Below is the preliminary program for APGC 2024.
The congress program is scheduled in GMT+8, Manila time zone. To check the program times in your location please use this handy convertor.
Speakers and topics will be updated here as they are confirmed – please be sure to check back regularly.
| Day 0 - Thursday 23 May | ||||
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1400-1700 |
Pre-congress workshop
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| Day 1 - Friday 24 May | ||||
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0830-1000 |
Symposium 1: Optimising medical therapy Chairs: Catherine Liu, Hlaing May Than and Margarita Lat-Luna Considerations for 1st choice drug Manchima Makornwattana When to switch and when to add Catherine Liu Preservative-free medications: Does it really matter? Anton Hommer Fixed-combination medications Widya Artini Ikke Sumantri Adherence issues in medical therapy Mimiwati Zahari What is maximum tolerated medical therapy? Prin Roganapngpun Q&A |
Symposium 2: Grand rounds Chairs: Hannah Pia De Guzman, Ronnie George, Benjamin Xu, Mimiwati Zahari and Leon Au |
Course 1: Rescuing a failing filter
Chairs: Jose Ma. Martinez, Lei Ai Lim and Atsuya Miki Worldwide success rates of trabeculectomy Jose Ma. Martinez Management of early trabeculectomy failure Norlina Ramli Internal bleb revision Siddiqur Rahman Resuscitating Late Bleb Failures Amit Porwal Bleb revision for overhanging and cystic blebs Sirisha Senthil Top ten tips for creating a long-lasting filter Nilo Vincent Florcruz Summary & Q&A |
Course 2: Automated perimetry
Chairs: Manuel Delfin Jr. Do Tan, and Norshamshiah Md Din How to properly instruct a patient who will undergo automated perimetry examination Benjamin Abela Which perimetry test strategy for which patient? Virna Asrory Artifacts and pitfalls in perimetry examination Christine Siguan-Bell Automated perimetry interpration Jemaima Che Hamzah Perimetric glaucoma staging systems An Van Bui Monitoring for visual field progression Bryan Ang Differentiating glaucomatous from non-glaucomatous visual field defects Noel Chan Summary & Q&A |
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1000-1030 |
Morning tea |
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1030-1200 |
Plenary session 1 Chair: SK Fang, Clement Tham and Norman Aquino Opening Ceremony Award lectures - more information coming soon! |
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1200-1320 |
Lunch |
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1200-1320 |
Lunch symposium |
Lunch symposium |
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1320-1450 |
Symposium 3: Glaucoma therapies: what's new and what's on the horizon?
Chairs: Makoto Aihara and John Mark De Leon Nitric oxide donating PGA (Latanoprostene bunod) Shan Lin EP2 receptor agonist Makoto Aihara Rho kinase inhibitor +/- PGA Sanjay Asrani Sustained glaucoma medication delivery sytems Tina Wong A novel cost-effective glaucoma implant with drug eluting properties Andrew White Non-viral gene therapy in glaucoma - Translation to clinical trials Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man Intraocular molecular signature associated with glaucoma progression and response to medication: Road to GenNxT in glaucoma therapeutic Sushma Tejwani Q&A |
Symposium 4: Risk factors for glaucoma
Chair: Do Tan, Chan Yun Kim and Cynthia Verzosa Risk factors for primary open angle glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma Chan Yun Kim How does exfoliation increase the risk of glaucoma? Mineo Ozaki Risk factors for PACG Clement Tham Genetic risk factors Ryan Collantes Lifestyle associated risk factors Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajuddin Risk factors for glaucoma progression Jin Wook Jeoung Risk of blindness from glaucoma Ronnie George Q&A |
Course 3: Glaucoma drainage device instructional course
