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Detailed Program

30 September 2026
(Wednesday)
  1 October 2026
(Thursday)
  2 October 2026
(Friday)
  3 October 2026
(Saturday)

 

08:00

08:00

Registration opens

08:30–10:30 – SUN 2

08:30–10:30 – SUN 2

Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate session

Chairs: O. P. Kharbanda & Maria Costanza Meazzini

08:30–08:40
A consideration of orthodontic challenges in BCLP

O. P. Kharbanda (India)

08:40–08:50
Surgical Management of Bilateral Cleft Lip and Nose (online)

Daniela Tanikawa (Brazil)

08:50–08:58
3D evaluation of long-term effects of nasoalveolar molding appliances in BCLP patients: Is there any evidence that infant orthopedics makes a difference?

Mayank Khandelwal (India)

08:58–09:06
Orthodontic management of secondary deformities in BCLP

O. P. Kharbanda (India)

09:06–09:14
ABG in BCLP patients

Luca Autelitano (Italy)

09:14–09:24
Reducing the burden of surgical care in patients with Bilateral cleft lip and Palate with orthodontic treatment: Non-surgical correction of severe vertical excess of the premaxilla and Orthodontic Pre Grafting Closure of Large Alveolar Bony and Soft Tissue Gaps with Nonsurgical Protraction of the Lesser Segments

Maria Costanza Meazzini (Italy)

09:24–09:32
Role of Anterior Maxillary Distraction (AMD) in bilateral cleft lip and palate during adolescenc

Altaf Hussain (India)

09:32–09:40
Intervention of a Clinical Speech-Language Pathologist in Patients with Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

Václav Baslík (Czech Republic)

09:40–09:48
Why is the Treatment of Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate so Challenging?

Marie Tolarová (USA)

Discussion

08:30–10:30 – SUN 1

08:30–10:30 – SUN 1

Pierre-Robin sequence 2. 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Chairs: Richard Kirschner & Christian Poets

08:30–08:45
Surgical Management of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Richard E. Kirschner (USA)

08:45–08:53
Predicting Posterior Maxillary Dimensions from Incomplete Intraoral Scans in Robin Sequence Using Machine Learning

Yang Huang (Germany)

08:53–09:01
A Retrospective Study on the Three-dimensional Morphometric Analysis of the Tübingen Palatal Plate in Syndromic and Isolated Robin Sequence

Maite Aretxabaleta (Germany)

09:01–09:09
Phenotype-Driven Multidisciplinary Management of Pierre Robin Sequence: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience

Mattia Moretti (Italy)

09:09–09:17
Genetic Evaluation and Clinical Associations in a Large Cohort of Patients with Pierre Robin Sequence

Janina Kueper (USA)

09:17–09:32
Tongue-Lip Adhesion in Pierre Robin Sequence: Defining its contemporary role

Richard E. Kirschner (USA)

09:32–09:40
Size matters – craniofacial anomalies associated with nested 22q11.2 deletions and the importance of pathogenic variants on the intact chromosome 22q11.2 allele

Donna McDonald-McGinn (USA)

09:40–09:48
Revisiting velopharyngeal surgery in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: are we individualizing enough?

Barbora Jassova (Slovakia)

Discussion

08:30–10:30 – Jupiter

08:30–10:30 – Jupiter

Speech and Hearing 2. Microtia

Chairs: Andrej Sukop & Akira Yamada

08:30–08:45
Cleft, Craniofacial Surgery, and Microtia construction , learned from three masters and continue the path

Akira Yamada (USA)

08:45–09:00
Microtia Reconstruction in the Czech Republic: Transition to Patient-Specific 3D Implants

Andrej Sukop (Czech Republic)

09:00–09:08
Autologous Microtia Reconstruction: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience

Murod Jafarov (Uzbekistan)

09:08–09:16
Non-surgical correction of congenital auricular deformities with the EarWell ear molding system: the nationwide Czech experience

Mária Lacková (Czech Republic)

09:16–09:24
Middle ear pathology in patients with cleft palate – when can the first manifestations be detected?

