Subspecialty Day 2025

Friday 12th September

Copenhagen

During the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 – 16 September, 2025

Programme Overview

Please note: This programme is preliminary and is subject to change

Programme Overview

7:30 - 8:30 am: BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM

8:30 - 9:30 am: SESSION 1: PAEDIATRIC CATARACT

Role Name Country Title of Presentation
Moderator Darius Hildebrand Switzerland
Moderator Ramesh Kekunnaya India
Speaker Jaspreet Sukhija India TBA
Speaker Paolo Nucci Italy Subluxated Lens Surgery And Long Term Complications
Speaker Vladimir Pfeifer Slovenia Optic Capture To Maintain Visual Axis For Lifetime After Congenital Cataract Operation
Speaker Luc Van Os Belgium Bag-In-The-Lens
Speaker Anna Lindskoog Petterson Sweden Paediatric Contact Lens Fitting After Congenital Cataract Surgery
Video Presenter Darius Hildebrand Switzerland Double Optic Capture Technique

9:30 - 10:30 am: SESSION 2: OCULAR SURFACE IN CHILDREN

Role Name Country Title of Presentation
Moderator Dominique Bremond-Gignac France
Moderator Ken Nischal USA
Speaker Yair Morad Israel What Is New And Important In The Field Of VKC
Speaker Miriam Kolko Denmark Should We Fear Preservatives In Eyedrops For Kids?
Speaker Dominique Bremond-Gignac France TBA
Video Presenter Ken Nischal USA TBA
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10:30 - 11 am: COFFEE BREAK

11:00 am - 11:30 am: RAPID FIRE #1 - FREE PAPER SESSION

11:30 am - 12:30 pm: SESSION 3: UVEITIS AND GLAUCOMA

Role Name Country Title of Presentation
Moderator Sanna Leinonen Finland
Moderator Regitze Bangsgaard Denmark
Speaker Agnes Galbro Brost Denmark The Risk Of Uveitis Under And After DMARD Treatment In A Danish JIA Cohort 
Speaker Sanna Leinonen Finland JIA Uveitis And Surgeries: The Finnish National Database
Speaker Amgad Eldib US Paediatric Glaucoma Suspects: Management And Follow-Up
Speaker Brenda Bohnsack US TBA
Speaker Diana Chabané Schmidt Denmark Comparing Glaucoma Risk In Children Receiving Low-Dose And High-Dose Glucocorticoid Treatment After Cataract Surgery

12:30 - 1:30 pm: SESSION 4: PAEDIATRIC RETINA & ROP

Role Name Country Title of Presentation
Moderator Manca Tekavčič Pompe Slovenia
Moderator TBA
Speaker Manca Tekavčič Pompe Slovenia Modified Screening Criteria For Slovenian Cohort
Speaker Carina Slidsborg Denmark Lipodomic Changes In Plasma In Preterm Infants With ROP
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1:30 - 2:45 pm: LUNCH SYMPOSIUM

2:45 - 3:45 pm: SESSION 5: NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY

Role Name Country Title of Presentation
Moderator Sarah Linea von Holstein Denmark
Moderator Ramesh Kekunnaya India
Speaker Virender Sachdeva India Acquired Nystagmus
Speaker Sarah Linea von Holstein Denmark Ophthalmic Symptoms, Clinical Signs And Diagnostic Delay In Infants Diagnosed With Brain Tumours In Denmark Between 2007 And 2017
Video Presenter Adeline Shona Lasrado India Congenital Disc Anomalies
Speaker TBA
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3:45 - 4:15 pm: RAPID FIRE #2 - FREE PAPER SESSION

4:15 - 5:45 pm: SESSION 6: VISION SCREENING & STRABISMUS

Role Name Country Title of Presentation
Moderator Seo Wei Leo Singapore
Moderator TBA
Speaker Alvit Wolf Israel TBA
Speaker Nick Duelund Denmark Vision Screening Of Greenlandic School Children: Coverage, Low Vision Prevalence, Screening And Refraction
Video Presenter Julia Rossetto Brazil TBA
Speaker Sara Flodin Sweden Binocular Vision Testing Before Strabismus Surgery
Speaker Luisa Moreira Hopker Brazil BOTOX in Strabismus Surgery
Speaker Ramesh Kekunnaya India TBA
Video Presenter Seo Wei Leo Singapore Strabismus Surgery In Myopes: Tips And Tricks
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5:45 - 6:15 pm: NETWORKING RECEPTION

6:15 - 8:15 pm: MYOPIA INNOVATION SESSION