Chair: Victor Koh and Joseph Anthony Tumbocon and Leon Au Ahmed glaucoma valve and Baerveldt impants Joseph Anthony Tumbocon Paul glaucoma implant Victor Koh Ahmed clearpath Mary Qiu Virna glaucoma implant Virna Asrory Anterior chamber tube shunt to an encircling band (ACTSEB) Jose Ma. Martinez Summary & Q&A |
Course 4: Gonioscopy, anterior segment OCT and ultrasound biomicroscopy
Chair: Cecilia Aquino, Benjamin Xu and Margarita Lat-Luna Gonioscopy and Goniophotography: Technique, pearls and cases Nazrul Islam AS-OCT: Overview of the technology and Use in Clinical Practice Christopher Leung AS-OCT: Clinical Cases and Interpretation of Results Benjamin Xu UBM: Overview of the technology and use in clinical practice Margarita Lat-Luna UBM: Clinical Cases and Interpretation of Results Cecilia Aquino Summary & Q&A |
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1450-1510 |
Break |
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1520-1600 |
Industry symposium 1 |
Industry symposium 2 |
Industry symposium 3 |
Industry symposium 4 |
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1600-1730 |
Symposium 5: Complications in glaucoma surgery
Chair: Ying Han, Virna Asrory and Rainier Covar Managing bleb leaks Noel Chan Overfiltration post glaucoma surgery Michael Coote Choroidal effusion Mohd Aziz Husni Malignant glaucoma Colin Clement Suprachoroidal hemorrhage Amit Porwal Overhanging and failing blebs Paul Healey Bleb related infections Sirisha Senthil Q&A |
Symposium 6: Glaucoma with coexisting ocular comorbidity
Chair: Maria Imelda Veloso, Victor Koh, Nazrul Islam Glaucoma post corneal surgery: mechanisms & management Graham Lee Elevated IOP post- vitreo-retinal surgery: Mechanisms and management Vijaya Lingnam Managing uveitic glaucoma Da Wen Lu Elevated IOP in orbit related diseases and conditions with elevated episcleral venous pressure Maria Imelda Veloso Glaucoma surgery in ICE syndrome Surinder Pandav Trab vs Tube in neovascular and uveitic glaucoma Victor Koh Pars plana vitrectomy and pars plana tube insertion Do Tan Q&A |
Course 5: Lasers in glaucoma
Chair: Leonard Yip, David Wen Wei Woo and Grace Grozman Laser iridotomy and laser peripheral iridoplasty John Mark De Leon Selective laser trabeculoplasty David Woon Wen Wei Laser suture lysis Lei Ai Lim Transcleral cyclophotocoagulation Catherina Nasol Micropulse cyclophotocoagulation Cecilia Aquino Summary & Q&A |
Free paper 1 |
| Day 2 - Saturday 25 May | ||||
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0830-1000 |
Symposium 7: Glaucoma progression
Chairs: Ki Ho Park, Sanjay Asrani, Nilo Vincent Florcruz, Monitoring for structural progression Ki Ho Park Monitoring for functional progression Visanee Tantisevi Structure and function relationship in progression Felipe Medeiros Statistical progression vs. clinically relevant progression Sanjay Asrani Monitoring progression in advanced glaucoma Frances Meir-Gibbons Q&A |
Day 2:
Symposium 8: Asia Pacific Glaucoma Guidelines, 4th edition launch
Chairs: Christopher Leung, Tina Wong and Tin Aung Medical Treatment and recommendations Victor Koh Surgery and laser treatment Graham Lee Q&A |
Course 6: MIGS video instructional course
Chairs: Robert Ang, Paul Singh, Nathan Kerr Cut or dilate: Kahook Dual Blade, Sion, TrabEx, or OMNI, iTrack, iTrack Advance Mary Qiu Other cutting options for trabecular bypass: Goniooscopy assisted transluminal trabculecotomy (GATT), Bent ab interno needle goniectomy (BANG) Surinder Pandav I-Stent inject Paul Singh Hydrus microstent Leonard Yip Xen gel stent Poemen Chan Preserflo mciroshunt Nathan Kerr MIGS rescue procedures Paul Singh Summary & Q&A |
Free paper 2: Film Festival |
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1000-1030 |
Morning tea |
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1030-1200 |
Plenary session 2
