8th Asia Pacific Glaucoma Congress
24-26 July 2026

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Program

Below is the preliminary program for APGC 2024. 

The congress program is scheduled in GMT+8, Manila 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. 

Time Meeting rooms 4-6
1400-1700
Pre-congress workshop

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Time Function room 2 Function room 3 Meeting rooms 4-6 Meeting rooms 7-9
0830-1000
Symposium 1:
Optimising medical therapy


Chairs: Catherine Liu, Hlaing May Than and Margarita Lat-Luna

Considerations for 1st choice drug
Manchima Makornwattana

When to switch and when to add
Catherine Liu

Preservative-free medications: Does it really matter?
Anton Hommer

Fixed-combination medications
Widya Artini Ikke Sumantri

Adherence issues in medical therapy
Mimiwati Zahari

What is maximum tolerated medical therapy?
Prin Roganapngpun

Q&A
Symposium 2:
Grand rounds


Panel: Maria Hannah Pia de Guzman, Ronnie George, Benjamin Xu, , Leon Au and Vijaya Lingnam

A myopic patient with superior retinal nerve fiber layer split
Dai Nguyen Quang

A unique case of bilateral nanophthalmos and pigmentary retinal abnormality with unilateral angle closure glaucoma and optic disc pit
Prerna Garg

Trials and Tribulations of A Hypotony
Prin Rojanopongpun

Getting the flow right - Surgical revision of Preserflo and Xen
Graham Lee and Michael Coote

Highs and Lows post trauma – a management dilemma
ZhuLi Yap

A combat with bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma
Virna Asrory

MIGS after Tube - An unexpected Hero in a Desperate Case
Ming-Yueh Lee

The Cost of Failure is Learning!
Iftekher Iqbal

GDD retraction repair using improvised tube extender
Victor Paulino

Course 1: Rescuing a failing filter

Chairs: Jose Ma. Martinez and Atsuya Miki

Worldwide success rates of trabeculectomy
Jose Ma. Martinez

Management of early trabeculectomy failure
Norlina Ramli

Internal bleb revision
Siddiqur Rahman

Resuscitating Late Bleb Failures
Amit Porwal

Bleb revision for overhanging and cystic blebs
Sirisha Senthil

Top ten tips for creating a long-lasting filter
Nilo Vincent Florcruz

Summary & Q&A
Course 2: Automated perimetry

Chairs: Manuel Delfin Jr. Do Tan, and Norshamshiah Md Din

How to properly instruct a patient who will undergo automated perimetry examination
Benjamin Jr Abela

Which perimetry test strategy for which patient?
Dr Maharani Maharani

Artifacts and pitfalls in perimetry examination
Christine Siguan-Bell

Automated perimetry interpretation
Jemaima Che Hamzah

Perimetric glaucoma staging systems
An Van Bui

Monitoring for visual field progression
Bryan Ang

Differentiating glaucomatous from non-glaucomatous visual field defects
Noel Chan

Summary & Q&A
1000-1030
Morning tea
1030-1200
Plenary session 1

Chair: SK Fang, Clement Tham and Norman Aquino

Opening Ceremony

APGS international award and lecture
Paul Palmberg

APGS Asia Pacific award and lecture
Ki ho Park

APGS Young Investigator Award
Dewang Angmo

Anthony Molteno lecture
Xiulan Zhang

Manuel Agulto lecture
Paul Healey
1200-1320
Lunch
1320-1450
Symposium 3: Glaucoma therapies: what's new and what's on the horizon?

