Upcoming Meetings
WSPOS at International Meetings
PAAO 2025
36th Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Date: 30th May – 2nd June 2025
WSPOS 90-minute Symposium
‘Hot Topics in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus That You Don’t Want to Miss!’
Date: 31st May 2025 (time TBC)
Moderators
| Moderator | Country |
|---|---|
| Mauro Goldchmit | Brazil |
| Luisa Moreira Hopker | Brazil |
Speakers
| # | Speaker | Country | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia Polo | Argentina | Re-Surgeries in Strabismus: Second Acts Are Never Good |
| 2 | José Fernando Perez Perez | Mexico | ROP Related Strabismus: Diagnostic and Treatment Options |
| 3 | Christiane Rolim De Moura | Brazil | Paediatric Glaucoma: Diagnostic Tools, Preparing for Intervention and Follow Up |
| 4 | Federico Velez | USA | Paradoxical Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus |
| 5 | Luisa Moreira Hopker | Brazil | Botulinum Toxin for Strabismus: What You Need to Know |
| 6 | Cristian Marcelo Salgado Alarcón | Chile | Red Flags in Paediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology and How to Deal with Them |
| 7 | Venkateshwar Rao B | India | Early Surgery for Congenital Esotropia |
| 8 | Mauro Goldchmit | Brazil | Human Intelligence: When a Good History Taken Helps to Reach the Diagnosis |
SOE 2025
SOE (Society of European Ophthalmology) 2025
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 7th – 9th June 2025
‘Paediatric Ophthalmology on the Edge – The WSPOS Experience’
Date: Sunday, 8th June 2025
Time: 1630 – 1800 hrs
Moderators
| Moderator | Country |
|---|---|
| Manca Tekavčič Pompe | Slovenia |
| Yair Morad | Israel |
Speakers
| # | Speaker | Country | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rita Gama | Portugal | Emmetropization |
| 2 | Yair Morad | Israel | Adding Atropine to Peripheral Defocus Glasses. Why? When? Does it Work? |
| 3 | Manca Tekavčič Pompe | Slovenia | Genetic Background of High Myopia in Children |
| 4 | Alejandra Daruich-Matet | France | Gene Therapy in Pediatric Patients with RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Dystrophy: What Have We Learned? |
| 5 | Omar Warda | UK | Biosimilars of Anti-VEGF Treatment in ROP |
| 6 | Meenakshi Swaminathan | India | AI in Pediatric Ophthalmology: Current Applications and Future Scope |
APSPOS 2025
3rd Asia-Pacific Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (APSPOS) Congress, In conjunction with Australian & New Zealand Strabismus Society (ANZSS) + Australian & New Zealand Paediatric Ophthalmology Society (ANZPOS) Annual Meetings
Date: 29 June – 1 July, 2025
Location: Brisbane, Australia
WSPOS’s 90-minute symposium on ‘Ocular Diseases In Systemic Illness’
Date: 30th June, 2025
Time: TBC
Moderators
| Moderator | Country |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Conner | New Zealand |
| Ken Nischal | USA / UK |
Speakers
| Name | Country | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|
| Savleen Kaur | India | Congenital Cataract As A Sign Of Systemic Disease |
| Seo Wei Leo | Singapore | The Avascular Retina |
| Meenakshi Swaminathan | India | Ocular Manifestations of Congenital Anomalies of Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT) |
| Kimberley Tan | Australia | Is Optic Nerve assessment the most important part of a general Paediatric growth and development examination? |
| Elizabeth Conner | New Zealand | Keratoconus in Down’s Syndrome |
| Ken Nischal | USA / UK | Ocular Signs That Could Be Fatal If Missed |
| Parth Shah | Australia | Corneal Deposits & Systemic Disease |
COECSA 2025
WSPOS 90-minute symposium
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date: 20th – 22nd of August, 2025
Advancing Child Eye Care - Challenges, Solutions, and Progress
| Speaker | Country | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|
| Meenakshi Swaminathan | India | All Eyes On Allergies: Current Management And Future Challenges In Vernal Conjunctivitis |
| Adedayo Adio | Nigeria | Vision Rehabilitation Methods In Children |
| Dupe Ademola-Popoola | Nigeria | Promoting Awareness, Early Detection, And Effective Interventions To Scale Up Child Eye Care Services In Africa. |
| Margaret W Njuguna | Kenya | Tips On Paediatric Refractions And Prescribing |
| Niranjan Pehere | Liberia | Care For Children With Cerebral Visual Impairment In Developing World |
| Heba Metwally | Egypt | Management Of Variable Ocular Deviations |
CAE-SAOI
Date: September 25-27, 2025
Location: Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Information coming soon…
MEOM 2025
Date: October 31–November 2, 2025
Location: Dubai
Information coming soon…
