Scientific 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

Room	PLENARY SESSION/BREAKOUT1 (Hall406CX)	BREAKOUT 2 (Hall 406 D)	BREAKOUT 3 (Room 331)	BREAKOUT 4 (Room 332)	BREAKOUT 5 (Room 333)	BREAKOUT 6 (Room 334-335)
0830- 1000	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	Morning Tea Break / Poster Viewing
1030- 1200	Joint APGC-SNEC Opening Plenary Symposium
1220- 1320	Santen Lunch Symposium	Bausch + Lomb Lunch Symposium	Essilor Luxottica Lunch Symposium	Astellas Lunch Symposium	Bayer Lunch Symposium
1330- 1500	APGC Symposium 3: :Clinical Implications of Major Glaucoma Trials	SNECSymposium 3: SNEC-SERI-Duke 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
1500-1530	AfternoonTea Break /Poster Viewing
1530 – 1700	SNEC Symposium 4: Nursing and Allied Health Symposium - Collaborative Care: Sharing the Future of Eye Care	APGC Symposium 5: Surgical GrandRounds 1-Managing the Many Faces of the Filtering Bleb Complex/Challenging Cases	(1510 – 1550) Roche Afternoon Symposium (1600 – 1730) 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: SNEC-LVPEI Education Symposium
1800- 2000	Congress Welcome Reception (Singapore National Eye Centre)

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	PLENARY SESSION/BREAKOUT1 (Hall406CX)	BREAKOUT2 (Hall 406 D)	BREAKOUT3 (Room 331)	BREAKOUT4 (Room 332)	BREAKOUT5 (Room 333)	BREAKOUT6 (Room 334-335)
0715- 0830						Breakfast with Experts on Thyroid Eye Disease (sponsored by AMGEN)
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	Morning Tea Break \| Poster Presentations
1030 – 1200	SNEC Plenary Symposium	APGC Plenary Symposium
1215 – 1315	Santen Lunch Symposium	Alcon Lunch Symposium	Carl Zeiss Lunch Symposium	AbbVie Lunch Symposium	iCare Lunch Symposium	Eye-Lens Lunch Symposium
1330- 1500	SNEC Symposium 10: Biometry Blast	APGC Symposium 9: Myopia and Glaucoma	SNEC Symposium 11: AI Innovation in Ophthalmology	APGC Course 4: Mastering Glaucoma Surgery	SNEC Symposium 12: Translational Science	APGC Course 5: MIGS
1500 – 1530	Afternoon Tea / Poster Presentations
1530 – 1700	SNEC Symposium 13: Phaco Potpourri	APGC Symposium 10: Current Concepts in Medical Therapy	(1510 – 1550) Advanced Ophthalmic Innovations Afternoon Symposium (1600 – 1730) The Great Debates	APGC Film Festival Zeiss Workshop (1700 – 1830)	APGC Course 6: Paediatric Glaucoma	SNEC Symposium 14: Ocular Inflammation and Raised Intraocular Pressure – A Case-based Approach and Discussion
1700 – 1800	President’s Dinner (By Invitation Only)

Time / Room	PLENARY SESSION/BREAKOUT 1 (Hall406CX)	BREAKOUT2 (Hall 406 D)	BREAKOUT3 (Room 331)	BREAKOUT4 (Room 332)	BREAKOUT5 (Room 333)	BREAKOUT6 (Room 334-335)
0730 – 0830	APGC Free Paper Session 1	APGC Free Paper Session 2	APGC Free Paper Session 3	SNEC Free Paper Session 1	APGC Free Paper Session 4	APGC Free Paper Session 5
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	APGC Free Paper Session 6	APGC Course 8: Special Situations - Pregnancy, Drug Induced, Pigmentary Glaucoma, PXF, NVG
1000 – 1030	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	APGC Free Paper Session 7	SNEC Masterclass 5: Mastering Retinal Imaging: Advancing Techniques and Clinical Insights
1215 – 1315			Schwind Lunch Symposium	Topcon Lunch Symposium		JnJ Vision Lunch Symposium
1330- 1500	Presentation of Prizes for APGC and SNEC Abstracts (Free Paper, E-Posters and Film Festival)	SNEC Symposium 18: Reframing the Future of Myopia	SNEC Symposium 19: Advancing Vision for All: Prevention, Capacity Building and Sustainable Practices	SNEC Free Paper Session 2	SNEC Masterclass 6: Mastering Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography (iOCT) in Anterior and Posterior Segment Surgeries (Lecture)
1500 – 1630						SNEC Masterclass 6: Mastering Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography (iOCT) in Anterior and Posterior Segment Surgeries (Hands-On Wet lab)

* 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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Abstract submission deadline extended