World Glaucoma Congress 2019 » Parallel Symposiums

Wednesday 3.00 pm-4.30 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS1
Controversies in angle closure treatment

Chair(s): Paul Foster (United Kingdom); Shamira Perera (Singapore); Yaxing Wang (China);

3.00-3.10
Case 1: Presenting Iridotomy in PACS
Yaxing Wang (China)
3.10-3.20
Case 1: Presenting Iridotomy in PACS - Pro
Daniel Grigera (Argentina)
3.20-3.30
Case 1: Presenting Iridotomy in PACS - Con
Norlina Ramli (Malaysia)
3.30-3.40
Case 2: Presenting Iridoplasty
Tin Aung (Singapore)
3.40-3.50
Case 2: Presenting Iridoplasty - Pro
Poemen Chan (Hong Kong)
3.50-4.00
Case 2: Presenting Iridoplasty - Con
Suman Thapa (Nepal)
4.00-4.10
Case 3: Presenting clear lens in PACS
Rahat Husain (Singapore)
4.10-4.20
Case 3: Presenting clear lens in PACS - Con
Marcelo Hatanaka (Brazil)
4.20-4.30
Case 3: Presenting clear lens in PACS - Pro
Clement Tham (Hong Kong)

Wednesday 3.00 pm-4.30 pmPlenary 2

PS4
New frontiers in glaucoma

Chair(s): Janet Serle (United States); Peng Khaw (United Kingdom);

3.00-3.18
Deep Learning to Empower Glaucoma Docs in the future
Naama Hammel (United States)
3.18-3.36
OCT in glaucoma: a look into the future
Lucy Shen (United States)
3.36-3.54
Resuscitating RGCs
Keith Martin (United Kingdom)
3.54-4.12
Personalised glaucoma management: the role of genomics
Anthony Khawaja (United Kingdom)
4.12-4.30
The role of autoimmunity and glaucoma therapy
Franz Grus (Germany)

Wednesday 3.00 pm-4.30 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS10
The Many Pressures of Glaucoma

Chair(s): John H. K Liu (United States); Arthur Sit (United States); Yvonne Buys (Canada);

3.00-3.18
Blood Pressure and Glaucoma
Michael S. Kook (South Korea)
3.18-3.36
Does Intracranial Pressure Matter in Glaucoma?
3.36-3.54
Why Does IOP Fluctuate?
Arthur Sit (United States)
3.54-4.12
Continuous Monitoring of IOP
Kaweh Mansouri (Switzerland)
4.12-4.30
Managing Pressures in Clinical Practice
Yvonne Buys (Canada)

Thursday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS3
Update on Imaging: Seeing is Believing

Chair(s): Christopher Leung (Hong Kong); Alex Huang (United States);

10.30-10.48
Anterior Segment Imaging
Lisandro Sakata (Brazil)
10.48-11.06
Considerations for Imaging the Myopic Eye
Eun Ji Lee (South Korea)
11.06-11.24
OCT Angiography: Evolution or Revolution
Harsha Rao (India)
11.24-11.42
Seeing Where the Aqueous is Flowing
Alex Huang (United States)
11.42-12.00
Role of Macular Imaging in Glaucoma
Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi (United States)

Thursday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS5
Now you see it, now you don't: progression or not?

Chair(s): David Garway-Heath (United Kingdom); Ki Ho Park (South Korea);

10.30-10.48
Glaucoma Progression or Normal Ageing?
Fabio Lavinsky (Brazil)
10.48-11.06
Detecting progression in primate glaucoma
Brad Fortune (United States)
11.06-11.24
Calibrating glaucoma progression by population-based data on OCT structure
Ching-Yu Cheng (Singapore)
11.24-11.42
Advances in VF analysis to detect progression
Lingam Vijaya (India)
11.42-12.00
Role of Macular OCT imaging in clinical glaucoma progression
Kyung Rim Sung (South Korea)

Thursday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 212 & 213

PS14
Dilemmas in glaucoma surgery

Chair(s): Leon Au (United Kingdom); Stefano Gandolfi (Italy);

10.30-10.45
When I do trab and when I do MIGS?
Julian Garcia Feijoo (Spain)
10.45-11.00
When I do trab and when I do tube?
Esther Hoffman (Germany)
11.00-11.15
Preventing bleb failure and optimising outcomes
Tina Wong Tzee Ling (Singapore)
11.15-11.30
Preventing and managing Hypotony
Chungkwon Yoo (South Korea)
11.30-11.45
Will MIGS replace non-penetrating surgery?
Alain Bron (France)
11.45-12.00
Measuring outcomes in glaucoma surgery
Ecosse Lamoureux (Singapore)

