Explore This Year’s Workshops
Registration for the workshop is sent by email to each conference attendee who has purchased a ticket for the conference
Friday 15th May, 9:00-10:30
Room: 702
HOYA www.hoyavision.com
Sharbel Frem
Experience exacting vision personalization: The next generation of presbyopia correction with Visual Sensory Intelligence
Topic: HOYA Vision Care introduces Hoyalux iD MySense, HOYA’s first progressive addition lenses that integrate each patient’sindividual Visual Sensory Intelligence, along with their individual visual requirements, and lifestyle. By assessing every patient’s Visual Sensory Intelligence*, HOYA has developed a new generation of highly personalized progressive addition lenses powered by highly advanced measurement systems and technologies. Hoyalux iD MySense unlocks the full potential of exacting personalization.
Workshop objectives:
- Discover Hoyalux iD MySense newlevel of individualization integrating patients‘ individual Visual Sensory Intelligence*
- Experience the highly advanced visuSense measurement systems through live demonstration and learn more about its smooth integration into the in-store journey
- Learn more about Hoyalux iD MySense outstanding lens performance and patients’ satisfaction
Conclusion: The Hoyalux iD MySense workshop will provide advanced insights into the exacting individualization of progressive addition lenses. You will novel measurement systems designed to capture each patient’s individual Visual Sensory Intelligence*, gain in-depth knowledge of the visual parameters and superior technologies that are shaping the future of presbyopia correction.
*Visual Sensory Intelligence is defined by HOYA as the individual ways people perceive and respond to visual stimuli based on their personal experiences and sensory needs. The Visual Sensory Intelligence includes patients’ clarity requirements, gaze refocusing pattern and posture.
Workshop participation: maximum 50 person
Room: 427
Sigrid Mueller-Schotte, Alina Kinder
Why and how to implement dilated retinal examination in the Optometry Curriculum
Clinical topic: The scope of optometric practice across Europe varies significantly—from optical technology services to visual function, ocular diagnostics, and therapeutic services. One of the key objectives of the European Council of Optometry is to harmonize optometric education across member countries. The European Diploma in Optometry, with its comprehensive syllabus and competency framework, has been instrumental in guiding curriculum development and improving training standards. Accreditation of optometry schools further supports this harmonization effort. However, transitioning educational programs from visual function services to include ocular diagnostic services can be challenging, especially in countries where legal constraints limit the scope of practice. Despite these challenges, it is essential that all optometry graduates are proficient in performing undilated fundus evaluations as part of routine eye examinations. Familiarity with dilated fundus evaluation, under ophthalmological supervision, when necessary, should also be encouraged during training.
Workshop Objectives: This workshop is designed for optometric educators and aims to:
- Curriculum Development: Provide practical guidance on integrating undilated fundus evaluation into existing curricula. Identify the significance of assessment to present results or abnormalities – without making any diagnoses! Share insights from the College of Optometry Cologne on adjusting lectures and practical sessions to meet European Diploma standards.
- Hands-On Training: Offer direct instruction and practice in performing undilated fundus evaluations using slit lamps with video unit and high-power lens (e.g. 90D lens) to enable peer-teaching and photo documentation. Share tips and techniques to enhance teaching effectiveness and clinical skill acquisition.
Conclusion: By attending this workshop, educators will gain the tools and confidence to implement undilated fundus evaluation with slitlamp and high-power lens (i.e. 90D lens) in their teaching programs, contributing to a more unified and clinically competent optometric workforce across Europe.
Workshop participation: maximum 16 persons
Room: 433
Robert Ledeman
From acuity to function: Vision testing for Quality of Life
Clinical topic: Good visual acuity does not always guarantee good visual performance. Patients may see 6/6 (20/20) yet still struggle with reading, concentration, and daily tasks. These challenges reflect functional vision problems that, if overlooked, can significantly affect quality of life. This interactive 90-minute workshop provides a structured, practical introduction to core binocular vision and accommodative tests that reveal how well the visual system works under real-life demands. The focus is on tests that are quick, clinically meaningful, and immediately applicable in everyday practice.
Workshop procedure: Near Point of Convergence (NPC): standard testing, the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial (CITT) protocol, and a more subjective but meaningful investigation of the patients near point of comfort. Cover test: with emphasis on recognising asymmetry in responses. NSUCO oculomotor test for pursuits and saccades. Developmental Eye Movement (DEM) test to assess eye movements in a cognitive context. Pickwell’s jump convergence. Amplitude and facility of accommodation, and vergence facility. Beyond procedures, the workshop emphasises interpretation, clinical pearls, and how to translate findings into patient-centred recommendations.
