8:00 to 8:50 – Registration
8:50 to 9:00 –Inauguration
9:00 -9:20 Key note 1: Dr. Gowripriya Chidambaranathan, AMRF, Madurai
Towards development of a stem cell-based therapy for patients with primary open angle glaucoma
9:20 - 9:35 Invited talk 1: Dr. Rajani Battu, CEGR, Bengaluru
Early results of Eyecyte RPETM in the treatment of dry Age-related macular degeneration and Geographic atrophy
9:35 -9:50 Invited talk 2: Dr. Swaminathan Sethu, Narayana Nethralaya; Bengaluru
Immunological barriers and considerations in gene therapy
9:50 – 10:30 Free papers
10:30: 11:00 Tea break
11:00 – 11:15 Invited talk 3: Dr. Shailja Tibrewal, SCEH, New Delhi.
Caring for Rare Eye Diseases - building an ecosystem.
11:15 – 11:35 Key note 2: Dr. Inderjeet Kaur, LVPEI, Hyderabad
Complementing the neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation and neovascularisation in the eye.
11:35 – 12:15 Free papers
12:15 – 13:00 Prof. D. Balasubramanian Oration: Dr. Savitri Sharma, LVPEI, Hyderabad
Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of Pythium insidiosum keratitis
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Bireswar Chakrabarti Oration: Dr. Ghanshyam Swarup, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of glaucoma caused by mutations of Optineurin
14:45 – 15:45 Poster/Stalls and Tea Break
15.45 – 16:00 Invited talk 4: Dr. Karthik Raman, IITM, Chennai
Computational Approaches to Understanding Microbial Eco- systems: Disentangling Complexities with Metabolic Modelling
16:00 – 16:15 Invited talk 5: Dr. Bharanidharan Devarajan, AMRF, Madurai
Enhancing Genomic Discovery with a Novel Computational Framework for Eye Disease-Specific Pathogenic Variants
16:15 – 16:45 Free papers
16:45 – 18:15 Board meeting/ Quiz
18:30 onwards: Cultural and Banquet
9:00 – 9:20 Keynote 3: Dr. Ashok Kumar, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Targeting cell death pathways in ocular infections
9:20 – 9:35 Invited talk 6: Dr. Joveeta Joseph, LVPEI, Hyderabad
Tracking Superbugs: Genomic Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ocular Infections in Southern India
9:35 - 10:15 Free papers
10:15- 10:35 Key note 4: Dr. Prema Padmanabhan, MRF, Chennai
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology:Yin and Yang
10:35 – 10:50 Invited talk 7: Dr. Monisha Esther Nongpiur, SERI, Singapore
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Primary Angle Closure Disease: Insights from Anterior Segment Imaging
10:50- 11:05 Invited talk 8: Dr. Aiswaryah Radhakrishnan, SRMIST, Chennai
Emotion, Cognition and Ocular parameters
11:05-11:30 Tea Break
11:30 – 11:45 Invited talk 9: Dr. Nirmal Jayabalan, BITS – Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Topical drops to Protect the Eyes from Systemic Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity
11:45 – 12:15 Free papers
12:15 – 13:00 Dr. S.S. Badrinath Oration: Dr. G. N. Rao, LVPEI, Hyderabad
Eye Research in India : current status and Future possibilities
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Poster/Stalls
15:00 – 16:00 Free papers
16:00 – 17:00 Concluding Session and High Tea