Program At A Glance
We’re thrilled to share the program for the 11th World Glaucoma Congress!
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Wednesday, June 25, 20251
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Society Symposium Latin American Glaucoma Society: Tackling Glaucoma Challenges: Case Insights and Management in Latin America |
Society Symposium International Society of Glaucoma Surgery |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of India: Glaucoma Over the Indian Horizon: Innovative Paradigms in Detection, Treatment, and Care |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Association of Singapore: Management of High Myopia-Associated Glaucoma: the Singapore Experience |
Society Symposium Optometric Glaucoma Society: Controversies in Glaucoma |
Society Symposium Egyptian Society for the Glaucomas: Angle Surgery From Infant to Adult; What You Need to Know |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of the Turkish Ophthalmology Association: the Future of Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment |
Society Symposium Belgian Glaucoma Society: Pioneering Advances in Glaucoma: Insights From Myopia, AI, and Diagnostic Research |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Interest Group of the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka: Combating Glaucoma Blindness - in a Resource Poor Setting. |
Society Symposium Bangladesh Glaucoma Society: Bangladesh Glaucoma Society Survey |
Society Symposium Korean Glaucoma Society: Cutting-Edge Approaches in Glaucoma: From Imaging to Management |
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Society Symposium Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Society: Asia-Pacific Glaucoma Guidelines (APGG) 4th Edition |
Society Symposium Pan American Glaucoma Society: the Future of Glaucoma |
Society Symposium Middle East Africa Glaucoma Society: Case-Based Interactive Session for Challenging Early -Onset Glaucoma Cases. |
Society Symposium United Kingdom and Eire Glaucoma Society: "am I Too Controversial" - UK & Eire Glaucoma Society Symposium |
Society Symposium Brazilian Glaucoma Society: the Journey of New Beginnings |
Society Symposium Argentinian Glaucoma Society: Surgical Management and Pearls in Advanced Primary Open Angle Glaucoma POAG |
Society Symposium Portuguese Glaucoma Group: Glaucoma Management and Artificial Intelligence - Portuguese Experience |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Organization of the Austrian Ophthalmological Society: Joint Symposium of the Austrian and German Glaucoma Section |
Society Symposium Peruvian Scoiety of Ophthalmology: Evolution of MIGS in Perú. Two Sides of the Same Coin. |
Society Symposium Romanian Glaucoma Society: AI for Structural and Functional Glaucoma Progression |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Group of the Association of Ophthalmologists of Latvia: Latvian National Glaucoma Session |
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| 10:30-10:45 |
Opening Ceremony |
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| 11:30-11:45 |
Presidential Symposium |
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| 12:00-12:15 |
Exhibition |
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| 13:00-13:15 |
Sponsored Lunch Symposium |
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| 14:00-14:15 | Coffee Break Exhibition Hall |
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Parallel Symposium Clinical Debates |
Parallel Symposium Minimally Invasive Bleb Surgery (MIBS) |
Parallel Symposium Neuroprotection in Glaucoma: Non-IOP Lowering Therapies Today and Tomorrow |
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| 16:00-16:15 | Welcome Reception |
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Thursday, June 26, 20251
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| 07:00-07:15 |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium |
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Exhibition |
Plenary Symposium Modifying Disease Risk: Role of Lifestyle and Diet in Glaucoma Risk and Progression |
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| 09:30-09:45 | Coffee Break Exhibition Hall |
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Parallel Symposium Hot Debates in Glaucoma Surgery |
Parallel Symposium New Developments in IOP Assessment |
Parallel Symposium Vision Restoration in Glaucoma |
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| 11:45-12:00 |
Sponsored Lunch Symposium |
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Parallel Symposium How to Perform the Perfect Glaucoma Surgery: Video Symposium |
Parallel Symposium Glaucoma Progression |
Parallel Symposium Parallel Symposiums: AAB |
Parallel Symposium Targeting the Trabecular Meshwork and Distal Outflow Pathways |
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Course All You Need to Know About OCT for Glaucoma |
Course Mastering Tube Implant Surgery |
Course Handling Pressure: Novel Pathways and Targets |
