PROGRAM
Program as of 02 March 2026
*subject to change
| 6:30 am | REGISTRATION | |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast Symposium Enhancing care in clinic for everyday patients: Have we fully optimised outcomes? Assoc. Professor Samantha Fraser-Bell, Dr Anagha Vaze and Dr Phoebe Moore |
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| SESSION 1 | What I learned from conferences 8:30 am – 10:00 am |
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| SESSION CHAIR | Professor Stephanie Watson | |
| 8:30 am – 8:32 am | ASM Welcome Professor Stephanie Watson |
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| 8:32 am – 8:37 am | Welcome to Country |
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| 8:37 am – 8:40 am | Platinum partner – Bayer Nick Needham |
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| 8:40 am – 8:50 am | Things I Heard at Conferences – Cornea Edition Dr Vannessa Leung |
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| 8:50 am – 9:00 am | Cataract Dr Michael Rossiter-Thornton |
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| 9:00 am – 9:10 am | Glaucoma Dr Hamish Dunn |
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| 9:10 am – 9:20 am | Retina Assoc. Professor Samantha Fraser-Bell |
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| 9:20 am – 9:30 am | Exciting Developments in Paediatric Ophthalmology Dr Matt Spargo |
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| 9:30 am – 9:40 am | Oculoplastics Dr Esra Sanli |
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| 9:40 am – 10:00 am | Discussion + Q&A | |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | MORNING TEA | |
| SESSION 2 10:30 am – 12:05 pm |
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| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Keynote – Retinal gene therapy introduction and scientific rationale and Gene therapy surgical techniques and robotic subretinal injection Professor Rob MacLaren |
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| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | Keynote – Acute angle closure crisis management: strategies by stages and evidences Dr Tung Thanh Hoang |
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| 11:30 am – 11:45 am | Global Eye Health Clinical Professor Nitin Verma |
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| 11:45 am – 11:55 am | The Australia Wide Solar Eclipse 2028 (AWE28) – What’s in store for Sydney on 22 July 2028 Assoc. Professor Michael Hennessy |
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| 11:55 am – 12.05 pm | Discussion + Q&A | |
| 12:05 pm – 1:10 pm | LUNCH | Sponsored by: |
| SESSION 3 | RANZCO (closed session) 1:10 pm – 2:30 pm |
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| SESSION CHAIR | Professor Ashish Agar | |
| 1:10 pm – 1:20 pm | NSW branch update Professor Stephanie Watson |
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| 1:20 pm – 1:30 pm | RANZCO update Prof Peter McCluskey |
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| 1:30 pm – 1:40 pm | ASO Update Dr Peter Sumich |
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| 1:40 pm – 1:50 pm | CPD Update RANZCO secretariat |
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| 1:50 pm – 2:00 pm | AVR update Professor Stephanie Watson |
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| 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm | ANZEF Update Dr John Kennedy |
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| 2:10 pm – 2.30 pm | Discussion + Q&A | |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| SESSION 4 | Con Moshegov Memorial Lecture & Awards 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
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| SESSION CHAIRS | Dr Craig Donaldson | |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Con Moshegov Memorial Lecture Keynote – Ophthalmology in Malaysia with case histories
Professor Tengku Ain Kamalden |
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| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Award Lectures / Fellowship updates Jessica Li and Michelle Bai |
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| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | POSTER AND NETWORKING FUNCTION | |
| 8:00 am | REGISTRATION |
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SESSION 5 | Crisis in theatre
9:00 am – 10:30 am
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| SESSION CHAIRS | |
| 9:00 am – 9:02 am | Day 2 Welcome |
| 9:02 am – 9:05 am | Platinum partner – Eye Vantage |
| 9:05 am – 9:15 am | Emergency in cataract surgery in 2 parts; immediate and delayed Dr Patrick Versace |
| 9:15 am – 9:25 am | Emergency in cataract surgery in 2 parts; immediate and delayed Professor Minas Coroneo |
| 9:25 am – 9:35 am | Strabismus surgery Dr Craig Donaldson |
| 9:35 am – 9:45 am | Corneal crisis Dr Erica Darian-Smith |
| 9:45 am – 9:55 am | Vitreo Retinal Professor Andrew Chang |
| 9:55 am – 10:05 am | Glaucoma Assoc. Professor Andrew White |
| 10:05 am – 10:30 am | Discussion + Q&A |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | MORNING TEA |
| SESSION 6 | Infection and inflammation 11:00 am – 12:10 pm |
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| 11:00 am – 11:10 am | Keratitis Professor Stephanie Watson |
| 11:10 am – 11:20 am |
Endophthalmitis Professor Tengku Ain Kamalden |
| 11:20 am – 11:30 am |
Blebitis Dr Ridia Lim |
| 11:30 am – 11:40 am |
Orbital Cellulitis Dr Dan Brettel |
| 11:40 am – 11:50 am |
Retina / Uveitis Dr Elisa Cornish |
| 11:50 am – 12.10 pm |
Discussion + Q&A |
| 12:10 pm – 1:20 pm | LUNCH |
| SESSION 7 | Life threatening 1:20 pm – 2:20 pm |
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| 1:20 pm – 1:30 pm | Temporal arteritis Assoc. Professor Ian Francis |
| 1:30 pm – 1:40 pm | Papilloedema Assoc. Professor Mitchell Lawlor |
| 1:40 pm – 1:50 pm | Nevus vs Melanoma Dr Li-Ann Lim |
| 1:50 pm – 2:00 pm | Stevens Johnson syndrome Dr Noni Lewis |
| 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm | Peads Dr James Smith |
| 2:10 pm – 2:20 pm | Discussion + Q&A |
| 2:20 pm – 2:50 pm | AFTERNOON TEA |
| SESSION 8 2:50 pm – 4:30 pm |
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| SESSION CHAIRS | |
| 2:50 pm – 3:00 pm | Update on Myopia Management Dr Linda Zheng |
| 3:00 pm – 3:10 pm | Tears as tactics: Ophthalmology’s difficult history with tear gas Mary K. Daly |
| 3:10 pm – 3:40 pm | Gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa Professor Rob McLaren |
| 3:40 pm – 4:00 pm | Cerebral vascular malformation: Neuro-Ophthalmology manifestations Dr Thanh Hoang |
| 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm | Discussion + Q&A |
| 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm | Prize winner announcements and concluding remarks |
| 4:30 pm | ASM CLOSE |