12th WORLD GLAUCOLA CONGRESS - APRIL 20-13, 2027 KYOTO, JAPAN

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Time Event Hall Main Hall Sakura
08:00–08:15 Society Symposium
Society Symposia
08:15–08:30
08:30–08:45
08:45–09:00
09:00–09:15 Break
09:15–09:30 Society Symposium
Society Symposia
09:30–09:45
09:45–10:00
10:00–10:15
10:15–10:30 Break
10:30–10:45 Plenary Symposium
Opening Ceremony - Nobel Laureate Award Lecture
10:45–11:00
11:00–11:15
11:15–11:30 Break
11:30–11:45 Plenary Symposium
Presidential Symposium
11:45–12:00
12:00–12:15
12:15–12:30
12:30–12:45 Break
12:45–13:00
13:00–13:15 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
Industry Symposium
Sponsored Lunch Symposium
13:15–13:30
13:30–13:45
13:45–14:00
14:00–14:15 Industry Showcase
Surgical Industry Showcase
14:15–14:30
14:30–14:45 Parallel Symposium
Glaucoma Surgery in 2027: The Decision-Making to Optimize Patient’s Outcomes
Parallel Symposium
Imaging & AI
14:45–15:00
15:00–15:15
15:15–15:30
15:30–15:45
15:45–16:00
16:00–16:15
16:15–16:30
16:30–16:45
16:45–17:00
17:00–17:15
17:15–17:30
17:30–17:45 Welcome Reception - Exhibition Hall
17:45–18:00
18:00–18:15
18:15–18:30
  • 08:00–09:00 Society Symposium Society Symposia
  • 09:00–09:15 Break
  • 09:15–10:15 Society Symposium Society Symposia
  • 10:15–10:30 Break
  • 10:30–11:15 Plenary Symposium Opening Ceremony - Nobel Laureate Award Lecture Main Hall
  • 11:15–11:30 Break
  • 11:30–12:30 Plenary Symposium Presidential Symposium Main Hall
  • 12:30–13:00 Break
  • 13:00–14:00 Industry Symposium Sponsored Lunch Symposium Main Hall
  • 13:00–17:30 Exhibition Hall Event Hall
    Exhibition area
    Poster area
    Catering
  • 14:00–14:30 Industry Showcase Surgical Industry Showcase
  • 14:30–17:30 Parallel Symposium Glaucoma Surgery in 2027: The Decision-Making to Optimize Patient’s Outcomes Main Hall
  • 14:30–17:30 Parallel Symposium Imaging & AI Sakura
  • 15:30–15:45 Break
  • 17:30–18:30 Welcome Reception - Exhibition Hall Event Hall
Time Event Hall Main Hall Annex Hall 1 Annex Hall 2 Room B-1 Room I Room J
07:00–07:15 Industry Symposium
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
Industry Symposium
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
07:15–07:30
07:30–07:45
07:45–08:00
08:00–08:15 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
Plenary Symposium
What Can We Do for the Glaucoma Patient
Wetlab Session
08:15–08:30
08:30–08:45
08:45–09:00
09:00–09:15
09:15–09:30
09:30–09:45 Coffee Break Workshop
Visual Field Workshop
Coffee Break
09:45–10:00
10:00–10:15 Parallel Symposium
The Glaucoma Patient with Cornea-Cataract-Refractive Problems
Parallel Symposium
Screening for Glaucoma: Who, Where, and How
Parallel Symposium
Transforming Glaucoma Outcomes Through Genetic Insights
10:15–10:30
10:30–10:45 Wetlab Session
10:45–11:00
11:00–11:15
11:15–11:30
11:30–11:45 Break
11:45–12:00 Industry Symposium
Sponsored Lunch Symposium
12:00–12:15
12:15–12:30
12:30–12:45
12:45–13:00 Break
13:00–13:15 Parallel Symposium
Emerging Technologies and Paradigm Shifts
Parallel Symposium
Myopia and Glaucoma: Where Are We Now?
