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2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
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2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
general information
venue
The Congress will be held on June 28-30, 2012
All sessions will take place at:
ergife Palace Hotel
Via Aurelia, 619 - 00165 Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 06 66441
cHairmen
vincenzo Sarnicola, mD
Paolo vinciguerra, mD
Scientific Secretariat
fabrizio camesasca, mD
Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan - Italy
Email: info@rolandsicsso.org
Patricia toro ibañez, mD
Ospedale della Misericordia, Grosseto - Italy
Email: info@rolandsicsso.org
organizing Secretariat
refr@ctive.online and S.i.c.S.S.o.
Tel: +39 06 99268235
Fax: +39 06 99367548
Email: info@rolandsicsso.org
Web: www.rolandsicsso.org
inSurance
Delegates are advised to take out travel
insurance to cover medical expenses, accidents,
loss, etc. Organizers will not be liable for injuries,
damage or loss of participants’ properties.
emergencieS
First aid service will be available throughout the
Congress.
Emergencies telephone numbers:
Police 113
Carabinieri 112
Medical Emergency First Aid 118
official language
The official language of the Congress is English.
Italian English simultaneous translation will
be available.
viSa/PaSSPort
All participants from non-EU countries must hold
valid passports. Visas may be required for some
participants. Please contact the Italian Embassy
in your country to apply for a visa (applications
must be submitted at least two months prior to
the Congress).
weatHer
In late June the weather conditions in Italy are
usually hot and sunny. Expected temperatures
range from 20°C to 30°C.
currency
The official currency of the Congress is the Euro.
voltage Source
The voltage for electrical devices is 220V.
regiStration DeSk
All participants will receive their Congress pack
at the registration desk.
The registration desk will be open the following
hours:
Wednesday, 27 th June 17.00 – 19.00
Thursday, 28 th June 08.30 – 18.30
Friday, 29 th June 08.30 – 18.30
Saturday, 30 th June 08.30 – 13.30
exHibition
A trade exhibition will run parallel to the
Congress.
The exhibition will be open the following hours:
Thursday, 28 th June 09.00 – 18.00
Friday, 29 th June 09.00 – 18.00
Saturday, 30 th June 09.00 – 13.00
ecm
The Congress is accredited by ECM
online regiStration
Online registration for the ROLANDSICSSO
Congress and satellite wetlabs are now available
at: www.rolandsicsso.org

2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
attenDing SPeakerS
Elena Albé, Italy
Anthony Aldave, Italy
Giovanni Alessio, Italy
Emma Amasio Bartoli, Italy
Anas A. Anbari, Syria
Rossella Appolloni, Italy
Amhed Assaf, Egypt
Marco Astori, Italy
Mariarosa Astori, Italy
Alessandra Balestrazzi, Italy
Emilio Balestrazzi, Italy
Gaetano Barbaro, Italy
Federico Basilico, Italy
Cinzia Batisti, Italy
Michael Belin, USA
Roberto Bellucci, Italy
Gian Luca Biletta, Italy
Bernardo Billi, Italy
Paolo Bonci, Italy
Stefano Bonini, Italy
Paolo Brusini, Italy
Luca Buzzonetti, Italy
Carlo Cagini, Italy
Roberta Calienno, Italy
Antonio Calossi, Italy
Marino Campanelli, Italy
Aldo Caporossi, Italy
Piera Capra, Italy
Giancarlo Caprioglio, Italy
Luciano Cerulli, Italy
