Program

Program at a Glance

* The program is subject to change by the society.

* As of Dec 1, 2025

Feb 28 (Sat)	Time		ROOM 1Korean Session	ROOM 2English Session
	Time		Session Topic	Session Topic
	8:00	8:50	Registration
	8:50	9:00	Opening Ceremony
	9:00	10:30	Symposium (S1) Cinical Application of Anterior Segment Imaging	Symposium (S2) Ways to better Outcomes in Keratoplasty
	10:30	11:00	Coffee Break / Poster Session 1
	11:00	12:15	Symposium (S3) Current and Future of Keratoconus	Keynote Symposium
	12:15	13:15	Luncheon Symposium
	13:15	15:15	Symposium (S4) Save the Cornea: Infection vs. Inflammation	Symposium (S5) Challenges in Anterior Segment Disease
	15:15	15:30	Coffee Break
	15:30	17:30	KCLS Joint Symposium (S6) Orthokeratology Master Course	KCS-CS Joint Symposium (S7)
	17:30	17:40	Closing Remarks

Mar 1 (Sun)	Time		ROOM 1Korean Session	ROOM 2English Session
	Time		Session Topic	Session Topic
	8:00	8:55	Registration
	8:55	9:00	Opening Remark
	9:00	10:30	Symposium (S8) Conquering Corneal Disease for Practitioners	Symposium (S9) Innovative Researches
	10:30	11:00	Coffee Break and Poster Session 2
	11:00	12:30	KSCRS Joint Symposium (S10) Cataract Surgery with Comorbidity	Plenary Lecture
	12:30	13:30	Luncheon Symposium
	13:30	15:00	Symposium (S11) What happened to My Patient?	Symposium (S12) Video Talk Show: DMEK/DSAEK
	15:00	15:20	Coffee Break
	15:20	16:50	Symposium (S13) Pearls of Clinic based Surgery	Symposium (S14) Presented Poster/Video
	16:50	17:00	Closing Remarks

Symposium (S2): Ways to better Outcomes in Keratoplasty

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
9:00-9:15	Surgical Pearls of PKP	Jong Hwa Jun	Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung Univ.
9:15-9:30	Surgical Pearls of DALK	Ho Sik HWANG	The Catholic Univ. of Korea
9:30-9:45	Surgical Pearls of DSAEK	Ik Hyun JUN	Severance Hospital, Yonsei Univ.
9:45-10:00	Surgical Pearls of DMEK	Kyongjin CHO	Dankook Univ. Hospital
10:00-10:15	Management of Failed Keratoplasty	Kyung-Sun NA	The Catholic Univ. of Korea
10:15-10:30	Discussion

Keynote Symposium

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
11:00-11:30	Management of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency	Sophie X. DENG	UCLA Stein Eye Institute, USA
11:30-12:00	Long-term Outcome of SLET	Virender S. SANGWAN	Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, India
12:00-12:15	Discussion

Symposium (S5): Challenges in Anterior Segment Disease

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
13:15-13:30	Surgical Management of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: From Conventional to State-of-the Art Techniques	Takefumi YAMAGUCHI	Tokyo Dental College Ichikawa General Hospital, Japan
13:30-13:45	DMEK in Challenging / Asian Eyes Sing	Marcus ANG	Singapore National Eye center, Singapore
13:45-14:00	Surgery for Infectious Keratitis	Alvin YOUNG	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
14:00-14:15	Fungal Keratitis : Management Algorithm	Namrata SHARMA	All India Institute of Medical Sciene, India
14:15-14:30	Shaping the Future of MGD Management: Non-Pharmacological Advances	Reiko ARITA	Itoh Clinic, Japan
14:30-14:45	Medical Challenges in Ocular Allergy	Varintorn CHUCKPAIWONG	Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
14:45-15:00	Diabetic Related Dry Eye: What should We do	Zuguo LIU	Xiamen University, China
15:00-15:15	Discussion

KCS-CS Joint Symposium (S7)

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
15:30-15:45	In Vitro Modeling for Diabetic Neurotrophic Keratopathy	Hong Kyun KIM	Kyungpook National Univ.
15:45-16:00	Experimental Animal Model of Neuropathic Corneal Pain	Kyung Chul YOON	Chonnam National Univ.
16:00-16:15	Current Status of Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Transplantation in Korea	So Hyang CHUNG	The Catholic Univ. of Korea
16:15-16:30	Neurotrophic Keratopathy	Sophie X. DENG	UCLA Stein Eye Institute, USA
16:30-16:45	Herpes Zoster Keratitis: Prevention and Management	Bennie H. JENG	Univ. of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA
16:45-17:00	Impact of Diabetes in the Donor on DMEK	Shahzad MIAN	Univ. of Michigan School of Medicine, USA
17:00-17:15	iOCT guided Femtosecond Laser assisted DALK	Jod MEHTA	Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
17:15-17:30	Discussion

Symposium (S9): Innovative Researches

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
9:00-9:15	Myeloid Cell Proliferation after Corneal Transplantaion in Mice and Humans	Joo Yeon OH	Seoul National Univ., Korea
9:15-9:30	The Effect of Ectodysplasin A on the Ocular Surface	Wei LI	Xiamen Univ., China
9:30-9:45	Mechanical and Effects of Negative Pressure on Corneal Epithelial Migration	Chi Chin SUN	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
9:45-10:00	Current Status of Corneal Endothelial Cell Injection Therapy in Taiwan	I-Jong WANG	National Taiwan Univ. Hospital, Taiwan
10:00-10:15	iPS Cell-derived Corneal Epithelium for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency	Takeshi SOMA	Osaka Univ., Japan
10:15-10:30	Discussion

Plenary Lecture

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
11:00-11:30	Biomaterial-based Delivery Systems for Cultured Corneal Cell Transplantation	David MYUNG	Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, USA
11:30-12:00	SImple Non-cultured Endothelial Cell Injection Therapy	Jod MEHTA	Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore
12:00-12:30	Discussion

Symposium (S12): Video Talk Show: DMEK/DSAEK

Time	Presentation Title	Speaker
13:30-13:45	DSO: A New Frontier in FECD Treatment	Vilavun PUANGSRICHARERN	Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand Asia Cornea Society Council
13:45-14:00	TBD
14:00-14:15	DMEK for Beginners : A to Z	Mee Kum KIM	Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea
14:15-14:30	DSAEK still Useful	Joon Young HYON	Seoul National Univ., Korea
14:30-14:45	DMEK for Challenging Cases	Hyung Keun LEE	Yonsei Univ., Korea
14:45-15:00	Panel Discussion

Symposium (S14): Presented Poster/Video

Time	Presentation Title	Presenter
15:10-15:17
15:17-15:24
15:24-15:31
15:31-15:38
15:38-15:45
15:45-15:52
15:52-15:59
15:59-16:06
16:06-16:13
16:13-16:20
16:20-16:27
16:27-16:34
16:34-16:40	KCIS Award Ceremony

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