Program

Below is the preliminary program for APGC 2026.

The congress program is scheduled in GMT+8, Singapore time zone. To check the program times in your location please use this handy convertor.

Speakers and topics will be updated here as they are confirmed – please be sure to check back regularly.

THU 23 JULY
FRI 24 JULY
SAT 25 JULY
SUN 26 JULY

Time / Room	Exhibition (Hall 405)	Breakout 3	Breakout 4	Breakout 5	Breakout 6
0700-1400	Custom Stand Bump In (*Timings to be confirmed via exhibitor manual)
1400-1700	Shell Scheme Exhibitor Bump In (*Timings to be confirmed via exhibitor manual)	Platinum Partner 1: Pre-Congress Workshop	Platinum Partner 2: Pre-Congress Workshop	Platinum Partner 3: Pre-Congress Workshop	Pre Congress Workshop

Time / Room	Exhibition (Hall 405)	Plenary Session/ Breakout 1 (Hall 406 CX – 930 pax)	Breakout 2 (Hall 406 D – 400 pax)	Breakout 3 (Room 331 – 249 pax)	Breakout 4 (Room 332 – 112 pax)	Breakout 5 (Room 333 – 120 pax)	Breakout 6 (Room 334-335 – 182 pax)
0715 – 0800		Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium
0830 – 1000	Exhibition Operational (0730 – 1730)	APGC Symposium 1: Decoding Primary Angle Closure Disease	APGC Symposium 2: How to Work Up and Treat Normal Pressure Glaucoma	APGC Course 1: Mastering Tubes	SNEC Symposium 1: Past, Present and Future of Cornea	SNEC Symposium 2: Advances in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery	SNEC Masterclass 1: Pearls for Success with Premium IOLs
1000 – 1030	Silver Partner 1 \| Meet the Expert’s Seminar 1 (10:00 – 10:30)	Morning Tea
1030 – 1200		Opening Plenary: Cell Therapy on the Horizon
1220 – 1320	Lunch/Poster Presentations
1220 – 1320	Silver Partner 2 \| Meet the Expert’s Seminar 2 (12:30 – 13:00)	Industry Lunch Symposium	Diamond Partner 1: Industry Lunch Symposium 1	Diamond Partner 2: Industry Lunch Symposium 2	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium
1320 – 1500		APGC Symposium 3: Clinical Implications of Major Glaucoma Trials	SNEC Symposium 3: Singapore-China Joint Symposium	APGC Symposium 4: Role of AI in Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment	APGC Course 2: Mastering Trabeculectomy	SNEC Masterclass 2: Basic Genetics for Clinicians	SNEC Masterclass 3: Corneal and Ocular Surface Imaging
1500 – 1600	Afternoon Tea/Poster Presentations
1510 – 1550	Silver Partner 3 \| Meet the Expert’s Seminar 3 (15:10 – 15:40)	Gold Partner 1: Afternoon Industry Symposium	Gold Partner 2: Afternoon Industry Symposium 2	Gold Partner 3: Afternoon Industry Symposium 3	Gold Partner 4: Afternoon Industry Symposium 4	Gold Partner 5: Afternoon Industry Symposium 5	Afternoon Industry Symposium
1600 – 1730		SNEC Symposium 4: Collaborative Care: Sharing the Future of Eye Care	APGC Symposium 5: Surgical Grand Rounds 1 - Managing the Many Faces of the Filtering Bleb Complex/Challenging Cases	SNEC Symposium 5: Retinal Disease in the Biomarkers, Imaging. and New Treatments	SNEC Masterclass 4: Complex Anterior Segment Surgery	APGC Course 3: Understanding AI for Glaucoma	SNEC Symposium 6: International Collaboration Symposium
1730 – 1830
1830 – 2000	Offsite: Congress Welcome Reception

Ophthalmologists, ophthalmology trainees, and allied eye care professionals with an interest in anterior and posterior segment surgery, surgical innovation, and intraoperative imaging technologies.

