Thursday | WGC 2025

Thursday 29 June 2023 08:30-10:00 CEST Auditorium

WGC 10th Anniversary Symposium

Chair(s): Kaweh Mansouri (Switzerland); Arthur Sit (United States);

The patient in the center of our efforts
Ivan Goldberg (Australia)
Applications of the Water Drinking Test in Glaucoma Management
Remo Susanna Jr. (Brazil)
Glaucoma Surgery - then and now
Franz Grehn (Germany)
The central visual field in glaucoma
Jeffrey Liebmann (United States)
Genetics of angle closure glaucoma
Tin Aung (Singapore)
Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration
Keith Martin (Australia)
The many issues of glaucoma medication adherence
Fabian Lerner (Argentina)
Glaucoma Challenges for the Next 20 Years
Robert Weinreb (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 10:30-12:00 CEST Auditorium

When in Rome...Do as the Experts do (Video-assisted skills transfer)

Chair(s): Vital Costa (Brazil); SK Fang (Malaysia); Francesco Oddone (Italy);

Trabeculectomy with releasable / adjustable sutures
Lingam Vijaya (India)
Phaco/SICS combined with Trabeculectomy
Surinder S Pandav (India)
Non Penetrating Deep Sclerectomy
Andre Mermoud (Switzerland)
Valved and non-valved glaucoma drainage devices
Joseph Anthony Tumbocon (Philippines)
Implants in the Schlemm's canal
Cedric Schweitzer (France)
Canaloplasty - Ab interno and Ab Externo
Norbert Koerber (Germany)
Ab interno trabeculotomy / goniectomy
Zeynep Aktas (Turkey)
Phaco in PXF with small pupils and zonular deficiency
Arsham Sheybani (United States)
Subconjunctival drainage implants
Antonio Fea (Italy)
Needling for a failing / failed filter
Visanee Tantisevi (Thailand)

Thursday 29 June 2023 10:30-12:00 CEST Room A

AI for Eyes

Chair(s): Felipe Medeiros (United States); Leopold Schmetterer (Singapore); Xiulan Zhang (China);

AI for all eyes: is glaucoma screening now feasible?
Ching-Yu Cheng (Singapore)
AI for all eyes: with angle closure
Fei Li (China)
Structure and Function: Can AI optimize Visual Function assessment from Imaging data?
Carol Cheung (Hong Kong)
Glaucoma Progression Assessment: Can we make it better?
Felipe Medeiros (United States)
Incorporating clinical and genetic data to predict glaucoma outcomes
Siamak Yousefi (United States)
Big Thinking with Big Data
Anja Tuulonen (Finland)

Thursday 29 June 2023 10:30-12:00 CEST Room B

Glaucoma treatment beyond IOP

Chair(s): Robert Casson (Australia); Jonathan Crowston (Singapore);

Is exercise the exit of glaucoma?
Vicki Chrysostomou (Australia)
NAM and the preclinical evidence Is NAM the hit? Or Is NAM the hit?
Jonathan Crowston (Singapore)
Novel pharmacologic targets
Derek Welsbie (United States)
Metabolic Syndrome and Glaucoma
Gavin Roddy (United States)
Bioenergetic Neuroprotection in Glaucoma
Robert Casson (Australia)
MÃ¼ller glia, the natural neuroprotectant
Elena Vecino (Spain)

Thursday 29 June 2023 13:30-15:00 CEST Room A

Aqueous humor dynamics and IOP

Chair(s): Megumi Honjo (Japan); Michael S. Kook (South Korea); Arthur Sit (United States);

What do we know about the genetics and IOP?
Anthony Khawaja (United Kingdom)
How does the eye regulate IOP?
Michael Fautsch (United States)
What causes IOP variations
Arthur Sit (United States)
Distal outflow and EVP
Alex Huang (United States)
Surgery and aqueous humor dynamics
Sheng Lim (United Kingdom)
Continuous monitoring of IOP: Ready for prime time?
Kaweh Mansouri (Switzerland)

Thursday 29 June 2023 13:30-15:00 CEST Auditorium

Clinical Debates

Chair(s): Min Hee Suh (South Korea); Fabian Lerner (Argentina); Robert Weinreb (United States);

