Program

Program as of 21 January 2026
*subject to change

7.30 am	REGISTRATION
SESSION 1 \| What I learned from conferences 8.30 am – 10.00 am
SESSION CHAIR	Prof Stephanie Watson
8.30 am – 8.40 am	ASM Welcome & Welcome to Country Prof Stephanie Watson
8.40 am – 8.50 am	Cornea – Dr Vannessa Leung
8.50 am – 9.00 am	Cataract – Dr Michael Rossiter-Thornton
9.00 am – 9.10 am	Glaucoma – Dr Hamish Dunn
9.10 am – 9.20 am	Retina – A/Prof Sam Fraser-Bell
9.20 am – 9.30 am	Paediatrics –
9.30 am – 9.40 am	Oculoplastics – Dr Esra Sanli
9.40 am – 10.00 am	Discussion + Q&A
10.00 am – 10.30 am	MORNING TEA
SESSION 2 \| Keynote Session 10.30 am – 12.00 pm
SESSION CHAIR
10.30 am – 11.05 am	Keynote – Retinal gene therapy introduction and scientific rationale Gene therapy surgical techniques and robotic subretinal injection Prof Rob MacLaren
11.05 am – 11.30 am	Keynote – Acute angle closure crisis management: strategies by stages and evidences Dr Tung Thanh Hoang
11.30 am – 11:45 am	Global Eye Health Prof Nitin Verma
11.45 am – 11.55 pm	Solar Eclipse A/Prof Michael Hennessy
11.55 am – 12.00 am	Discussion + Q&A
12.05 pm – 1.05 pm	LUNCH
SESSION 3 \| RANZCO (closed session) 1.05 pm – 2.30 pm
SESSION CHAIR	Prof Ashish Agar
1.10 pm – 1.20 pm	NSW Branch Update Prof Stephanie Watson
1.20 pm – 1.30 pm	RANZCO Update Prof Peter McCluskey
1.30 pm – 1.40 pm	ASO update Dr Peter Sumich
1.40 pm – 1.50 pm	CPD Update RANZCO CPD Team
1.50 pm – 2.00 pm	AVR Update Prof Stephanie Watson
2.00 pm – 2.10 pm	ANZEF Update Dr John Kennedy
2.10 pm – 2.30 pm	Discussion + Q&A
2.30 pm – 3.00 pm	AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 4 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
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
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm	Award Lectures / Fellowship updates Jessica Li & Michelle Bai
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm	POSTER AND NETWORKING FUNCTION

8.00 am	REGISTRATION
SESSION 5 \| Crisis in theatre 9.00 am – 10.30 am
SESSION CHAIRS
9.00 am – 9.05 am	Day 2 Welcome
9.05 am – 9.15 am	Cataract – Dr Patrick Versace
9.15 am – 9.25 am	Cataract –
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	Vitro Retinal – Prof Andrew Chang
9.55 am – 10.05 am	Glaucoma – Prof 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 – 12.30 pm
SESSION CHAIRS
11.00 am – 11.15 am	Keratitis – Prof Stephanie Watson
11.15 am – 11.25 am	Endophthalmitis – Prof Tengku Ain Kamalden
11.25 am – 11.35 am	Blebitis – Dr Ridia Lim
11.35 am – 11.45 am	Orbital Cellulitis –
11.45 am – 11.55 am	Retina / Uveitis – Dr Elisa Cornish
12.05 am – 12.20 pm	Discussion + Q&A
12.20 pm – 1.20 pm	LUNCH
SESSION 7 \| Life threatening 1.20 pm – 2.20 pm
SESSION CHAIRS
1.20 pm – 1.30 pm	Temporal arteritis – A/Prof Ian Francis
1.30 pm – 1.40 pm	Papilloedema – A/Prof Mitchell Lawlor
1.40 pm – 1.50 pm	Nerve palsy
1.40 pm – 2.00 pm	Steven Johnson Syndrome
2.00 pm – 2.10 pm	Paeds – Dr James Smith
2.10 pm – 2.20 pm	Discussion + Q&A
2.20 pm – 2.50 pm	AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 8 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm
SESSION CHAIRS
3.05 pm – 3.25 pm	Trauma
3.20 pm – 3.40 pm	Gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa Prof Rob McLaren
3.40 pm – 4.00 pm	Cerebral vascular malformation: Neuro-Ophthalmology manifestations Dr Thanh Hoang
4.00 pm – 4.20 pm	Discussion + Q&A
4.20 pm – 4.30 pm	Prize winner announcements and concluding remarks
4.30 pm	ASM CLOSE