Chairs: Makoto Aihara, John Mark De Leon and Tina Wong

Nitric oxide donating PGA (Latanoprostene bunod)
Shan Lin

EP2 receptor agonist
Makoto Aihara

Rho kinase inhibitor +/- PGA
Sanjay Asrani

Sustained glaucoma medication delivery systems
Tina Wong

A novel cost-effective glaucoma implant with drug eluting properties
Andrew White

Intraocular molecular signature associated with glaucoma progression and response to medication: Road to GenNxT in glaucoma therapeutic
Sushma Tejwani

Non-viral gene therapy in glaucoma - Translation to clinical trials
Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man

Neuroprotection: Where are we now and where are we headed?
Qing Wang

Q&A
Symposium 4: Risk factors for glaucoma

Chair: Do Tan, Chan Yun Kim and Cynthia Verzosa

Risk factors for primary open angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma
Chan Yun Kim

How does exfoliation increase the risk of glaucoma?
Mineo Ozaki

Risk factors for PACG
Clement Tham

Genetic risk factors
Edward Ryan Collantes

Lifestyle associated risk factors
Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajuddin

Risk factors for glaucoma progression
Jin Wook Jeoung

Risk of blindness from glaucoma
Ronnie George

Q&A
Course 3: Glaucoma drainage device instructional course

Chair: Victor Koh and Joseph Anthony Tumbocon and Leon Au

Ahmed glaucoma valve and Baerveldt impants
Joseph Anthony Tumbocon

Paul glaucoma implant
Victor Koh

Ahmed clearpath
Mary Qiu

Virna glaucoma implant
Virna Asrory

Anterior chamber tube shunt to an encircling band (ACTSEB)
Jose Ma. Martinez

Summary & Q&A
Course 4: Gonioscopy, anterior segment OCT and ultrasound biomicroscopy

Chair: Cecilia Aquino, Benjamin Xu and Margarita Lat-Luna

Gonioscopy and Goniophotography: Technique, pearls and cases
Nazrul Islam

AS-OCT: Overview of the technology and Use in Clinical Practice
Christopher Leung

AS-OCT: Clinical Cases and Interpretation of Results
Benjamin Xu

UBM: Overview of the technology and use in clinical practice
Margarita Lat-Luna

UBM: Clinical Cases and Interpretation of Results
Cecilia Aquino

Summary & Q&A
1450-1510
Break
1520-1600
Industry symposium
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1600-1730
Symposium 5: Complications in glaucoma surgery

Chair: Ying Han, Virna Asrory and Rainier Covar

Managing bleb leaks
Noel Chan

Overfiltration post glaucoma surgery
Michael Coote

Choroidal effusion
Mohd Aziz Husni

Malignant glaucoma
Colin Clement

Suprachoroidal hemorrhage
Amit Porwal

Overhanging and failing blebs
Paul Healey

Bleb related infections
Sirisha Senthil

Q&A
Symposium 6: Glaucoma with coexisting ocular comorbidity

Chair: Maria Imelda Veloso, Victor Koh, Nazrul Islam

Glaucoma post corneal surgery: mechanisms & management
Graham Lee

Elevated IOP post- vitreo-retinal surgery: Mechanisms and management
Vijaya Lingnam

Managing uveitic glaucoma
Da Wen Lu

Elevated IOP in orbit related diseases and conditions with elevated episcleral venous pressure
Maria Imelda Yap-Veloso

Glaucoma surgery in ICE syndrome
Surinder Pandav

Trab vs Tube in neovascular and uveitic glaucoma
Victor Koh

Pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana tube insertion
Do Tan

Q&A
Course 5: Lasers in glaucoma

Chair: Leonard Yip, David Woo Wen Wei, and Maria Zita Meriales

Laser iridotomy and laser peripheral iridoplasty
John Mark De Leon

Selective laser trabeculoplasty
David Wen Wei Woo

Laser suture lysis
Lei Ai Lim

Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation
Maria Catherina Nasol

Micropulse cyclophotocoagulation
Maria Cecilia Aquino

Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation
Chukai Huang

Summary & Q&A
Free paper 1

Chair: Patricia Khu, and Ryan Collantes

Genetic variants associated with a rare phenotype of central keratopathy in neonatal onset congenital glaucoma
Divya Dangeti

Genetic Characterization of Ocular Anomalies: LTBP2 Mutations and a Unique Ocular Profile
Velamala Indu Pavani

Polygenic Risk Scores influencing penetrance in Myocilin Glaucoma Pedigrees
David Mackey