MIGS controversies Chairs: Robert Ang, Chelvin Sng Evolution of MIGS: An unmet need Robert Ang Trabecular bypass: Devices are better Shamira Perera Trabecular bypass: BANG and GATT are better Xiulan Zhang Standalone trabecular bypass MIGS should be performed Colin Clement Standalone trabecular bypass MIGS should NOT be performed Leon Au Medically uncontrolled moderate glaucoma: Subconjunctival MIGS8 mins Keith Barton Medically uncontrolled moderate glaucoma: Trabeculectomy Lei Ai Lim MIGS for angle closure glaucoma: What's the evidence? Chelvin Sng What's new and what's in the pipeline? Paul Singh Q&A |
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1200-1320 |
Lunch |
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Lunch symposium |
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1320-1450 |
Symposium 9: Hot topics in glaucoma management
Chairs: Clement Tham, Hannah de Guzman and Vijaya Lingnam First-line treatment in newly diagnosed POAG: Medications Anton Hommer First-line treatment in newly diagnosed POAG: SLT Jonathan Crowston Debate Summary: First-line treatment in Newly diagnosed POAG: Medications vs. SLT Vijaya Lingnam Escalating treatment in eyes with OCT-RNFL progression alone without visual field deterioration: YES Syril Dorairaj Escalating treatment in eyes with OCT-RNFL progression alone without visual field deterioration: NO Vijaya Lingnam Debate Summary: Escalating treatment in eyes with OCT-RNFL progression alone without visual field deterioration Clement Tham Inadequate IOP reduction post-trab: Needling Leonard Yip Inadequate IOP reduction post-trab: Glaucoma medications Frances Meir-Gibbons Debate summary: Inadequate IOP reduction post-trab: needling vs medications Hannah de Guzman Q&A |
Symposium 10: Challenging situations and modifications in glaucoma drainage implantation
Chairs: Joseph Anthony Tumbocon, Ikke Widya Sumantri and Seng Kheong Fang Difficult scenarios in glaucoma drainage device implantation: Part 1 Mary Qiu Alternative sites of tube insertion Michael Coote Decreasing the risk of hypertensive phase in Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation Ying Han Techniques and devices that can adjust flow in tube surgery Leon Au 2nd glaucoma drainage device implantation: Why, Where and How? Sheng Lim Managing complications of tube surgery Keith Barton Q&A |
Course 7: Structural examination of the optic nerve head, retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell complex
Chairs: Kyung Rim Sung, Cynthia Yu-Mai-Man and Raquel Quino Decoding the optic disc Naris Kitnarong Review of OCT technology Leopold Schmetterer Interpretation of OCT RNFL and ONH results Bernardo Soares Interpretation of OCT macular ganglion cell complex results Hitomi Saito Interpretiation of OCT angiography results Kyung Rim Sung OCT progression analysis Christopher Leung Summary & Q&A |
Course 8: Averting disaster in glaucoma surgery: From my personal video collection
Chairs: Shamira Perera, Xiulan Zhang and Rainier Covar TBC Bryan Ang Cliche hurdles of conventional glaucoma surgery, and new options to overcome Seungsoo Rho Optimizing Surgical Outcomes: Navigating from Traditional Filtering Surgeries to MIGS Xiulan Zhang TBC Tomasz Zarnowski |
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1450-1510 |
Afternoon tea |
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1520-1600 |
Industry symposium 1 |
Industry symposium 2 |
Industry symposium 3 |
Industry symposium 4 |
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1600-1730 |
Symposium 11: Imaging in glaucoma
Chairs: Christopher Leung, Chan Yun Kim and John Mark De Leon Ultrasound biomicroscopy in glaucoma Syril Dorairaj Anterior segment imaging of the iridocorneal angle Shan Lin Utility of Anterior segment OCT in the assessment of filtration blebs Cynthia Yu-Mai-Man OCT-ONH/RNFL - identifying artifacts and pitfalls in interpretation Sanjay Asrani Macular ganglion cell complex analysis: What additional information can it provide and when is it more beneficial to perform? Christopher Leung How to make sense of RNFL & macular ganglion cell complex discordance Felipe Medeiros Imaging the optic nerve head in myopic eyes Hitomi Saito Q&A |
