37th APACRS Annual Meeting Final Program

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

21 AUG 2025 (THU)

22 AUG 2025 (FRI)

23 AUG 2025 (SAT)

07:30hrs onwards REGISTRATION

08:30 – 10:00hrs (S5) IIIC LECTURES The Perfect Save!

08:30 – 10:00hrs (S11) NAVIGATING CATARACT COMPLICATIONS (S12) GENERAL CATARACT I

07:45 – 08:45hrs BREAKFAST WITH LEGENDS

(FP1) FREE PAPERS – Cataract Surgery 1 (FP2) FREE PAPERS – Corneal Surgery

09:00 – 10:30hrs MASTERCLASSES (MC1), (MC2), (MC3) (S1) CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY: YO’S EXACTITUDE Co-hosted by the Young Ophthalmologists Society of India (YOSI)

(FP7) FREE PAPERS – Cataract Surgery 3 (FP8) FREE PAPERS – Intraocular Lens Implants (IOLs) 2

10:30 – 11:00hrs Tea Break

10:00 – 10:45hrs Tea Break

10:00 – 10:30hrs Tea Break

MORNING AFTERNOON

11:00 – 12:30hrs MASTERCLASSES (MC4), (MC5), (MC6) (S2) GETTING THE BEST OUT OF DIFFICULT SITUATIONS Co-hosted by the All Gujarat Ophthalmological Society (AGOS)

10:45 – 12:15hrs OPENING CEREMONY & APACRS LIM LECTURE BY PROF THOMAS KOHNEN Bridging Laser and Lens Extraction – The evolution of phakic IOLs

10:30 – 12:00hrs (S13) GENERAL CATARACT II (S14) PRESBYOPIA... SEEING IT ALL (FP9) FREE PAPERS – Refractive Surgery 2 (FP10) FREE PAPERS – Intraocular Lens Implants (IOLs) 3 12:00 - 12:55hrs (S15) SURGICAL VIDEO SYMPOSIUM HOSTED BY ALCON

INDUSTRY LUNCH SYMPOSIA

12:45 – 13:40hrs

12:30 – 13:25hrs

13:05 – 14:00hrs

Rayner

B+L

Alcon

Alcon

J&J

Teleon

ZEISS

Hoya

Alcon

14:00 – 15:30hrs MASTERCLASSES (MC7), (MC8), (MC9)

14:00 – 15:30hrs (S6) MASTERS DON’T ALWAYS AGREE! CSCRS – A joint symposium of the APACRS, ASCRS & ESCRS (S7) REFRACTIVE SURGERY - Updates on an evolving practice (FP3) FREE PAPERS – Cataract Surgery 2 (FP4) FREE PAPERS – General 1

14:10 – 15:40hrs (S16) MANAGING CHALLENGING CASES (S17) WHAT’S NEW IN IOLS? (FP11) FREE PAPERS – General 2 (FP12) FREE PAPERS – Cataract Surgery 4

(S3) INNOVATIONS AND INSIGHTS IN CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY Co-hosted by the Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI)

15:30 – 16:00hrs Tea Break

15:30 – 16:00hrs Tea Break

15:40 – 16:10hrs Tea Break

16:00 – 17:30hrs MASTERCLASSES (MC10), (MC11), (MC12) (S4) POTPOURRI

16:00 – 17:30hrs (S8) WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (S9) TODAY’S INNOVATION TOMORROW’S IMPACT

16:15 – 17:45hrs (S18) WISDOM FROM THE GURUS Top Cataract Surgery Tips

Co-hosted by the Ahmedabad Ophthalmological Society (AOS)

(FP5) FREE PAPERS – Refractive Surgery 1 (FP6) FREE PAPERS – Intraocular Lens Implants (IOLs) 1 17:45 – 20:30hrs (S10) FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY & CONGRESS RECEPTION

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