Baseline visual field damage in patients with glaucoma in Asia – A report from the Asian Glaucoma Registry
Ronnie George

Predictors of Anterior Chamber Angle Status at the Time of Neovascular Glaucoma Diagnosis
Mary Qiu

Secondary glaucoma following Pars plana vitrectomy with tamponade – a retrospective analysis
Neethu Mohan

Glaucoma Following Vitreoretinal Surgery — A Preliminary Report
Parin Jirawongsy

The asymmetric binocular visual acuity rather than the level of visual acuity affects illness perceptions in glaucoma patients
Wenzhe Zhou

Assessing Ocular Risk Factors in Primary Angle Closure Disease Progression: The Asymptomatic Narrow Angles Laser Iridotomy Study
Tin A Tun
1730-1830
APGS Biennial AGM
Location: Meeting Rooms 4-6, Level 2, SMX Convention Centre
Time Function room 2 Function room 3 Meeting rooms 4-6 Meeting rooms 7-9
0830-1000
Symposium 7: Glaucoma progression

Chairs: Ki Ho Park, Sanjay Asrani, Nilo Vincent Florcruz,

Monitoring for structural progression
Ki Ho Park

Monitoring for functional progression
Visanee Tantisevi

Structure and function relationship in progression
Kyung Rim Sung

Statistical progression vs. clinically relevant progression
Sanjay Asrani

Monitoring progression in advanced glaucoma
Frances Meir-Gibbons

Q&A
Symposium 8: Asia Pacific Glaucoma Guidelines, 4th edition launch

Chairs: Christopher Leung, Tina Wong and Tin Aung

Diagnostic Workup
Jin Wook Jeoung

Management Approach
Rainier Covar

Medical Treatment and recommendations
Victor Koh

Surgery and laser treatment
Graham Lee

Epidemiology of Glaucoma Specific to the Region
Ching-Yu Cheng

Q&A
Course 6: MIGS video instructional course

Chairs: Robert Ang, Paul Singh, Chelvin Sng

Cut or dilate: Kahook Dual Blade, Sion, TrabEx, or OMNI, iTrack, iTrack Advance
Mary Qiu

Other cutting options for trabecular bypass: Gonioscopy assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT), Bent ab interno needle goniectomy (BANG)
Surinder Pandav

I-Stent inject
Paul Singh

Hydrus microstent
Leonard Yip

Xen gel stent
Poemen Chan

Preserflo microshunt
Chelvin Sng

MIGS rescue procedures
Paul Singh

Summary & Q&A
Free paper 2

Chairs: Raquel Quino and Gertrude Gwendale Reinoso

MultiColor™ Imaging for Identifying Glaucomatous Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Defects in Glaucoma and Glaucoma Suspects
Elyse Anselmo

Characteristic of OCT abnormalities in the RNFL thickness deviation map enables differentiation between false-positive and glaucoma in myopic eyes
Kunliang Qui

Comparison of GCC parameters in Glaucoma patients with progression and stable fields
Samiksha Choudhary

Cataract affects macular Ganglion Cell Thickness greater than peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness
Shruti Nair

Correlation between peripapillary perfusion densities and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in primary open angle glaucoma in Indonesia
Maula Rifada

Association of optical coherence tomography angiography parameters with visual field and structural parameters in single-hemifield affected eyes and contralateral eye of primary open-angle glaucoma patients
Christina Erika Elazegui

Influence of glaucoma surgery on optic nerve head perfusion density in open angle glaucoma patients assessed by the AngioPlex® Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA)
Sangeetha Manoharan

Home monitoring of glaucoma with a device-independent web-browser perimetry software - Melbourne Rapid Fields (MRF-web)
George YX Kong

Automated machine learning model for the multi-class classification of pathological myopia and glaucoma on colour fundus photographs
Carolyn Yu Tung Chen

Early Detection of Potential Non-responders to Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Open-Angle Glaucoma
Yangfan Yang