Exercises, Diet, Nicotinamide, Meditation helps Glaucoma control - YES
Jonathan Crowston (Singapore)
Exercises, Diet, Nicotinamide, Meditation helps Glaucoma control - NO
Paul Kaufman (United States)
Stand-alone Trabecular MIGS: should we always consider SLT first? YES
Luciano Quaranta (Italy)
Stand-alone Trabecular MIGS: should we always consider SLT first? NO
Julian Garcia Feijo (Spain)
IOP measurements are essential for proper glaucoma follow-up - YES
Jamie Brandt (United States)
IOP measurements are essential for proper glaucoma follow-up - NO
Gustavo de Moraes (United States)
OCT angiography is useful for glaucoma diagnosis and follow-up - YES
Harsha Rao (India)
OCT angiography is useful for glaucoma diagnosis and follow-up - NO
Tae-Woo Kim (South Korea)
NTG - Is IOP ever too low to operate? YES
Ki Ho Park (South Korea)
NTG - Is IOP ever too low to operate? NO
Makoto Aihara (Japan)
Knowing a patient's genotype is as important as knowing their IOP? YES
Janey Wiggs (United States)
Knowing a patient's genotype is as important as knowing their IOP? NO
Kuldev Singh (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 13:30-15:00 CEST Room B

All Roads Lead to Glaucoma (Early Pathology in Glaucoma and its Detection)

Chair(s): Neeru Gupta (Canada); Leonard Levin (Canada); Toru Nakazawa (Japan);

Bloodflow and auto regulation
Ingrida Januleviciene (Lithuania)
Past, now and future thought of glaucoma pathology
Leonard Levin (Canada)
What about the lamina cribrosa?
Deepak Edward (United States)
Can we rescue RGCs before irreversible cell death occurs?
Yvonne Ou (United States)
Neuroprotection a shattered dream or not?
Toru Nakazawa (Japan)
What is the role of astrocytes and microglia in glaucoma?
Qi Cui (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 13:30-15:00 CEST Room G

Africa Symposium

Chair(s): Neeru Gupta (Canada); Sola Olawoye (Nigeria);

New developments in the Genetics of OAG in SSA
Susan Williams (South Africa)
Surgery, not medicine, should be the standard firstline treatment for open-angle glaucoma in SSA
Naa Tagoe (Ghana)
Glaucoma drainage devices in the management of OAG Experience and outcomes in SSA.
Sheila Marco (Kenya)
Major collaborative glaucoma studies in SSA â ongoing and completed: Findings so far?
Sola Olawoye (Nigeria)
Is SLT relevant in the management of POAG in Africa?
TBA
Improving glaucoma management across SSAHow has training health workers, awareness, diagnosis and management improved over the past 10 years?
Nkiru Akaraiwe (Nigeria)

Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room A

Lasers and Surgery for Primary Angle Closure Disease

Chair(s): Mingguang He (Australia); Monisha Nongpiur (Singapore);

Laser iridotomy and iridoplasty: when and how?
Winnie Nolan (United Kingdom)
When to perform a clear lens extraction: risks versus benefits
David Friedman (United States)
When is phaco alone not enough for PACD?
Clement Tham (Hong Kong)
Trabeculectomy and combined surgery
Ramanjit Sihota (India)

Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room B

Challenges in High Myopic Glaucomatous Eyes

Chair(s): Ki Ho Park (South Korea); Jost Jonas (Germany);

Detecting structural progression
Gustavo de Moraes (United States)
Detecting functional progression
Jong Chul Han (South Korea)
Diagnosis based on functional and structural information
Takeshi Yoshida (Japan)
Epidemiology and Genetics of glaucoma in myopia
Da Wen Lu (Taiwan)
Glaucoma surgery in high myopic eyes
Shamira Perera (Singapore)

Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room D

Glaucoma in Young Patients

Chair(s): Christiane Rolim (Brazil); Nischal Ken (United States);

Clinical Applications of Genetics in Young Patients with Glaucoma
John Fingert (United States)
Pigmentary Glaucoma: clinical characteristics and treatment strategies
Nishani Amerasinghe (United Kingdom)
ICE Syndrome: tips for best management
Daniel Grigera (Argentina)
Juvenile Glaucoma: Prognosis, Decision Making, Surgical Treatment
Viney Gupta (India)
Pediatric Glaucoma: Peculiarities from Birth to Early Adulthood
Alana Grajewski (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room E

Risk Factors

Chair(s): Francesco Oddone (Italy); Franz Grus (Germany);

Epidemiological evidence suggesting dietary risk factors in glaucoma
Kelsey Stuart (United Kingdom)
Small molecule energetics and the risk of glaucoma
Robert Casson (Australia)
Lipids and glaucoma: is there a risk?
Simon Nusinovici (Singapore)
Systemic medications which may predispose to glaucoma
Andrew Tatham (United Kingdom)
Social Determinants of Health as Risk Factors for Glaucoma
Nazlee Zebardast (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Room G

My Clinic is Too Full (collaborative care)

Chair(s): Verena Prokosch (Germany); Diya Yang (China);

