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ANNUAL CONGRESS PROGRAMME

08.45 - 08.59 

President's Welcome & Introduction to President’s Plenary

UKISCRS President, David Lockington, Glasgow

09.00 - 10.24 

PRESIDENT'S PLENARY

Moderators: David Lockington, Glasgow, UK

 

Adhesives in ocular surgery

Simon Dean, Auckland, New Zealand


Addressing Argentinian flag

Roger Zaldivar, Mendoza, Argentina


Tips for toric IOLs

Lisa Nijm, Warrenville, USA
 

Strategies for the wobbly hard rock nucleus

Cathleen M. McCabe, Sarasota, USA
 

Discussion        
 

IOL choices in the post refractive cataract patient

Pooja Khamar, Bangalore, India
 

Addressing 20/unhappy – techniques, targets and temperament

Julie Schallhorn, San Francisco, USA
 

IOL explantation – when, why and how?

Ben LaHood, Adelaide, Australia
 

DMEK in complex cases

Imane Tarib, Miami, USA
 

Discussion          

10.25 - 10.39 

Industry showreel

Companies TBC

10.40 - 10.44 

Gameshow – Win with UKISCRS

Gameshow 1

10.45 - 11.14 

Break

Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition

11.15 - 12.28

50 years of UKISCRS – past, present and future

Moderators: Paul Ursell, London, UK, Bita Manzouri, Romford, UK 

The 70s and 80s - the formative years

Patrick Condon, Waterford, Ireland
 

1990 – 2000 – UKISCRS and phaco

David Spalton, London, UK
 

2000 – 2010 – UKISCRS and lasers

Milind Pande, Hull, UK
 

2010 – 2020 – UKISCRS and safer surgery

Larry Benjamin, Aylesbury, UK
 

2020 – present – the modern UKISCRS

David Lockington, Glasgow, UK
 

The real world of ophthalmic societies

Lisa Nijm, Warrenville, USA
 

Title TBC     

Speaker TBC    
 

Video messages from past presidents & other societies

12.29 - 12.59 

Lifetime Achievement Award

Arthur Cummings 

Dublin, Ireland

13.00 - 13.59 

Lunch

Lunch & Industry Exhibition

14.00 - 15.20

Decision making in complex cataract surgery

Moderators: Laura Crawley, London, UK & Tom Flynn, Cork, Ireland 

 

Cataract surgery in pseudo-exfoliation

Imran Masood, Birmingham, UK
 

Cataract surgery with previous glaucoma surgery

Leon Au, Manchester, UK
 

Cataract surgery in keratoconus

Stephen Stewart, Belfast, UK
 

Cataract surgery post-keratoplasty

Seema Anand, Leeds, UK
 

Discussion        
 

Cataract surgery in high myopes and post vitrectomised eyes

Rishi Sharma, Saint Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
 

Cataract surgery in small eyes

Laura Crawley, London, UK
 

Rescuing the premium IOL when there is an intraocular complication

Allon Barsam, London, UK
 

Discussion          

15.21 - 15.26

Industry showreel 

Companies TBC

15.27 - 15.30

Gameshow – Win with UKISCRS

Gameshow 2

15.31 - 15.59

Break

Afternoon Coffee & Industry Exhibition

16.00 - 17.20

Order Order! I wish to make a statement to the House about…

Moderators: Nishani Amerasinghe, Southampton, UK & Mario Saldanha, Cardiff, UK

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The truth about green issues in ophthalmology – just do something!

Victor Hu, London, UK


The truth about what success in Ophthalmology looks like

Ben LaHood, Adelaide, Australia


The truth about mentoring in the eye family - Colleagues clap back

Imane Tarib, Miami, USA
 

Discussion        
 

Title TBC    Speaker TBC    
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Title TBC    Speaker TBC  

 

Discussion          

17.21 - 17.30

President’s round up and close day 1

UKISCRS President, David Lockington, Glasgow

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