Subspecialty Coordinators
Cataract & Lens Surgery
Soon–Phaik Chee, Singapore
David Chang, USA
Boris Malyugin, Russia
Ahmed Elmassry, Egypt
Daniel Krizinger, South Africa
Contact Lens and Refraction
Fan Lu, China
Vishal Jhanji, USA
Christina Grupcheva, Bulgaria
Alexander Bialasiewicz, Qatar
Christine Sindt, South Africa
Cornea, External Eye Diseases, Eye Banking
Shigeru Kinoshita, Japan
Friedrich Kruse, Germany
Alaa Eldanasoury, Saudi Arabia
Cor Van Zyl, South Africa
Evidence-based Medicine
Tien Wong, Singapore
David S. Friedman, United States
Sobha Sivaprasad, United Kingdom
Rizwana Amod, South Africa
Eye Care Delivery
Van Lansigh, Mexico
Serge Resnikoff, Switzerland
Fatima Kyari, Nigeria
Glaucoma
Ki Ho Park, South Korea
Neeru Gupta, Canada
Fabian Lerner, Argentina
Olusola Olawoye, Nigeria
Susan Williams, South Africa
International Ophthalmology
Raj D. Thulsi, India
Ivo Kocur, Switzerland
Will Dean, South Africa
Medical Retina
Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, Thailand
Barry Kupperman, United States
Francesco Bandello, Italy
Anat Loewenstein, Israel
Wayne Marais, South Africa
Neuro-ophthalmology
Carmen Chan, Hong Kong
Anthony Arnold, USA
Pinar Aydin, Turkey
Funmi Ogun, Nigeria
Anand Moodley, South Africa
Ocular Imaging/Artificial Intelligence
Tien Wong, Singapore
Calvin Pang, Hong Kong
Leopold Schmetterer, Austria
Olfa Fekih, Tunisia
Linda Visser, South Africa
Ophthalmic Education
Catherine Green, Australia
Karl Golnik, USA
Helena Filipe, Portugal
Ana Gabriela Palis, Argentina
Mathys Labuschagne, SA
Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Kathryn Burdon, Australia
Aida Jimenez Corona, Mexico
Rupert Bourne, UK
Jost Jonas, Germany
Ocular Oncology
Max Conway, Australia
Miguel Burnier, Canada
Martine Jager, Netherlands
Masood Naseripour, Iran
Steven Lapere, South Africa
Ocular Trauma
Sundaram Natarajan, India
Ferenc Kuhn, Hungary
Jan Talma, South Africa
Ophthalmic Pathology and Microbiology
Geeta Vemuganti, India
Tero Kivela, Finland
Deepak Edward, Saudi Arabia
Lara Sandri, South Africa
Ophthalmic Pharmacology
Taiji Sakamoto, Japan
Baruch Kupperman, United States
Anders Behndig, Sweden
Oppel Greeff, South Africa
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Frank Martin, Australia
Ken Nischal, USA
Nikolas Ziakas, Greece
Samir El-Mulki, Jordan
Nicola Freeman, USA
Refractive Surgery
Soosan Jacob, India
Bonnie Henderson, United States
Beatrice Cochener, France
Frik Potgieter, South Africa
Surgical Retina
Wai Ching Lam, Hong Kong
Fernando Arevalo, Argentina
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Austria
Abdul Aziz Badla, United Arab Emirates
Matt Young, South Africa
Uveitis
Soumyava Basu, India
Rubens Belfort Jr., Brazil
Manfred Zierhut, Germany
Kubaisi Buraa, Syria
Jonel Steffen, South Africa
Vision Rehabilitation
Sundaram Natarajan, India
Liana Ventura, Brazil
Gianfrancesco Villani, Italy
Boshra El-Bayoumi, Egypt
Orbital, Oculoplastic, and Lacrimal Diseases
Xianqun Fan, China
Wendy Lee, USA
Dion Paridaens, Netherlands
Mohsen B. Kashkouli, Iran
Petrus Gous, South Africa
Skills Transfer Program Committee
Alaa El Danasoury, Saudi Arabia
Rajvardhan Azad, India
Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill, Belgium/Ireland
