14THINTERNATIONALMYOPIACONFERENCEPROGRAM

Monday, Aug19 56pm 67pm 78pm Arrival,welcomereception Casualdinner Keynotelecture XingtaoZhou:Recent15years:Myopiaresearchandassociated translationalstudiesinShanghai,China ChewSekJinMemorialLecture SeangMeiSaw(SingaporeEyeResearchInstitute):The EpidemicofMyopiainAsiaandBeyond:TranslationsforPublic HealthandClinicalPractice(30min) ZhongqiangZhou:LargeDifferencesinMyopiaPrevalence AmongPrimarySchoolChildreninAdjoiningProvincesofRural WesternChina MingguangHe:HighMyopiaRegistryinGuangzhou KatieWilliams:PrevalenceofRefractiveErrorinWestern Europe Theme:TowardsUnderstandingtheEtiologyofHumanMyopia XiaohuDing:NearworkandOutdoorActivitiesinMonozygotic TwinswithDiscordanceonRefraction AtanuGhosh:Shorttermchangesinaxiallengthduring simulationsoftypicalfar,intermediateandneartasks RelatedPosters

Tuesday, Aug20 Session1 8.3010am

Coffeebreak:1010.30am Session2 10.30am noon

Lunchbreak:noon1.30pm Session3 1.303pm JoshWallmanMemorialLecture ReganAshby(AustralianNationalUniversity):TheRoleof LightintheRegulationofOcularGrowth(30min) TheWallmanLabLegacy DeboraNickla:MuscarinicAgoniststhinChickChoroids& StimulateScleralExtracellularMatrixSynthesisinEyecups withouttheRPE CheasuKee:CharacteristicsofAstigmatismInducedbyAltered VisualExperienceinChicks FrancesRucker:VisualSignalsforDefocus DavidTroilo:ManipulationofEyeGrowthandRefractiveState usingContactLenses Coffeebreak:34pm

Session4 46pm

Theme:WhatcanWeLearnfromAnimalModels? PhilipTurnbull:EmmetropisationinanInvertebrate BrianLink:AlteredRetinoidHomeostasisContributestothe Myopiaoflrp2MutantZebrafish VeluchamyBarathi:InvolvementofGABAtransportersin AtropinetreatedMyopicRetinaasrevealedbyiTRAQ QuantitativeProteomics MichaelFrost:DifferentialGeneExpressioninTreeShrew RetinalPigmentEpithelium(RPE)inResponsetoSixHoursof MinusLensWear RelatedPosters Wine&cheesefollowedbyconferencedinner Workshop/Panel CollaborationsBenefits,Pitfalls&HowtoOrganize;Funding Opportunities&IndustrySponsorship

Evening 68pm Session5 810pm

Theme:MyopiaControlMechanisms&Options Wednesday, Session6 Aug21 8.3010.30am MengTianKang:EfficacyofChineseEyeExerciseon Accommodation&VisualAcuityinSchoolagedChildren:A RandomizedControlledTrial FanXiang:ProtectiveEffectofTimeOutdoorsonthe DevelopmentofJuvenileonsetMyopia:TheGuangzhouOutdoor ActivityLongitudinal(GOAL)Study:A3YearCluster RandomizedTrial WeizhongLan:IntermittentEpisodesofBrightLightEnhances theProtectiveEffectagainstMyopia RelatedPosters Coffeebreak:10.3011am Theme:NovelOpticalTreatmentOptionsforMyopiaControl Session7 XuCheng:ControllingMyopiaProgressionwithSoftContact 11amnoon Lenses TakashiFujikado:EffectofLowAdditionalSoftContactLens withDecenteredOpticalDesignonMyopiaProgressionin Children MartinLoertscher:MultifocalOrthokeratology(MOK)Shortens VitreousChamberDepthinChildrenwithProgressiveMyopia RelatedPosters Lunchbreak:noon1.30pm

Session8 1.303pm

Theme:Genes&HumanMyopes JeremyGuggenheim:ProfilesofGWASidentifiedGenetic VariantsonChildhoodRefractiveErrorTrajectories,&Testsfor GeneEnvironmentInteraction PirroHysi:WholeGenomeSequencingIdentifiesNovelRare VariantsAssociatedwithRefractiveError Relatedposters

FreehalfafternoontoexploreMonterey Casualdinner:67pm Session9 79pm Theme:Characterizing&UnderstandingtheOpticsofMyopia& Treatments JCHe:TheChangeinRelativePeripheralRefractionCausedby LensThinningCouldPlayanImportantRoleinMyopia Development AlexandraBenaventePerez:TheRoleofPeripheralRefraction intheTemporalIntegrationofInducedEyeGrowthin Marmosets MiguelFariaRibeiro:NewMethodtoDerivePosteriorRetinal ContourCombiningOpticalBiometryandRayTracing SusanaMarcos:TheInternalVisualCodingforBlurMatches OcularOptics Relatedposters

Thursday, Aug22

910pm,BusinessmeetingtoplannextIMC Session10 Panel discussions/ debate 8.3010am Session11 Panel discussions/ debate Session12 11.30am noon Topic: OpticalManagementofMyopiaHowManyOptions&How ManyMechanisms? ConfirmedParticipants:SusanaMarcos(chair),David Atchison,EarlSmith,HemaRadhakrishnan,ChihoTo Topic: VisualEnvironmentversusGeneticContributionstoMyopia ConfirmedParticipants:JohnPhillips(chair),JezGuggenheim, RobertWojciechowski,IanFlitcroft,ScottRead PosterAwards&WrapUpKeyQuestionstobeAddressed

Coffeebreak:1010.30am

Farewelllunch:noon1.30pm Abstractsnotlistedaspapershavebeenprogrammedasposters;sessiondetailstofollow.