Parallel Symposium
21st Century Clinical Trials - How to Bring Research From Bench to Bedside
13:15–13:30
13:30–13:45 Workshop
Principles of Gonioscopy Workshop
Wetlab Session
13:45–14:00
14:00–14:15
14:15–14:30
14:30–14:45 Coffee Break
14:45–15:00
15:00–15:15 Course
WGA-ESCRS Course: Precision Refractive Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Patients
Course
How to Utilize OCT in Glaucoma in Everyday Clinical Practice
Course
Bleb Forming Devices Without a Plate: The Subconjunctival Frontier
Course
Environmental, Lifestyle, and Systemic Risk Factors
15:15–15:30
15:30–15:45
15:45–16:00
16:00–16:15 Break
16:15–16:30 Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks Course
Angle-Based MIGS: Enhancing Natural Outflow
Course
Perimetry Without Mystery: From 24-2 to 10-2 and Beyond
Course
Fundamentals of Glaucoma Filtration Surgery
Course
Advances in Functional Assessment for Glaucoma
16:30–16:45
16:45–17:00
17:00–17:15
17:15–17:30 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
Break
17:30–17:45 Industry Symposium
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium
Industry Symposium
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium
17:45–18:00
18:00–18:15
18:15–18:30
  • 07:00–08:00 Industry Symposium Sponsored Breakfast Symposium Annex Hall 1
  • 07:00–08:00 Industry Symposium Sponsored Breakfast Symposium Annex Hall 2
  • 08:00–09:30 Plenary Symposium What Can We Do for the Glaucoma Patient Main Hall
  • 08:00–09:30 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 08:00–17:30 Exhibition Hall Event Hall
    Exhibition area
    Poster area
    Catering
  • 09:30–11:30 Workshop Visual Field Workshop Room I
  • 09:30–10:00 Coffee Break
  • 10:00–11:30 Parallel Symposium The Glaucoma Patient with Cornea-Cataract-Refractive Problems Main Hall
  • 10:00–11:30 Parallel Symposium Screening for Glaucoma: Who, Where, and How Annex Hall 1
  • 10:00–11:30 Parallel Symposium Transforming Glaucoma Outcomes Through Genetic Insights Annex Hall 2
  • 10:30–12:00 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 11:30–11:45 Break
  • 11:45–12:45 Industry Symposium Sponsored Lunch Symposium Main Hall
  • 12:45–13:00 Break
  • 13:00–14:30 Parallel Symposium Emerging Technologies and Paradigm Shifts Main Hall
  • 13:00–14:30 Parallel Symposium Myopia and Glaucoma: Where Are We Now? Annex Hall 1
  • 13:00–14:30 Parallel Symposium 21st Century Clinical Trials - How to Bring Research From Bench to Bedside Annex Hall 2
  • 13:30–15:00 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 13:30–15:00 Workshop Principles of Gonioscopy Workshop Room I
  • 14:30–15:00 Coffee Break
  • 15:00–16:00 Course WGA-ESCRS Course: Precision Refractive Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Patients Main Hall
  • 15:00–16:00 Course How to Utilize OCT in Glaucoma in Everyday Clinical Practice Annex Hall 1
  • 15:00–16:00 Course Bleb Forming Devices Without a Plate: The Subconjunctival Frontier Annex Hall 2
  • 15:00–16:00 Course Environmental, Lifestyle, and Systemic Risk Factors Room B-1
  • 16:00–16:15 Break
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Angle-Based MIGS: Enhancing Natural Outflow Main Hall
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Perimetry Without Mystery: From 24-2 to 10-2 and Beyond Annex Hall 1
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Fundamentals of Glaucoma Filtration Surgery Annex Hall 2
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Advances in Functional Assessment for Glaucoma Room B-1
  • 16:15–17:15 Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks Event Hall
  • 17:15–17:30 Break
