APACRS 2021 Daily News (Friday, 30 July 2021)

Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons Friday, 30 July 2021 Prof. Ian Constable, MD, is Lions Founding Professor of Oph- thalmology at the University of Western Australia. He was close- ly associated with the founder of SNEC, Prof. Arthur Lim, from 1976 onwards as a co-author, international teaching colleague, and regional advisor. He will present the Inaugural SNEC Vision- Save Lecture on “Advances in Gene Therapy” during “Advances in Surgical Retina” at 17:30 hrs on Saturday, 31 July 2021. Prof. Neil Miller, MD, is professor of ophthalmology, neurology, and neurosurgery, and the Frank B. Walsh Professor of Neu- ro-Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital. The author and co-author of over 540 articles, 93 chapters, and 13 books, he has given 59 named lectures around the world. He will present the SNEC Distinguished Lecture on “Updates in Neuro-Ophthalmology – Research findings that may change your practice tomorrow” during “Practical Neuro-Oph- thalmology” at 19:05 hrs on Saturday, 31 July 2021. Today’s Highlights Innovation Theatres In the absence of a physical exhibition space, the Innovation Theatres provide an out-of-the-box venue for the meeting’s industry partners to highlight their latest innovations and allow attendees to keep abreast of advances in ophthalmic technology and products. Today’s Innovation Theatres include the SNEC Innovation Theatres on “AI and Digital Innovation in Ophthalmology” (09:55–10:10 hrs, all times UTC+8) and “Age Related Macular Degeneration” (10:55–11:10 hrs) and SERI Innovation Theatre on “EyRis-Plano-GonioPEN-PROMinsight-Eden” (10:40–10:55 hrs) on Track 1. Along the same track, industry partners holding Innovation Theatres today are BVI on “BVI innovations for cataract surgery: IOL & Phaco System” (10:10–10:25 hrs); Novartis on “Evidence in DME” (10:25–10:40 hrs); B+L on “SimplifEYEing Surgeries to Optimize Outcomes” (11:10–11:25 hrs) and “Treating the tear film and inflammation in dry eye” (11:25–11:40 hrs); and Santen on “The practical approach for Diagnosis and Treatment of Dry Eye Disease” (11:40–11:55 hrs). On track 2, industry partners holding Innovation Theatres to- day are Oculus on “Pentacam + Corvis ST for Refractive Sur- gery Screening” (09:55–10:10 hrs); Topcon on “Taking Myopia and Dry Eye Management to the Next Level” (10:10–10:25 hrs); Johnson & Johnson Vision on “Laboratory and Clinical Outcomes of an Enhanced Monofocal IOL” (19:00–19:15 hrs), “Continuous Range of Vision (CRV) IOLs: Technology and Clin- ical Outcomes” (19:15–19:30 hrs), “Improving Toric Workflow with the Catalys™ Precision LASER System and cOS 6.0” (19:30–19:45 hrs), and “Veritas™ Vision System: Next Genera- tion Phaco System” (19:45–20:00 hrs); and Medicontur on “IOL platforms for Presbyopia Correction – powered by EPS” (20:00– 20:15 hrs). EWAP Daily News - 3