Xiangjun Chen, Norway
Giovanni Citrone, Italy
Gian Citroni, Italy
Fabio Dossi, Italy
Paul Dougherty, USA
Pietro Ducoli, Italy
Marco Fantozzi, Italy
Paolo Farro, Italy
Paolo Fogagnolo, Italy
Cesare Forlini, Italy
Alessandro Franchini, Italy
Caterina Gagliano, Italy
Alessandro Galan, Italy
Damien Gatinel, France
Harry Glen, USA
Sinan Goker, Turkey
Luca Gualdi, Italy
Josè Guell, Spain
Deanine Halliman, USA
Seyed Javad Hashemian, Iran
Filippo Incarbone, Italy
Choun-ki Joo, Korea
Vikentia Katsanevaki, Greece
Omid Kermani, Germany
Michael C Knorz, Germany
Thomas Kohnen, Germany
Antonio Laborante, Italy
Peter Laibson, USA
Alessandro Lambiase, Italy
Manuela Lanzini, Italy
Stefano Lippera, Italy
Holger Lubatschowski, Germany
Saverio Luccarelli, Italy
Claudio Macaluso, Italy
Edward E Manche, USA
Leonardo Mastropasqua, Italy
Vincenzo Maurino, Italy
Rita Mencucci, Italy
Jodhbir Metha, Singapore
Alberto Montericcio, Italy
Simonetta Morselli, Italy
Michael Mrochen, Switzerland
Alessandro Mularoni, Italy
Zoltan Nagy, Hungary
Marco Nardi, Italy
Mario Nubile, Italy
Vincenzo Orfeo, Italy
Luigi Pacente, Italy
Iacopo Paladini, Italy
Franco Passani, Italy
Graziella Pellegrini, Italy
Giuseppe Perone, Italy
Augusto Pocobelli, Italy
Paolo Rama, Italy
Vincenzo Ramovecchi, Italy
J. Bradley Randleman, USA
Emilio Rapizzi, Italy
Christopher Rapuano, USA
Sven Reisdorf, Germany
Cynthia Roberts, USA
Ferdinando Romano, Italy
Scipione Rossi, Italy
Claudio Savaresi, Italy
Domenico Schiano Lomoriello, Italy
Giuseppe Sciuto, Italy
Neda Shamie, USA
Shigeto Shimmura, Japan
Leopoldo Spadea, Italy
Eberhard Spoerl, Germany
Edoardo Stagni, Italy
Aleksandar Stojanovic, Norway
Gustavo Tamayo, Colombia
Donald Tan Tiang Hwee, Singapore
Daniele Tognetto, Italy
Salvatore Troisi, Italy
Ray Jui-Fang Tsai, Taiwan
Elmer Tu, USA
Davide Venzano, Italy
Carlo Maria Villani, Italy
Edoardo Villani, Italy
Riccardo Vinciguerra, Italy
Jayne Weiss, USA

2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
tHurSDay, 28 tH June MAIN ROOM
08.20 OPENING REMARKS
Paolo Vinciguerra - Vincenzo Sarnicola
Femtosecond ReFRactive suRgeRy
08.30 - 09.30
PANEL: S. Goker, L. Mosca, M. Mrochen, G. Perone, D. Tan
1. Current and future trends of refractive surgery
with femtosecond laser
HOLGER LUBATSCHOWSKI
2. Femtosecond laser refractive lenticule extraction
for myopia: morphology and results
LEONARDO MASTROPASqUA
3. Principles and clinical experience with the Kamra inlay for
presbyopia correction (2 years of follow up) Acufocus
DAMIEN GATINEL
4. Femtosecond laser-assisted presbyopia surgery
on the crystalline lens - Update
OMID KERMANI
endotHelial keRatoplasty
09.40 - 10.45 Chairman: V. Sarnicola
PANEL: A. Balestrazzi, C. Macaluso, A. Pocobelli, E. Rapizzi
1. Donor preparation: different techniques
DONALD TAN
2. Donor insertion: different techniques
SHAMIE NEDA
3. Complications
VINCENZO MAURINO
4. Results
JOSé GUELL
Rejection:
symposium sponsoRed by
eucoRnea
10.45 - 12.15 PANEL: G. Caprioglio
1. Physiopathology of rejection
2. Clinical signs of rejection in different surgical procedures
3. Therapy in different types of rejection
HeRpes
14.30 - 15.20 Chairman: G. Marchini
PANEL: R. Appolloni, D.G. Halliman, M. Nubile
1. Overview of HSV
PETER LAIBSON
2. Physiopathology and therapy
PIERGIORGIO NERI
3. Herpes scar and keratoplasty
VINCENZO SARNICOLA
excimeR suRFace ablation
