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  • 14:00 - 19:30
  • Registration & poster set up
  • 14:30 - 18:30
  • ISA Council Meeting
  • 18:30 - 19:30
  • Get Together Reception
  • 08:30 - 09:00


  • Opening Ceremony
    Opening Speech by Local Organizer S.B. Özkan (Turkey)
    Presidential Remarks by E. Helveston (USA) : “The World View of Strabismology”
  • 09:00 - 09:50

  • Free papers - Session 1: "Strabismus and Binocular Vision I"
    Chair: F. Örge (Turkey)  Moderator: M. Spiritus (Belgium)
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  • 09:50 - 10:20
  • Coffee Break
  • 10:20 - 11:20


  • Bielschowsky Lecture and Awards Session
    “Incomitant Strabismus: Does Extraocular Muscle Form Denote Function?”
    Lecturer: B. Kushner (USA)
  • 11:20 - 12:00

  • Free papers - Session 2: "Strabismus and Binocular Vision II"
    Chair: V. Oğuz (Turkey)  Moderator: G. Adams (UK)
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  • 12:00 - 13:30
  • Lunch
  • 13:30 - 14:30











  • Symposium
    (Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Arthur Rosenbaum):

    "Surgical Management of Residual/Consecutive Strabismus?"
    Chair: D. Sprunger (USA)

    Strategies For Exodeviations
    M. X. Repka (USA)
    Strategies For Esodeviations
    L. Kowal (Australia)
    Strategies For Cyclovertical Disorders
    D. L. Guyton (USA)
    Role Of Botulinum Toxin To Rescue Failed Strabismus Surgery?
    S. B. Özkan (Turkey)

  • 14:30 - 15:30

  • Free papers - Session 3: "Restrictive / Paralytic Strabismus"
    Chair: S. Oto (Turkey)  Moderator: T. Fujikado (Japan)
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  • 15:30 - 16:00
  • Coffee Break
  • 16:00 - 17:00












  • IOA Symposium: "Screening Strategies Around the Globe"
    Chair: E. Caines (Sweden)

    Premature for Life. Is targeted screening required for pre-term children?
    A. O`Connor (UK)
    Vision screening across the world 
    N. Matta (USA)
    A Canadian model for vision screening; rationale, methodology and future direction
    L. Walsh  (Canada)
    A new model for optimizing population based vision screening in a cost effective way
    J-R. Polling (The Netherlands)

  • 19:00 - 23:00
  • Welcome Reception at Dolmabahçe Palace
  • 08:00 - 08:50
































  • Workshops (Parallel Sessions in Three Meeting Rooms)

    Workshop 1: "Amblyopia 2010; What we have and have not learned from the Amblyopia Treatment Studies"
    Chair: M.X. Repka (USA)

    Recent Outcomes and Plans for Future Studies - Closing the Evidence Gaps
    M.X. Repka (USA)
    Surprising Findings - Spectacles, Atropine, Patching,and Bangerter Filters
    J.M. Holmes (USA)

    Workshop 2: "Management of Exotropia"
    Chair: M. Sato (Japan)

    Evaluation of Intermittent Exotropia
    S. Farzavandi (Singapour)
    When to operate intermittent exotropia?
    B. Mohney (USA)
    How to manage convergence insufficiency type intermittent exotropia?
    J. Hwang (Korea)
    Can we operate XT with hemianopsia?
    M. Sato (Japan)

    Workshop 3: "Refraction and Optical Management in Children – The Art of Retinoscopy Plus"
    Chair: G. Holmström (Sweden)

    Prescribing plus lenses
    L. Kowal (Australia)
    The role of dynamic retinoscopy
    D. Somer (Turkey)
    Aphakia - how to correct it?
    J.T. de Faber (The Netherlands)

  • 09:00 - 10:00

  • Free papers - Session 4: "Special Forms of Strabismus"
    Chair: H. Atilla (Turkey)  Moderator: C. Schiavi (Italy)
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  • 10:00 - 10:30
  • Coffee Break
  • 10:30 - 11:30