Time / Room	Exhibition (Hall 405)	Plenary/ Breakout 1 (Hall 406 CX – 930 pax)	Breakout 2 (Hall 406 D – 400 pax)	Breakout 3 (Room 331 – 249 pax)	Breakout 4 (Room 332 – 112 pax)	Breakout 5 (Room 333 – 120 pax)	Breakout 6 (Room 334-335 – 182 pax)
0715 – 0800	Exhibition Operational (0730 – 1730)	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Diamond Partner 1: Industry Breakfast Symposium 1 (45 minutes)	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium
0830 – 1000		SNEC Symposium 7: Singapore-China Joint Symposium 2	APGC Symposium 6: Structure and Function Assessment	APGC Symposium 7: Preferred Practice Patterns - Case Studies with Audience Interaction	APGC Symposium 8: Surgical Grand Rounds 2 - Difficult Situations in Glaucoma Surgery	SNEC Symposium 8: SNEC-SERI Alumni Symposium	SNEC Symposium 9: Oculoplastic Symposium – Spotlight on Ptosis
1000 – 1030	Industry Sponsor \| Meet the Expert’s Seminar (10:00 – 10:30)	Morning Tea Break \| Poster Presentations
1030 – 1200		SNEC Plenary	Plenary Symposium: Optimizing Health - Comprehensive Management of a Glaucoma Patient
1200 – 1300	Lunch/Poster Presentations
1200 – 1300	Diamond Partner 1: Meet the Expert’s Seminar 3 (12:15 – 12:45)	Platinum Partner 1: Industry Lunch Symposium 5	Industry Lunch Symposium	Platinum Partner 2: Industry Lunch Symposium 6	Platinum Partner 3: Industry Lunch Symposium 7	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium
1300 – 1430		SNEC Symposium 10: Biometry Blast	APGC Symposium 9: Myopia and Glaucoma	SNEC Symposium 11: AI Innovation in Ophthalmology	APGC Course 4: MIGS	SNEC Symposium 12: Translational Science	APGC Course 5: Mastering Glaucoma Surgery
1430 – 1520	Afternoon Tea/Poster Presentations
1435 – 1515	Diamond Partner 2 – Meet the Expert’s Seminar (14:40 – 15:10)	Afternoon Industry Symposium	Afternoon Industry Symposium	Afternoon Industry Symposium	Afternoon Industry Symposium	Afternoon Industry Symposium	Afternoon Industry Symposium
1520 – 1650		SNEC Symposium 13: Phaco Potpourri	APGC Symposium 10: Current Concepts in Medical Therapy	The Great Debates	Film Festivals 1	APGC Course 6: Paediatric Glaucoma	SNEC Symposium 14: Ocular Inflammation and Raised Intraocular Pressure – A Case-based Approach and Discussion
1700 – 1800	Exhibition Networking Reception

Time / Room	Exhibition (Hall 405)	Plenary Session/ Breakout 1 (Hall 406 CX – 930 pax)	Breakout 2 (Hall 406 D – 400 pax)	Breakout 3 (Room 331 – 249 pax)	Breakout 4 (Room 332 – 112 pax)	Breakout 5 (Room 333 – 120 pax)	Breakout 6 (Room 334-335 – 182 pax)
0715 – 0800	Exhibition Operational (0730 – 1330)	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Diamond Partner 2: Industry Breakfast Symposium 2 (45 minutes)	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium	Industry Breakfast Symposium
0830 – 1000		SNEC Symposium 15: Paradigm Shifts in Neuro-Ophthalmology	APGC Symposium 11: A New Surgical Management Algorithm - Enter Interventional Glaucoma	SNEC Symposium 16: Paediatric Cases – Tips and Pearls	APGC Course 7: Lasers in Glaucoma Management - Application and Practical Tips	Film Festival 2	APGC Course 8: Special Situations - Pregnancy, Drug Induced, Pigmentary Glaucoma, PXF, NVG
1000 – 1030	Silver Partner 4 \| Meet the Expert’s Seminar 4 (10:00 – 10:30)	Morning Tea Break \| Poster Presentations
1030 – 1200		SNEC Symposium 17: Future of Refractive Surgery	APGC Symposium 12: AI and Personalised Medicine	APGC Symposium 13: New Models of Care in Glaucoma Management	APGC Course 9: Imaging for Glaucoma Management - Anterior and Posterior	Free Paper – Oral Presentations (APGC)	SNEC Masterclass 5: Mastering Retinal Imaging: Advancing Techniques and Clinical Insights
1200 – 1320	Lunch
1220 – 1320	Silver Partner 5 \| Meet the Expert’s Seminar 5 (12:30 – 13:00)	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium	Industry Lunch Symposium
1320 – 1450		Closing Plenary: APGS Award Lectures	SNEC Symposium 18: Reframing the Future of Myopia	SNEC Symposium 19: Advancing Vision for All: Prevention, Capacity Building and Sustainable Practices	Free Paper – Oral Presentations (SNEC)	SNEC Masterclass 6: Mastering Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography (iOCT) in Anterior and Posterior Segment Surgeries (Lecture)
1450 – 1620							SNEC Masterclass 6: Mastering Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography (iOCT) in Anterior and Posterior Segment Surgeries (Hands-On)

* To determine the registration fee category applicable to your country/territory/region,
please refer to the GDP per capita ranking here.

