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Sinjab Academy
Academia Syria 2026

Programme and Registration

Three days of courses, workshops and scientific sessions, 22–24 October 2026 at Damascus University.

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Programme at a Glance

Courses and scientific sessions run in the Main Hall, with optometry workshops alongside. Coffee & More is open all day. Times are Damascus time.

  1. Day 1 · 9:30–18:30

    Courses and the Opening Ceremony

    • 9:30–10:30 · Refractive Course

    • 10:30–11:30 · Glaucoma Course

    • 10:30–11:30 · Optometry Workshop: Myopia Management

    • 11:30–12:30 · Research Workshop

    • 12:30–13:30 · Retina Course

    • 12:30–13:30 · Optometry Workshop: Workup for Refractive Surgery

    • 13:30–15:00 · Opening Ceremony and Lunch

    • 15:00–16:00 · Innovations

    • 16:00–17:00 · Squint Course

    • 17:00–18:30 · Cataract Course

  2. Day 2 · 9:00–19:00

    Scientific Sessions

    • 9:00–10:30 · IKS Session, with an industry lecture at 10:15

    • 10:30–12:00 · Cataract 1, with an industry lecture at 11:40

    • 10:30–12:00 · Optometry Workshop: Orthoptics

    • 12:00–14:00 · Jumaa Prayer and Lunch Break

    • 14:00–15:30 · Glaucoma 1, with an industry lecture at 15:15

    • 14:00–15:30 · Optometry Workshop: Contact Lens Fitting

    • 15:30–16:30 · Young Ophthalmologist

    • 16:30–17:30 · Free Paper 1

    • 16:30–17:30 · Optometry Workshop: Workup for Cataract Surgery

    • 17:30–19:00 · Squint 1, with an industry lecture at 18:40

  3. Day 3 · 9:00–18:00

    Scientific Sessions and the ACADEMIA Prize

    • 9:00–10:30 · Refractive Surgery, with an industry lecture at 10:15

    • 10:30–12:00 · Glaucoma 2, with an industry lecture at 11:45

    • 10:30–12:00 · Optometry Workshop: Pediatric Optometry

    • 12:00–13:30 · Lunch Break

    • 13:30–14:30 · Free Paper 2

    • 13:30–14:30 · Optometry Workshop: Keratoconus

    • 14:30–16:00 · Squint 2, with an industry lecture at 15:45

    • 16:00–17:30 · Cataract 2, with an industry lecture at 17:10

    • 16:00–17:30 · Optometry Workshop: What You Need to Know in Devices

    • 17:30–18:00 · ACADEMIA Prize and Closing Remarks

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