
ANNUAL CONGRESS PROGRAMME
THURSDAY
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 white cataracts and flag signs
Sri Ganesh, Bangalore, India
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, Baltimore, 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 - 12.09
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
Discussion
12.10 - 12.39
6 of the best Consultant Free papers
Moderators: TBC
17 - Cannula detachment during intraocular surgery: prevalence, harm and the case for an engineered safeguard
Amar Alwitry, Ramsay Hospitals UK
18 - Collecting Cat-PROM5 at scale: matched within-patient outcomes in 5,783 NHS cataract patients via an autonomous voice agent
Aisling Higham, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
19 - A quarter century of evolution of improvement in intra-operative complications and pre-operative risk stratification in phacoemulsification: the Auckland Cataract Studies 2000-2025
Charles NJ McGhee, New Zealand National Eye Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand
106 - Clinical Outcomes Following Implantation of Vioptics ART 40 and ART 70 Extended Depth of Focus Intraocular Lenses
Sunil Shah, Midland Eye Centre and Aston University, Birmingham, UK
20 - Subjective Outcomes Following Alcon Vivity Increased range of Focus Intraocular Lens Implantation in Routine Cataract and Lens Exchange Surgery
Mohammed Muhtaseb, iLase Private Practice, Cardiff, UK
21 - Expanding Horizons: Visual Outcomes with a 7.7 mm Optical Zone in KLEx Surgery
Lena Beckers, Precise Vision, Rheine, Germany
12.40 - 13.04
Lifetime Achievement Award
Arthur Cummings
Dublin, Ireland
13.05 - 13.09
Gameshow - Win with UKISCRS
Gameshow 2
13.10 - 14.10
Lunch
Lunch & Industry Exhibition
14.11 - 16.44
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
15.27 - 15.30
Gameshow – Win with UKISCRS
Gameshow 2
15.31 - 15.59
Break
Afternoon Coffee & Industry Exhibition
16.00 - 16.44
Order Order! I wish to make a statement to the House about…
Moderators: Nishani Amerasinghe, Southampton, UK & Mario Saldanha, Cardiff, UK
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, Baltimore, USA
Discussion
16.45 - 17.04
Council Medal Lecture: You can’t handle the truth! What Ophthalmologists can learn from the real Top Gun
Steve Schallhorn
San Francisco, USA
17.05 - 17.15
President’s round up and close day 1
UKISCRS President, David Lockington, Glasgow
UKISCRS ANNUAL GALA DINNER
THURSDAY 19th
Celebrating our BIG

A night at the Museum
18.30 for 18.45
