09:00 | 09:15 » Opening
- Welcome word by Robert Van Horenbeeck MD, President SOBEVECO-BSCRS
- Opening of the congres by Albert Franceschetti, President ECLSO
09:15 | 10:55 » Keratoconus part I
Chair: Carina Koppen, Bernard Duchesne09:15 | 09h35 » Clinical features and diagnosis.
Omür Ucakhan MD, Ankara, Turkey
09:35 | 09:55 » Genetics and physiopathology.
Steve Tuft MD, Moorfields, United Kingdom09:55 | 10:15 » General guidelines for adaptation of RGP contact lenses.
Florence Malet MD, Bordeaux, France10:15 | 10:25 » Keratoconus and soft lenses, an unnatural marriage ?
Jean-Claude Delcourt, Bernard Duchesne MD, Liège, Belgium.
10:25 | 10:35 » A snapshot of scleral lenses for keratoconus: straightforward, predictable, available, functional.
Ken Pullum, United Kingdom
Free papers:
10:35 | 10:45 » Majlin series of new keratoconic contact lenses.
Michael Majlin MD, Haifa, Israel
10:45 | 10:55 » Twenty first century impressions.
Ken Pullum OD, London, United Kingdom
10:55 | 11:30 » Coffee break
11:30 | 12:30 » Keratoconus part II
Chair: Ayfer Kanpolat, Anna Ambroziak11:30 | 11:40 » UV-cross linking for keratoconus.
Carina Koppen MD, Antwerp, Belgium
11:40 | 12:00 » Recent developments in surgery for keratoconus.
Julien Kerautret MD, Bordeaux, France
Free papers:
12:00 | 12:10 » Intacs in keratoconus: initial experience with a new nomogram.
Omür Uçakhan MD, Ankara, Turkey
12:10 | 12:20 » Our experience with contact lens fitting after keratoplasty
Mihály Végh MD, Budapest, Hungary
12:20 | 12:30 » Optical management of corneal graft corneal patients.
Christina Grupcheva MD, Varna, Bulgaria
12:30 | 14:00 » Lunch
14:00 | 15:10 » Dry eyes
Chair: Florence Malet, Lorenzo Mannucci14:00 | 14:20 » Dry eyes: pathogenesis and treament.
Laure Malvitte MD, France
14:20 | 14:40 » How to avoid computer-eye strain.
Pascale Pouliquen MD, France
Free papers:
14:40 | 14:50 » A non viscous and Newtonian artificial tear: arabinogalactan.
Lorenzo Mannucci MD, Padova, Italy
14:50 | 15:00 » Proteomics study of the influence of contact-lens cleaning solutions on the protein profiles in tear film.
Franz Grus MD, Ettlingen, Germany
15:00 | 15:10 » Protocol for the evaluation of subjective ocular symptoms and the clinical ocular appearance of patients treated with BlinkTM Contacts single dose.
Timothy Albert, Pisa, Italy
15:10 | 16:10 » JOHNSON & JOHNSON SYMPOSIUM
15:10 | 15:50 » The "four eyed" fish, dryness and silicone hydrogels in 2007.
Dr Christina Grupcheva MD, PhD
15:50 | 16:05 » Experience in ACUVUE OASYS.
Dr Gundrun Bischoff16:05 | 16:10 » Q & A.
16:10 | 16:40 » Coffee break
16:40 | 16:45 » Best-Poster Award
16:45 | 17:40 » Wave front and contact lenses
Chair: René Mely, Marie-José Tassignon16:45 | 17:05 » Wave front and contact lenses.
Neil Charman OD PhD, Manchester, United Kingdom
17:05 | 17:20 » Asphericity and contact lenses - aberrometry evaluation.
Florence Malet, Frédéric Vayr MD, France17:20 | 17:40 » Custom Soft Contact Lens Technology.
Joe Wakil, USA
19:00 | 20:00 » Welcome reception at the Town Hall
08:00 | 9:00 » General Assembly
09:00 | 10:25 » Complications and Compliance
Chair: Ursula Vogt, Gerald Bohme09:00 | 09:15 » Lens care solutions - Overview. René Mely MD
09:15 | 09:30 » Solution incompatibilities and increased rates of infections.
Xavier Subirana MD, France
09:30 | 9.45 - AMO Complete Recall
S. Bluemle
09:45 | 10:05 » Diagnosis and treatment of contact lens related corneal ulcerations.
Bernard Duchesne MD, Liège, Belgium
Free papers:
10:05 | 10:15 » Four cases of severe contact lens complications.
Sabine Kasperski MD, Oberhausen, Germany
10:15 | 10:25 » Risks of contact lens wear in diabetics.
Mona Loutfi MD, London, United Kingdom
10:25 | 11:00 » Coffee break
11:00 | 12:00 » CIBA SYMPOSIUM: Contact lens materials and care systems
11:00 | 11:30 » From Hydrogels to Silicone Hydrogels as Soft Contact Lens Materials
Jürgen Vogt PhD Chemistry, Germany11:30 | 12:00 » Fifteen Years of Silicone Hydrogels ? What research has taught us.
Des Fonn OD PhD, Univ. Waterloo, Canada
12:00 | 12:30 » J. Kersley Lecture
Chair and introduction: Albert Franceschetti Anna Ambroziak MD, Warszawa, Poland
12:30 | 14:00 » Lunch
14:00 | 14:45 » BAUSCH & LOMB SYMPOSIUM : Compliance and contact lenses
Philip Morgan OD PhD, Manchester, United Kingdom14:45 | 15:45 » Contact lenses for children and teenagers
Chair: Jolanta Bendoriene, Veerle Beirnaert14:45 | 15:05 » Contact lenses in babies and young children.