Five-year Outcomes of the PAUL Glaucoma Implant for Treatment of Glaucoma
Naoki Okada
1000-1030
Morning tea
1030-1200
Plenary session 2
MIGS controversies


Chairs: Robert Ang, Chelvin Sng and Colin Clement

Evolution of MIGS: An unmet need
Robert Ang

Trabecular bypass: Devices are better
Shamira Perera

Trabecular bypass: BANG and GATT are better
Xiulan Zhang

Standalone trabecular bypass MIGS should be performed
Colin Clement

Standalone trabecular bypass MIGS should NOT be performed
Leon Au

Medically uncontrolled moderate glaucoma: Subconjunctival MIGS8 mins
Keith Barton

Medically uncontrolled moderate glaucoma: Trabeculectomy
Lei Ai Lim

MIGS for angle closure glaucoma: What's the evidence?
Chelvin Sng

What's new and what's in the pipeline?
Paul Singh

Q&A
1200-1320
Lunch symposium
Lunch
1320-1450
Symposium 9: Hot topics in glaucoma management

Chairs: Clement Tham, Maria Hannah Pia de Guzman and Vijaya Lingnam

First-line treatment in newly diagnosed POAG: Medications
Anton Hommer

First-line treatment in newly diagnosed POAG: SLT
Andrew White

Debate Summary: First-line treatment in Newly diagnosed POAG: Medications vs. SLT
Vijaya Lingnam

Escalating treatment in eyes with OCT-RNFL progression alone without visual field deterioration: YES
Syril Dorairaj

Escalating treatment in eyes with OCT-RNFL progression alone without visual field deterioration: NO
Vijaya Lingnam

Debate Summary: Escalating treatment in eyes with OCT-RNFL progression alone without visual field deterioration
Clement Tham

Inadequate IOP reduction post-trab: Needling
Leonard Yip

Inadequate IOP reduction post-trab: Glaucoma medications
Frances Meier-Gibbons

Debate summary: Inadequate IOP reduction post-trab: needling vs medications
Maria Hannah Pia de Guzman

Q&A
Symposium 10: Challenging situations and modifications in glaucoma drainage implantation

Chairs: Joseph Anthony Tumbocon, Widya Artini IkkeI Sumantri and Seng Kheong Fang

Difficult scenarios in glaucoma drainage device implantation: Part 1
Mary Qiu

Difficult scenarios in glaucoma drainage device implantation: Part 2
Joseph Anthony Tumbocon

Alternative sites of tube insertion
Michael Coote

Decreasing the risk of hypertensive phase in Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation
Ying Han

Techniques and devices that can adjust flow in tube surgery
Leon Au

2nd glaucoma drainage device implantation: Why, Where and How?
Sheng Lim

Managing complications of tube surgery
Keith Barton

Q&A
Course 7: Structural examination of the optic nerve head, retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell complex

Chairs: Kyung Rim Sung, Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man and Raquel Quino

Decoding the optic disc
Naris Kitnarong

Review of OCT technology
Leopold Schmetterer

Interpretation of OCT Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer
Bernardo Soares

Interpretation of OCT macular ganglion cell complex results
Hitomi Saito

Interpretiation of OCT angiography results
Kyung Rim Sung

OCT progression analysis
Christopher Leung

Summary & Q&A
Course 8: Averting disaster in glaucoma surgery: From my personal video collection

Chairs: Shamira Perera, Xiulan Zhang and Rainier Covar

It's Only Trabecular Bypass MIGS, What Can Go Wrong?
Bryan Ang

Cliche hurdles of conventional glaucoma surgery, and new options to overcome
Seungsoo Rho

Optimizing Surgical Outcomes: Navigating from Traditional Filtering Surgeries to MIGS
Xiulan Zhang

Not Your Usual Glaucoma Videos(R18)
Rainier Covar

MIGS messages or mixed messages in glaucoma surgery
Shamira Perera

TBC
Tomasz Zarnowski
1450-1510
Afternoon tea
1520-1650
Symposium 11: Imaging in glaucoma

