2025 Symposium Agenda
September 6th & 7th 2025
Saturday September 6th 2025
Exhibit Hall
Opening Remarks
7:55 – 8:00
Breakfast Symposium
CEQUA® is How You and Your Patients See Eye to Eye
Speaker: Jacob Lang, OD
Sponsored by : Sun Ophthalmics
Non-COPE/CME Session
8:00 – 8:30
Lecture
Comprehensive OSD Management: My OSD Treatment Blueprint
Speaker: Damon Dierker, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
8:45 – 9:15
Faculty Panel Discussion
Meeting Today’s OSD Challenges with In-OfficeTreatments Part I Real-World Clinical Cases: Highlighting: Eyelid Debridement | EyelidWarming | Meibomian Gland Expression and Probing | OSD Injections andSurgical Treatment
Moderation: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: David Hardten, MD | Damon Dierker, OD | Ceclia Koeting, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
9:15 – 10:15
Break and Exhibit Hall
10:15 – 10:45
Workshop A
OSD In-Office Procedures Workshop Stations: Eyelid Debridement | Eyelid Warming Procedures |Meibomian Gland Probing | Meibomian Gland Expression
Instructors: Ahmad Fahmy, OD | Cecelia Koeting, OD | Damon Dierker, OD | Joseph Allen, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
10:45 – 12:45
Lunch Symposium and Exhibitor Hall
12:45 – 1:45
Innovation Panel
Industry leaders and physicians discuss the future of OSD research and treatment
Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: David Hardten, MD | Damon Dierker, OD | Cecelia Koeting, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
1:45 – 2:30
Faculty Panel Discussion
Meeting Today’s OSD Challenges with In-OfficeTreatments Part II
Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: Damon Dierker, OD | Cecelia Koeting, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD | Joseph Allen, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
2:30 – 3:30
Break
3:30 – 3:45
Workshop B
OSD In-Office Procedures Part II Demodex Blepharitis Identification | Ocular Mucosal Irrigation | Lacrimal Dilation and Irrigation | Punctal Plug Insertion and Removal
Instructors: Ahmad Fahmy, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD | Cecelia Koeting, OD | Damon Dierker, OD | Joseph Allen, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
3:45 – 5:45
Reception and Exhibit Hall
5:45 – 6:15
Dinner Symposium and Closing Remarks
6:15 – 7:15
Adjourn
7:15
Sunday, September 7th 2025
Exhibit Hall
Opening Remarks
7:55 – 8:00
Breakfast Symposium
8:00 – 8:30
Faculty Panel Discussion
How Key OSD Diagnostics Help Guide ClinicalDecision-Making Real World Clinical Cases Highlighting: Osmolarity | MMP-9 | Corneal Sensitivity| Meibomian Gland Imaging
Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: Joseph Allen, OD | Damon Dierker, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
8:45 – 9:15
Break
9:15 – 9:30
Faculty Panel Discussion
Real World Case Presentations and Debate: Drug Delivery and Anti-Inflammatory Control with Pertinent Diagnostics | Osmolarity | MMP-9 | Lactoferrin | IgE | Corneal Sensitivity
Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: Joseph Allen, OD | Damon Dierker, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
9:30 – 10:30
Workshop C
Diagnostics In OSD Corneal Sensitivity | Osmolarity | MMP-9 | Meibomian Gland Imaging
Instructors: Ahmad Fahmy, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD | Damon Dierker, OD | Joseph Allen, OD | Cecelia Koeting, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
10:30 – 12:30
Lunch Symposium and Exhibitor Hall
12:30 – 1:30
Faculty Panel Discussion
The Role of Regenerative Medicine and Light Treatment in OSD Real World Clinical Cases Highlighting: Amniotic Membrane | Light Treatments in OSD
Moderator: Ahmad Fahmy, OD
Discussants: Cecelia Koeting, OD | Joseph Allen, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD, | Damon Dierker, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
1:30 – 2:30
Break
2:30 – 2:45
Workshop D
Regenerative Medicine and Light Treatments in OSD Intense Pulsed Light | Low Light Level Therapy | Amniotic Membrane Insertion and Removal
Instructors: Cecelia Koeting, OD | Ahmad Fahmy, OD | Hardeep Kataria, OD | Damon Dierker, OD | Joseph Allen, OD | Jacob Lang, OD
COPE Qualified Course No: TBD
2:45 – 4:45
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
4:45
Our Common Goal
“Improving the quality of life of our patients by achieving the best treatment outcomes.”