Note: The Basic & Advanced Phaco courses and the Vitrectomy course will start on Wednesday, October 14, 2025. The DMEK/DSAEK and Secondary IOL Implantation Techniques courses will start on Thursday, October 15, 2025. The daily schedule is shown for the Basic and Advanced Cataract Course, but the timing of the days is the same for all courses.
Day 1 – Wednesday
08:45 – 09:00
Welcome, opening remarks, and introduction of the faculty
09:00 – 10:15
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee / Tea Break
10:30 – 12:00
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch and Networking
13:00 – 15:30
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee / Tea Break (Networking)
16:00 – 18:00
Free Practice
19:00
Evening Guided Tour of Historic Prague (optional)
Day 2 – Thursday
08:45 – 10:15
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee / Tea Break
10:30 – 12:00
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch and Networking
13:00 – 15:30
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee / Tea Break (Networking)
16:00 – 18:00
Free Practice
19:00
Guided Clinic Tour – visit to a diagnostic and surgical eye clinic based on the principles of lean management (optional)
Day 3 – Friday
7:30–8:30
Breakfast with experts – video breakfast to support surgical skills (optional)
08:45 – 10:15
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee / Tea Break
10:30 – 12:00
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch and Networking
13:00 – 15:30
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee / Tea Break (Networking)
16:00 – 18:00
Free Practice
20:00
Gala Dinner and Diploma Ceremony, followed by networking and social evening (optional)
Day 4 - Saturday
08:45 – 10:15
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
10:15 – 10:30
Coffee / Tea Break
10:30 – 12:00
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch and Networking
13:00 – 15:30
Lecture, Demonstration & Wetlab (LDW)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee / Tea Break (Networking)
16:00 – 18:00
Free Practice
CLOSING OF iSCOPE
Note: The Basic & Advanced Phaco courses and the Vitrectomy course will start on Wednesday, October 14, 2025. The DMEK/DSAEK and Secondary IOL Implantation Techniques courses will start on Thursday, October 15, 2025.