Paris 2009 Programme

Sunday 10th May 2009

14:00 - 15:00 » Parallel session

» Course 1 - Analysis of fluorescein patterns in RGP contact lens fitting (FMC) Yoram BIGER, Kfar-saba (ISRAEL) - Carina KOPPEN, Edegem (BELGIUM) - Elena RYBAKOVA, Moscow (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)» Course 2 - Presbyopia and contact lenses: practical approach, CL selection and fit (FMC) Valentina DIMITRIJEVIC, Belgrade (SERBIA) - Simona RADU, Bucharest (ROMANIA)

15:00 - 16:00 » Parallel session

» Course 3 - Update on contact lenses for astigmatism: keys for an easy fit (FMC) Ingrid HOUTTEQUIET, Mechelen (BELGIUM) - Xavier SUBIRANA, Toulouse (FRANCE)» Course 4 - Toric contact lenses-challenging cases (FMC) Christina GRUPCHEVA, Varna (BULGARIA) - Roland PAGOT, Strasbourg (FRANCE)

16:00 - 16:30 » Coffee break

16:30 - 17:30 » Parallel session

» Course 5 - Therapeutic contact lenses: indications, lens choice and follow-up (FMC) Anna-Maria AMBROZIAK, Warszaw (POLAND) - Magdalena KORWIN-RUJNA, Warsaw (POLAND) - René MELY, Valmont (FRANCE)» Course 6 - Review of challenging contact lens fitting cases (FMC) Jolanta BENDORIENE, Vilnius (LITHUANIA) - Mirna STABUC, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)

17:30 - 18:00 » ECLSO General Assembly

18:30 - 20:00 » Welcome Coktail in the Panoramic bar of the Concorde Hotel (33rd floor)

Monday 11th May 2009

08:00 - 08:10 » Opening

08:10 - 08:50 » Corneal and Ocular Surface Updates (FMC)

Chairperson: Ayfer KANPOLAT, Ankara (TURKEY)Co-chairperson: Adriana STANILA, Sibiu (ROMANIA)

08:10 - 08:20 » Corneal hysteresis

David TOUBOUL, Bordeaux (FRANCE)

08:20 - 08:30 » Ocular surface - What's going on?

Canan GURDAL, Ankara (TURKEY)

08:30 - 08:40 » Confocal microscopy and CL induced corneal modifications

Monika UDZIELA, Warszaw (POLAND)

08:40 - 08:50 » Discussion

08:50 - 09:30 » Free Papers

Chairperson: Carina KOPPEN, Edegem (BELGIUM)Co-chairperson: Roland PAGOT, Strasbourg (FRANCE)

08:50 - 08:58 » O-01 - Contact lens-induced giant papillary conjunctivitis

Ljiljana KOVAC, Belgrade (SERBIA)

08:58 - 09:06 » O-02 - Back into basics in contact lens care

Martine CROS BOIDEVEZI, Mulhouse (FRANCE)

09:06 - 09:14 » O-03 - Characteristics and contact lens prescribing of patients attending a specialist contact lens clinic

Laura CRAWLEY, London (UNITED KINGDOM)

09:14 - 09:22 » O-04 - Contact lens habits on the balkans

Christina GRUPCHEVA, Varna (BULGARIA)

09:22 - 09:30 » O-05 - The effectiveness of soft toric contact lens correction in comparison with spectacle correction in patients with regular corneal astigmia

Mihály VÉGH, Szeged (HUNGARY)

09:30 - 09:50 » Contact lenses and children - Special Guest conference (FMC)

Chairperson: Jolanta BENDORIENE, Vilnius (LITHUANIA)Co-chairperson: Marie-Noëlle GEORGE, Nantes (FRANCE)

09:30 - 09:50 » Why we must fit children with RGP contact lenses

H. Dwight CAVANAGH, Dallas (UNITED STATES)

09:50 - 10:00 » Strabismus and contact lenses (FMC)

Chairperson: Jolanta BENDORIENE, Vilnius (LITHUANIA)Co-chairperson: Marie-Noëlle GEORGE, Nantes (FRANCE)Speaker: Angélina SULTANIM, Tours (FRANCE)

10:00 - 10:20 » Coffee break

10:20 - 11:00 » Silicone hydrogel contact lenses (FMC)

Chairperson: Christina GRUPCHEVA, Varna (BULGARIA)Co-chairperson: Anna-Maria AMBROZIAK, Warszaw (POLAND)

10:20 - 10:30 » Silicone hydrogel presbyopic CLs

Catherine PEYRE, Nanterre (FRANCE)

10:30 - 10:40 » Silicone hydrogel materials: what has changed?

René MELY, Valmont (FRANCE)

10:40 - 11:00 » Free Papers on silicone hydrogels

10:40 - 10:48 » O-06 - Effects of long term silicone hydrogel contact lenses on tear functions and corneal morphology

Canan GURDAL, Ankara (TURKEY)

10:48 - 10:56 » O-07 - Evaluation of the change in tear osmolarity after using different eye drops

Chiara POSARELLI, Pisa (ITALY)

11:00 - 11:20 » Jonathan Kersley lecture (FMC)

11:00 - 11:20 » Introduction: ECLSO General secretary

René MELY, Valmont (FRANCE)

11:00 - 11:20 » Scheimpflug Imaging: Advantages and Clinical Applications

Omür UCAKHAN-GUNDUZ, Ankara (TURKEY)

11:20 - 12:00 » Symposium CIBAVISION: Performance and applications of a new Si-Hy Multifocal lens with a center-near design

