Surgical Skill Labs

Friday 11 September 2026
TimeSessionRoom
12:30 – 14:30

DMEK (Intermediate)

Alain Saad
Alain Saad
(France)
Christophe Panthier
Christophe Panthier
(France)
co-instructor
Nicole Mechleb
Nicole Mechleb
(France)
co-instructor
Wassim Ghazal
Wassim Ghazal
(France)
co-instructor
Room 2
12:30 – 14:30

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 3
12:30 – 14:30

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 4
12:30 – 14:30

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

Sava Barisic
Sava Barisic
(Serbia)
Room 5
12:30 – 14:30

IOL EXPLANTATION (Intermediate)

Detlef Holland
Detlef Holland
(Germany)
Room 6
12:30 – 14:30

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING TECHNIQUES (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 7
12:30 – 14:30

IRIS FIXATION APHAKIC IOLs (Intermediate)

Maurits Joosse
Maurits Joosse
(Netherlands)
Room 8
12:30 – 14:30

GLAUCOMA VISCOCANALOSTOMY (Advanced)

Divya Mathews
Divya Mathews
(United Kingdom)
Room 9
15:00 – 17:00

DMEK (Intermediate)

Lamis Baydoun
Lamis Baydoun
(Switzerland)
Karolien Termote
Karolien Termote
(Belgium)
co-instructor
Julia Nijenhuis
Julia Nijenhuis
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Jasper Jeurissen
Jasper Jeurissen
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Room 2
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 3
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Ana Barbara Marincic
Ana Barbara Marincic
(Slovenia)
Room 4
15:00 – 17:00

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

Magda Rau
Magda Rau
(Germany)
co-instructor
Richard Packard
Richard Packard
(United Kingdom)
Room 5
15:00 – 17:00

IOL EXPLANTATION (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 6
15:00 – 17:00

INTRAOCULAR AND TRANSCLERAL SUTURING (Intermediate)

Miha Marzidovsek
Miha Marzidovsek
(Slovenia)
Room 7
15:00 – 17:00

IRIS FIXATION APHAKIC IOLs (Intermediate)

Ramin Khoramnia
Ramin Khoramnia
(Germany)
Room 8
15:00 – 17:00

IRIS FIXATION PHAKIC IOLs (Intermediate)

Emilio Pedrotti
Emilio Pedrotti
(Italy)
Room 9
Time Session Room
09:00 – 11:00

DMEK (Intermediate) 

Carina Koppen
Carina Koppen
(Belgium)
Neslihan Ozturk
Neslihan Ozturk
(Turkey)
co-instructor
Nezahat Bostan
Nezahat Bostan
(Belgium)
co-instructor
Room 2
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

Nuno Moura Coelho
Nuno Moura Coelho
(Portugal)
Room 3
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Mirko Jankov
Mirko Jankov
(Serbia)
Room 4
09:00 – 11:00

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

Florian Kretz
Florian Kretz
(Germany)
Room 5
09:00 – 11:00

IOL EXPLANTATION (Intermediate)

Mikko Haverinen
Mikko Haverinen
(Finland)
Room 6
09:00 – 11:00

ECCE (Intermediate)

Ivanka Van Der Meulen
Ivanka Van Der Meulen
(Netherlands)
Ebba Ghyczy
Ebba Ghyczy
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Room 7
09:00 – 12:00

Modern MIGS Techniques not using Implants (Intermediate)

Karsten Klabe
Karsten Klabe
(Germany)
Mary Qiu
Mary Qiu
(United States)
co-instructor
Ziad Khoueir
Ziad Khoueir
(Lebanon)
co-instructor
Ahmad Elsahn
Ahmad Elsahn
(United Kingdom)
co-instructor
Room 8
09:00 – 11:00

PRK. LASEK. EPI-LASIK (Intermediate)

Theo Seiler Jtr
Theo Seiler Jtr
(Switzerland)
Isaak Fischinger
Isaak Fischinger
(Austria)
co-instructor
Room 9
11:30 – 13:30

DMEK (Intermediate)

Gergely Losonczy
Gergely Losonczy
(Netherlands)
Robert Wijdh
Robert Wijdh
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Remco Stoudenbeek
Remco Stoudenbeek
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Marina Rodriguez Calvo de Mora
Marina Rodriguez Calvo de Mora
(Spain)
co-instructor
Julia Nijenhuis
Julia Nijenhuis
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Jasper Jeurissen
Jasper Jeurissen
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Mohamed Ghaly
Mohamed Ghaly
(United Kingdom)
co-instructor
Room 2
11:30 – 13:30

