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SNEC Symposium 1: Past, Present and Future of Cornea

Friday, 24 July 2026 (0830 – 1000 hrs)

Chairs:

Donald TAN, Singapore

Jodhbir MEHTA, Singapore

Marcus ANG. Singapore

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 MEHTA 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 v Expensive Luxury	Shigeru KINOSHITA Japan
09.50 – 10.00	Panel Discussion

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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
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Time	Presentation Topic	Speaker
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16:50 – 17:00	Restoring Sight with Care: Nurse-led Intravitreal Injection	Desiree WONG Singapore
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SNEC Symposium 1: Past, Present and Future of Cornea

Friday, 24 July 2026 (0830 – 1000 hrs)

Abstract submission deadline extended