This year’s annual congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS 2024) will be held at the Fira Barcelona congress centre – and looks like it will be the biggest meeting of the ESCRS to date.

We are proud to say that ELZA’s surgeons and researchers are making a big contribution, presenting our latest clinical and laboratory research work, as well as leading educational workshops. Our presentations are listed below.

Speaker Role Session Title Session Type Date Time (CEST)
Emilio Torres-Netto Presenter A High-Fluence Accelerated Epithelium-Off CXL Protocol Provides A Similar Clinical Biomechanical Effect To Dresden Protocol Cxl: 1-Year Follow-Up Data Poster Friday, 6 Sep Available from 00:00
Farhad Hafezi Presenter Central Toxic Keratopathy After Epithelium-Off Corneal Cross-Linking For Keratoconus: A Series Of 17 Eyes Treated At The Same Hospital E-Poster Friday, 6 Sep Available from 00:00
Farhad Hafezi Chair New developments in keratoconus and crosslinking Cornea Day Friday, 6 Sep 14:15 – 16:00
M. Enes Aydemir Speaker Revisiting Scheimpflug and OCT Technologies in Corneal Assessment Post-CXL: A Comprehensive Analysis E-Poster Friday, 6 Sep Available from 00:00
Emilio Torres-Netto Presenter Second-Generation “sub400” Protocol For Corneal Cross-Linking In Ultrathin Corneas: One-Year Follow-Up Data Poster Friday, 6 Sep Available from 00:00
Farhad Hafezi Speaker The preferred CXL technique in 2024 Oral Friday, 6 Sep 17:40 – 17:55
Farhad Hafezi Speaker Therapeutic Refractive Surgery Oral Friday, 6 Sep 08:55 – 09:05
Kaweh Mansouri Chair What is the future of Glaucoma management? Oral Friday, 6 Sep 10:00 – 11:00
Farhad Hafezi Speaker Update on the second global consensus on keratoconus Oral Friday, 6 Sep 14:15 – 14:25
Emilio Torres-Netto Presenter Visual Rehabilitation In Keratoconus Following 2nd Generation Customized Corneal Cross-Linking (PACE) And Toric Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implantation. Poster Friday, 6 Sep Available from 00:00
Emilio Torres-Netto Speaker Visual rehabilitation in keratoconus using customized cross-linking (PACE) Oral Friday, 6 Sep 14:35 – 14:45
Emilio Torres-Netto Presenter Assessing The Biomechanical Impact Of Femto-Cairs On Ex Vivo Porcine Eyes Using High-Resolution OCT Elastography Poster Friday, 6 Sep Available from 00:00
Emilio Torres-Netto Speaker Corneal Cross-linking Free Paper Session Monday, 9 Sep 14:00 – 15:30
Farhad Hafezi Speaker Epi-On Crosslinking Preventive Strategies Oral Monday, 9 Sep 15:00 – 15:13
Farhad Hafezi E-Poster One-Year Clinical Experience With an Optimized Epi-On CXL Procedure That Does not Require Additional Oxygen nor Iontophoresis and That Provides Clinical Results Similar to Accelerated Epi-Off CXL E-Poster Monday, 9 Sep Available from 15:40
Farhad Hafezi Speaker One-Year Clinical Experience With Pace (Second Generation Customized Corneal Cross-Linking) Oral Monday, 9 Sep 14:24 – 14:30
Farhad Hafezi Speaker Perspectives in CXL techniques for KCN: present and future Or al Monday, 9 Sep 09:02 – 09:12
Farhad Hafezi Chair Pediatric Myopia treatment strategies WSPOS/ESCRS Monday, 9 Sep 16:00 – 17:30
Farhad Hafezi Speaker Epithelial map-guided PTK Customized Epi-on CXL (PACE) Oral Saturday, 7 Sep 11:18 – 11:36
Emilio Torres-Netto Speaker Selective Treatment of Astigmatism in post Radial Keratotomy and Corneal Scar patients (STARK) Oral Saturday, 7 Sep 11:36 – 11:54
Farhad Hafezi Chair Surgical corneal remodelling without tissue removal: Bowman layer transplantation, Customized CXL (PACE), FEMTO-CAIRS, SLAK and STARK Instructional Courses Saturday, 7 Sep 11:00 – 12:30
Lamis Baydoun Chair Moderator: Presented Poster Session Poster Saturday, 7 Sep 17:00 – 18:00
Emilio Torres-Netto Speaker Femto CAIRS: Unveilling Corneal Biomechanics Oral Saturday, 7 Sep 13:30 – 13:40
Farhad Hafezi Speaker CXL in ultra-Thin Corneas and PACE (2nd Generation Customized CXL) Oral Sunday, 8 Sep 14:11 – 14:22
Farhad Hafezi Speaker PACK-CXL with Riboflavin (laboratory results and experimental data) Oral Sunday, 8 Sep 08:50 – 09:05
M. Enes Aydemir Speaker Corneal Enzymatic Digestion Resistance of Porcine Corneas in the Presence of Estradiol and Estradiol Plus Selective Tissue Estrogenic Activity Regulator (STEAR) Drugs E-Poster Sunday, 8 Sep Available from 14:20
Farhad Hafezi Speaker Tamoxifen (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator) Induces Major Topographical Changes Mimicking Ectasia In A Post-Lasik Patient Oral Sunday, 8 Sep 15:00 – 15:06