Supplementary (SV) IOL implantation (Intermediate)

Sathish Srinivasan
Sathish Srinivasan
(United Kingdom)
Room 3
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Hrvoje Kovacic
Hrvoje Kovacic
(Netherlands)
Room 4
11:30 – 13:30

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

Lisa Park
Lisa Park
(United States)
Room 5
11:30 – 13:30

POSTERIOR CAPSULORH. BAG IN LENS (Advanced)

Luc Van Os
Luc Van Os
(Belgium)
Nils Erik Boonstra
Nils Erik Boonstra
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Room 6
11:30 – 13:30

ECCE (Intermediate)

Ernesto Bali
Ernesto Bali
(Belgium)
Room 7
11:30 – 13:30

PRK. LASEK. EPI-LASIK (Intermediate)

Isaak Fischinger
Isaak Fischinger
(Austria)
Theo Seiler Jtr
Theo Seiler Jtr
(Switzerland)
co-instructor
Room 9
14:00 – 17:00

Modern MIGS Techniques not using Implants (Intermediate)

Zane Khademi
Zane Khademi
(United States)
Mary Qiu
Mary Qiu
(United States)
co-instructor
Ziad Khoueir
Ziad Khoueir
(Lebanon)
co-instructor
Syril Dorairaj
Syril Dorairaj
(United States)
co-instructor
Room 8
15:00 – 17:00

DSAEK (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 2
15:00 – 17:00

BOSTON KERATOPROTHESIS

Thomas Dohlman
Thomas Dohlman
(United States)
Alja Crnej
Alja Crnej
(Slovenia)
co-instructor
Room 3
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Guenal Kahraman
Guenal Kahraman
(Austria)
Room 4
15:00 – 17:00

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

Ivanka Petric Vickovic
Ivanka Petric Vickovic
(Croatia)
Room 5
15:00 – 17:00

INTRAOCULAR AND TRANSCLERAL SUTURING (Intermediate)

Ehud Assia
Ehud Assia
(Israel)
Room 6
15:00 – 17:00

ECCE (Intermediate)

Ebba Ghyczy
Ebba Ghyczy
(Netherlands)
Room 7
15:00 – 17:00

PRK. LASEK. EPI-LASIK (Intermediate)

Roberto Bellucci
Roberto Bellucci
(Italy)
Room 9
Time Session Room
09:00 – 11:00

DSAEK (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 2
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

Ana Prinz
Ana Prinz
(Austria)
Room 3
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Dusan Pusnik
Dusan Pusnik
(Slovenia)
Room 4
09:00 – 11:00

ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY (Intermediate)

Mika Kotimaki
Mika Kotimaki
(Finland)
Room 5
09:00 – 11:00

INTRAOCULAR AND TRANSCLERAL SUTURING (Intermediate)

Vladimir Pfeifer
Vladimir Pfeifer
(Slovenia)
Room 6
09:00 – 11:00

MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY (Beginner)

Lional Raj Daniel Ponniah
Lional Raj Daniel Ponniah
(India)
Room 7
09:00 – 11:00

KLEx (Advanced)

Felix Mathias Wagner
Felix Mathias Wagner
(Germany)
Suphi Taneri
Suphi Taneri
(Germany)
co-instructor
Room 9
09:00 – 12:00

Modern MIGS Techniques Using Implants (Intermediate)

Alaa Mofti
Alaa Mofti
(Saudi Arabia)
TBC
TBC
Karsten Klabe
Karsten Klabe
(Germany)
co-instructor
Nicole Bajic
Nicole Bajic
(United States)
co-instructor
Room 8
11:30 – 13:30

DSAEK (Intermediate)

Miltos Balidis
Miltos Balidis
(Greece)
Dimitrios Sakellaris
Dimitrios Sakellaris
(Greece)
co-instructor
Room 2
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

Remco Stoutenbeek
Remco Stoutenbeek
(Netherlands)
Robert Wijdh
Robert Wijdh
(Netherlands)
co-instructor
Room 3
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Miha Marzidovsek
Miha Marzidovsek
(Slovenia)
Room 4
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Vincent Qin
Vincent Qin
(Belgium)
Louis Dal Maso
Louis Dal Maso
(Belgium)
co-instructor
Room 5
11:30 – 13:30

(SV) IOL Centration Techniques: Tools, Tricks, and Pearls (Intermediate)