Symposium 12: The United Nations of Soft Eyes Chairs: Tina Wong, Norlina Ramli and Visanee Tantisevi Hypotony post trabeculetomy: Part 1 Rainier Covar Hypotony post trabeculectomy: Part 2 Tina Wong Hypotony post tube surgery Keith Barton Hypotony post cyclodiode and uveitis Vijaya Lingam Hypotony post viitreo-retinal surgery Shamira Perera Hypotony post trauma Graham Lee Q&A |
Course 9: Trabeculectomy: Tips and Pearls
Chairs: Jose Ma. Martinez, Lei Ai Lim, Surinder Pandav 50-year Evolution of Trabeculectomy Patricia Khu Basic techniques and variations in Trabeculectomy Surinder Pandav When things go wrong in Trabeculectomy: A Simple Guidebook Fabio Kanadani Summary & Q&A |
Course 10: Childhood glaucoma
Chairs: Ching Lin Ho, Carlo Rubio and Norshamsiah Md Din The Genetics of Primary Congenital Glaucoma: Clinical Practice Implications Ryan Collantes Tips and pearls for monitoring childhood glaucoma patients Joseph Panarelli Medication Use in Pediatric Glaucoma Patients Norshamsiah Md Din Glaucoma Surgical Pearls in Children Ching Lin Ho Summary & Q&A |
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1730-1830 |
Pre-congress dinner Cocktails at exhibition hall |
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1900-2200 |
Congress dinner (RSVP required)
Sponsored by Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology (PAO) |
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0830-1000 |
Symposium 13: Artificial intelligence: where are we now, where are we headed and what does it mean to us?
Chairs: Michael Girard, Ningli Wang and Carlo Rubio AI-driven Gait Analysis to identify visual impairment from glaucoma Xiaofei Wang Topic - TBA Leopold Schmetterer Topic - TBA Robert Chang Topic - TBA Michael Girard Surgical navigation of ab interno trabeculotomy based on deep learning Xiulan Zhang Topic - TBA Felipe Medeiros Topic - TBA Jithin Yohannan Revolutionizing Glaucoma Management With Large Language Models Fei Li Q&A |
Symposium 14: Expanded options in glaucoma intervention: case-based conversations
Chairs: Robert Ang, Paul Singh and Colin Clement 40 y/o newly diagnosed early POAG patient who does not want topical medications. What are the options? Mimiwat Zahari 50 y/o patient with POAG with IOP of 23 mmHg on maximum tolerated medications. What are the options? Leon Au 55 y/o patient with POAG on 2 medications, but is poorly compliant and has signs of visual field progression. What are the options? Bryan Ang 60 year old patient with visually significant cataract and POAG controlled with 3 medications. What are the options? Paul Singh 60 y/o patient with PACG post LPI with controlled IOP with 2 medications and early cataract. What are the options? Jose Maria Martinez 70 y/o pseudophakic patient with advanced-stage POAG on maximum medical medical therapy with glaucomatous progression . What are the options? Nathan Kerr |
Course 11: Strategies, innovations and resources in teaching glaucoma
Chairs: Margarita Lat-Luna and Raquel Quino Strategies and Innovations for Teaching Glaucoma: An Indian Perspective Ronnie George |
Free paper 3 |
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1000-1030 |
Morning tea |
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1030-1200 |
Plenary session 3 Primary angle closure disease: what we have learned and how to manage Chairs: Ningli Wang, Margarita Lat-Luna and Tin Aung Anterior segment OCT findings in the Asian Americans Shan Lin What did we learn from Analis & ZAP trials. How do we apply it in our practice? Tin Aung Risk stratification of primary angle closure suspects (PACS) Benjamin Xu When to do phaco vs phaco+trab in PACG Clement Tham How to deal with refractory PACG patients Paul Healey Q&A |
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1200-1320 |
Lunch |
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1320-1450 |
Symposium 15: Hot topics in surgical management: what to do next?