Marie-Noelle George MD, France
15:05 | 15:25 » Contact lenses and teenagers.
Albert Franceschetti MD, Genève, Switzerland
Free papers:
15:25 | 15:35 » Management of paediatric aphakia with contact lenses ? a family case series of dominant congenital cataracts.
Una O'Colmain, London, United Kingdom
15:35 | 15:45 » Myopia and glaucoma juvenile.
Mirjana Milutinovic MD, Belgrado, Serbia and Montenegro
15:45 | 16:15 » Coffee break
16:15 | 16:45 » COOPER VISION SYMPOSIUM
Biofinity - The next generation of silicone hydrogel. Florence Malet MD, Bordeaux, Pierre Keller MD, France
16:45 - 17:35 » Free paper session
Chair: Ton Rouwen, Paul Heffinck16:45 | 16.55 » Clinical design of a custom silicone hydrogel contact lens.
Timothy Giles, Duluth, USA
16:55 | 17:05 » Custom-made, lathe-cut silicone hydrogel contact lenses: first experiences !
James Ng MD, London, United Kingdom - U. Vogt
17:05 | 17:15 » Applications of a made-to-order silicone hydrogel toric contact lens.
Timothy Giles, Duluth, USA
17:15 | 17:25 » Comparison of the symptomatology of hydrogel contact lens wearers (HCLW) newly equipped with silicone hydrogel contact lens.
L. Beyls, Vannes, France
17:25 | 17:35 » Refractive piggyback as alternative to users of contact lens with high myopia.
Jose Norberto Fernandez Cotero MD, Santander, Spain
20:00 » Gala Dinner
09:00 | 9:45 » AMO BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM
Effects of multipurpose contact lens solutions on tear film proteins. Franz H Grus MD, Ettlingen, Germany
09:45 | 10:45 » Therapeutic lenses
Chair: Christina Grupcheva, Ingrid Houttequiet09:45 | 10:05 » Basics in therapeutic lenses.
Andrena Mac Elvanney MD, London, United Kingdom10:05 | 10:25 » Application in ocular surface disease.
Ton Rouwen MD, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Free papers:
10:25 | 10:35 » Experiences of ND-YAG photoadhesion as a therapy for recurrent corneal erosions ? case series.
Sameer Trikha MD, London, United Kingdom
10:35 | 10:45 » Therapeutic contact lenses in peripheral ulcerative keratitis.
Christos Amariotakis, London, United Kingdom
10:45 | 11:15 » Coffee break
11:15 | 11:20 » Award for Best Free Paper Presentation
11:20 | 12:20 » CLAO SYMPOSIUM
Chair: E. Lee Stock, Albert Franceschetti11:15 | 11:35 » Orthokeratology: Past, Present And Future.
Sami El Hage PhD, Contact Lens Association of Ophtalmologists, USA
11:35 |11:55 » Corneal Epithelial Permeability.
E. Lee Stock MD, Contact Lens Association of Ophtalmologists, USA11:55 | 12:15 » Bio Compatibility Of The Ocular Surface To Contact Lens Solutions.
Bruce Koffler MD, Contact Lens Association of Ophtalmologists, USA
12:20 » Closure of ECLSO 2007 and presentation of the conference 2008
09:00 | 10:20 » Session 1
Chair: José F. del Cotero09:00 | 09:20 » Physiological aspects related to contact lens wear.
Florence Malet, France09:20 | 09:40 » Overview of different lens types, wear modalities and materials.
Mihály Végh, Hungary
09:40 | 10:00 » Optic rules applied to contactology.
José Fernandez del Cotero, Spain
10:00 | 10:20 » Patient evaluation and indications / contraindications for contact lens wear.
René Mély, France
10:20 | 11:00 » Coffee Break
11:00 | 12:30 » Session 2
Chair: Mihály Végh11:00 | 11:20 » Adaptation of soft contact lenses.
Herbert Schuster, Austria
11:20 | 11:40 » Silicone-hydrogels lenses: Daily wear, extended wear, current state of affairs?
Albert Franceschetti, Switzerland
11:40 | 12:00 » How to fit toric soft contact lenses.
Ton Rouwen, The Netherlands
12:00 | 12:20 » How to fit rigid contact lenses.
Ursula Vogt, United Kingdom
12:20 | 12:30 » Questions and answers
12:30 | 14:00 » Lunch
14:00 | 15:20 » Session 3
Chair: Ayfer Kanpolat14:00 | 14:20 » Presbyopia and contact lenses.
Florence Malet, France14:20 | 14:40 » Integrated Topography and Abberometry.
Joe Wakil, USA
14:40 | 15:20 » Contact lens adaptation for keratoconus.
Ingrid Houttequiet

15:20 | 16:00 » Coffee Break
16:00 | 17:30 » Session 4
Chair: Carina Koppen16:00 | 16:20 » Contact lens fitting in children.
Jolanta Bendoriene, Lithuania
16:20 | 16:40 » Contact lens complications - recognition and management.
Ayfer Kanpolat, Turkey
16:40 | 17:00 » Contact lens care.
Carina Koppen and Veerle Beirnaert, Belgium
17:00 | 17:30 » Questions and answers.