Thursday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS6
The gene hunters in glaucoma: finding nemo

Chair(s): Hari Jayaram (United Kingdom); James Craig (Australia);

1.45-2.03
Intro: finding glaucoma genes from human data
Anthony Khawaja (United Kingdom)
2.03-2.21
Discovering Glaucoma Genes from Laboratory Models
Subhabrata Chakrabarti (India)
2.21-2.39
Clinical relevance of GWAS and pedigree-based studies
John Fingert (United States)
2.39-2.57
Conclusion: Working together for a common goal - the gene hunters united?
Janey Wiggs (United States)
2.57-3.15
Genes and glaucoma disease mechanisms
Eranga Vithana (Singapore)

Thursday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 212 & 213

PS9
How glaucoma affects our patients

Chair(s): Ryo Asaoka (Japan); Heiko Philippin (Tanzania, United Republic of);

1.45-2.00
Measuring quality of life quicker and better through computer adaptive testing
Ecosse Lamoureux (Singapore)
2.00-2.15
Real-world evaluation of drivers with glaucoma
Joanne Wood (Australia)
2.15-2.30
Measuring patient's disease perception in practice and research
Vijaya Gothwal (India)
2.30-2.45
The effect of glaucoma on a low income population
Heiko Philippin (Tanzania, United Republic of)
2.45-3.00
The numerous ways in which glaucoma affects our patients
Simon Skalicky (Australia)
3.00-3.15
Fear, falls, fractures & physical activity in glaucoma
David Friedman (United States)

Thursday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS11
Congenital Pediatric Glaucoma

Chair(s): Cecilia Fenerty (United Kingdom); Alana Grajewski (United States); Ching Lin Ho (Singapore);

1.45-1.58
The well prepared examination under anesthesia
Viney Gupta (India)
1.58-2.11
Debate on what is the best treatment for primary glaucoma in the neonate: Try angle surgery first - what have you got to lose?
John Grigg (Australia)
2.11-2.24
Debate on my preferred surgical approach to primary congenital glaucoma: Ab externo circumferential trabeculotomy
Franz Grehn (Germany)
2.24-2.37
Debate on what is the best treatment for primary glaucoma in the neonate: Straight to trab or tube - why waste time
Christiane Rolim de Moura (Brazil)
2.37-2.50
Debate on what is the best treatment for primary glaucoma in the neonate: a birdsâ-eye view
Peng Khaw (United Kingdom)
2.50-3.03
Surgery in juvenenile uveitic glaucoma
Maria Papadopoulos (United Kingdom)
3.03-3.15
All grown up now: Management of paediatric glaucoma in adulthood
Jocelyn Chua (Singapore)

Thursday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 220

PS16
Spotlight on Glaucoma in Africa

Chair(s): Neeru Gupta (Canada); Eddie Kgao Legodi (South Africa); Keith Martin (United Kingdom);

1.45-1.48
Opening Remarks
Neeru Gupta (Canada)
1.48-1.56
A Call to Action in Africa
Eddie Kgao Legodi (South Africa)
1.56-2.04
The Magnitude and Burden of Glaucoma in Africa
Nkiru Kizor-Akaraiwe (Nigeria)
2.04-2.12
Is Glaucomatous Disease Different in Africa? Unique Clinical characteristics
Susie Williams (South Africa)
2.12-2.20
Challenges and Opportunities of Medical and Surgical Management
Dan Kiage (Kenya)
2.20-2.28
The Role of Laser Surgery in Africa
Tony Realini (United States)
2.28-2.32
My journey - reducing blindness from glaucoma in South Africa
Philip Phatudi (South Africa)
2.32-2.36
My journey - reducing blindness from glaucoma in Cameroon
Martin Tchouyo (Cameroon)
2.36-2.40
My journey reducing blindness from glaucoma in Nigeria
Farouk Garba (Nigeria)
2.40-3.15
Panel/Audience Discussion

Friday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS2
The Future of Glaucoma Assessment

Chair(s): Da-Wen Lu (Taiwan); Linda Zangwill (United States);

10.30-10.43
Assessing the Macula is Better than Assessing the Optic Nerve
Carlos Gustavo de Moraes (United States)
10.43-10.56
Assessing the Optic Nerve is Better than Assessing the Macula
Syril Dorairaj (United States)
10.56-11.09
Fundus Photos are Better than OCT
Sushmita Kaushik (India)
11.09-11.22
OCT is Better than Fundus Photos
Tae-Woo Kim (South Korea)
11.22-11.35
Perimetry is the Best Assessment of Visual Function
Anders Heijl (Sweden)
11.35-11.48
Electrophysiology is the Best Assessment of Visual Function
Brad Fortune (United States)
11.48-12.00
Future Options for Glaucoma Assessment
Simon Skalicky (Australia)