15.20 - 16.30 Chairman: G. Alessio
PANEL: D. Gatinel, V. Katsvanieki, O. Kermani,
E. Manche, A. Montericcio
1. How to select and follow refractive surgery patients
with the Scheimpflug camera topo-tomographer
MICHAEL BELIN
2. The reparative process
SEBASTIANO SERRAO
3. Custom Ablation and Gradient
PAOLO VINCIGUERRA
4. Gradient and regression
CyNTHIA ROBERTS
5. Why is it so difficult to correct astigmatism
DAN EPSTEIN
congRess lectuRes
16.30 - 17.00
Antibiotics in 2012: Evaluating the Landscape for Effective
Treatment of Ocular Infections (DEANINE HALLIMAN)
SITRAC Lecture (EMILIO BALESTRAZZI)
The International Committe for Classification (IC3D) of
Corneal Dystrophies (JAyNE WEISS)
innovations - Rooms (b/c)
17.00 - 19.00 - PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
friDay, 29 tH June MAIN ROOM
ReFRactive suRgeRy
08.30 - 09.35 Chairman: P. Vinciguerra
PANEL: R. Bellucci, E. Manche, F. Romano, G. Tamayo
1. Optical modeling for laser refractive surgery
and IOL power calculation
MICHAEL MROCHEN
2. Custom Ablation: Wavefront of or topoguided ?
THOMAS KOHNEN
3. Diagnostic follow-up with the OPD aberrometer
DAMIEN GATINEL
4. How much we can correct
MICHAEL KNORZ
5. Iatrogenic complications
OMID KERMANI
6. Pregnancy may trigger late onset of keratectasia
after laser in situ keratomileusis
FARHAD HAFEZI
keRatoconus
09.35 - 10.40 Chairman: C. Roberts, D. Tan
PANEL: M. Belin, P. Bonci, M. Nardi, N. Maeda,
S. Shimmura
1. Classifications
FABRIZIO CAMESASCA
2. Update on keratoconus semeiology
PAOLO VINCIGUERRA
3. A new clinical approach on keratoconus
4. Conservative surgical treatment
5. Corneal intrastromal rings: do they still have a role to play?
ALESSANDRO MULARONI
6. Reconstructive surgical treatment
VINCENZO SARNICOLA
cRoss-linking: new developments
10.40 - 12.15 Chairman: D. Epstein
PANEL: G. Alessio, D. Gatinel, R. Mencucci,
A. Mularoni, J.B. Randleman
1. UV Beam profile
MICHAEL MROCHEN
2. Indications
ELENA ALBè
3. Biomechanics of Corneal Collagen Crosslinking
ROBERTS CyNTHIA
4. Epi-off
ALDO CAPOROSSI
5. Epi-on
EDOARDO STAGNI
6. Iontophoresis
VINCIGUERRA PAOLO
7. Results of combined PRK -CCL for keratoconus
VIKENTIA KATSANEVAKI
dalk
12.15 - 13.20 Chairman: D. Tan
PANEL: L. Buzzonetti, P. Ducoli, S. Neda,
G. Perone, P. Rama
1. The history of keratoplasty
PETER LAIBSON
2. Different techniques
SHIGETO SHIMMURA
3. Learning curve and complications
VINCENZO SARNICOLA
4. DALK challenges today
5. Results and long-term survival
PAOLO VINCIGUERRA
inFections
symposium sponsoRed by
tHe coRnea society
14.30 - 15.30 Chairman: L. Cerulli
PANEL: D.G. Halliman, R. Mencucci, P. Rama
1. Post-keratoplasty infections
ANTHONy ALDAVE
2. Post-refractive surgery infections
CHRISTOPHER RAPUANO
3. Infections with KPRO
DONALD TAN
4. Infections in immunocompromised and healthcare worker
ELMER TU

2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
friDay, 29 tH June MAIN ROOM
pHakic iols
15.30 - 16.40 Chairman: V. Orfeo
PANEL: A. Franchini, A. Montericcio, S. Morselli, G. Perone
1. Overview
DANIELE TOGNETTO
2. Iris fixated-IOLs
ROBERTO BELLUCCI
3. Phakic-angle-fixated IOLs: torsional stability
OMID KERMANI
cataRact update and FemtocataRact
08.30 - 09.15 Chairman: M. Knorz
1. LenSx femtosecond laser
MICHAEL C KNORZ
2. The comparison of manual and femtolaser capsulorhexis
NAGy ZOLTáN Z.