Conclusion: to build confidence in detecting functional vision problems and understanding their impact on learning, reading, and performance — key contributors to quality of life. Attendees will leave with a clear, step-by-step framework that can be integrated immediately into routine optometric practice, improving both patient outcomes and professional satisfaction.
Workshop participation: maximum 30 persons
Room: 426
Jérôme Perderiset, Léa Engel
Flexible refraction management: Building adaptive models for tomorrow’s eye care
Topic: The growing demand for eye care, combined with the worldwide shortage of professionals, calls for a rethinking of how refraction is organized. Flexible Refraction Management introduces a new paradigm where technology and organizational models converge to optimize patient access and clinical efficiency. By integrating AI-driven tools, self-refraction, teleconsultation, and assistant-led workflows, practices can adapt to different environments and resource constraints. This flexibility applies across care pathways, interfaces, and equipment, enabling seamless integration into existing infrastructures. Such an approach empowers both patients and practitioners, strengthens organizational resilience, and optimizes resource allocation. Real-world cases, such as Eyewa’s expansion supported by SiVIEW TeleOpto, show that capacity can be tripled while maintaining quality and consistency.
Conclusion: This workshop will explore how managers and practitioners can design flexible models, adapted to evolving market needs, to ensure accessible, scalable, and sustainable vision care, while also encouraging exchange and gathering participants’ insights to collectively shape the practices of tomorrow.
Workshop participation: maximum 20 persons
Room: 109
Evita Kassaliete
Mastering Contact Lens fitting: A five-stage video guide
Clinical topic: Accurate fitting of contact lenses (CL) is essential for ensuring visual performance, ocular health, and patient comfort. Despite advances in lens technology, inconsistent assessment standards remain a challenge in clinical practice. A structured and unified methodology has been proposed by Evita Kassaliete to enhance evaluation procedures for both soft and rigid lenses.
Content: The proposed methodology is based on five key stages of CL fitting assessment, supported by video analysis to illustrate lens movement, centration, and interaction with the ocular surface. By integrating structured observation with visual demonstration, the approach creates a common professional language between specialists and optometrists, improving consistency in patient evaluation. This format also facilitates training by enabling practitioners to compare clinical signs directly with standardized visual examples.
Learning outcomes: At the end of the workshop the attendee will be able to: Identify the five stages of soft and hard contact lens fitting assessment. Analyse video demonstrations to evaluate lens fit in terms of movement, centration, and tear exchange. Apply a structured assessment framework to clinical practice for improved patient outcomes. Communicate fitting outcomes using standardized terminology to align with colleagues and other eye-care professionals.
Conclusions: Adopting this methodology has the potential to harmonize clinical language, enhance training, and improve patient care through systematic evaluation. The combination of stepwise assessment and video-guided examples supports more reliable fitting decisions and provides an educational resource for ongoing professional development. Further clinical validation and integration into optometry curricula are recommended to maximize its impact.
Workshop participation: maximum 50 persons
Friday 15th May, 11:00-12:30
Room: 702
Zane Jansone Langina
Analysis of clinical cases for Optometrists
Topic: an interactive seminar that provides optometrists with the opportunity to learn from various clinical cases encountered in practice. Due to the demands of daily work, optometrists often lack the chance to share interesting cases that could foster information exchange with other specialists. This seminar aims to enhance the efficiency of analysing patient complaints and developing solutions based on globally accepted guidelines. The seminar will include theoretical instruction on how to create clinical cases (30 min), presentation of various clinical cases commonly seen in optical practices and exercises to strengthen optometrists’ logical thinking by analysing different types of cases independently (1 hour). A total of 5 complex clinical cases that any optometrist may encounter in daily practice will be covered.
Seminar objectives and tasks: Develop optometrists’ logical thinking skills through analysis of complex clinical cases encountered in practice. Create a structured approach to patient analysis based on industry guidelines. Foster professional fellowship, encourage learning from one another and facilitate experience-sharing among optometrists.
Workshop participation: maximum 50 persons
Room: 427
Chatherine Porter
Focus on the front – the anterior segment in glaucoma
Clinical Topic: This is a demonstration and discussion workshop focusing on the clinical skills used in the assessment of patients who are suspected of having glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The workshop will involve the demonstration of slit lamp skills required to detect the subtle anterior segment signs of glaucoma (including Van Herick, Redmond- Smith, Iris Transillumination)
After the 30-minute demonstration delegates will be split into smaller groups and presented with clinical images associated with the anterior segment in glaucoma. They will discuss how to document and manage these conditions. The final part involves reviewing the case records of two suspect glaucoma patients and discussing appropriate management.