Chairs: Christopher Leung, Chan Yun Kim and John Mark De Leon

Ultrasound biomicroscopy in glaucoma
Syril Dorairaj

Anterior segment imaging of the iridocorneal angle
Shan Lin

Utility of Anterior segment OCT in the assessment of filtration blebs
Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man

OCT-ONH/RNFL - identifying artifacts and pitfalls in interpretation
Sanjay Asrani

Macular ganglion cell complex analysis: What additional information can it provide and when is it more beneficial to perform?
Christopher Leung

Imaging the optic nerve head in myopic eyes
Hitomi Saito

OCT angiography -Where are we now and where is it headed?
Chungkwon Yoo

Q&A
Symposium 12: The United Nations of Soft Eyes

Chairs: Tina Wong, Norlina Ramli and Visanee Tantisevi

Hypotony post trabeculectomy: Part 1
Rainier Covar

Hypotony post trabeculectomy: Part 2
Tina Wong

Hypotony post tube surgery
Keith Barton

Hypotony post cyclodiode and uveitis
Vijaya Lingam

Hypotony post vitreo-retinal surgery
Shamira Perera

Hypotony post trauma
Graham Lee

Q&A
Course 9: Trabeculectomy: Tips and Pearls

Chairs: Jose Ma. Martinez, Lei Ai Lim, Surinder Pandav

50-year Evolution of Trabeculectomy
Patricia Khu

Wound healing modulation in trabeculectomy
Evelyn Komaratih

Basic techniques and variations in Trabeculectomy
Surinder Pandav

Trabeculectomy in primary angle closure glaucoma
Yuan Bo Liang

When things go wrong in Trabeculectomy: A Simple Guidebook
Fabio Kanadani

Panel discussion: My 3 best Technique Modifications in Trabeculectomy
Jose Ma. Martinez, Patricia Khu, Surinder Pandav, Evelyn Komaratih, Yuan Bo Liang, Lei Ai Lim, Fabio Kanadani

Summary & Q&A
Course 10: Childhood glaucoma

Chairs: Ching Lin Ho, Carlo Josemaria Rubio and Norshamsiah Md Din

The Genetics of Primary Congenital Glaucoma: Clinical Practice Implications
Edward Ryan Collantes

Medication Use in Pediatric Glaucoma Patients
Norshamsiah Md Din

Glaucoma Surgical Pearls in Children
Ching Lin Ho

Needle assisted circumferential goniotomy in primary congenital glaucoma
Dewang Angmo

120-240-360-degree goniotomy for childhood glaucoma
Hongyang Zhang

Summary & Q&A
1650-1730
Film festival 1

Chairs: Robert Ang Edward, and Rigo Daniel Victor Emmanuel Reyes

Terror of the Poppy Eye
Graham Lee

Phaco-Elios: surgical technique and results
Maria Jesus Chaves-Samaninego

MIGS skills to rescue Trabeculectomy blebs
Leonard Yip

3 Techniques for Guidewire-Assisted Sulcus Tube Entry
Mary Qui

ACTSEB: A retro rewind
Kathrina Therese Mendoza
American Glaucoma Society symposium: Surgery in Glaucoma

Chairs: Sk Fang and Ying Han

Role of lasers in glaucoma: Recent evidence and implications
David Wen Wei Woo

Relevance of trabeculectomy in current glaucoma practice
Vijaya Lingnam

Glaucoma Drainage Device in Asian Eyes: Challenges and Solutions
Dr Thasarat Vajaranant

Laser application and update in managing complex glaucoma
Ying Han
Film festival 2

Chair: James Paul Gomez and Celeste Guzman

The iStent videocassette pedagogy - An innovative teaching guide for MIGS Platform (Like never before…!)
Prasanna Venkatesh Ramesh

Small Eye with Big Surprise
Sirisha Senthil

Unmasking Silicone oil filled anterior chamber
Sahiti Puttagunta

A complex case involving secondary glaucoma, suspected traumatic endophthalmitis, and traumatic cataract in a young male
Ega Sekartika
Film festival 3

