions
Breakout Room
Time Title Speakers Country 16.00 – 17.00 Title to be announced Company courses – Oculus Instruments
Breakout Room
Time Title Speakers Country 17.00 – 18.00 The all-new OCULUS Pentacam Cornea OCT – Functions, Features, Future Day 1
Friday, December 13Free Papers A
Main auditorium
Chairs: Shruti Kochar Maru, Giukia FirmaniTime Title Speaker Country 08:00 Transepithelial Corneal Cross-Linking Advancement with Novel Hibiscus-Inspired RF/ZIF-8 Composites Jinhai Huang China 08:08 Efficacy and Safety of Oxygen-Enriched Rose Bengal and Green Light Corneal Cross-linking Jinhai Huang China 08:16 Delayed late onset of severe progressive corneal flattening – a complication 9 years after CXL Giulia Firmani UK 08:24 Discussion 08:30 Softest Point Analysis in Normal, Subclinical, and Keratoconic Corneas Using Motion tracking Brillouin Microscopy J. Bradley Randleman USA 08:38 3D Analysis and Characterization of Normal, Subclinical, and KC Corneas Using Motion Tracking Brillouin Microscopy J. Bradley Randleman USA 08:46 A Futuristic Genetic Panel for Keratoconus in Early Detection and Shaping Next-Generation Therapies. Shruti Kochar Maru India 08:54 Discussion 2nd Global Consensus
Main auditorium
Time Title Speaker Country 09:00 Presentation of the Delphi Panel Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 09:15 First Results José Álvaro Pereira Gomes Brazil CXL for Ectasia I
Main auditorium
Chairs: Riccardo Vinciguerra, Michael BelinTime Title Speaker Country 09:30 Epi-off Protocols Cosimo Mazzotta Italy 09:45 Epi-on Protocols Emilio Torres-Netto Switzerland 10:00 Customized CXL Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 10:15 Complications and Surprises Paolo Vinciguerra Italy 10:30 Coffee Break CXL for Ectasia II
Main auditorium
Chairs: Cosimo Mazzotta, Robert HerberTime Title Speaker Country 11:00 Corneal Topography and Tomography J. Bradley Randleman USA 11:15 A new index to detect keratoconus Riccardo Vinciguerra Italy 11:30 Scheimpflug technology Michael Belin USA 11:45 OCT technology Shady Awwad Lebanon 12:00 Scheimpflug vs OCT, CXL Success Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 12:15 Epithelium before and after CXL Robert Herber Germany 12:45 Lunch Break KCXL Recognition Award
Main auditorium
Chairs: Nikki Hafezi, Paolo VinciguerraTime Awardee 13:30 - Jérôme Vryghem (Belgium)
- Stephen Klyce (USA)
- Theo Seiler (Switzerland)
- Eberhard Spoerl (Germany)
Keratoconus, medical and surgical tips and tricks
Main auditorium
Chairs: Boris KnyazerTime Title Speaker Country 14:00 DALK – Big bubble Technique. Why, When and How Anas Anbari UK 14:15 DALK complications: waking up from nightmares José Alvaro Gomes Brazil CXL for ectasia III
Main auditorium
Chairs: Sabine Kling, Emilio TorresTime Title Speaker Country 14:30 KC and biomechanics I (CorVis & Brillouin) Riccardo Vinciguerra Italy 14:45 KC and biomechanics II (Brillouin) J. Bradley Randleman USA 15:00 KC and biomechanics III (OCT Elastography) Sabine Kling Switzerland 15:15 Biological markers in KC Rohit Shetty 15:30 Long-term flattening in KC and ectasia Paolo Vinciguerra Italy 15:45 Concept of epi-on sub400 in ultrathin corneas Emilio Torres Switzerland 16:00 Coffee Break Cataract Surgery and Phakic lenses in KC
Main auditorium
Chairs: Shady Awwad, Jorge Alio del BarrioTime Title Speaker Country 16:30 IOL power calculations , choosing the right formula Emilio Torres Switzerland 16:40 Tips & Pearls in phacoemulsification in KC Jorge Alió del Barrio Spain 16:50 Pinhole vs monofocal IOLs Emilio Pedrotti Italy 17:00 Phakic IOLs in KC: optimizing outcomes Shady Awwad Lebanon 17:10 Sizing in Phakic IOLs Andrea Russo Italy 17:20 Refractive Surprise after Toric phakic IOLs: what to do Jorge Alió Spain PACK-CXL
Main auditorium
Chairs: Guillermo AmescuaTime Title Speaker Country 17:30 New insights into CXL-resistance to digestion Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 17:40 RF PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis Boris Knyazer Israel 17:50 RB PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis Guillermo Amescua USA Day 2
Saturday, December 14Free Papers C
Main auditorium