  • 17:30–18:30 Industry Symposium Sponsored Afternoon Symposium Annex Hall 1
  • 17:30–18:30 Industry Symposium Sponsored Afternoon Symposium Annex Hall 2
Time Event Hall Main Hall Annex Hall 1 Sakura Annex Hall 2 Room I Room J
07:00–07:15 Industry Symposium
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
Industry Symposium
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
07:15–07:30
07:30–07:45
07:45–08:00
08:00–08:15 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
Plenary Symposium
The Future of Glaucoma Diagnosis and Therapy
Wetlab Session
08:15–08:30
08:30–08:45
08:45–09:00
09:00–09:15
09:15–09:30
09:30–09:45 Coffee Break Workshop
Statistics Demystified for Glaucoma Researchers
Coffee Break
09:45–10:00
10:00–10:15 Parallel Symposium
Case Based Glaucoma: Learning to Make Crucial Decisions From Actual Cases
Parallel Symposium
WGA- JGS Joint Session: The Centenarian Eye: Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Glaucoma
Parallel Symposium
New Ideas in Glaucoma
10:15–10:30
10:30–10:45 Wetlab Session
10:45–11:00
11:00–11:15
11:15–11:30
11:30–11:45 Break
11:45–12:00 Industry Symposium
Sponsored Lunch Symposium
12:00–12:15
12:15–12:30
12:30–12:45
12:45–13:00 Break
13:00–13:15 Parallel Symposium
Updates in the Management of Normal-Tension Glaucoma
Parallel Symposium
Primary Angle Closure Spectrum: Evolving Surgical Paradigmas
Parallel Symposium
Epidemiology of Glaucoma Progression
13:15–13:30
13:30–13:45 Wetlab Session
13:45–14:00
14:00–14:15
14:15–14:30
14:30–14:45 Coffee Break
14:45–15:00
15:00–15:15 Course
Learn All About Tubes
Course
How to Manage These Challenging Situations
Course
Glaucoma Laser Therapy: A Practical Guide to Indications, Techniques, and Settings
Course
Don't Let Yours Wounds Heal!
15:15–15:30
15:30–15:45
15:45–16:00
16:00–16:15 Break
16:15–16:30 Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks Course
Mastering Pediatric Glaucoma Surgery
Course
How Can AI Help Glaucoma Clinicians?
Course
Don’t Forget About the Ocular Surface
Course
Big Data, Real-World Evidence, and Ehrs
16:30–16:45
16:45–17:00
17:00–17:15
17:15–17:30 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
Break
17:30–17:45 Industry Symposium
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium
Industry Symposium
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium
17:45–18:00
18:00–18:15
18:15–18:30
18:30–18:45 Congress Dinner
18:45–19:00
19:00–19:15
19:15–19:30
19:30–19:45
19:45–20:00
20:00–20:15
20:15–20:30
20:30–20:45
20:45–21:00
  • 07:00–08:00 Industry Symposium Sponsored Breakfast Symposium Sakura
  • 07:00–08:00 Industry Symposium Sponsored Breakfast Symposium Annex Hall 2
  • 08:00–09:30 Plenary Symposium The Future of Glaucoma Diagnosis and Therapy Main Hall
  • 08:00–09:30 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 08:00–17:30 Exhibition Hall Event Hall
    Exhibition area
    Poster area
    Catering
  • 09:30–11:30 Workshop Statistics Demystified for Glaucoma Researchers Room I
  • 09:30–10:00 Coffee Break
  • 10:00–11:30 Parallel Symposium Case Based Glaucoma: Learning to Make Crucial Decisions From Actual Cases Main Hall
  • 10:00–11:30 Parallel Symposium WGA- JGS Joint Session: The Centenarian Eye: Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Glaucoma Annex Hall 1
  • 10:00–11:30 Parallel Symposium New Ideas in Glaucoma Sakura
  • 10:30–12:00 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 11:30–11:45 Break
  • 11:45–12:45 Industry Symposium Sponsored Lunch Symposium Main Hall
  • 12:45–13:00 Break
  • 13:00–14:30 Parallel Symposium Updates in the Management of Normal-Tension Glaucoma Main Hall