  • Symposium
    (Dedicated to the memory of Prof. David Ben Ezra):

    "Imaging in Strabismus Management – Does It Affect Your Decision?"
    Chair: J. L. Demer (USA)

    Use of Ultrasound
    S. P. Kraft (Canada)
    Use of MRI and CT
    T. M. Bosley (Saudi Arabia)
    Role Of Muscle Pulleys - The MRI Evidence
    J. L. Demer (USA)

  • 11:30 - 12:30

  • Rapid Fire Session
    Moderator: J.P. Lee (UK)
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  • Free afternoon – Optional City Tour: Delights of the Old City
  • 20:00 - 23:30
  • Gala Dinner on Bosphorus Cruise
  • 08:00 - 08:50






























  • Workshops (Parallel Sessions in Three Meeting Rooms)

    Workshop 4: "Selected Topics in Strabismus Surgery"
    Chair: R. La Roche (Canada)

    Problems with IR surgery
    M. Shokida (Argentina)
    Superior oblique surgery
    V. Paris (Belgium)
    Inferior oblique surgery
    R. La Roche (Canada)
    Muscle union surgery in high myopia
    T. Yokoyama (Japan)

    Workshop 5: "Nystagmus Surgery: Theory and Practice for The Clinician"
    Chair: R. W. Hertle (USA)

    A systematic approach to eye muscle surgery in patients with nystagmus
    R. W. Hertle (USA)
    Eye movement recordings and clinical evaluation: do they correlate?
    L. Kowal (Australia)

    Workshop 6: "Ocular Motility Abnormalities in Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders"
    Chair: T. M. Bosley (Saudi Arabia)

    Evaluation of strabismus and eye movements
    D. Oystreck (Saudi Arabia)
    Overview of phenotypes and genotypes
    T.M. Bosley (Saudi Arabia)
    Ophthalmological management approaches
    E. Traboulsi (USA)

  • 09:00 - 10:00

  • Free papers - Session 5: "Amblyopia"
    Chair: T. Berk (Turkey)  Moderator: F. Martin (Australia)
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  • 10:00 - 10:30
  • Coffee Break
  • 10:30 - 11:30









  • Symposium: "Pharmacological Treatment of Strabismus"
    Chair: G. Lennerstrand (Sweden)

    Benefits Of BTXA Treatment
    J. P. Lee (UK)
    Problems With BTXA Treatment
    R. Gomez De Liano (Spain)
    Muscle Strengthening With Bupivacaine
    A. Scott (USA)
    Future Agents
    S. Christiansen (USA)

  • 11:30 - 12:30
  • ISA Business Meeting
  • 12:30 - 13:15
  • Lunch
  • 13:15 - 13:55

  • Free papers - Session 6: "Botulinum Toxin"
    Chair: Ş. Ziylan (Turkey)  Moderator: M. Goldschmit (Brazil)
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  • 13:55 - 15:05

  • Free papers - Session 7: "Strabismus Surgery I"
    Chair: İ. Altınsoy (Turkey)  Moderator: A. Molinari (Ecuador)
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  • 15:05 - 15:35
  • Coffee Break
  • 15:35 - 16:45

  • Free papers - Session 8: "Strabismus Surgery II"
    Chair: S. Köse (Turkey)  Moderator: M. Jaafar (USA)
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  • 16:45 - 17:45








  • Round Table Discussion
    (Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Bruno Bagolini)
    :
    "The Expert View of Difficult Strabismus and Amblyopia 2010"
    Moderator – E. Campos (Italy)
    Speakers:    A. Murray (South Africa)
                       E. Helveston (USA)
                       D. Guyton (USA)
                       J. P. Lee (UK)
                       M. G. Alvares (Brazil)
  • 17:45 - 18:00
  • Closing Ceremony
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