Special Lecture 1April 16 (Sat) 11:10~12:10

Digital Ophthalmology – from its dawn to golden age

Chair : Kohji Nishida（Osaka Univ）
Speaker : Tetsuro Oshika（Tsukuba Univ）

Special Lecture 2April 15 (Fri) 11:20~12:20

Towards Genomic Medicine: Research and Clinical Application in Ocular Genetics

Chair : Taiji Sakamoto（Kagoshima Univ）
Speaker : Yoshihiro Hotta（Hamamatsu Univ）

Invited Lecture 1April 16 (Sat) 10:10~11:10

Prediction of treatment response in neovascular AMD using a machine learning approach

Chair : Akito Hirakata（Kyorin Univ）
Speaker : Sebastian Wolf（Univ of Bern）

Invited Lecture 2April 15 (Fri) 14:00~15:00

Recent Progress in iPS Cell Research and Application

Chair : Kohji Nishida（Osaka Univ）
Speaker : Shinya Yamanaka（CiRA, Kyoto Univ）

Council Designated LecturesApril 16 (Sat) 14:10~16:40

Innovation in diagnostic methods and treatments in ophthalmolgyn

Chair : Akitaka Tsujikawa（Kyoto Univ）

Pathological Hypothesis and New Treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Speakers : Tsutomu Yasukawa（Nagoya City Univ）

Quantitative evaluation and novel treatment strategy of intraocular inflammatory diseases

Hiroshi Keino（Kyorin Univ）

Translational research aiming for an innovation in treatment and diagnosis of ocular diseases

Koji Nishiguchi（Nagoya Univ）

International Symposium

International Symposium 1April 14 (Thu) 09:00~10:30

Diversifying refractive correction with contact lens: a constant pursuit

Director : Yasushi Ikuno（Ikuno Eye Ctr）
Organizers : Takahiro Hiraoka（Univ of Tsukuba）
Shizuka Koh（Osaka Univ）

Revisiting rigid gas-permeable contact lenses for keratoconus

Speakers : Shizuka Koh（Osaka Univ）

Correction for irregular astigmatism – Scleral Lens

Lachlan Hoy（Innovative Eye Care and Innovatus Technology, Australia）

Orthokeratology for Myopia Control

Pauline Cho（Sichuan Univ, China）

Myopia control with extended depth of focus contact lenses

Padmaja Sankaridurg（Brien Holden Vision Inst, Australia）

Drug-eluting contact lenses for ocular diseases

Hidenaga Kobashi（Keio Univ）

International Symposium 2April 14 (Thu) 10:50~12:20

Current understanding and treatment of epiretinal membrane

Director : Fumi Gomi（Hyogo Med Coll）
Organizers : Shigeo Yoshida（Kurume Univ）
Makoto Inoue（Kyorin Univ）

Postoperative Macular Changes and Metamorphopsia in Epiretinal Membrane

Speakers : Ji Eun Lee（Lee Eye Clinic, Korea）

Correlations of Macular Structure with Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Formation and Its Sexual Preference

Yi-Ting Hsieh（National Taiwan Univ Hosp, Taiwan）

Treatment of recurrent diabetic macular edema by ILM peeling after multiple injections of anti-VEGF

Hua Yan（Tianjin Medical Univ General Hosp, China）

Macula surgery in eyes with choroidal neovascularisation

Shu Yen Lee（Singapore National Eye Ctr, Singapore）

Objective and quantitative estimation of the optimal timing for ERM surgery

Yuki Morizane（Okayama Univ）

Binocular function and QOL in epiretinal membrane

Fumiki Okamoto（Tsukuba Univ）

International Symposium 3April 14 (Thu) 14:10~15:10

Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery

Director : Hiroki Nomoto（Kindai Univ）
Organizers : Kyoko Ishida（Toho Univ, Ohashi）
Hiroki Nomoto（Kindai Univ）