Friday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS11
Data: If a little bit is good, a lot of it is better

Chair(s): David Mackey (Australia); Lingam Vijaya (India);

10.30-10.45
Integrating data from across the world
Rupert Bourne (United Kingdom)
10.45-11.00
The IRIS registry: What can we learn from 120 million patient visits?
Anne Louise Coleman (United States)
11.00-11.15
Large-scale practice data: what could we doing better for our patients?
Jamie Brandt (United States)
11.15-11.30
UK biobank: lessons from a 100,000 person cohort study
Paul Foster (United Kingdom)
11.30-11.45
Consortia genetics and its lessons for disease mechanism
James Craig (Australia)
11.45-12.00
Large population-based studies and their lessons from glaucoma - the KHANES study
Ki Ho Park (South Korea)

Friday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 212 & 213

PS9
New Potions from the Hogwarts Cauldron for Treating Glaucoma

Chair(s): Leonard Levin (Canada); Viney Gupta (India); Francesca Cordeiro (United Kingdom);

10.30-10.48
Gene therapy for Glaucoma- Hope or Reality?
Keith Martin (United Kingdom)
10.48-11.06
Targeting the Meshwork- A 21st Century Renaissance
Toshihiro Inoue (Japan)
11.06-11.24
Rescuing Susceptible Retinal Ganglion Cells
Yvonne Ou (United States)
11.24-11.42
Vit B (Niacin) for the treatment of glaucoma - too good to be true?
Jonathan Crowston (Australia)
11.42-12.00
NO drugs for glaucoma
Gerhard GarhÃ¶fer (Austria)

Friday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 219

Collaborative care symposium

Chair(s): Zhichao Wu (Australia); Bang Bui (Australia); Cathy Green (Australia); Michael Coote (Australia);

10:30-10:40
Education, demographics, burden of disease, preparedness of the future, what is adequate training
Sharon Bentley (Australia)
10:40-10:50
The published experience of collaborative care
Verona Botha (Australia)
10:50-11:00
Real world issue in optometry
Murray Smith (Australia)
11:00-11:10
Real world issues
Brian Ang (United Kingdom)
11:10-11:20
Real world issue in a rural optometry setting
Richard Lenne (Australia)
11:20-11:45
Case Studies
11:45-12:00
A future state
Cathy Green (Australia)

Friday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS7
Lasers in glaucoma: a critical review

Chair(s): Sonya Bennett (New Zealand); Lingling Wu (China);

1.45-2.00
Laser as a primary treatment in low income populations
Heiko Philippin (Tanzania, United Republic of)
2.00-2.15
Laser iridotomy in PACS - ANALIS results
Mani Baskaran (Singapore)
2.15-2.30
Laser iridotomy in PACS - ZAP Results
Mingguang He (China)
2.30-2.45
LiGHT trial results
Gus Gazzard (United Kingdom)
2.45-3.00
Micropulse and continous wave CC: early option or last resort
Anton Hommer (Austria)
3.00-3.15
Recent findings in ECP including endocycloplasty
Francisco Lima (Brazil)

Friday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 212 & 213

PS12
Normal Tension Glaucoma Symposium

Chair(s): Ingrida Januleviciene (Lithuania); Chan-Yun Kim (South Korea);

1.45-1.56
Normal Tension - should we bury the term? - Pro
Harry Quigley (United States)
1.56-2.07
Normal Tension - should we bury the term? - Con
Debbie Kamal (United Kingdom)
2.07-2.18
Rebuttal
Harry Quigley (United States)
2.18-2.29
Rebuttal
Debbie Kamal (United Kingdom)
2.29-2.40
Genetics and biology of NTG
Makoto Araie (Japan)
2.40-2.52
Systemic risk factor modification and non-IOP lowering treatments in the management of NTG
Chan-Yun Kim (South Korea)
2.52-3.04
Deciding on a target IOP in NTG, and achieving it safely without complications
Tetsuya Yamamoto (Japan)
3.04-3.15
Challenging cases in NTG
Kazuhisa Sugiyama (Japan)

Friday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS15
ANZGS Symposium - The Gillies Lecture, and A Showcase of Glaucoma Research from Australian and NewZealand Universities

Chair(s): Anne Brooks (Australia); Keith Martin (United Kingdom); Ivan Goldberg (Australia);

