Itinerary

Day 1: 25 March 2021, 0800 MYT (UTC +8)

Thursday

Time Agenda
0800-0815 Delegates enter the e-platform
0815-0900 Opening Ceremony

    • Doa recitation
    • Welcoming speech by Programme Director (Asst. Prof. Dr. Firdaus Yusof @ Alias)
    • Welcoming speech by the Rector of IIUM (Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak)
    • Officiating speech and Launching of e-IOVIC 2021 by the Director of Pahang State Health Department
      (Dato’ Dr. Haji Bahari Bin Dato’ Tok Muda Haji Che Awang Ngah)
0900-0930 Keynote Lecture 1: Diagnosing and Managing Dry Eye
by Prof. Dr. James Wolffsohn (Aston Research, United Kingdom)
0930-0935 Break
0935-1020 Plenary Session 1 – Myopia: A global public health issue

    • Topic 1: International Myopia Institute – a global perspective
      by Dr. Monica Jong (University of Canberra, Australia)
    • Topic 2: Simplifying Myopia Control: Expediting the explanation process
      by Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Afzam Shah Abdul Rahim (IIUM, Malaysia)
    • Topic 3: Myopia prevention initiatives in the Western Pacific Region: Malaysia
      by Dr. Duratul ‘Ain Hussin (Allied Health Sciences Division, MOH Malaysia, Malaysia)
1025-1055 Symposium: Discovering Lifestyle Incorporated Technology for Modern Urbanites
by Karen Leong & Candice Choo [Frames ‘N’ Lenses (2008) Sdn Bhd]
1055-1100 Break
1100-1145 Plenary Session 2 – The rejuvenation of ocular surface

    • Topic 4: Demystifying Artificial Tears: The Arts of Prescribing
      by Asst. Prof. Dr. Mohd Radzi Hilmi (IIUM, Malaysia)
    • Topic 5: Effects of Silicon Hydrogel Contact Lens on Changes of Tear Film Lipid Layer, Visual Functions, Ocular Integrity and Comfort Among Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens Wearers
      by Dr. Asmah Ahmad (Hospital Melaka, Malaysia)   
    • Topic 6: Dry eye sensation among COVID-19 patients: A review
      by Asst. Prof. Dr. Noor Ezailina Badarudin (IIUM, Malaysia)
1145-1150 Break
1150-1235 Plenary Session 3 – Ocular measurement and investigations

    • Topic 7: The chronicles of eye tracking: The What? The Why? The How?
      by Dr. Mizhanim M. Shahimin (UKM, Malaysia)
    • Topic 8: Eye movement behaviour in reading: Does text size matter?
      by Ms. Noor Halilah Buari (UiTM, Malaysia)
    • Topic 9: Machine Learning in Optometry
      by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Zulfaezal Che Azemin (IIUM, Malaysia)
Onwards to 1600 Oral presentation and poster viewing

Day 2: 26 March 2021, 0830 MYT (UTC +8)

Friday

Time Agenda
0830-0900 Delegates enter the e-platform
0900-0930 Keynote Lecture 2: Pediatric Vision Care: Doing the right things vs Doing things right
by Prof. Dr. Chen Ai Hong (UiTM, Malaysia)
0930-0935 Break
0935-1020 Plenary Session 4 – Technological advances in optometry

    • Topic 10: Implementing digital faculty portfolio by intervention mapping model
      by Dr. Taghreed Abdulrahman Alnahedh (KSAU-HS, Saudi Arabia)
    • Topic 11: The use of OCT enhances optometric care
      by Dr. Foo Say Kiang (SEGi University, Malaysia)
    • Topic 12: OCT Angiography (OCTA)
      by Dr. Aidila Jesmin Jabbari (IIUM, Malaysia)
1020-1025 Break
1025 – 1040 The Importance of Optometry Services during Movement Control Order.
by Asst. Prof. Dr. Md Muziman Syah Md Mustafa, representing the Association of Malaysian Optometrists (AMO)
1040 – 1110   Keynote Lecture 3: Modern Intraocular Lens Designs
by Prof. Dr. Phillip Buckhurst (Plymouth University, United Kingdom)                            
1110 – 1145 Closing remark by the Organizer Representatives:

    • Dr. Naqibah Ghazali (Head of Optometry Unit, HTAA)
    • Mr. Ahmad Fadhullah Bin Fuzai (President, AMO)
    • Prof. Dr. Suzanah Abd Rahman (Dean of Kulliyyah Allied Health Sciences, IIUM)

Online photography session
1145 – 1155 Presentation of the Winners
1155 – 1210 Closing doa recitation
Onwards to 1600 Oral presentation and poster viewing
End of eIOVIC 2021