Chair: Janet Viviana Perez and Aldo Mar Cariaga

Augmented Trabeculectomy with releasable sutures under subtenon anesthesia
Mohamed Elamin Mohamed

Optimizing Outcomes: A Dual Surgical Approach for Combined Mechanism Glaucoma and Cataract with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome
Joseph Michael Viray

Trabeculectomy post ICL glaucoma
Koadli Sivani

Revision of a Failed Trabeculectomy using a Makeshift Scleral Patch with Phacoemulsification and IOL insertion
Maria Catherina Nasol
1730-1800
Exhibitor Welcome Reception
Location: Pre Function Lobby, Level 2, SMX Convention Centre
1800-2200
APGC Congress Dinner and Fellowship Night (Sponsored by PAO)
Location: Function Room 5, Level 2, SMX Convention Centre *pre registration required

Enjoy world-renowned Filipino hospitality, cuisine & talent at the APGC Fellowship Night. Welcome the evening by indulging in the flavors of the archipelago while enjoying a diverse set of performances ranging from folk Filipino music, band showcases, and surprise numbers from international delegates. You can also take center stage as you dance the night away in our open dance floor set to the rhythm of a 70s & 80s show band. Join us for an unforgettable night at the Disc’O!

Venue Entry Begins: 5:30 PM
Attire: Smart Casual
Time Function room 2 Function room 3 Meeting rooms 4-6 Meeting rooms 7-9
0830-1000
Symposium 13: Artificial intelligence: where are we now, where are we headed & what does it mean for us?

Chairs: Michael Girard, Ningli Wang and Carlo Josemaria Rubio

AI-driven Gait Analysis to identify visual impairment from glaucoma
Xiaofei Wang

Defining AI applications in clinical routine
Leopold Schmetterer

AI Evolution and Glaucoma Care
Robert Chang

Topic - TBA
Michael Girard

Applications of AI in angle closure
Benjamin Xu

Surgical navigation of ab interno trabeculotomy based on deep learning
Xiulan Zhang

AI For Clinical Decision Support in Glaucoma: Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go?
Jithin Yohannan

Revolutionizing Glaucoma Management With Large Language Models
Fei Li

Q&A
Symposium 14: Expanded options in glaucoma intervention: case-based conversations

Chairs: Robert Ang, Paul Singh and Colin Clement

40 y/o newly diagnosed early POAG patient who does not want topical medications. What are the options?
Mimiwat Zahari

50 y/o patient with POAG with IOP of 23 mmHg on maximum tolerated medications. What are the options?
Leon Au

55 y/o patient with POAG on 2 medications, but is poorly compliant and has signs of visual field progression. What are the options?
Bryan Ang

60 y/o patient with visually significant cataract and POAG controlled with 3 medications. What are the options?
Paul Singh

60 y/o patient with PACG post LPI with controlled IOP with 2 medications and early cataract. What are the options?
Jose Maria Martinez

70 y/o pseudophakic patient with advanced-stage POAG on maximum medical medical therapy with glaucomatous progression . What are the options?
Keith Barton

Course 11: Strategies, innovations and resources in teaching glaucoma

Chairs: Maria Margarita Lat-Luna and Raquel Quino

The Teaching Technology at the University of Barcelona
Elena Milla

Strategies and Innovations for Teaching Glaucoma: An Indian Perspective
Ronnie George

Tech toolbox for teaching: apps, simulators and toys
Shamira Perera

Elucidating the nuances of glaucoma through Animated Explainer Videos & Case Scenario
Kamakshi Kharbanda
Film festival 4

Chairs: Renato Rayel and Denise Polly Chao-Po

Schlemms canaloplasty with trabeculotomy with the OMNI surgical system for lowering IOP in open angle glaucoma
Vaishali Jadhav

Priming the AGV tube: Two sides of a coin - Functioning and malfunctioning
Divya Dangeti

Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Slicing
Sirisha Senthil

Paul Glaucoma Implant – How and Why!!
Ipsita Konar

Paul Glaucoma Implant with Stent looped in the Cornea
Michael Marco Figueras

Istents : Lost and Found
Patricia Acosta

Scleral "Turtleplast" for Tube Erosion & Removal
Mary Qiu

Ab-interno Gonioscopy- assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy (GATT) after failed AGV for refractory post vitreoretinal surgery glaucoma
Sahiti Puttagunta

Ab interno Supramid suture stenting for late post-operative hypotony following Aurolab Aqueous Drainage Implant
Yamini K

Surgical management of post-traumatic cyclodialysis cleft and hypotonous maculopathy
Velamala Indu Pavani
1000-1030
Morning tea
1030-1200
Plenary session 3
Primary angle closure disease: what we have learned and how to manage


Chairs: Ningli Wang, Maria Margarita Lat-Luna and Tin Aung

Anterior segment OCT findings in the Asian Americans
Shan Lin

What did we learn from Analis & ZAP trials. How do we apply it in our practice?
Tin Aung

Risk stratification of primary angle closure suspects (PACS)
Benjamin Xu

When to do phaco vs phaco+trab in PACG
Clement Tham

How to deal with refractory PACG patients
Paul Healey

Q&A
1200-1320
Lunch
1320-1450
Symposium 15: Hot topics in surgical management: what to do next?

Chairs: Paul Healey, Patricia Khu and Mimiwati Zahari

What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Trab revision
Nazrul Islam

What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Repeat trab
Edgar Leuenberger

What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Tube
Seng Kheong Fang

Debate Summary: What's next after a trabeculectomy fails? Revise, repeat, or tube?
Patricia Khu

What's next after a tube fails? Plate capsule excision / revision
Astrianda Suryono

What's next after a tube fails? 2nd tube
Ying Han

What's next after a tube fails? cyclophotocoagulation
David Wen Wei Woo

Debate Summary: What's next after a tube fails? Revise vs 2nd tube or CPC
Paul Healey

Q&A
Symposium 16: Glaucoma and myopia

Chairs: Da Wen Lu, Norman Aquino and Hitomi Saito

Epidemiology and genetics of glaucoma in myopia
Da Wen Lu

Clinical course of patients with myopia and untreated normal-tension glaucoma
Jong Chul Han

Effect of Myopia on Progression of POAG
Kyung Rim Sung

Imaging in High Myopia: Tips for Daily Clinical Practice
Jost B. Jonas

Glaucoma and myopia: Diagnostic dilemmas I
Nilo Vincent Florcruz

Glaucoma and myopia: Diagnostic dilemmas II
Atsuya Miki

Glaucoma and myopia: Diagnostic dilemmas III
Hitomi Saito

Q&A
Course 12: Correlating structure and function

Chairs: Ki Ho Park, Christine Sigaun-Bell, and Visanee Tantisevi

Structure - function relationship in glaucoma
Ki Ho Park

Artifacts and pseudo-glaucomatous conditions
Visanee Tantisevi

How to proceed when there is structure-function discordance
Maria Hannah Pia De Guzman

Structure - structure discordance: When RNFL and macular ganglion cell complex examinations do NOT agree
Bernardo Soares

Which test is more important in the early, moderate and advanced stage of glaucoma
Chan Yun Kim

Summary & Q&A
Free paper 3

Chairs: Maria Imelda Veloso and Jose Ma. Martinez

Phase 3 Clinical Trials of iDose TR (Travoprost Intraocular Implant) Versus Topical Timolol
Robert Ang

Comparing Outcomes of Combined Phacoemulsification and iStent inject to Phacoemulsification alone from the Fight Glaucoma Blindness Registry
Colin Clement

Two-year post-market surveillance of safety and clinical outcomes of iStent inject® W combined with phacoemulsification in Japanese eyes with open-angle glaucoma
Masaru Inatani

Outcomes from the Australian Combined Phacoemulsification and 3 iStent W Clinical Trial
Colin Clement

Real-world long-term patient outcomes of the Hydrus Microstent in cataract surgery patients with primary open angle glaucoma: A correlation study with the Horizon Trial
Keith Barton

