Program Overview

PAO 2026 Congress Program Overview

Day 0 | September 29 | Tuesday
Time Function Room 1 Function Room 2 Function Room 3 Meeting Rooms 4-6 Meeting Rooms 7-9
08:30 - 08:45 PAO LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
by invitation
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:15 SURGICAL VIDEO CONTEST
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:30
Day 1 | September 30 | Wednesday
Time Function Room 1 Function Room 2 Function Room 3 Meeting Rooms 4-6 Meeting Rooms 7-9
08:30 - 08:45 SPECIAL FORUM
Misadventures to Mastery:
Learning from Difficult Cases
SPECIAL FORUM
Women in Ophthalmology
SPECIAL FORUM
Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology
YOUNG OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
Beyond Residency: YO Life after Training
SPECIAL FORUM
Eye on the Ground:
Chapter Spotlight
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15 Break Break Break
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:45 PAO OPENING CEREMONY
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15 Break Break Break Break Break
11:15 - 11:30 INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:30 Break Break Break Break Break
12:30 - 12:45 CATARACT GLAUCOMA
Gonioscopy and Anterior Segment Imaging: Correlations and Dilemmas
UVEITIS
Paradigm Shifts in Ocular Tuberculosis
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
Bizarre Visual Symptoms:
Approach to Diagnosis
OCULOPLASTICS & ORBIT
Advanced Eyelid Surgery:
Accuracy, Stability, and
Functional Aesthetics
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:15
13:15 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:15 Break Break Break NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
Practical Neuro-Ophthalmology:
Clinics, Crises, and Care Systems
Break
14:15 - 14:30 EXTERNAL DISEASES & CORNEA
Philippines-Thailand
Joint Symposium
RETINA
Pushing Surgical Boundaries:
New Tools, New Techniques,
New Possibilities
PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & STRABISMUS
Managing Aphakia after
Pediatric Cataract Surgery
OCULAR PATHOLOGY
14:30 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:45 Break
15:45 - 16:00 Break Break YOUNG OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
Beyond the Charts:
Trivia & Taproom
Break
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:15
17:15 - 17:30
Day 2 | October 1 | Thursday
Time Function Room 1 Function Room 2 Function Room 3 Meeting Rooms 4-6 Meeting Rooms 7-9
08:30 - 08:45 GLAUCOMA
Basics, Innovations, and
Options in Glaucoma Surgery
RETINA
Seeing Beyond the Visible:
How Retinal Imaging is
Redefining Retina Care
OCULOPLASTICS & ORBIT
Innovations in Orbital Surgery:
Precision, Reconstruction, and
Discovery
PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & STRABISMUS
Vision and Neurodevelopment
in Early Life: Milestones to
Management
LOW VISION
Low Vision Workshop:
Optical Devices for Dummies
08:45 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15 Break Break Break Break Break
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:45 COSME NAVAL MEMORIAL LECTURE
10:45 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45 Break Break Break Break Break
11:45 - 12:00 INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:30
12:30 - 12:45
12:45 - 13:00 Break Break Break Break Break
13:00 - 13:15 Clinical Minds:
THE JORGE G. CAMARA
CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CASE
COMPETITION
ROP
Ethical Crossroads in
Retinopathy of Prematurity
EXTERNAL DISEASES & CORNEA
Beyond the Surface: Innovative
Skills and Emerging Techniques
in External Eye and Corneal
Disease
Practice Management Practice Management in the Era of Accountability: Efficiency, Ethics, and Sustainability in Ophthalmology INTERESTING CASE
REPORT CONTEST
13:15 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 14:45 Break Break Break Break
14:45 - 15:00 REFRACTIVE SURGERY PAO-APOTS JOINT SESSION
ON OPHTHALMIC TRAUMA
GENETICS
Genes Within Reach:
Expanding Access to Diagnosis
and Treatment
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:15
17:15 - 17:30
17:30 - 17:45
17:45 - 18:00
18:00 - 00:00 FELLOWSHIP NIGHT
Day 3 | October 2 | Friday
Time Function Room 1 Function Room 2 Function Room 3 Meeting Rooms 4-6 Meeting Rooms 7-9
09:00 - 09:15 REFRACTIVE SURGERY
Beyond Boundaries: Safe,
Strategic Refractive Surgery in
High Myopia
PBO RTO Symposium for
Ophthalmology Training
Leaders

Technology and Artificial
Intelligence in Residency
Training: Friend or Foe?
RETINA OCULAR ONCOLOGY
09:15 - 09:30
09:30 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:45 Break Break Break Break
10:45 - 11:00 EXTERNAL DISEASES & CORNEA
Cornea Essentials for the
General Ophthalmologist
GLAUCOMA
The Optic Nerve: Diagnosing
and Treating Glaucomatous
Optic Nerve Damage
CATARACT
Skills Transfer from ECCE to
Phaco: A Training Perspective
ETHICS
Seeing with Integrity: Ethics
and Professionalism Across
Pillars
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:30 Break Break Break Break
12:30 - 12:45 INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
INDUSTRY LUNCH
SYMPOSIUM
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:15
13:15 - 13:30
13:30 - 13:45 Break Break Break Break
13:45 - 14:00 SCORED 2
by PCSI
COMMUNITY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Missions, Models, and
Multisectoral Engagement
UVEITIS
Pearls in Managing
Complications of Uveitis
FILM FESTIVAL
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 14:45
14:45 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:30 Break Break Break
15:30 - 15:45 LIBORIO MANGUBAT MEMORIAL LECTURE
15:45 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:15
16:15 - 16:30
16:30 - 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:00 PAO BUSINESS MEETING
17:00 - 17:15
17:15 - 17:30
17:30 - 17:45
17:45 - 18:00 CLOSING CEREMONY
18:00 - 18:15
18:15 - 18:30