OCULAR SURFACE SUMMIT 2027 · MIAMI
Conference Agenda
Friday, February 26 – Saturday, February 27, 2027 · Brickell Arch Hotel, Miami
Day 1
Friday, February 26, 2027
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Registration
Registration & Welcome Coffee | Industry Partners Showcase and Networking
Attendees are encouraged to arrive during this time to check in and begin networking with the Industry Partners and Colleagues.
4:00 PM
4:05 PM
Opening
Welcome and Opening Remarks
4:05 PM
4:15 PM
Opening
Faculty Pinning by The Founders
4:15 PM
4:45 PM
Keynote
Keynote Address: Dry Eye and Beyond with Personalized/Precision Medicine
4:45 PM
5:15 PM
Panel
From Pathophysiology to Precision: Using Diagnostics to Guide Dry Eye Treatment
5:15 PM
Sponsored Session
Industry Sponsored Dinner Opens
Sponsored by ALCON
5:30 PM
6:15 PM
Sponsored Session
Alcon presentation — details to be announced
Sponsored by ALCON
6:15 PM
7:00 PM
Networking
Industry Partner Showcase and Networking
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
Rapid Fire
Friday Rapid Fire Challenge: Ocular Surface Concepts and Rationalizations
7:30 PM
8:15 PM
Presentation
Practice Management Piece – Using a Standard of Care to Increase Efficiency and Enhance Results; Leveraging Your Staff to Unlock a Team Wise Approach to DED Treatment
8:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks for Day 1
8:20 PM
Networking
Industry Partner Showcase and Networking
9:00 PM
Networking
Transition to Rooftop for Surface After Dark
9:00 PM
Reception
Surface After Dark – Networking Event
Sponsored by SCOPE
Hotel Rooftop
Day 2
Saturday, February 27, 2027
7:00 AM
Showcase
Exhibits Open: Industry Partner Showcase and Networking
Attendees are encouraged to arrive during this time to continue networking with the Industry Partners and Colleagues.
7:30 AM
Breakfast
Industry Sponsored Breakfast Opens
Sponsored by DOMPE
7:45 AM
8:20 AM
Sponsored Session
DOMPE presentation — details to be announced
Sponsored by DOMPE
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
Rapid Fire
Saturday Rapid Fire Challenge: Evidence, Experience or Enthusiasm
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
Panel
Dry Eye Therapeutics in the Real World: When to Start, Switch and Combine
9:45 AM
10:15 AM
Networking
Industry Partner Showcase and Networking
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Panel
Procedural Dry Eye: Integration and Beyond
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Panel
Meibomian Gland Probing and Conjunctivochalasis Tightening: Not Optional When Indicated
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Panel
If I Knew Then, What I Know Now: Clinical Pearls from the Experts
12:00 PM
Lunch
Industry Sponsored Lunch Opens
Sponsored by Bausch & Lomb
12:15 PM
12:50 PM
Sponsored Session
Bausch + Lomb presentation — details to be announced
Sponsored by Bausch & Lomb
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Panel
Neurotrophic and Neuropathic Disease – Diagnosis and Treatments of Today and Beyond
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
Networking
Industry Partner Showcase and Networking
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Panel
OSS Innovators: Highlighting Emerging Biotech Companies
- Company 1 TBD
- Company 2 TBD
- Company 3 TBD
3:00 PM
3:40 PM
Presentation
OSS Emerging Concepts: Challenging Convention. Advancing Ocular Surface Thought.
Fungal Blepharitis and the Ocular Dysbiosis Syndrome - Rome Has Fallen
3:40 PM
4:10 PM
Networking
Industry Partner Showcase and Networking
4:10 PM
4:40 PM
Panel
The Dry Eye Practice in 2030 and Beyond – Future Practice Models, Technology and Thought Processes…Should Every Practice Be a Dry Eye Practice?
4:40 PM
5:00 PM
Closing Remarks