Chairs: Paul Healey, Patricia Khu and Paul Chew What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Trab revision Nazrul Islam What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Repeat trab Edgar Leuenberger What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Tube Seng Kheong Fang Debate Summary : What's next if a trabeculectomy fails? Revise, repeat or tube Patricia Khu What's next after a tube fails? Plate capsule excision / revision Astrianda Suryono What's next after a tube fails? 2nd tube Ying Han What's next after a tube fails? cyclophotocoagulation David Woo Wen Wei Debate Summary: What's next after a tube fails? Revice vs 2nd tube or CPC Paul Healey Q&A |
Symposium 16: Glaucoma and myopia
Chairs: Da Wen Lu, Norman Aquino and Hitomi Saito Epidemiology and genetics of glaucoma in myopia Da Wen Lu Effect of Myopia on Progression of POAG Kyung Rim Sung Imaging in High Myopia: Tips for Daily Clinical Practice Jost B. Jonas Glaucoma and myopia: diagnostic dilemmas I Nilo Vincent Florcruz Glaucoma and myopia: Diagnostic dilemmas II Atsuya Miki Glaucoma and myopia: Diagnostic dilemmas III Hitomi Saito Q&A |
Course 12: Correlating structure and function
Chairs: Ki Ho Park, Christine Sigaun-Bell Structure - function relationship in glaucoma Ki Ho Park How to proceed when there is structure-function discordance Maria Hannah Pia De Guzman Structure - structure discordance: When RNFL and macular ganglion cell complex examinations do NOT agree Bernardo Soares Which test is more important in the early, moderate and advanced stage of glaucoma Chan Yun Kim Summary & Q&A |
Free paper 4 |
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1450-1520 |
Afternoon tea |
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1520-1650 |
Symposium 17: Understanding glaucoma from a different perspective
Chairs: Michael Girard, Ningli Wang and John Mark De Leon CSF pressure and glaucoma Ningli Wang Exercise, diet, & Immunology Jonathan Crowston AI and Engineering tools to describe the structural and biomechanical phenotype of glaucoma Michael Girard ONH biomechanics during accommodation Xiaofei Wang Iris Biomechanics Satish Panda Continuous 24-hour intraocular pressure monitoring Yangfan Yang Q&A |
Symposium 18: Glaucoma and cataract
Chairs: Shamira Perera, Cesar Perez and Prin Rojanapongpun Pre-operative considerations in patients with co-existing glaucoma and cataract Carlo Rubio Combined phaco and goniosynechiolysis Jimmy Lai Combined phaco and trabeculectomy Jemaima Che Hamzah Phaco in a post-trab eye Bryan Ang Cataract Surgery in Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma Paul Singh Potential surgical challenges in eyes with cataract and angle closure Shamira Perera Difficult cataract surgery in glaucoma Poemen Chan Which IOL's to use in glaucoma patients Rainier Covar Q&A |
Course 13: Angle closure disease management
Chairs: Astrianda Suryono, Do Tan and Catherina Nasol LI and LPI indications and techniques Maya Suwandono Louhenapessy Trabeculectomy Pearls in Angle Closure Glaucoma Astrianda Suryono Cataract Extraction in Angle Closure Eyes Do Tan Combined phaco and goniosynechiolysis: Inidications, outcomes and technique Renato Rayel Combined phaco + trab in angle closure glaucoma: tips and tricks Catherina Nasol Summary & Q&A |
Free paper 5 |
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1650-1710 |
Closing Ceremony |
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