We’re thrilled to share the program for the 10th World Glaucoma Congress!
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For a first glimpse at the official program, select the congress days further down below or download the program at a glance here.
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| 08:30 – 09:30 | Society Symposium Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society – Hot Topics in Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Middle East Africa Glaucoma Society – Answers to Common Question in Glaucoma Practice 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Ukrainian Glaucoma Society – Important questions of glaucoma in Ukraine 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Section of the German Ophthalmological Society – Going from individual molecules into global virtuality in glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Latin American Glaucoma Society – Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of Secondary Glaucoma. 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Bangladesh Glaucoma Society – Management of Glaucoma in 2023 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Joint Symposium Greek Glaucoma Society & A.I.S.G – Management of Primary Angle Closure Disease 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Symposium of Czech glaucoma society 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Bolivian Glaucoma Society – Glaucoma drainage implants, past, present and future 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Interest Group of the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka – Overcoming challenges of glaucoma in a developing country 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Peruvian Glaucoma Society – Cheap and effective surgical alternatives glaucoma treatment 1 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||
| 09:30 – 09:45 | 15-MIN BREAK 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 09:45 – 10:45 | Society Symposium European Glaucoma Society – EGS into the future 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Korean Glaucoma Society – Recent Updates on Glaucoma Diagnosis and Pathogenesis 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Brazilian Glaucoma Society Meeting 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Chinese Glaucoma Society – World Glaucoma Congress China Symposium 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Optometric Glaucoma Society – Controversies in Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of the Turkish Ophthalmology Association – Recent Advances in Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Joint symposium of the Austrian and Swiss Glaucoma Society 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Philippine Glaucoma Society – Celebrating 25 Years of Achievement 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Chapter of the Peruvian Society of Ophthalmology – Achieving the Iop target 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Saudi Glaucoma Group – Refractory Glaucoma-My preferred strategy 1 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||
| 10:45 – 11:00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | OPENING CEREMONYClick to discover the session’s program 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 – 11:55 | Laureate Award LectureClick to discover the session’s program 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:55 – 12:00 | 5-MIN BREAK 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Presidential Symposium 5 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 13:00 – 18:00 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 13:00 – 18:00 7 | Sponsored Lunch Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 13:00 – 18:00 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 13:00 – 18:00 7 | General Assembly 5 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 13:00 – 18:00 7 | General Assembly 5 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 13:00 – 18:00 7 | COFFEE BREAK Exhibition 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15:30-16:30 | Industry Showcase 14 | 7 | Parallel Symposium Hot Debates in Glaucoma Surgery 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Angle Closure 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Glaucoma and the Ocular Surface 6 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||||
| 16:30-17:00 | 7 | Parallel Symposium Hot Debates in Glaucoma Surgery 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Angle Closure 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Glaucoma and the Ocular Surface 6 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||
| 17:00 – 18:00 | 7 | Welcome Reception 12 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 7:30 – 8:00 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||
| 8:00 – 8:30 | 7 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||
| 8:30 – 8:45 | 7 | Plenary Symposium WGC 10th Anniversary Symposium 5 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||
| 8:45 – 10:00 | 7 | Plenary Symposium WGC 10th Anniversary Symposium 5 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK Exhibition 2 | ||||||||||||
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | Parallel Symposium When in Rome… Do as the Experts do (Video-assisted skills transfer) 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium AI for Eyes 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Glaucoma treatment beyond IOP 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | ||||||||||||
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | Sponsored Lunch Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | ||||||||||||
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | Parallel Symposium Clinical Debates 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Aqueous humor dynamics and IOP 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium All Roads Lead to Glaucoma (Early Pathology in Glaucoma and its Detection) 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Africa Symposium 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | COFFEE BREAK Exhibition 2 | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Industry Showcase 14 | Course Lasers and Surgery for Primary Angle Closure Disease 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Challenges in High Myopic Glaucomatous Eyes 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Glaucoma in young patients 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Risk Factors 9 Click to discover the session’s program | OCT Workshop 10 | Course My clinic is too full (collaborative care) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | 7 | Course Lasers and Surgery for Primary Angle Closure Disease 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Challenges in High Myopic Glaucomatous Eyes 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Glaucoma in young patients 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Risk Factors 9 Click to discover the session’s program | OCT Workshop 10 | Course My clinic is too full (collaborative care) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||
| 16:30 – 16:45 | 7 | 2 | 15-MIN BREAK 2 | OCT Workshop 10 | 2 | ||||||||
16:45 – 17:30 | Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Optimizing Trabeculectomy Outcomes and Rescue Operations 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Is It Better Not to Know? (practical genetics) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course The Frugal Ophthalmologist (Cost-effective Care) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Peculiarities in Glaucoma Care 9 Click to discover the session’s program | OCT Workshop 10 | Course Biomechanics 9 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||
| 17:30 -17:45 | Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Optimizing Trabeculectomy Outcomes and Rescue Operations 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Is It Better Not to Know? (practical genetics) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course The Frugal Ophthalmologist (Cost-effective Care) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Peculiarities in Glaucoma Care 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Biomechanics 9 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||
| 17:45 -18:00 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||
| 19:00 – 22:00 | President’s Dinner (upon invitation only) 11 | ||||||||||||
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| 7:30 – 8:00 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||
| 8:00 – 8:30 | 7 | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||
| 8:30 – 10:00 | 7 | Plenary Symposium Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient 5 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK Exhibition 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | Parallel Symposium Dante’s Inferno: How to Save the Day? (Surgical Nightmares) 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Glaucoma Progression 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Risk Factors Debate 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | Sponsored Lunch Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||
