Program

• Special Lecture
• Presidential Keynote Speech
• ECLA Invited Lecture
• Symposium
• Short Symposium
• BCLA Program

Special Lecture

Chair

Takahiro Hiraoka

Tsukuba Univ.

Speaker

Yuichi Hori

Toho Univ.

Presidential Keynote Speech

Chair

Takahiro Hiraoka

Tsukuba Univ.

Speaker

Masahiro Urakabe

vEX: CEO and President of SEED Co., Ltd and Chairman and Vice Chairman of Japan Contact Lens Assoc.

Chair

Takahiro Hiraoka

Tsukuba Univ.

Speaker

Sayuri Ninomiya

Itami Central Eye Clinic

ECLA Invited Lecture

Medically Necessary Contact Lenses:
Expanding Indications in Ocular Disease

Chair

Shizuka Koh

Osaka Univ.

Speaker

Vishal Jhanji

Univ. of Pittsburgh

Symposium

Behind the Scenes of Contact Lenses:
New Advances in Materials and Manufacturing

Organizers

Yuichi Hori

Toho Univ.

Gaku Kiuchi

Tsukuba Univ.

Speakers

Hiroko Nomura

Menicon Co., Ltd.

Kaoru Uchida

Medical Affairs, Alcon Japan Ltd.

Giovanna Olivares

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

Katsuhide Yamasaki

Ophtecs Corporation

Controversies in Myopia Control:
Breaking Through the Unanswered Questions

Organizers

Kenichi Yoshino

YOSHINO EYE CLINIC

Gaku Kiuchi

Tsukuba Univ.

Panelists

Hidemasa Torii

Keio Univ.

Seiichiro Hata

Yokohama Sky Eye Clinic

Speakers

Kaori Inazawa

Inazawa Clinic

Saiko Matsumura

Toho Univ.

Tae Igarashi-Yokoi

Hiroo Hospital / Science Tokyo Univ.

Redefining Vision with Advanced Technologies:
The Future of Contact Lenses

Organizers

Kohji Nishida

Osaka Univ.

Naoyuki Maeda

Kozaki Eye Clinic

Speakers

Yasuhiro Takaki

Agriculture and Technology Tokyo Univ.

Mari Osawa

Nakayama Eye Clinic

Sunri Lee

Elcyo Co., Ltd.

Taku Kinoshita

SEED Co., Ltd.

Short Symposium

Designing New Lenses Through Simulation:
Towards Truly Customised Contact Lenses

Organizers

Chie Sotozono

Kyoto Pref Univ.

Kenji Sano

Asumigaoka Sano eye clinic

Speakers

Tomonaga Okabe

Tohoku Univ.

Eri Ito

Tohoku Univ.

BCLA program29 May 2026

Menicon Dry Eye Symposium

Chairs

Reiko Arita

Itoh Clinic, Japan

Hsiao-Sang Chu

National Taiwan Univ. Hosp., Taiwan

Contact Lens–Induced Meibomian Gland Changes and Strategies for Intolerance

Speaker

Reiko Arita

Itoh Clinic, Japan

When Contact Lenses Meet Tear Film: Understanding Dynamic Visual Quality

Speaker

Shizuka Koh

Osaka Univ., Japan

The modern dry eye exam: tools, tests, and TFOS insights

Speaker

Byki Huntjens

BCLA President, UK

Minor Salivary Gland Transplantation for Severe Cicatricial Dry Eye: Three-Year Functional and Structural Insights

Speaker

Hsiao-Sang Chu

National Taiwan Univ. Hosp., Taiwan

Greater Prevalence of Neuropathic Ocular Pain and Corneal Micro-neuromas in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

Speaker

Prajna Vidyasagar

Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia

Comparative Evaluation of Clinical Features in Aqueous-Deficient, Evaporative, and Mixed Dry Eye Subtypes Versus Normal Controls

Speaker

Biyue Guo

Dept of Medical and Engineering, Fujian Med Univ., China

Sponsor : Menicon

CooperVision Myopia Management Symposium

Chairs

Pauline Cho

West China Hosp., Sichuan Univ., China
Affiliated Eye Hosp. of Wenzhou Med. Univ., China

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Ortho-k: What do we already know and where do we go from here

Speaker

Pauline Cho

West China Hosp., Sichuan Univ., China
Affiliated Eye Hosp. of Wenzhou Med. Univ., China

An Analysis of Corneal and Scleral Shape and the Determination of Corneal GP, Soft and Scleral Lenses

Speaker

Randy Kojima

Pacific Univ. College of Optometry, USA

Myopia control in Japan

Speaker

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Validation of the Myo Risk score model among pre-myopic children at tertiary eye care center

Speaker

Harhini H

Sankara Eye Hosp., India

IMI—Interventions for Controlling Myopia Onset and Progression 2025

Speaker

Mark Bullimore

Univ. of Houston College of Optometry, USA

Sponsor : CooperVision

Ophtecs New lenses and solutions Symposium

Chairs

Takashi Suzuki

Kyobashi Ishizuchi Eye Clinic, Japan

Mark Willcox

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

Presbyopia CL update from BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia report

Speaker

Debarun Dutta

Aston Univ., UK

Scleral lens customisation: Optics and oxygenation

Speaker

Steve Vincent

Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia

CL-related infectious keratitis

Speaker

Takashi Suzuki

Kyobashi Ishizuchi Eye Clinic, Japan

Review of Standard Methods for Contact Lens Disinfection, and Analysis of Efficacy against Clinical Isolates, Acanthamoeba and Viruses

Speaker

Mark Willcox

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

Anti-Amoebic and Biocompatible Properties of Nephrite-Embedded Contact Lenses

Speaker

Jieun Lee

Pusan National Univ., Korea

sponsor : Ophtecs