oculaR suRFace ReconstRuction
symposium sponsoRed by
asia coRnea society
09.15 - 10.30 Chairman: S. Bonini
PANEL: J. Guell, A. Lambiase, M. Nubile, V. Sarnicola, D. Tan
1. DALK for ocular surface diseases
SHIGETO SHIMMURA
2. Ex-vivo expansion of corneal stem cells on amniotic
membrane and their outcome
RAN TSAI
3. HAM for ocular stem cell expansion
JODHBIR MEHTA
4. Colture of corneal epithelial cells on corneal substitutes
JOO CHOUN-KI
4. Long-term results with Cachet phakic IOLs
MICHAEL C KNORZ
5. THOMAS KOHNEN
6. Posterior chamber phakic IOLs
PAUL DOUGHERTy
7. Phakic IOLs vs refractive surgery or Relex
SCIPIONE ROSSI
innovations - Rooms (b/c)
17.00 - 19.00 - PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
SaturDay, 30 tH June MAIN ROOM
5. Clinical application of ex-vivo expanded limbal stem
cells: up-to-date and future perspectives
PAOLO RAMA
Premium iols
symposium sponsoRed by isRs
10.30 - 11.45 PANEL: A. Galan
1. Biometry
2. Multifocal Toric IOL 1 year results
OMID KERMANI
3. Toric multifocal IOLs
4. Multifocal IOLs
5. Accomodative IOLs
SCIPIONE ROSSI
6. Treatment algorithm for the dissatisfied premium IOL patient
BRADLEy RANDLEMAN

2 nd Joint International Congress
REFR@CTIVE.ONLINE & SICSSO
ERGIFE PALACE HOTEL, ROME - JUNE 28 TH /30 TH , 2012
innovation SeSSionS
tHe lateSt acHievementS anD innovationS in tHiS SPecial SeSSionS
A SPECIAL “INNOVATIONS” SERIES OF SESSIONS WILL BE HELD FOR INNOVATIVE PRESENTATIONS AND TO SHOWCASE THE
LATEST ADVANCEMENTS.
wet labS
(using eye Bank tissues)
limited to 10 participant for Wet lab. duration: 1 hour.
Wet labs topics
DALK • amniotic membrane • DSAEK • DMEK • CROSS LINKING • femtosecond
CUSTOM ABLATION (HANDS-ON LAB) • cataract surgery
pre-register online At: WWW.rolAnDsiCsso.org
wet laBs will take place on tHursday and friday (Morning and afternoon) and saturday (Morning only)
Breakfast with the experts
Breakfast roundtaBles to ease dialogue and networking - one topic for roundtaBle
scheduled on friday, 29 th and saturday, 30 th - 07.15 / 08.15
ONE EXPERT + ONE LARGE BREAKFAST TABLE + TEN PEOPLE = OUTSTANDING ROUNDTABLE
(up to 15 simultaneous roudntables available)
an opportunity to gain insight on a variety of topics and learn from the achievements
and mistakes of colleagues sharing their experiences.
available only for ergife palace hotel guests
pre-register online At: WWW.rolAnDsiCsso.org
THE “INNOVATIONS” SESSIONS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE MORE EXPERT OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND THE PRESENTATIONS
WILL BE FAST-PACED AND ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THE MEETING TOPICS.
roomS b/c • tHu, 28 & fri, 29 • H 17.00 - 19.00

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