MIGS in Japan

Speakers : Masaki Tanito（Shimane Univ）

Accessing Schlemm’s canal and beyond

Andrew Tatham（Univ of Edinburgh, UK）

Real-world outcomes of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery

Nathan Kerr（Ctr for Eye Research Australia, Australia）

International Symposium 4April 14 (Thu) 15:25~16:25

Hot topics in infectious uveitis

Director : Hiroshi Keino（Kyorin Univ）
Organizers : Toshikatsu Kaburaki（Jichi Med Univ, Saitama）
Hiroshi Keino（Kyorin Univ）

Immunopathogenesis of Cytomegalovirus-associated ocular diseases

Speakers : Nobuyo Yawata（Kyushu Univ）

The role of long non-coding RNA in the pathogenesis of acute retinal necrosis

Shintaro Shirahama（Tokyo Univ）

Clinical Features in Retinal Vasculitis in Infectious Uveitis

Yung-Ray Hsu（Far Eastern Memorial Hosp / National Taiwan Univ, Taiwan）

Management of Ocular Toxoplasmosis

Justine Smith（Flinders Univ, Australia）

International Symposium 5April 14 (Thu) 16:40~17:40

Advances in diagnosis and therapies in anterior segment and nasolacrimal duct diseases

Director : Takeshi Soma（Osaka Univ）
Organizers : Toru Suzuki（Suzuki Eye Clinic）
Akira Kobayashi（Kanazawa Univ）

Holistic approach and management for complicated epiphora with Intense Pulsed Light Treatment and Endoscopic Lacrimal Surgery

Speakers : Nattawut Wanumkarng（Bumrungrad International Hosp / Ateya Clinic, Thailand）

Recanalization of the Nasolacrimal Duct : The Right Way

Reynaldo Javate（Univ of Santo Tomas Hosp, Philippines）

Smartphone-based digital phenotyping for dry eye

Takenori Inomata（Juntendo Univ）

Hunting for the elusive endothelial cells

Jie Zhang（Univ of Auckland, New Zealand）

The International Crosstalk Symposium by
Young OphthalmologistsApril 16 (Sat) 16:50~18:20

Chairs : Annabelle Ayame Okada（Kyorin Univ）
Nahoko Ogata（NARA Med Univ）

Exploring a peptidomimetic approach of N-cadherin in modulating fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling for corneal endothelial regeneration

Speakers : Chien-Chia Su（National Taiwan Univ Hosp, Taiwan）

Lycium barbarum Polysaccharide Suppresses Expression of Fibrotic Proteins in Primary Human Corneal Fibroblasts

Kendrick Co Shih（Univ of Hong Kong, Hong Kong）

Poor person and areal socioeconomic status is associated with increased diabetic retinopathy and visual impairment incidence and progression

Jin Rong Low（Singapore Eye Research Inst / Singapore National Eye Ctr,
Singapore）

Transcriptomic Profiling of Human Corneal Epithelial Cells Exposed to Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)

Qiuli Fu（Eye Center of the 2nd Affiliated Hosp, Zhejiang Univ /
Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Ophthalmology, China）

Factors affecting generalization of ocular myasthenia gravis in patients with positive acetylcholine receptor antibody

Supanut Apinyawasisuk（King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hosp, Thai Red Cross Society
/ Chulalongkorn Univ, Thailand）

Involvement of autotaxin in the pathophysiology of elevated intraocular pressure in Posner-Schlossman syndrome

Nozomi Igarashi（Univ of Tokyo / Tokyo Teishin Hosp）

Time-course changes in optic nerve head blood blow and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in eyes with open-angle glaucoma

Naoki Kiyota（Tohoku Univ）

The role of long non-coding RNA in the pathogenesis of acute retinal necrosis

Shintaro Shirahama（Tokyo Univ）

Importance of Paravascular Vitreal Adhesions for Development of Myopic Macular Retinoschisis Detected by Ultra-Widefield OCT

Hiroyuki Takahashi（Tokyo Med and Dent Univ）

Genetic factors associated with response to as-needed aflibercept therapy for typical neovascular age-related macular degeneration and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Seigo Yoneyama（Yamanashi Univ）