Online Conference Agenda – Myopia 2026

June 5, 2026 | Central European Time (CET)

15.00 – 15.05

Opening of the conference – Prof. Andrzej Grzybowski, MD, PhD

15.05 – 15.20

Introductory lecture – Myopia prevention and control: it is time to measure what we do, Prof. Serge Resnikoff, MD, PhD, The Chair of the International Myopia Institute

Session I

15.20 – 15.30

Possible effect of Induced Spherical Aberrations (Z04) on Myopia Control by OrthoKeratology. Dr. Andriy Kovalov, MD, PhD. Ophthalmologist Consultant of AILAS Medical Center (Kyiv, Ukraine)

15.30 – 15.40

Indications of favorable structural changes during ortho-k treatment. Dr. Trine Møldrup Jakobsen, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Southern Denmark; Institution of Regional Research, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark

15.40 – 15.50

Twenty Years of Orthokeratology in Real Life: Efficacy, Safety and Predictors of Myopia Progression. Dr. Beata Tapasztó, MD, PhD, Semmelweis University, Department of Ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary; Semmelweis University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

15.50 – 16.00

The evaluation of methods and the success of optical interventions in a real-world population. Dr. Stephanie Kearney, PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

16.00 – 16.10

Myopia and strabismus. Dr Pilar Merino Sanz, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; President of the Spanish Society of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology (SEEOP)

16.10 – 16.20

Myopia Management in Europe. European Myopia Network White Paper. Prof. Andrzej Grzybowski, MD, PhD, Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznań, Poland; University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland

16.20 – 16.30

Implementing Interdisciplinary Clinical Workflows in Modern Myopia Management

16.30 – 16.40

TBC

16.40 – 16.50

TBC

16.50 – 17.00

TBC

17.00 – 17.15

Discussion

Session II (17:15 – 19:10)

17.15-17.25

Reporting myopia-control efficacy as physiological axial growth and NNT (number needed to treat). Prof. Hakan Kaymak, MD, PhD, I.I.O. GbR, Düsseldorf, Germany; Gottfried O.H. Naumann Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention of Myopia, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

17.25-17.35

Light-Based Interventions to Slow Myopia Progression: Current Evidence. Prof. Carla Lanca, PhD, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

17.35-17.45

Update on the Prevalence of Myopia in Europe. Prof. Miguel Á. Sánchez-Tena, PhD (Department of Optometry and Vision, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) and Prof. Cristina Alvarez-Peregrina PhD (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)

17.45-17.55

Association of time spent on near work and outdoors with the prevalence and progression of myopia. Prof. Olavi Pärssinen MD, PhD, CREAM Consortium, MRC Consortium, Finland

17.55-18.05

Who Should Be Treated for Myopia? Dr. Jelena Škunca Herman, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia

18.05-18.15

Population study – Myopia screening among first-grade students in Tromsø, Norway. Dr. Aleksandar Stojanovic, MD, PhD, FWCRS, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway; SynsLaser Surgery Clinics, Tromsø and Oslo, Norway

18.15-18.25

One-year efficacy and tolerability of 0.05% atropine for myopia control in Estonia, Teele Palumaa, MD, DPhil, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, USA, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Estonia

18.25-18.35

TBC

18.35-18.45

TBC

18.45-18.55

TBC

18.55-19.10

Discussion

19.10-19.15

Closing of the conference – Prof. Andrzej Grzybowski, MD, PhD

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