Conference registration starts Thursday February 9th, registration desk is located on level 0.Symposium sessions are held in the Plenary room. Symposium sessions are held in the Plenary room.

Program | Friday 10th

Start time Title Speaker

07:00 Registration/badge collection (Hall, level -1)Set-up of posters by poster presenters (Plenary room)

All poster fi rst authors present

08:10 Welcome and announcements

08:15 Session 1: Introduction to Swept Source and OCT-A

■ Introduction to Swept Source OCT-A■ Correlation with fl uorescein and ICG angiography, clinical

characteristics, response to therapy■ The roles of OCT-A and dye-based angiography in retinal

disease clinical trials: a reading center perspective■ Swept-Source OCT-A artefact removal and image enhan-

cement■ Swept-Source OCT-Angiography of anomalous Foveal

Avascular Zones ■ Signal-to-Noise Ratio Comparisons Between Spectral-

Domain and Swept-Source OCTs SNR - SD vs SSOCT

■ Discussion

Moderators: Richard F. Spaide, MD and Carl Glittenberg, MDRichard F. Spaide, MDMichael Larsen, MD

SriniVas Sadda, MD

Carl Glittenberg, MD

Netan Choudhry, MD

Wei Chieh Huang, PhD

09:55 Refreshment break (Hall, level -1)

10.20 Session 2: The Unmet Medical Need in AMD: How advance-ments in imaging technologies will guide future therapies. Sponsored by

■ The current unmet medical need in AMD – the need for innovation

■ New modes of action in clinical development – the most promising approaches

■ Optimizing the use of imaging in the management of AMD

■ Discussion

Michael Larsen, MD

SriniVas Sadda, MD

Nadia Waheed, MD

11:50 Session 3: Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinal Vascular Disease I

■ SSOCT in Diabetic Retinopathy■ Evaluation of retinal microcirculation in Branch Retinal

Vein Occlusion by OCT Angiography■ Integrating OCT Angiography information in the

management of patients with retinal vascular disease ■ Imaging and quantifi cation of ocular circulation using

Doppler OCT

■ Discussion

Moderators: Paulo Stanga, MD and Yuichiro Ogura, MDPaulo Stanga, MDYuichiro Ogura, MD

Nadia Waheed, MD

Akitoshi Yoshida, MD, PhD

12:55 Lunch (Lima room, level 0)

13:55 Session 3 continued: Diabetic retinopathy and Retinal Vascular Disease II

■ OCT angiogram using swept source Optical Coherence Tomography in diabetic patients

■ Potential prognostic tools in Diabetic Retinopathy; a segmented Swept Source OCT Angiography assessment of the Foveal Avascular Zone in superfi cial and deep vascular plexuses

■ Perifoveal vascular structure in diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy using OCT Angiography (OCT-A)

■ Diabetic Choroidopathy: choroidal vessel density and volume in diabetic retinopathy with swept-source optical coherence tomography

■ A new insight in Terson Syndrome

■ Discussion

Moderators: Paulo Stanga, MD and Yuichiro Ogura, MD

Nihal A. Hassan, MD

Francesco Stringa, MD

M. Gil-Martinez, MD

John B. Miller, MD

Angelo M. Minnella, MD

Start time Title Speaker

14:45 Session 4: CNV in CSC Roundtable

■ Case presentations■ Case presentations■ Case presentations■ Case presentations

■ Roundtable discussion

Moderators: Magdy Moussa, MD and Francine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhDMagdy Moussa, MDFrancine Behar-Cohen, MD, PhDMassimo Nicolo, MD, PhDJorge Ruiz Medrano, MD

15:20 Refreshment break and posters (Hall, level -1)

15:45 Session 5: Choroidal Imaging and Tumors

■ Study of the age-related choroidal changes with SS-OCT: vascular density

■ Subfoveal choroidal thickness, axial length and refraction in 9-10 year old children

■ SSOCT imaging of the choroid■ SSOCT Enface Choroidal Vasculography■ SS-OCT features of small choroidal and retinal tumours ■ Macular features assessed by Optical Coherence

Tomography-Angiography after proton beam therapy for choroidal melanoma

■ Study of the macular choroidal thickness profi le in keratoconus patients using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography

■ Analysis of age-related choroidal layers thinning in healthy eyes using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography

■ Discussion

Moderators: José María Ruiz Moreno, MD and Carl Glittenberg, MDJosé María Ruiz Moreno, MD

J.R. Vingerling, MD

Peter Maloca, MD, PhDCarl Glittenberg, MDGerasimos Anastassiou, MD, PhDAlexandre Sellam, MD

Rosa Gutiérrez-Bonet, MD

Jorge Ruiz-Medrano, MD

17:25 Session 6: Rapid Fire I

■ Stellate non-hereditary idiopathic foveomacular retinoschisis■ Quantifi cation and comparison of retinal vascular features

in optical coherence tomography angiography images using 3 di� erent devices

■ Hyperrefl ective vs hyporefl ective lesions in en face swept-source optical coherence tomography images, in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

■ Ellipsoid zone of photoreceptors in hemorrhagic AMD■ Macular microvascular changes in patients with diabetes

mellitus using swept source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

■ Distinguishing white dot syndromes with patterns of choroidal hypoperfusion on optical coherence tomography angiography

■ Swept Source OCT in inherited chorioretinal disorders

■ Discussion

Moderator: Luis Arias Barquet, MD, PhD and Massimo Nicolo, MD, PhDMartin Stattin, MDAbhijit Sinha Roy, PhD

Ignacio Flores-Moreno, MD, PhD

Slawomir Teper, MD, PhDHelena Haskaj, MD

Jay C. Wang, MD

Daniela Bacherini, MD

18:00 Tapas and drinks reception. (Hall, level -1) Virtual reality ‘Fly through the eye’

20:30 Finish

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Symposium sessions are held in the Plenary room.Symposium sessions are held in the Plenary room.