Workshop participation: maximum 20 persons
Room: 433 LAAC www.laac.lv
Evaluation of EVO ICL in Optometric Practice
Workshop Description: EVO ICL is an implantable lens designed to provide clear and high-quality vision. Unlike contact lenses, which sit on the front surface of the eye, the EVO ICL is implanted inside the eye between the iris and the eye’s natural lens, where it remains permanently. The lens is made of collamer, a biocompatible material containing collagen that integrates well with ocular tissues and allows excellent visual performance. This workshop will introduce optometrists to the principles of EVO ICL implantation and the role of optometrists in identifying suitable candidates. Participants will learn about indications, contraindications, and the key clinical parameters required for proper patient assessment. The workshop will also cover important anatomical characteristics of the eye that must be considered when evaluating a patient for an ICL implant. An experienced ICL surgeon will participate in the session to provide insights into the surgical procedure, technical aspects of implantation, and real clinical outcomes observed in practice.
Workshop Objectives:
- To understand the basic principles and functionality of EVO ICL implants.
- To identify indications and contraindications for EVO ICL implantation.
- To develop skills in evaluating patients who may be suitable candidates for EVO ICL.
- To recognize key ocular anatomical features relevant to ICL suitability.
- To strengthen collaboration between optometrists and refractive surgeons in patient care.
Conclusion: By the end of the workshop, participants will have a clearer understanding of the role of optometrists in the pre-operative evaluation of patients for EVO ICL implantation. They will gain practical knowledge that will help them identify appropriate candidates, understand referral pathways, and contribute to improved patient outcomes in refractive vision correction.
Workshop participation: maximum 15 persons
Room: 425
Ilana Gelfond-Polnariev
Eye tracking assessments: From clinical skills to patient insights
Clinical topic: Eye tracking is fundamental to visual performance, particularly in reading, learning, and daily coordination tasks. Despite its importance, structured assessments of fixation, pursuits, and saccades are often overlooked in everyday optometric practice, leaving practitioners uncertain about what constitutes normal versus abnormal function and how these findings relate to patient symptoms.
Content or Case presentation: This workshop introduces practical methods for evaluating eye movements through a series of tests, including those directly linked to reading performance. Participants will gain hands-on experience in assessing fixation stability, smooth pursuits, and saccadic accuracy, learning to identify abnormal patterns such as unstable fixation, hypometric or delayed saccades, and inaccurate pursuits. These findings will be connected to clinical presentations such as poor reading fluency, reduced concentration, eye strain, and challenges in academic or sports performance. The workshop also integrates the use of modern eye tracking technology to provide objective measurements, streamline assessments, and support clearer communication with patients. Demonstrations using our newly developed product will show how results can be documented and used to guide management strategies.
Recommendations/Conclusions: Eye movement assessments should be considered an essential component of clinical practice. Recognizing normal versus abnormal performance allows practitioners to detect subtle inefficiencies that have a significant impact on quality of life. By incorporating structured tests and supportive technology, optometrists can increase diagnostic accuracy, build clinical confidence, and deliver more personalized and effective patient care.
Workshop participation: maximum 20 persons
Room: 109 EssilorLuxottica essilorluxottica.com
Andrea Momoli, Julien Duchene, Gabi Steenbekkers
Paediatric refraction & Myopia management – Hands-on Integrated Clinical Journey
Workshop Description: This workshop offers participants a complete, hands-on immersion into the modern paediatric refraction (from 6 years old) and myopia-management consultation. Attendees will explore how axial length, objective refraction, subjective refraction, and topography can be combined into an integrated clinical workflow to support accurate diagnosis, efficient follow-up, and clear communication with families.
The session will introduce the role of axial length as a key biomarker in monitoring myopia progression, helping practitioners understand when and how to integrate it into routine paediatric consultations. Participants will experience how a full clinical sequence, from the first objective measurement to the final patient recommendation, can be streamlined when data is centralized through a dedicated digital myopia-management platform.
Through live demonstrations of AKR, biometry, phoropter-based subjective refraction, and myopia-management software, attendees will test and compare the measurement steps involved in a comprehensive myopia assessment.
Learning outcomes: The workshop will highlight how harmonized workflows improve clinical confidence, simplify longitudinal monitoring, and reinforce parent understanding through visual tools and educational content. Several product evolutions to adapt refraction instruments to paediatric consultations, such as HOTV and Auckland Optotypes, will be introduced and tested by participants. Interactive discussions will encourage participants to share challenges and real-world cases related to paediatric consultations, enabling a collaborative exploration of best practices for assessment, communication, and follow-up.
Conclusion: The session aims to equip eye-care professionals with practical methods and tools to enhance the quality and consistency of myopia care for children.
Workshop participation: maximum 20 persons