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Time	Presentation Topic	Speaker
08:30 – 08:40	History of the Singapore Cornea Transplant Program	Donald TAN Singapore
08:40 – 08:50	Singapore Corneal Research Program: 18 Years of Innovation	Jodhbir METHA Singapore
08:50 – 09:00	Future of Dry Eye Disease Management	Louis Tong Singapore
09:00 – 09:10	Evidence Based Therapies to Combat Infectious Keratitis	Namrata SHARMA India
09:10 – 09:20	Corneal Ectasia: What Do We Really Know?	Stephanie WATSON Australia
09:20 – 09:30	Paediatric Keratoplasty: Dilemmas and Developments	WOO JYH Haur Singapore
09:30 – 09:40	Keratoprosthesis / Artificial Cornea: Current Status and Future Research	Sayan BASU India
09:40 – 09:50	Corneal Cell Therapies – Paradigm Shift vs Expensive Luxury	Shigeru KINOSHITA Japan
09:50 – 10:00	Panel Discussion	—

Time	Presentation Topic	Speaker
08:30 – 08:40	Macular Buckle – Update	Gavin TAN Singapore
08:40 – 08:50	Gasless Peel for Full Thickness Macular Hole	Simon KH SZETO Hong Kong
08:50 – 09:00	Cytokines in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy	Rosie DAWKINS Australia
09:00 – 09:10	Pediatric RD – New Advances	Andrew TSAI Singapore
09:10 – 09:20	TBA	Makoto INOUE Japan
09:20 – 09:30	TBA	Li Qiang China
09:30 – 09:40	Prognostication for ERM Surgery	Danny CHEUNG Singapore
09:40 – 09:50	TBA	Referao AGUSTIAWAN Indonesia
09:50 – 10:00	Panel Discussion	—

Time	Presentation Topic	Speaker
16:00 – 16:10	Personalizing AMD Care: From Polygenic Risk to Precision Therapies	David UK UK
16:10 – 16:20	Geographic Atrophy in Asia: Navigating the Era of Treatment and Biomarker-Driven Care	Farah IBRAHIM Singapore
16:20 – 16:30	New Perspectives in Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging in AMD	Christine CURCIO USA
16:30 – 16:40	The ETDRS and Management of Diabetic Retinopathy 40 Years Later – What’s Changed in Clinical Management?	Anna TAN Singapore
16:40 – 16:50	The Future of Retinal Imaging in Ischemic Retinal Diseases	Gemmy CHEUNG Singapore
16:50 – 17:00	New Frontiers in Retinal Toxicity	CHAN Hock Hong Singapore
17:00 – 17:10	Who to Treat and How? Application of Optogenetics in the Treatment of Retinal Degeneration	Srinivas SADDA USA
17:10 – 17:30	Question & Answer	—

Time	Presentation Topic	Speaker
16:00 – 16:10	Evolution of Advanced Practices in Nursing and Allied Health: 35 Years of Innovation	Lisa ONG (Singapore), Elena Bte MOHAMED AYOB (Singapore)
16:10 – 16:20	Reimagining Eye Care: Towards the Ideal Model	Haslina Binte HAMZAH Singapore
16:20 – 16:30	Advancing Practices in Nursing: Moorfields’ Experience	Mary MASIH UK
16:30 – 16:40	Advanced Nursing Practice in Glaucoma Management: Navigating Pressure Points and Surface Care	Nazurah LOH Singapore
16:40 – 16:50	Achieving the Perfect Fit in Specialty Contact Lenses	N REENA Singapore
16:50 – 17:00	Restoring Sight with Care: Nurse-led Intravitreal Injection	Desiree WONG Singapore
17:00 – 17:10	Beyond the Counter: A Pharmacist’s Perspective on Dry Eye Management	Victor TAN Singapore
17:10 – 17:20	Keeping an Eye Out: Role of Community Optometrist in Primary Care	Chimene LIM Singapore
17:20 – 17:30	Panel Discussion: “Collaborative Care: Shaping the Future of Eye Care”	—

Abstract submission deadline extended