Chairs: Bradley Randleman, Jinhai HuangTime Title Speaker Country 8:00 Efficacy of KeraVio using Violet Light Emitting Glasses without Riboflavin Drops for Progressive Keratoconus Hidenaga Kobashi Japan 8:05 Megadose dietary riboflavin & sunlight in treatment of keratoconus & post-refractive ectasia – an update John Jarstad USA 8:10 Comparative Efficacy of Customized PRK/CXL Versus CXL Alone in the Management of Progressive KC Jorge Alió del Barrio Spain 8:15 Multicenter, randomized Sham-Controlled Phase 3 Study to evaluate epi-on CXL in KC subjects 8 to 45 years Michael Belin USA 8:20 Long-Term Graft Survival after Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy for Infectious Keratitis and Keratoplasty Jose Miguel Mora Correa USA 8:25 Discussion 8:30 Macular choroidal thickness in keratoconus Negates Yazdani Iran, Islamic Republic of 8:35 Progressive Keratoconus in Older Patients Who Delayed Corneal Cross-Linking Treatment Alexandra Gil United States 8:40 The disappearing Cone Bandana Sundaram India 8:45 Evaluating Progression Thresholds in Varied Stages of Keratoconus: Precision in Corneal Epithelium Measurements for Predicting Disease Progression Jinhai Huang China 8:50 Evaluating the Global Consensus on Keratoconus and Ectatic Diseases Agreements on Subclinical Keratoconus Bradley Randleman USA 8:55 Discussion Technologies Course
Main auditorium
Chair: Bradley RandlemanTime Title Speaker Country 9:00 Basics of Corneal Topography (20′) and 10′ discussion Stephen Klyce USA 9:30 Basics of Corneal Tomography (20′) and 10′ discussion Michael Belin USA 10:00 Basics of AS-OCT (20′) and 10′ discussion Francesco Versaci Italy 10:30 Basics of Corneal Biomechanics (20′) and 10′ discussion Riccardo Vinciguerra Italy Invasive Visual rehabilitation I
Main auditorium
Chairs: Mario Nubile, Rohit ShettyTime Title Speaker Country 11:00 Wavefront-guided surface ablation Paolo Vinciguerra Italy 11:15 ELZA-PACE: customized cross-linking Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 11:30 Discussion 11:45 Pin-hole IOL Emilio Pedrotti Italy 12:00 CAIRS Soosan Jacob India 12:15 Femto-CAIRS Shady Awwad Lebanon 12:30 ECO-CAIRS Farhad Hafezi Switzerland 12:45 Femto-CAIRS: How to start Jorge Alio del Barrio Spain 13:00 Lunch Break Chairs: Farhad Hafezi, Emilio Pedrotti
14:00 Lenticule Augmentation Mario Nubile Italy 14:15 TREK Rohit Shetty India 14:30 Discussion 14:45 Bowman layer transplantation: evolving technique and results Lamis Baydoun Germany 15:00 ICRS: results and long-term safety Olivier Prisant France 15:15 Discussion 15:30 Group Photo 15:45 Coffee Break 16:15 Are we ready to transition from ICRS to CAIRS? Shady Awwad Lebanon 16:30 Xenia implants for Keratoconus: where do we stand? 16:45 Customized PRK and CXL: latest trends, do’s and don’ts Paolo Vinciguerra Italy Free Papers E
Main auditorium Chairs: Joseph Ciolino, Anna Bunin
Time Title Speaker Country 17:00 A Review of Studies Evaluating Recurrent Keratoconus Joseph Ciolino USA 17:05 Can collagen imaging be a surrogate marker for KC genetics Sannidhi BJ India 17:10 Crosslinked All-Femtosecond Laser-Cut CAIRS (AFXL CAIRSs): Pilot Ex Vivo Study and Report of First Two Cases Performed in Italy Marco Zagari Italy 17:15 Medical Crosslinking And It’s Impact Ocular Surface For Stabilizing Keratoconus. DrSanjri Malhotra India 17:20 Discussion 17:25 Two-Year Results for Treating Keratoconus: Posterior Corneal Stromal Xenia Implant. The Ghabra Technique . Marwan Ghabra UK 17:30 Wound Signaling, Immunology, and Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking (CXL) Scars: A Biomarker Perspective Abha Shah India 17:35 “Ex Vivo Corneal Cross-Linking for Vascularized High-Risk Keratoplasty (ExCrossV)”: Outline of clinical trial background and design. Joseph Ciolino USA 17:40 Three-year follow-up of Accelerated versus Accelerated Contact Lens–Assisted CXL for Progressive Keratoconus in Adults Anna Bunin Israel 17:45 Discussion Rahmenprogramm
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Friday Gala Dinner (Dec 13) - Special Location, including transport - (limited space)
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