GRAND PRIZE 
 
Knuckle Tip
Producer: Takayuki Akahoshi, MD (Japan) 

CATARACT/IMPLANT SURGERY

1ST PLACE 
Searching the Limits of Power Modulation Benefits
Producer:  Jaime Zacharias, MD (Chile)
RUNNER-UP 
RAM
Producer:  Bharti Nihalani, MD (India)

CATARACT COMPLICATIONS

1ST PLACE 
IOL Dislocations: The Art and Technique of Repositioning
  Producer: Ike K. Ahmed, MD (Canada)
RUNNER-UP 
Iris Prosthetic System and Diaphragmatic Iris Prosthetic System
  Producer: Heino Hermeking, MD (Germany)

REFRACTIVE COMPLICATIONS

1ST PLACE 
Unidentified Floating Object: UFO Files
Producer: Oscar Asis Vainer, MD (Spain)
RUNNER-UP 
The LASIK Buttonhole or the Bermuda Triangle
Producer: Samir A. Melki, MD (USA)

IN-HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

1ST PLACE 
Visualization of Vitreous Body After Posterior Capsule Rupture Using 11-Deoxycortisol
Producer: Yuichi Kaji, MD (Japan)
RUNNER-UP 
Innovative Spin-offs of Bimanual Microincision Phacoemulsification
Producer:  I. Howard Fine, MD (USA)

INSTRUMENTS/DEVICES

1ST PLACE 
AquaLase: Journey to the Center of the Cataract
Producer: Robert P. Lehmann, MD (USA)
RUNNER-UP 
Closed Ring Stops PCO and Mobility of the IOL in the Capsular Bag
Producer: Wolfgang Pedal, MD (Germany)

INTRAOCULAR LENSES

1ST PLACE 
Cellular Proliferation and Soemmering’s Ring: The Long-Term Threat to Capsule Clarity
Producer: Steven H. Dewey, MD (USA)
RUNNER-UP 
Foldable Capsular Rings: The Next Generation
Producer: H. Burkhard Dick, MD (Germany)

NEW TECHNIQUES

1ST PLACE 
Triamcinolone-Assisted Ophthalmic Surgery
Producer: Hideharu Fukasaku, MD (Japan)
RUNNER-UP 
Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty for Severe Gonococcal Keratitis
Producer: Donald Tan, FRCS (Singapore)

QUALITY TEACHING

1ST PLACE 
Intraoperative Zonulopathy
Producer: John C. Hart Jr, MD (USA)
RUNNER-UP 
Give Me A Sign
Producer: Robert H. Osher, MD (USA)

REFRACTIVE SURGERY

1ST PLACE 
Safety of an Epithelial Flap in Refractive Laser Surgery
Producer: Erik L. Mertens, MD (Belgium)
RUNNER-UP 
Principle of New Diffractive IOLs
Producer: Ralf Gerl, MD (Germany)

SPECIAL INTEREST

1ST PLACE 
Surgical Options for Marfan’s Syndrome
Producer: Wan-Soo Kim, MD (South Korea)
RUNNER-UP 
Decade of Eye Disease Prevention in Tanzania
Producer: Alexander G. Schweiker, MD (Germany)