Berthold Seitz, Germany
Suzanne Freitag, United States
Polla Roux, South Africa
- Abdul Aziz Badla, Saudi Arabia
- Ahmed Elmassry, Egypt
- Aida Jimenez Corona, Mexico
- Alaa El Danasoury, Saudi Arabia
- Alexander Bialasiewicz, Qatar
- Ana Gabriela Palis, Argentina
- Anand Moodley, South Africa
- Anat Loewenstein, Israel
- Anders Behndig, Sweden
- Anthony Arnold, USA
- Barry Kupperman, United States
- Baruch Kupperman, United States
- Beatrice Cochener, France
- Berthold Seitz, Germany
- Bonnie Henderson, United States
- Boris Malyugin, Russia
- Boshra El-Bayoumi, Egypt
- Calvin Pang, Hong Kong
- Carmen Chan, Hong Kong
- Catherine Green, Australia
- Christina Grupcheva, Bulgaria
- Christine Sindt, South Africa
- Cor Van Zyl, South Africa
- Daniel Krizinger, South Africa
- David Chang, USA
- David S. Friedman, United States
- Deepak Edward, Saudi Arabia
- Dion Paridaens, Netherlands
- Fabian Lerner, Argentina
- Fan Lu, China
- Fatima Kyari, Nigeria
- Ferenc Kuhn, Hungary
- Fernando Arevalo, Argentina
- Francesco Bandello, Italy
- Frank Martin, Australia
- Friedrich Kruse, Germany
- Frik Potgieter, South Africa
- Funmi Ogun, Nigeria
- Geeta Vemuganti, India
- Gianfrancesco Villani, Italy
- Helena Filipe, Portugal
- Ivo Kocur, Switzerland
- Jan Talma, South Africa
- Jonel Steffen, South Africa
- Jost Jonas, Germany
- Karl Golnik, USA
- Kathryn Burdon, Australia
- Ken Nischal, USA
- Ki Ho Park, South Korea
- Kubaisi Buraa, Syria
- Lara Sandri, South Africa
- Leopold Schmetterer, Austria
- Liana Ventura, Brazil
- Linda Visser, South Africa
- Manfred Zierhut, Germany
- Martine Jager, Netherlands
- Masood Naseripour, Iran
- Mathys Labuschagne, SA
- Matt Young, South Africa
- Max Conway, Australia
- Miguel Burnier, Canada
- Mohsen B. Kashkouli, Iran
- Neeru Gupta, Canada
- Nicola Freeman, USA
- Nikolas Ziakas, Greece
- Olfa Fekih, Tunisia
- Olusola Olawoye, Nigeria
- Oppel Greeff, South Africa
- Paisan Ruamviboonsuk, Thailand
- Petrus Gous, South Africa
- Pinar Aydin, Turkey
- Polla Roux, South Africa
- Raj D. Thulsi, India
- Rajvardhan Azad, India
- Rizwana Amod, South Africa
- Rubens Belfort Jr., Brazil
- Rupert Bourne, UK
- Samir El-Mulki, Jordan
- Serge Resnikoff, Switzerland
- Shigeru Kinoshita, Japan
- Sobha Sivaprasad, United Kingdom
- Soon–Phaik Chee, Singapore
- Soosan Jacob, India
- Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill, Belgium/Ireland
- Soumyava Basu, India
- Steven Lapere, South Africa
- Sundaram Natarajan, India
- Susan Williams, South Africa
- Suzanne Freitag, United States
- Taiji Sakamoto, Japan
- Tero Kivela, Finland
- Tien Wong, Singapore
- Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Austria
- Van Lansigh, Mexico
- Vishal Jhanji, USA
- Wai Ching Lam, Hong Kong
- Wayne Marais, South Africa
- Wendy Lee, USA
- Will Dean, South Africa
- Xianqun Fan, China
Only invited Coordinators who have officially confirmed their participation in WOC2020 are listed above. This list will be continuously updated as we receive further confirmations.
* Names in bold are SUBs Conveners
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Notification
27 January 2020
Late-Breaking Abstracts
Open 1 March 2020
Early Bird Registration Deadline
17 February 2020