  • 13:00–14:30 Parallel Symposium Primary Angle Closure Spectrum: Evolving Surgical Paradigmas Annex Hall 1
  • 13:00–14:30 Parallel Symposium Epidemiology of Glaucoma Progression Sakura
  • 13:30–15:00 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 14:30–15:00 Coffee Break
  • 15:00–16:00 Course Learn All About Tubes Main Hall
  • 15:00–16:00 Course How to Manage These Challenging Situations Annex Hall 1
  • 15:00–16:00 Course Glaucoma Laser Therapy: A Practical Guide to Indications, Techniques, and Settings Sakura
  • 15:00–16:00 Course Don't Let Yours Wounds Heal! Annex Hall 2
  • 16:00–16:15 Break
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Mastering Pediatric Glaucoma Surgery Main Hall
  • 16:15–17:15 Course How Can AI Help Glaucoma Clinicians? Annex Hall 1
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Don’t Forget About the Ocular Surface Sakura
  • 16:15–17:15 Course Big Data, Real-World Evidence, and Ehrs Annex Hall 2
  • 16:15–17:15 Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks Event Hall
  • 17:15–17:30 Break
  • 17:30–18:30 Industry Symposium Sponsored Afternoon Symposium Sakura
  • 17:30–18:30 Industry Symposium Sponsored Afternoon Symposium Annex Hall 2
  • 18:30–21:00 Congress Dinner
Time Event Hall Main Hall Annex Hall 1 Sakura Annex Hall 2 Room I Room J
07:00–07:15 Society Symposium
Society Symposia
07:15–07:30
07:30–07:45
07:45–08:00
08:00–08:15 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
Parallel Symposium
Symposium
Parallel Symposium
WGA-ESASO Joint Session: Rapid-Fire Clinical Controversies in Advanced glaucoma Care
Parallel Symposium
African Symposium
Wetlab Session
08:15–08:30
08:30–08:45 Workshop
OCT Workshop
08:45–09:00
09:00–09:15
09:15–09:30
09:30–09:45 Coffee Break Coffee Break
09:45–10:00
10:00–10:15 Symposium
Surgical Grand Rounds: Video Assisted Skill Transfer
Course
Current Perspectives in Primary Angle Closure
Trainees Under Pressure : The WGA Glaucoma Knowledge Quest
10:15–10:30
10:30–10:45 Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks Wetlab Session
10:45–11:00
11:00–11:15 Course
Decoding Uveitic Glaucoma
Film Festival
11:15–11:30
11:30–11:45 Exhibition Hall
Exhibition area
Poster area
Catering
11:45–12:00
12:00–12:15 Break
12:15–12:30 Plenary Symposium
Best of the Best + Award Ceremony
12:30–12:45
12:45–13:00
13:00–13:15
13:15–13:30
13:30–13:45
13:45–14:00
14:00–14:15
14:15–14:30
14:30–14:45
14:45–15:00
15:00–15:15
15:15–15:30
15:30–15:45
15:45–16:00
16:00–16:15
16:15–16:30
16:30–16:45
16:45–17:00
  • 07:00–08:00 Society Symposium Society Symposia
  • 08:00–09:30 Parallel Symposium Symposium Main Hall
  • 08:00–09:30 Parallel Symposium WGA-ESASO Joint Session: Rapid-Fire Clinical Controversies in Advanced glaucoma Care Annex Hall 1
  • 08:00–09:30 Parallel Symposium African Symposium Sakura
  • 08:00–17:00 Exhibition Hall Event Hall
    Exhibition area
    Poster area
    Catering
  • 08:00–09:30 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 08:30–11:30 Workshop OCT Workshop Room I
  • 09:30–10:00 Coffee Break
  • 10:00–11:30 Symposium Surgical Grand Rounds: Video Assisted Skill Transfer Main Hall
  • 10:00–11:00 Course Current Perspectives in Primary Angle Closure Annex Hall 1
  • 10:00–11:30 Trainees Under Pressure : The WGA Glaucoma Knowledge Quest Annex Hall 2
  • 10:30–11:30 Rapid Fire Sessions + Poster Walks Event Hall
  • 10:30–12:00 Wetlab Session Room J
  • 11:00–12:00 Course Decoding Uveitic Glaucoma Annex Hall 1
  • 11:00–12:00 Film Festival Sakura
  • 12:00–12:15 Break
  • 12:15–13:45 Plenary Symposium Best of the Best + Award Ceremony Main Hall