1.45-2.05
The Gillies Lecture: Of Glaucoma, Prevention of Blindness & the Reverend: A personal Khichdi
Ravi Thomas (Australia)
2.05-2.15
Connexin 43 in Retinal Ganglion Cell Injury
Helen Danesh-Meyer (New Zealand)
2.15-2.25
Promoting retinal ganglion cell recovery
Jonathan Crowston (Australia)
2.25-2.35
Novel approaches to neuroprotection â TrkB/Shp2, neuroserpin and RXRs
Stuart Graham (Australia)
2.35-2.45
Bioenergetic Neuroprotetction in Glaucoma
Robert Casson (Australia)
2.45-2.55
Translaminar pressure gradient and glaucoma
Bill Morgan (Australia)
2.55-3.05
Machine learning and optic DISC assessment for glaucoma
John Grigg (Australia)
3.05-3.15
Clinical and molecular risk factors for glaucoma progression and blindness
James Craig (Australia)

Friday 1.45 pm-3.15 pmRoom 219

WGA AAB Symposium - Hot Topics that will change the future of Glaucoma

Chair(s): Tanuj Dada (India); Carlos Gustavo de Moraes (United States);

1.45-2.00
Glaucoma Surgery beyond 2020 : An end to SCAR WARS
Tina Wong Tzee Ling (Singapore)
2.00-2.15
Use of artificial intelligence in Glaucoma diagnostics
Michael Girard (Singapore)
2.15-2.30
Novel means of testing visual function in the clinic including virtual reality
Simon Skalicky (Australia)
2.30-2.45
Aqueous angiography guided MIGS surgery
Alex Huang (United States)
2.45-3.00
Evaluation of Occipital Cortex in Glaucoma Patients using 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Carolina Gracitelli (Brazil)
3.00-3.15
OCT - New paradigms for glaucoma diagnosis and therapy
Carlos Gustavo de Moraes (United States)

Saturday 10.30 am-12.00 pmPlenary 2

PS8
Updating the evidence on MIGS

Chair(s): Paul Healey (Australia); Chelvin Sng (Singapore); Cecilia Fenerty (United Kingdom);

10.30-10.45
Ab-externo subconjunctival bypass
Henny Beckers (Netherlands)
10.45-11.00
Ab-interno subconjunctival bypass
Andrew White (Australia)
11.00-11.15
Canal surgery
Ron Fellman (United States)
11.15-11.30
Suprachoroidal devices
Antonio Fea (Italy)
11.30-11.45
Trabecular bypass surgery
Chelvin Sng (Singapore)
11.45-12.00
Patient oriented outcomes for glaucoma surgery
Tarek Shaarawy (Switzerland)

Saturday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS10
Getting care to those who need it

Chair(s): Anja Tuulonen (Finland); Ronnie George (India);

10.30-10.45
Haitian eyecare recovery
Mildred Olivier (United States)
10.45-11.00
Allocating precious resources to optimize care
Nkiru Kizor-Akaraiwe (Nigeria)
11.00-11.15
Design and implementation of a nationwide glaucoma care skill upgradation program
Ramanjit Sihota (India)
11.15-11.30
Employing low-cost high-quality imaging to find undetected glaucoma
David Friedman (United States)
11.30-11.45
Reducing the urban-rural gap in glaucoma care in China
Yaxing Wang (China)
11.45-12.00
Training glaucoma surgeons in West Africa
Winifred Nolan (United Kingdom)

Saturday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS13
A holistic view on glaucoma: A case based approach

Chair(s): TBA; Sheila Marco (Kenya); Michael Coote (Australia);

10.30-10.45
Secondary pigmentary glaucoma
Randy au Craven (United States)
10.45-11.00
The challenges of Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma
Gauti Johannesson (Sweden)
11.00-11.15
Uveitis and glaucoma
Anthony Hall (Australia)
11.15-11.30
Severe ocular surface disease and glaucoma
Stephanie Watson (Australia)
11.30-11.45
Post- traumatic glaucoma
Sheila Marco (Kenya)
11.45-12.00
Managing glaucoma in Pregnancy
Thasarat Vajaranant (United States)

Parallel Symposiums

Wednesday 3.00 pm-4.30 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS1Controversies in angle closure treatment

Wednesday 3.00 pm-4.30 pmPlenary 2

PS4New frontiers in glaucoma

Wednesday 3.00 pm-4.30 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS10The Many Pressures of Glaucoma

Thursday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 203 & 204

PS3Update on Imaging: Seeing is Believing

Thursday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 210 & 211

PS5Now you see it, now you don't: progression or not?

Thursday 10.30 am-12.00 pmRoom 212 & 213

PS14Dilemmas in glaucoma surgery