Program | Saturday 11th

Start time Title Speaker

07:30 Poster session - (Plenary room, level -1)

08:15÷ Session 7: Uveitis

■ Swept-source OCTA and occlusive retinal vasculitis ■ En face Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography 

and OCT angiography of white dot syndromes ■ Evidence of choriocapillaris hypoperfusion on swept-source

OCTA in specifi c infl ammatory maculopathies ■ Swept-source optical coherence tomography in the

management of scleral infl ammation■ Automatic measurement of choroidal thickness with

SS-OCT as a clinical method of follow-up in acute Western Europe Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease

■ Discussion

Moderators: Magdy Moussa, MD and Moncef Khairallah, MDMoncef Khairallah, MDAlfredo Adán, MD

Moncef Khairallah, MD

Maite Sainz-de-la-Maza, MD

Olga Garcia-Garcia, MD

09:20 Session 8: Myopia

■ The study of staphylomas with SS-OCT: a new classifi cation of staphylomas

■ Use of the SS-OCT to evaluate if choroidal or scleral thickness is related to myopic macular degeneration

■ What swept-source OCT tells us about the pathogenesis of pathologic myopia and its complications

■ SS OCT in vitreoretinal interface disorders in high myopia

■ Discussion

Moderators: José María Ruiz Moreno, MD and Lee Shu Yen, MDRuiz Moreno, MD

Lee Shu Yen, MD

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, MD, PhD

Luis Arias Barquet, MD, PhD

10:25 Refreshment break and posters (Hall, level -1)

10.50 ■ Keynote: OCTA and Doppler techniques using ultrahigh speed SS-OCT

Moderator: Richard F. Spaide, MD Jim Fujimoto, PhD

11:20 Session 9: Age-related Macular Degeneration

■ SSOCTA for diagnosis and disease monitoring in PCV & CNV■ Swept source OCT-A in exudative age-related macular

degeneration■ Diagnosis and follow-up of CNV using OCT-A■ SS OCT-Angiography in RAP lesions ■ SS-OCT angiography of autologous RPE and choroidal

transplantation for exudative maculopathies■ Anti-VEGF-related vascular density level alteration in

patients with CNV: An Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study

■ Discussion

Moderators: Richard F. Spaide, MD and Gemmy Cheung, MDGemmy Cheung, MDPearse Keane, MD

Florence Coscas, MDLuis Arias Barquet, MD, PhDB. Parolini, MD

Adam Wylęgała, MD

12:40 Lunch (Lima room, level 0)

13:35 Session 10: Other Pathologies

■ SS OCT in paediatric cases■ Swept source OCTA in a pediatric age group■ AMD Masquerades■ OCT-A detected secondary choroidal neovascularisation

in vitelliforme lesions■ Advancing anterior segment OCT beyond epithelium

mapping: Anterior surface and sub-epithelium topography■ Comparison of Swept Source and Spectral Domain Optical

Coherence Tomography Agreement to assess the insertion distance and thickness of extraocular rectus muscles

■ Discussion

Moderators: Paulo Stanga, MD and Zofi a Michalewska, AMD MasquaradesPaulo Stanga, MD Magdy Moussa, MDZofi a Michalewska, AMD MasquaradesMartin Stattin, MD

Abhijit Sinha Roy, PhD

Lucía De-Pablo-Gómez-de-Liaño, MD

Start time Title Speaker

14:55 Session 11: Rapid Fire II

■ OCT-Angiography in oncology cases■ Swept Source OCT of choroidal tumors■ The Anterior Optical Coherence Tomography in anterior

ophthalmomicosis■ Lower tear meniscus measurements using a new anterior

segment swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography and agreement with fourier-domain Optical Coherence Tomography

■ Discussion

Moderators: Carl Glittenberg, MD and Gerasimos Anastassiou, MD, PhDMaría Isabel Relimpio, MDCinzia Mazzini, MDSh. R. Abdullayev, MD

Pedro Arriola-Villalobos, MD, PhD

15:20 Refreshment break and posters (Hall, level -1)

15:45 Session 12: Optic Nerve and Glaucoma

■ SS-OCT and OCT-A in di� erent patterns of glaucomatous nerve fi ber layer defects

■ OCT of the optic disc: The value of digging deeper ■ Lamina cribrosa and its surroundings■ A cross-sectional study of trabeculectomy blebs using

Anterior Segment Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography (AS OCT)

■ OCT macular ganglion layer analysis in neuro-ophthalmology

■ Discussion

Moderators: Stephan Kremmer, MD, PhD and Michael Larsen, MDStephan Kremmer, MD, PhD

Michael Larsen, MDGema Rebolleda, MDThomas Kuriakose, MD

Umar Kayabasi, MD

16:55 Session 13: Cortical Vitreous and Vitreoretinal Interface

■ Vitreous segmentation in PDR ■ Swept Source OCT Angiography of full thickness macular

holes before and after surgery■ Wide-fi eld Swept-Source OCT of the retinal periphery■ Correlation between angles in vitreo-macular traction

(VMT) with visual acuity■ Association of axial length and cortical vitreous morphology

as assessed by Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography

■ Discussion

Moderators: Luis Arias Barquet, MD, PhD and Netan Choudhry, MDPaulo Stanga, MDZofi a Michalewska, AMD Masquarades

Netan Choudhry, MDB.B. Ong, MD

Michael Engelbert, MD

18:00 Closing remarks

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