11:20 - 12:00 » Optimization of presbyopia-correcting lenses using adaptive optics

Fabrice HARMS, Paris (FRANCE)

11:20 - 12:00 » Presentation of the newest innovation from CIBA VISION: AIR OPTIX Aqua Multifocal

Françoise LE CHERPIE BALAT, Paris (FRANCE)

11:20 - 12:00 » Clinical performance and results using AIR OPTIX Aqua Multifocal

Catherine PEYRE, Nanterre (FRANCE)

12:00 - 14:00 » Lunch break and visit of exhibition

14:00 - 14:20 » Special ocular conditions (FMC)

Chairperson: Andrena MCELVANNEY, Sutton, Surrey (UNITED KINGDOM)Co-chairperson: Pavel REZEK, Praha (CZECH REPUBLIC)

14:00 - 14:10 » High DK scleral lenses

Marc MURAINE, Rouen (FRANCE)

14:10 - 14:20 » Free paper related

14:10 - 14:18 » O-08 - The benefits of using therapeutic contact lenses after pterygium surgery

Adriana STANILA, Sibiu (ROMANIA)

14:20 - 14:40 » Update on CL complications and their management - Special Guest conference (FMC)

Chairperson: Florence MALET, Bordeaux (FRANCE)Speaker: Terrence O'BRIEN, Palm Beach Gardens (UNITED STATES)

14:40 - 15:40 » SFOALC Session (FMC)

Chairperson: Franck EARITH, Le Vesinet (FRANCE)Co-chairperson: Mirna STABUC, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)

14:40 - 14:52 » Contact lens related emergencies in Paris’ hospital

Jean-Philippe COLLIOT, Paris (FRANCE) - Françoise DEGEORGES, Paris (FRANCE) - Véronique EINHOLTZ, Paris (FRANCE)

14:52 - 15:04 » Keratoconus - long-term follow-up

Florence ABRY, Strasbourg (FRANCE) - François MEYER, Obernai (FRANCE) - Roland PAGOT, Strasbourg (FRANCE)

15:04 - 15:16 » Prosthetic contact lenses

Katherine VIS, Roquebrune-cap-martin (FRANCE)

15:16 - 15:28 » Piggy-back in keratoconus and corneal grafts: review of 30 cases

Marie-Noëlle GEORGE, Nantes (FRANCE) - Pierre-Yves SANTIAGO, Nantes (FRANCE) - Bertrand VABRES, Nantes (FRANCE)

14:28 - 15:40 » Prospective and observational study of prescribing trends for contact lenses by ophthalmologists in South-East of France

Françoise COMET-MATEU, Montpellier (FRANCE) - Louisette BLOISE, St Laurent Du Var (FRANCE) - Dominique PLAISANT-PROUST, Marseille (FRANCE) - Katherine VIS, Roquebrune-cap-martin (FRANCE)

15:40 - 16:20 » Symposium Johnson & Johnson

15:40 - 16:20 » Discussion about 6 clinical misconceptions

Christina GRUPCHEVA, Varna (BULGARIA) - René MELY, Valmont (FRANCE)

16:20 - 16:40 » Coffee break

16:40 - 17:10 » Orthokeratology (FMC)

Chairperson: H. Dwight CAVANAGH, Dallas (UNITED STATES)Co-chairperson: Yoram BIGER, Kfar-saba (ISRAEL)

16:40 - 16:55 » New orthokeratology: where we are, what have we learned?

John MOUNTFORD, Brisbane (AUSTRALIA)

16:55 - 17:10 » Discussion

17:10 - 17:30 » CLAO Session (FMC)

Chairperson: Albert FRANCESCHETTI, Meyrin (SWITZERLAND)Co-chairperson: René MELY, Valmont (FRANCE) Sami EL HAGE, Houston (UNITED STATES) - E. Lee STOCK, Mequon (UNITED STATES)

17:30 - 18:00 » Rapid fire presentations

Chairperson: Ursula VOGT, London (UNITED KINGDOM)Co-chairperson: Ljiljana KOVAC, Belgrade (SERBIA)

17:30 - 17:36 » O-09 - Correcting presbyopia with contact lenses - challenge with a chance for success

Adriana STANILA, Sibiu (ROMANIA)

17:36 - 17:42 » O-10 - Could orthokeratological effect turn permanent? presentation of 3 cases after radial keratotomy

Vjacheslav KUZNETSOV, Riga (LATVIA)

17:42 - 17:48 » O-11 - Manufacturing techniques may play a role in the development of precipitates on a gas permeable rigid contact lens

Hilmi OR, Istambul (TURKEY)

17:48 - 17:54 » O-12 - Piggy-back contact lens system for keratoconus

Tomris SENGOR, Erenköy, Istambul (TURKEY)

17:54 - 18:00 » O-13 - Management of complications arising in keratoconic contact lens wearers

Halina MANCZAC, Poznan (POLAND)

18:00 - 18:30 » Mini Symposium Alcon: Prevention of infection with contact lenses : Broad Spectrum Biocompatible disinfection

Franck EARITH, Le Vesinet (FRANCE) - Terrence O'BRIEN, Palm Beach Gardens (UNITED STATES)

Tuesday 12th May 2009

09:30 - 12:00 » Presentation of the annual report of the French Society of Ophthalmologists on "Contact Lenses"

12:30 - 14:00 » Closure lunch Hall Havane Level 3 with the support of CIBAVISION

 
 
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