Managing care with other professionals
Alan Robin (United States)
IOP management outside the clinic
Elyse McGlumphy (United States)
Shared medical appointments
Sushmita Kaushik (India)
Incorporating testing-only visits
Hari Jayaram (United Kingdom)
Glaucoma Care from the optometrists' perspective
Murray Fingeret (United States)
Which patients don't need our help?
Luis Abegao Pinto (Portugal)

Thursday 29 June 2023 15:30-16:30 CEST Expo Hall - Rapid Fire area

Rapid Fire - Session 1

Chair(s): Joe Panarelli (United States); Keith Barton (United Kingdom);

Validating trend-based endpoints for neuroprotection trials in glaucoma
Giovanni Montesano (United Kingdom)
Machine learning derived visual field patterns are associated with glaucoma polygenic risk score in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study
Nazlee Zebardast (United States)
Glaucoma Risk Prediction in ocular hypertension: a cohort study using electronic medical records to validate a risk predictor: GRIP study.
Augusto Azuara-Blanco (Ireland)
A Deep Learning Approach to Predict Visual Field Using Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Optical Texture Analysis Maps
Yawen Guo (Hong Kong)
GlaucomAI - the first in class, intelligent decision support system for glaucomatous optic neuropathy risk diagnostics
Robert Wasilewicz
Genome wide discovery via feature space mapping of deep-learning derived clinical OCT phenotypes to the UK biobank
Nazlee Zebardast (United States)
Racial Differences in Prevalence and Risk Factors of Shallow Anterior Chamber Depth: The Multiethnic Ophthalmology Cohorts of California Study
Benjamin Xu (United States)
Elucidating the role of primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) susceptibility genes, EPDR1 and PLEKHA7 in PACG pathogenesis
Anita Chan (Singapore)
Altered levels of soluble immune factors in tears of eyes with exfoliation glaucoma
Zia Pradhan
Role of Cell Origin in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation for Trabecular Meshwork Restoration in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Emine Kubra Bilir (United Kingdom)
LOXL1 and its regulating miRNAs in Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma
Alka Khera
The impact of pre-treatment Intraocular Pressure on treatment response in the LiGHT Trial: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty compared to Medication
Yeonjae Kim
The impact of pre-treatment Intraocular Pressure on treatment response in the LiGHT Trial: Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty compared to Medication
Ahmed Fahmi (Sudan)

Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room B

Optimizing Trabeculectomy Outcomes and Rescue Operations

Chair(s): Franz Grehn (Germany); Mimiwati Zahari (Malaysia);

Preoperative preparation and check list
Yasmine El-Sayed (Egypt)
Surgical technique and its modifications
Marlene Moster (United States)
Management and Prevention of intraoperative complications
Prin Rojanapongpun (Thailand)
Post operative rescue operations
Tanuj Dada (India)

Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room C

Is It Better Not to Know? (practical genetics)

Chair(s): Alon Harris (United States); Steven S. Mansberger (United States);

Genetic testing for glaucoma care is an inevitability
David Mackey (Australia)
Genetic testing - might it be better not to know?
Inas Aboobakar (United States)
MRI scanning in NTG
Helen Danesh-Meyer (New Zealand)
Sleep studies
Samantha Lee (Australia)
24 hour IOP monitoring
Kevin Gillman (Switzerland)
Testing of the more central visual field
Aaki Shukla (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room D

The Frugal Ophthalmologist (Cost-effective Care)

Chair(s): Anja Tuulonen (Finland); Simon Skalicky (Australia);

Models to care for remote populations
Ashok Vardhan (India)
Providing more services for less cost
S Kavitha (India)
Principles for glaucoma management in developing countries
Virna Dwi Oktariana Asrory (Indonesia)
Cost-efficient, but effective, surgery
Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh)
Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of care
Anja Tuulonen (Finland)
How much testing is too much?
Jithin Yohannan (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room E

Peculiarities in Glaucoma Care

Chair(s): Louis Pasquale (United States); Nkiru Kizor-akaraiwe (Nigeria);

Steroid induced Glaucoma
Guillermo Barreto Fong (Peru)
Post-Vitrectomy eyes
Ronnie George (India)
Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
Gabor Hollo (Hungary)
Update on Uveitic Glaucoma
Jair Giampani (Brazil)
Neovascular Glaucoma
Mary Qiu (United States)

Thursday 29 June 2023 16:45-17:45 CEST Room G

Biomechanics

Chair(s): Crawford Downs (United States); Michael Girard (Singapore);

Biomechanics and its impact on the optic nerve head
Crawford Downs (United States)
Blood flow and ocular biomechanics on the optic nerve in glaucoma
Mark Lesk (Canada)
Are Eye Movements Detrimental to Optic Nerve Health?
Michael Girard (Singapore)
Clinical Significance of Biomechanics
Michael Girard (Singapore)

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