Angle-based minimally invasive glaucoma surgery in normal tension glaucoma - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sheng Yang Lim

One-Year Outcomes of Bent Angle Needle Goniectomy with Phacoemulsification in Patients across the Glaucoma Spectrum
Ashok Kumar Singh

The duel of the behemoths of excisional goniectomy: Comparing the early outcomes of Kahook Dual Blade vs. Bent Ab Interno Needle Goniectomy
Prasanna Venkatesh Remesh

Phacogoniotomy versus Phacotrabeculectomy for Advanced Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma with Cataract: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial
Yunhe Song

A 12-month retrospective study of eyes with the PAUL Glaucoma Implant with flow restriction techniques
Nicole Shu-Wen Chan
1450-1520
Afternoon tea
1520-1650
Symposium 17: Understanding glaucoma from a different perspective

Chairs: Michael Girard, Ningli Wang and John Mark De Leon

CSF pressure and glaucoma
Ningli Wang

AI and Engineering tools to describe the structural and biomechanical phenotype of glaucoma
Michael Girard

Impact of myopia on corneal biomechanics in glaucoma
Lavanya Raghavan

ONH biomechanics during accommodation
Xiaofei Wang

Iris Biomechanics
Satish Panda

Continuous 24-hour intraocular pressure monitoring using a novel contact lens sensor system
Yangfan Yang

Q&A
Symposium 18: Glaucoma and cataract

Chairs: Shamira Perera, Cesar Jr Perez and Prin Rojanapongpun

Pre-operative considerations in patients with co-existing glaucoma and cataract
Carlo Josemaria Rubio

Combined phaco and goniosynechiolysis
Jimmy Lai

Combined phaco and trabeculectomy
Jemaima Che Hamzah

Future surgical trends for PACG
Xiulan Zhang

Phaco in a post-trab eye
Bryan Ang

Cataract Surgery in Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma
Paul Singh

Potential surgical challenges in eyes with cataract and angle closure
Shamira Perera

Difficult cataract surgery in glaucoma
Poemen Chan

Which IOL to use in glaucoma patients
Rainier Covar

Q&A
Course 13: Angle closure disease management

Chairs: Astrianda Suryono, Do Tan and Maria Catherina Nasol

LI and LPI indications and techniques
Maya E Suwandono

Changes in ocular biometric parameters after LPI in angle closure disease
Maula Rifada

Trabeculectomy Pearls in Angle Closure Glaucoma
Astrianda Suryono

Cataract Extraction in Angle Closure Eyes
Do Tan

Combined phaco and goniosynechiolysis: Indications, outcomes and technique
Renato Jr Rayel

Combined phaco + trab in angle closure glaucoma: tips and tricks
Maria Catherina Naso

Summary & Q&A
Free paper 4

Chairs: Edgar Leuenberger and Manolito Reyes

Outcomes of combined phacoemulsification-Micropulse Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation vs. Phacoemulsification-Istent Inject surgery in Asian eyes
Michael Marco Figueras

Surgical outcomes of XEN45 implantation, trabeculectomy versus penetrating canaloplasty in open-angle glaucoma: a nonrandomized comparative study
Haishuang Lin

The short-term safety and Efficacy of XEN Gel Stent Implantation ab Externo with open conjunctival approach combined with the surrounding suture
Hyungju Park

Safety and Effectiveness of the Preserflo Microshunt Device in Asian Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
Patricia Acosta

Initial Experience and Early Complications of Preserflo MicroShunt in the Management of Advanced Glaucoma
Pushpa Raman

A comparison of the short-term results of PreserFlo MicroShunt ™ versus Trabeculectomy
Kazyuki Majima

Safety and efficacy of goniotomy following failed surgery for glaucoma
Chukai Huang

Efficacy and safety of Paul glaucoma implant (PGI) in the treatment of different types of glaucoma in China: A real-world study
Peng Lu

Outcome of Paul glaucoma implant (PGI) in refractory glaucoma
Ipista Konar

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