Alexander Day
Alexander Day
(United Kingdom)
Christopher Leak
Christopher Leak
(United Kingdom)
co-instructor
Michael Koss
Michael Koss
(Germany)
co-instructor
Room 6
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING TECHNIQUES (Beginner)

Sotiria Palioura
Sotiria Palioura
(Greece)
Carolina Mercado
Carolina Mercado
(United States)
co-instructor
Florence Cabot
Florence Cabot
(United States)
co-instructor
Room 7
11:30 – 13:30

LASIK (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 9
14:00 – 17:00

Modern MIGS Techniques Using Implants (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Ana Miguel
Ana Miguel
(Portugal)
co-instructor
Karsten Klabe
Karsten Klabe
(Germany)
co-instructor
Nicole Bajic
Nicole Bajic
(United States)
co-instructor
Room 8
15:00 – 17:00

DSAEK (Intermediate)

Iva Dekaris
Iva Dekaris
(Croatia)
Room 2
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

Christina Leydolt
Christina Leydolt
(Austria)
Room 3
15:00 – 17:00

ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 4
15:00 – 17:00

ANTERIOR VITRECTOMY (Intermediate)

Mika Kotimaki
Mika Kotimaki
(Finland)
Room 5
15:00 – 17:00

INTRAOCULAR AND TRANSCLERAL SUTURING / Canabrava 4 Flanged Technique (Intermediate)

Sergio Canabrava
Sergio Canabrava
(Italy)
Room 6
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING TECHNIQUES (Beginner)

Nino Hirnschall
Nino Hirnschall
(Austria)
Room 7
15:00 – 17:00

LASIK (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 9
TimeSessionRoom
09:00 – 11:00

DALK (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 2
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

Ewa Mrukwa Kominek
Ewa Mrukwa Kominek
(Poland)
Room 3
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Tjasa Steblovnik
Tjasa Steblovnik
(Slovenia)
Room 4
09:00 – 11:00

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

John Bolger
John Bolger
(United Kingdom)
Room 5
09:00 – 11:00

INTRAOCULAR AND TRANSCLERAL SUTURING (Intermediate)

Guy Kleinmann
Guy Kleinmann
(Israel)
Room 6
09:00 – 11:00

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING TECHNIQUES (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 7
09:00 – 11:00

Supplementary (SV) IOL implantation (Intermediate)

Danson Muttuvelu
Danson Muttuvelu
(Denmark)
Room 8
11:30 – 13:30

DALK (Intermediate)

Luigi Fontana
Luigi Fontana
(Italy)
Room 2
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC TRAUMA SUTURING (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 3
11:30 – 13:30

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Ana Gornik
Ana Gornik
(Slovenia)
Room 4
11:30 – 13:30

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

Vladislav Dzinic
Vladislav Dzinic
(Serbia)
Room 5
11:30 – 13:30

Astigmatism Management including AK, LRI (intraop and postop) (Intermediate)

Diana Silveira e Silva
Diana Silveira e Silva
(Portugal)
Room 6
11:30 – 13:30

Supplementary (SV) IOL implantation (Intermediate)

Guenal Kahraman
Guenal Kahraman
(Austria)
Room 7
11:30 – 13:30

Iris Prosthesis (Advanced)

Sathish Srinivasan
Sathish Srinivasan
(United Kingdom)
Room 8
15:00 – 17:00

DALK (Intermediate)

Emilio Pedrotti
Emilio Pedrotti
(Italy)
Room 2
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC TRAUMA SUTURING (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 3
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC PHACO (Beginner)

Georg Fischer-Varvitsiotis
Georg Fischer-Varvitsiotis
(Germany)
Room 4
15:00 – 17:00

PHACO MANAGEMENT COMPLICATION (Intermediate)

TBC
TBC
Room 5
15:00 – 17:00

MICRO INCISION CATARACT SURGERY (Intermediate)

Alfonso Senatore
Alfonso Senatore
(Italy)
Room 6
15:00 – 17:00

CAPSULAR STABILIZATION TECHNIQUE (Intermediate)

Angeli Christy Yu
Angeli Christy Yu
(Italy)
Room 7
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC KERATOPLASTY SUTURING (Dry Lab) (Beginner)

TBC
TBC
Room 8
15:00 – 17:00

BASIC TRAUMA SUTURING (Beginner)

Matteo Airaldi
Matteo Airaldi
(Italy)
Room 9