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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 – room 1

08:30–10:30 – room 1

Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate session

Chairs: TBA

A consideration on orthodontic aspects of BCLP from birth to adulthood
O. P. Kharbanda (India)

Surgical Management of Bilateral Cleft Lip and Nose (online)
Daniela Tanikawa (Brazil)

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)

Long-term effects of nasoalveolar molding appliances in patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mayank Khandelwal (India)

Orthodontic management of secondary deformities in BCLP
O. P. Kharbanda (India)

ABG in BCLP patients
Luca Autelitano (Italy)

Role of Anterior Maxillary Distraction (AMD) in bilateral cleft lip and palate during adolescenc
Altaf Hussain (India)

Intervention of Clinical Speech-Language Pathology in Patients with Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate
Václav Baslík (Czech Republic)

Global and public health perspectives on cleft care
Marie Tolarová (USA)

08:30–10:30 – room 2

08:30–10:30 – room 2

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

Chairs: TBA

Surgical Management of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Richard E. Kirschner (USA)

Machine learning prediction for completing maxillary dimensions of intraoral scans in Robin Sequence neonates: an interpretable model for Tübingen palatal plate design
Yang Huang (Germany)

A Retrospective Study on the Three-dimensional Morphometric Analysis of the Tübingen Palatal Plate in Syndromic and Isolated Robin Sequence
Maite Aretxabaleta (Germany)

Phenotype-Driven Multidisciplinary Management of Pierre Robin Sequence: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience
Mattia Moretti (Italy)

Genetic Evaluation and Clinical Associations in a Large Cohort of Patients with Pierre Robin Sequence
Janina Kueper (USA)

Tongue-Lip Adhesion in Pierre Robin Sequence: Defining its contemporary role
Richard E. Kirschner (USA)

Systematic review of obstructive sleep apnea in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and the potential impact of prior upper airway surgery
Anne Bassett (Canada)

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)

Revisiting velopharyngeal surgery in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: are we individualizing enough?
Barbora Jassova (Slovakia)

08:30–10:30 – room 3

08:30–10:30 – room 3

Speech and Hearing 2. Microtia

Chairs: TBA

Cleft, Craniofacial Surgery, and Microtia construction , learned from three masters and continue the path
Akira Yamada (USA)

Microtia Reconstruction in the Czech Republic: Transition to Patient-Specific 3D Implants
Andrej Sukop (Czech Republic)

Patient-Specific 3D-Assisted Auricular Reconstruction in Microtia: A Comparative Institutional Study from Central Asia
Nazokat Mamasolieva (Uzbekistan)

Autologous Microtia Reconstruction: A 20-Year Single-Center Experience
Murod Jafarov (Uzbekistan)

Non-surgical correction of congenital auricular deformities with the EarWell ear molding system: the nationwide Czech experience
Petros Christodoulou (Czech Republic)

Acute Otitis Media in Children with Cleft Palate +/- Lip: A Narrative Synthesis of the Literature
Kurchi Mitra (UK)

Middle ear pathology in patients with cleft palate – when can the first manifestations be detected?
Michal Jurovčík (Czech Republic)

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)

Effects of rapid maxillary expansion on hearing loss and otitis media in children with cleft lip and palate 
Cristina Incorvati (Italy)

Maxillary advancement according to different techniques: a comparison between traditional surgical advancement and late maxillary orthodontic protraction
Marco Brega (Italy)

10:30–11:00

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 – room 1

11:00–12:30 – room 1

Secondary rhinoplasty 2

Chairs: TBA

Not quite the “Reel Deal”; cleft rhinoplasty in social media
Duncan Atherton (UK)

Secondary cleft septorhinoplasty – algorithm and results
Siegmar Reinert (Germany)

Dorsal Preservation Rhinoplasty in Cleft Nasal Deformity: Early Experience in Adult Patients
Luca Autelitano (Italy)

Dorsal Preservation Rhinoplasty Without Osteotomies in Cleft Nasal Deformity: Early Experience in Adult Patients
Valeria Battista (Italy)

Complications of Rhinoplasty in Patients with Secondary Nasal Deformity After Cheiloplasty
Alijon Hisamov (Uzbekistan)

The Perpendicular Plate of the Ethmoid as a Composite Graft in Cleft Rhinoplasty: A Radiographic Anatomical Study
Hannah Linkhorn (UK)

Percutaneous, subcutaneous alar rim graft in rhinoplasty for CLND
Hossein Abdali (Iran)

Microfat Grafting in Cleft Lip Nasal Deformities – Indications and Evaluation
Mohamed Elshazly (Egypt)

11:00–12:30 – room 2

11:00–12:30 – room 2

Orthodontics 2

Chairs: TBA

Surgical- Orthodontic Treatment in Patients with Mandibular Dysplasias
Ron Hathaway (USA)

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)

Canine substitution in the orthodontic management of individuals with cleft lip and palate
Snehlata Oberoi (USA)

Long-Term Craniofacial Growth and Surgical Outcomes in Craniofacial Microsomia With and Without Early Mandibular Distraction
Ellen Wen-Ching Ko (Taiwan)

Long term stability of orthognatic surgery in patients affected by hemifacial microsomia
Floriana Bosco (Italy)

Maxillary Transverse Dimensions in Orthognathic Surgery for Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate: A Pilot Study
Arturo Medrano-Gutierrez (Brazil)

Severe Skeletal Discrepancies in Cleft Patients: Decision-Making Between Orthodontic Camouflage and Orthognathic Surgery
Eleonora Schellino (Italy)

11:00–12:30 – room 3

11:00–12:30 – room 3

Psychological Support

Chairs: TBA

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)

Beyond Surgery: An Integrated Psychosocial Care Model from Prenatal Diagnosis to Adulthood
Yi-Ling Chen (Taiwan)

The psychological aspects of cleft lip and palate: psychological well-being and quality of life in children, adolescents and parents
Francesca Grippaldi (Italy)

Psychosocial health in children with craniofacial differences
Alžběta Novotná (USA)

Drawing conclusions: a partial-correlation graph reanalysis of satisfaction with appearance in young people with orofacial clefts
Jakob Sajovic (Slovenia)

Harnessing the potential of cleft support groups to improve outcomes in cleft care (online)
Gareth Davies (the Netherlands)

12:30–13:00 – room 1

12:30–13:00 – room 1

Closing Ceremony

 

Last update on 17 August 2026.
The program might be subject to necessary changes.

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