Course Glaucoma in Young Patients |
Course Ocular Surface and Adnexa |
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Course GlaucOMICS |
Course Trabeculectomy Techniques and Rescue Operations |
Course Next Generation Imaging and Functional Testing |
Course Secondary Glaucomas |
Course New Techniques on the Horizon |
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Sponsored Afternoon Symposium |
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium |
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium |
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Friday, June 27, 20251
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| 07:00-07:15 |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium |
Sponsored Breakfast Symposium |
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Exhibition |
Plenary Symposium Increasing Conventional Outflow in Unconventional Ways |
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| 09:30-09:45 | Coffee Break Exhibition Hall |
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Parallel Symposium Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Primary Angle Closure Disease |
Parallel Symposium What Factors Besides Conventional IOP Lowering Should I Discuss with My Patients |
Parallel Symposium Real-World Outcomes of Glaucoma Care |
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| 11:45-12:00 |
Sponsored Lunch Symposium |
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Parallel Symposium Case-Based Conversations: Decision Making in Glaucoma Surgery |
Parallel Symposium AI: A Genuine Transformation or Overblown Hype? |
Parallel Symposium The Polygenic Risk Score - Clinical Utility of the New Major Glaucoma Risk Factor |
Parallel Symposium The Beautiful Basics |
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Course How Can We Help Glaucoma Patients with … |
Course Translating RCTs Results into Daily Clinical Practice |
Course Management of Neovascular Glaucoma |
Course Novel Perimetry Techniques |
Course Incorporating Genetics in Pediatric Glaucoma Management |
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Course Normal Tension Glaucoma |
Course Exfoliation and Pigment in Glaucoma |
Course Gene Therapy for Glaucoma: the Next Frontier |
Course Glaucoma Clinical Treatment |
Course High Myopia and Glaucoma |
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| 17:30-17:45 |
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium |
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium |
Sponsored Afternoon Symposium |
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| 19:00-19:15 | Congress Dinner Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort |
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Saturday, June 28, 20251
| Time/Room | Exhibition Hall | Ballroom | Room 311 | Room 315 | Room 312 | Room 313A | Room 316A | Room 316C | Room 313C | Room 313B | Room 316B | Room 317A | Room 317B |
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| 07:30-07:45 |
Society Symposium American Glaucoma Society: Best of the American Glaucoma Society 2025 - Celebrating 40 Years |
Society Symposium European Glaucoma Society: Pushing the Boundaries In… |
Society Symposium Chinese Glaucoma Society: New Advances of Glaucoma Research in China |
Society Symposium Japan Glaucoma Society: Myopia and Glaucoma: Where Are We Now? |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of the Taiwan Academy of Ophthalmology: What You Should Know About Glaucoma - Update of Diagnosis and Management |
Society Symposium Childhood Glaucoma Research Network: Pediatric Preventable Blindness Initiative: the West Indies, a Model of Early Vision Screening for the World |
Society Symposium Saudi Glaucoma Group: Will Be Announced Later |
Society Symposium Philippine Glaucoma Society: Diagnostic and Surgical Dilemmas in Real World Practice |
Society Symposium Indonesian Glaucoma Society: Challenges Cases in Indonesia |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of Chile: Glaucoma Surgical Tips and Tricks: Video Symposium |
Society Symposium Glaucoma Society of Ecuador: Trinational Experience "ecuador, Colombia and Peru": Trabeculectomy and Minimally Invasive Bleb Surgery (MIBS) |
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Exhibition |
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Parallel Symposium WGA-ASCRS Symposium: Cataract Refractive Surgery in Glaucoma Patients |
Parallel Symposium Angle Closure Disease Management - From Daily Practice to Recent Advancements |
Parallel Symposium Parallel Symposiums - African Symposium |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee Break Exhibition Hall |
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Course Tubes in Difficult Scenarios |
Course The Time Is Now for Glaucoma Screening |
Course Childhood Glaucoma |
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Parallel Symposium Glaucoma Surgical Grand Rounds |
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