| 13:15 – 13:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-18:00 7 | Parallel Symposium Decision-making in glaucoma surgery 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Imaging in Glaucoma: from Basics to Advanced 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Personalized Medicine (incl. multiomics) 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium Associate Advisory Board Symposium 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK Exhibition 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15:30 – 16:30 | 7 | Course Glaucoma Surgery: New Techniques on the Horizon 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Patient Safety 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Big Data 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Glaucoma Drainage Devices: Surgical Caveats 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Cell-based Strategies for Vision Restoration 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Don’t Fiddle while Rome Burns (Advanced Glaucoma Management) 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Functional Testing in Glaucoma: from Daily Practice to the Latest Research 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Workshop 3D Optic Disc course 10 Click to discover the session’s program | Gonioscopy Workshop 13 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||
| 16:30 – 16:45 | 7 | 15-MIN BREAK 2 | Workshop 3D Optic Disc course 10 Click to discover the session’s program | Gonioscopy Workshop 13 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||
16:45 – 17:30 | Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Surgery for Congenital Glaucoma 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course MIGS and Lasers: Complications and Rescue 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Screening and AI 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Neuroprotection: from Bench to Bedside 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Normal Tension Glaucoma 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Evidence-based Surgery for Secondary Glaucoma 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Workshop 3D Optic Disc course 10 Click to discover the session’s program | Gonioscopy Workshop 13 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||
| 17:30 – 17:45 | Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Surgery for Congenital Glaucoma 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course MIGS and Lasers: Complications and Rescue 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Screening and AI 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Neuroprotection: from Bench to Bedside 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Normal Tension Glaucoma 9 Click to discover the session’s program | Course Evidence-based Surgery for Secondary Glaucoma 9 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||
| 17:45 -18:00 | 7 | 15-MIN BREAK 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | Sponsored Afternoon Symposium 4 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||
| 19:00 – 19:30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19:30 – 23:00 | Congress Dinner (Salone delle Fontane) 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 7:30 – 8:00 | Society Symposium International Society of Glaucoma Surgery – Preventing and Managing Complications of Glaucoma Surgery 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Japan Glaucoma Society – New Topics for Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment from Japan 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of India – India’s Gift to the World of Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Pan American Glaucoma Society – Approach to the Patient with Angle-closure Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Malaysian Glaucoma Society – Outcomes of Glaucoma Surgeries in Malaysia – Old is Gold but is New Diamond? 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of Chile – Glaucoma Surgery Tips 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Bulgarian Glaucoma Society – Glaucoma – One Word, Thousand Aspects 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Section of the Polish Ophthalmological Society – Different Aspects of Glaucoma – from Rare thought Interesting to Common and Crucial Issues 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of the Taiwan Academy of Ophthalmology – Challenges and Unmet Needs: from Diagnosis to Therapy of Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-14:00 7 | Society Symposium International Society of Glaucoma Surgery – Preventing and Managing Complications of Glaucoma Surgery 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Japan Glaucoma Society – New Topics for Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment from Japan 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of India – India’s Gift to the World of Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Pan American Glaucoma Society – Approach to the Patient with Angle-closure Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Malaysian Glaucoma Society – Outcomes of Glaucoma Surgeries in Malaysia – Old is Gold but is New Diamond? 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of Chile – Glaucoma Surgery Tips 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Bulgarian Glaucoma Society – Glaucoma – One Word, Thousand Aspects 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Section of the Polish Ophthalmological Society – Different Aspects of Glaucoma – from Rare thought Interesting to Common and Crucial Issues 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of the Taiwan Academy of Ophthalmology – Challenges and Unmet Needs: from Diagnosis to Therapy of Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-14:00 7 | Parallel Symposium How to (re)organize Glaucoma Treatment Strategies? 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | Workshop HFA Visual Fields 3 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Exhibition, Poster area, Catering, Photo exhibition, Rapid Fire area, Film Festival 8:00-14:00 7 | Parallel Symposium How to (re)organize Glaucoma Treatment Strategies? 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | Workshop HFA Visual Fields 3 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK Exhibition 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30 – 11:30 | 7 | Society Symposium American Glaucoma Society – Best of the 2023 Annual Meeting 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Association of Singapore – Recent Trends in Glaucoma Management in Singapore: Rising to Meet New Challenges 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium French Glaucoma Society – Glaucoma Surgery in Complex Situations 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Childhood Glaucoma Research Network – What is Going on in the World of Pediatric Glaucoma? 1 Click to discover the session’s program | 3 | Society Symposium Indonesian Glaucoma Society – A simple GDD to Overcome Glaucoma in Indonesia 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Portuguese Glaucoma Group – What is Coming and What I wish was Coming in Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of Ecuador – “Challenges in the Management of Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Patients” 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Algerian Glaucoma Society – What are the strategies of screening in under-medicalized areas in Algeria? 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Egyptian Society for the Glaucomas – Addressing the Angle in Pediatric and Adult Glaucoma 1 Click to discover the session’s program | Society Symposium Romanian Glaucoma Society – “State of the Art Glaucoma Surgery” 1 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Break 15 min | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:45 – 12:00 | 7 | Plenary Symposium Grand Rounds 5 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium How can I convince…? 6 Click to discover the session’s program | Wetlab Session 8 Click to discover the session’s program | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 – 13:15 | 7 | Plenary Symposium Grand Rounds 5 Click to discover the session’s program | Parallel Symposium How can I convince…? 6 Click to discover the session’s program | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13:15 – 14:00 | 7 | FAREWELL DRINKS & BITES IN EXPO 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14:00 – 14:15 | FAREWELL DRINKS & BITES IN EXPO 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Please contact our Professional Congress Organizer MCI for all your WGC-2023 questions wgc@mci-group.com
MCI The Netherlands
Schipluidenlaan 4
1062 HE Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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