Scientific Programme Overview

2nd October 2026 (Day 1)

  1. Decoding Diplopia - Peter Macintosh
  2. Relationship between Sagging Eye Syndrome and Heavy Eye Syndrome: Toshiaki Goseki
  3. What about horizontal and vertical gaze – nuclear, pre nuclear and supranuclear influences: Umapathi Thirugnanam
  4. A Familial Case Series of CPEO Presenting with Optic Atrophy: Niphon Chirapapaisan
  5. The Differential diagnosis of ocular myasthenia gravis: Madhura Tamhankar
  6. Eyes to the sky – inappropriate upward eye movements in children: Arif O Khan
  7. When to image in nystagmus patients? An-Guor Wang
  8. Strabismus patterns and surgical results in teprotumumab-treated thyroid eye disease: Bashaer Al-Dhahwani
  9. "Parks-Bielshowsky-Kashii 4 step test": Satoshi Kashi
Keynote: Mistakes I've Made Managing Myasthenia — Clement Tan

  1. Neuro-ophthalmic aspects of Neuro-oncology: Ruth Huna-Baron
  2. Variable ophthalmological presentations of parasellar tumours: Deepanee Wewalwala
  3. Optic pathway Glioma – Nottingham Experience: Shery Thomas
Keynote: Can AI simplify our neuro-ophthalmology practice? : Dan Milea

  1. Bilateral disc swelling: Chin Chee Fang
  2. Blinding Relapse (A case of infiltrative of infiltrative optic neuritis previously suspected as seronegative NMO): Mangayarkarasi Thandampallayam
  3. Case Reports on NMDA encephalitis: Shery Thomas
  4. A challenging case of pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension. : Luciano Simao
  5. The Elemental Enemy – Lead Toxicity Masquerading as Papilledema: Mayur R. Moreker
  6. Unusual case of visual loss from a chiasmal metastatic tumour: Clinico-pathological case: Sumit Monga
13:00-14:00- Lunch

  1. My nerves are swollen!: Mangayarkarasi Thandampallayam
  2. My nerve is swollen! : Sangeeta Khanna
  3. My nerve is swollen and my eye hurts!: Padmaja Sudhakar
  4. All I wanted to do was have some fun, and now I cannot see- ? Lulu Bursztyn
  5. My brother went blind and now I am losing vision: Poonam Bansal
  6. I have a bagful of glasses but still cannot read: Sachin Kedar

  1. Oration: 40 years with optic neuritis: Gordon Plant

3rd October 2026 (Day 2)

  1. Cataract surgery & NAION – what is the evidence: Alia Arianti
  2. NAION – what’s new: Padmaja Sudhakar
  3. NAAION in young: Scenario in a Tertiary Eye Care Center in Bangladesh: Shayamal Kumar Sarkar
  4. Giant cell arteritis in Asians and the utility of Temporal Artery Ultrasound: Jing Liang Loo
  5. Potentials of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) and their derivative exosome applications in optic neuropathy: Rong-Kung Tsai
Keynote: NAION Clinical Trials: Prem Subramanian

  1. It’s Not Glaucoma! A Quick Review of Other Bilateral, Gradually Progressive Optic Neuropathies: Amanda Handerson
  2. Optic Neuropathy vs Maculopathy: Carmen Chan
  3. Non-neurologic Causes of Optic Disc Edema: Franz Marie Cruz
  4. Is It Really Glaucoma? Karen Reyes
  5. Short-Sighted Views of Myopic Optic Neuropathy: Clement Woon-Teck Tan
Keynote: Transient Vision Loss – When Is It Urgent? Sangeeta Khanna

  1. Congenital Optic Neuropathies with Systemic Implications: Jason Peragallo
  2. International Consensus Guidelines for LHON: Patrick Yu-Wai-Man
  3. Harding’s Disease (LHON-MS): Clinical Features, Diagnosis and Management: Nooran O. Badeeb
  4. Correlation Between Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy and Ethambutol Toxic Neuropathy: Syntia Nusanti
  5. Nutritional Optic Neuropathy in ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder): Lim Su Ann
  6. Ethambutol Optic Neuropathy – An Acquired Mitochondriopathy: Shweta Singhla
Keynote: Update on Gene Therapy for Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: An-Guor Wang
13:00–14:00: Lunch Break

  1. Brain Mechanisms Behind Vision: The Roadmap of the Visual Pathway: Satoshi Kashi
  2. Cognitive Errors in Neuro-Ophthalmology: How Not to Make Diagnostic Mistakes: Sangeeta Khanna
  3. Headaches in Children: Experience from a West African Perspective: Olufunmilola Abimbola Ogun
Keynote: Cranial Neuropathies for Ophthalmologists: Umapathi Thirugnanam

  1. Deciphering Disc: Imaging and/or Examination: Naresh Motwani
  2. Neuroimaging in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Pearls, Pitfalls and Pattern Recognition: Poonam Bansal
  3. Approach to Paediatric Disc Swelling: Shilpa Kuruvilla
  4. Catch-22 of TB: Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations and Side Effects of Anti-Koch’s Treatment: Karen Reyes
  5. Clinical Application of Visual-Evoked Potential (VEP): Hui-Chen Cheng

  1. Dangerous Ptosis: Noel Ching-Yan Chan
  2. The Cataract Surgery Was Perfect. So Why Is the Optic Disc Swollen? Luciano Simao
  3. Paroxysmal Diplopia: Gordon Plant
  4. The Role of GLP-1 RA in Treatment for IIH: Lulu Bursztyn
Keynote: Ophthalmoscopic Differentials in Optic Nerve Disorders: Satoshi Kashi

  1. I See Double – Could This Be a Stroke?: Amanda Handerson
  2. I Have “Bug Eyes”: Madhura Tamhankar
  3. My Eyes Won’t Open: Peter McIntosh
  4. My Eyes Remain Bloodshot: Prem Subramanian
  5. I Have No Control Over My Eyes!: Veeral Shah
  6. What Does Cancer Have to Do with It?: Jason Peragallo
19:00: Dinner

4th October 2026 (Day 3)

  1. Seizures in IIH: Nisreen Al-Balushi
  2. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Outside the Box: Atypical Clinical Presentations: Nooran O. Badeeb
  3. GLP-1 in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Friend or Foe? Dan Milea
Keynote: Pseudotumor Cerebri: Amanda Handerson

  1. Demyelinating Optic Neuritis: Current Management and Emerging Therapeutic Approaches: Ellen Shaoying Tan
  2. Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD): Differential Diagnosis and Current Therapeutic Strategies: Mariana De Virgiliis
  3. Infectious Optic Neuritis: Syphilis, HIV, Tuberculosis etc: Muhammad Rizqy Abdullah
  4. Pediatric Neuroinflammation: Veeral Shah
  5. Intracranial Enhancement: What Does It Mean? Aseem Sharma
  6. Double-Seronegative Optic Neuritis in India – Our Experience: Virender Sachdeva
Keynote: Pitfalls and Pearls of OCT Interpretation in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Carmen Chan

TBD

13:00–14:00: Lunch

  1. Early Intervention and Rehabilitation in Cerebral Visual Impairment: Rolli Khurana
  2. Unexplained Vision Loss in Children: Varshini Shanker
  3. Neural Vision Therapy and Therapeutic Touch Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Visual Loss Following Optic Nerve Disorders: Krishna Vaitheeswaran