Michal Jurovčík (Czech Republic)

09:24–09:32
Long-term Audiologic and Speech Developmental Outcomes Following Ventilation Tube Insertion in Children with Otitis Media with Effusion and Cleft Palate: A 36-Month Prospective Study

Ming Cai (China)

09:32–09:40
Effects of rapid maxillary expansion on hearing loss and otitis media in children with cleft lip and palate

Cristina Incorvati (Italy)

09:40–09:48
Patient-Specific 3D-Assisted Auricular Reconstruction in Microtia: A Comparative Institutional Study from Central Asia

Nazokat Mamasolieva (Uzbekistan)

Discussion

10:30–11:00

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 – SUN 2

11:00–12:30 – SUN 2

Secondary rhinoplasty 2

Chairs: Siegmar Reinert & Eva Leamerová

11:00–11:15
Not quite the “Reel Deal”; cleft rhinoplasty in social media

Duncan Atherton (UK)

11:15–11:30
Secondary cleft septorhinoplasty – algorithm and results

Siegmar Reinert (Germany)

11:30–11:38
Dorsal Preservation Rhinoplasty in Cleft Nasal Deformity: Early Experience in Adult Patients

Luca Autelitano (Italy)

11:38–11:46
Dorsal Preservation Rhinoplasty Without Osteotomies in Cleft Nasal Deformity: Early Experience in Adult Patients

Valeria Marinella Augusta Battista (Italy)

11:46–11:54
The Perpendicular Plate of the Ethmoid as a Composite Graft in Cleft Rhinoplasty: A Radiographic Anatomical Study

Hannah Linkhorn (UK)

11:54–12:02
Percutaneous, subcutaneous alar rim graft in rhinoplasty for CLND

Hossein Abdali (Iran)

12:02–12:10
Complications of Rhinoplasty in Patients with Secondary Nasal Deformity After Cheiloplasty

Alijon Hisamov (Uzbekistan)

Discussion

11:00–12:30 – SUN 1

11:00–12:30 – SUN 1

Orthodontics 2

Chairs: Irena Klímová & Magdaléna Koťová

11:00–11:15
Surgical–Orthodontic Treatment in Patients with Mandibular Dysplasias

Ron Hathaway (USA)

11:15–11:30
Differential diagnosis and different prognosis between true craniofacial microsomia and hemimandibular hypoplasia with condylar-coronoid collapse: long term surgical and orthopaedic results

Maria Costanza Meazzini (Italy)

11:30–11:38
Long-Term Craniofacial Growth and Surgical Outcomes in Craniofacial Microsomia With and Without Early Mandibular Distraction

Ellen Wen-Ching Ko (Taiwan)

11:38–11:46
Long term stability of orthognatic surgery in patients affected by hemifacial microsomia

Floriana Bosco (Italy)

11:46–11:54
Long-term effects of nasoalveolar molding appliances in patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Mayank Khandelwal (India)

11:54–12:02
Maxillary Transverse Dimensions in Orthognathic Surgery for Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Pilot Study

Arturo Medrano-Gutierrez (Brazil)

Discussion

11:00–12:30 – Jupiter

11:00–12:30 – Jupiter

Psychological Support

Chairs: Shang-lin Lee & Alžběta Novotná

11:00–11:15
Speech, Communication and Resilience training – a multi-country project developing a programme to upskill non specialist health professionals in aspects of cleft care (online)

Gareth Davies (the Netherlands)

11:15–11:23
The psychological aspects of cleft lip and palate: psychological well-being and quality of life in children, adolescents and parents

Francesca Grippaldi (Italy)

11:23–11:31
Beyond Surgery: An Integrated Psychosocial Care Model from Prenatal Diagnosis to Adulthood

Yi-Ling Chen (Taiwan)

11:31–11:39
Psychosocial health in children with craniofacial differences

Alžběta Novotná (USA)

11:39–11:47
Drawing conclusions: a partial-correlation graph reanalysis of satisfaction with appearance in young people with orofacial clefts

Jakob Sajovic (Slovenia)

11:47–11:55
Harnessing the potential of cleft support groups to improve outcomes in cleft care (online)

Gareth Davies (the Netherlands)

Discussion

12:30–13:00 – SUN 2

12:30–13:00 – SUN 2

Closing Ceremony

13:00–14:00

13:00–14:00

Lunch Break
(Restaurant Nebula)

 

Last update on 29 September 2026.
The program might be subject to necessary changes.

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