Xth Child Vision Research Society Meeting 2005, Golf Hotel Bled, Slovenia, June 23─25, 2005
Final Programme
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Morning / Optional Tours
17.00 / Registration & Get-Together
19.00 / Welcome Reception
Friday, June 24, 2005
07.45 / Registration
08.45 / Welcome to CVRS 2005
Opening of the Meeting
08.55–10.05 / Session 1 / Chairpersons: M. Dik and M. J. de Vries
M. J. de Vries / PATHOLOGY IN A POPULATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND BLIND CHILDREN (4-20 YEARS) ATTENDING SCHOOL
M. Dik / EARLY CHILDHOOD VISUAL FUNCTION REHABILITATION in NOORD-HOLLAND: PRACTICE AND PROBLEMS
K. Groleger-Sršen, B. Stirn-Kranjc, B. Korošec, J. Brecelj, Z. Pihlar / ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY AND LOW VISUAL FUNCTION: A CASE REPORT
10.05–10.30 / Poster Inspection & Coffee Break
10.30–12.15 / Session 2 / Chairpersons: R. Sireteanu and M. Nardini
R. Sireteanu, I. Bachert, R. Rettenbach, M. Wagner, H. Planert, S, Pröhl / EARLY VISUAL PREFERENCES: CONTRAST POLARITY AND LINE TILT
M. Nardini, J. Atkinson, O. Braddick / THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL MEMORY IN NORMAL AND ATYPICAL POPULATIONS
W. V. Gibbons, P. M. Riddell / VISUAL FACTORS IN SPECIFIC READING DISORDER
D. Cowie, O. Braddick, J. Atkinson / VISUAL GUIDANCE OF STAIR DESCENT IN CHILDREN
M. Beltram, B. Stirn-Kranjc, B. Drnovšek-Olup / EVALUATION OF A NEW PORTABLE SLIT LAMP IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
(short presentation)
12.15-13.30 / Lunch
13.30-14.30 / Poster Presentation / Chairpersons: J. Fukushima and U. Yinon
14.30-15.40 / Session 3 / Chairpersons: M. Angi and J. H. Groenewoud
M. R. Angi, A. Molinari, G. Virgili / VIDEOREFRACTOR VS. AUTOREFRACTOR FOR SCREENING OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS IN 6125 ECUATORIAN CHILDREN: POWER VECTOR ANALYSIS
J. H. Groenewoud, H. J. Simonsz, H. J. de Koning, on behalf of the Rotterdam AMblyopia Screening Effectiveness Study (RAMSES) steering ommittee / THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILD VISION SCREENING 0-7 YEARS IN THE NETHERLANDS
S. Lindqvist, M. Indredavik, J. Skranes, T. Vik, A-M. Brubakk / REFRACTIVE STATUS OF NORWEGIAN 14 YEAR OLDS WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
15.40-16.00 / Poster Inspection & Coffee Break
16.00-17.10 / Session 4 /

Chairpersons: G. C. Gusek-Schneider and A. Sjöström

G. C. Gusek-Schneider / RESULTS OF LATE ONSET AMBLYOPIA THERAPY IN EXCENTRIC FIXATION
M. J. Moseley, C. E. Stewart, A. R. Fielder, D. A. Stephens / DOSE-RATE EFFECTS IN OCCLUSION THERAPY FOR AMBLYOPIA
B. Sterner, A. Sjöström / ACCOMMODATIVE AMPLITUDE AND SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOMS AT NEAR IN YOUNG SCHOOL CHILDREN
17.10-18.40 / Session 5 / Chairpersons: A. Franklin and N. J. Pitchford
N. J. Pitchford, V. Bonnardel / COLOUR CATEGORISATION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
S. J. Johnson, N. J. Pitchford, G. Scerif, N. Marlow / PERCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF COLOUR IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN BORN VERY PRETERM
G. Scerif, N, J. Pitchford, S. J. Johnson, N. Marlow / SELECTIVE ATTENTION TO CHROMATIC STIMULI IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN BORN VERY PRETERM
A. Franklin, N. Pitchford, S. Clausse, I. R. L. Davies / COLOUR PREFERENCE IN INFANCY AND AN ASSOCIATION WITH ORDER OF COLOUR TERM ACQUISITION IN TODDLERS
19.30 / Visit to the Medieval Castle Bled & Dinner
Saturday, June 25, 2005
08.30–10.10 / Review Lectures / J. Atkinson, O. Braddick
J. Atkinson, S. Anker, D. Birtles, M. Nardini, O. Braddick / PRESCHOOL VISUAL AND ATTENTIONAL DEFICITS, RELATED TO BRAIN IMAGING (MRI) AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME IN VERY PREMATURE INFANTS
O. Braddick, D. Birtles, D. Cowie, S. Anker, J. Wattam-Bell, J. Atkinson / DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL PROCESSING IN DORSAL AND VENTRAL STREAMS: AN OVERVIEW
10.10–10.30 / Poster Inspection & Coffee Break
10.30–12.30 / Session 6 / Chairpersons: J. Brecelj and D. Thompson
J. Brecelj, B. Stirn-Kranjc, N. Pečarič-Meglič, M. Škrbec / VEP IN VISUAL PATHWAY MALDEVELOPMENT
D. Thompson, R. J. Leitch, S. Hayton, S. Hardy, A. Liasis, K. K. Nischal, I. R. E. Russell-Eggitt / The Extent of fibre misrouting at the chiasm in albinism
S. Hardy, D. Thompson / INFANT PATTERN REVERSAL VEPs & GENDER
J. Wattam-Bell, D. Birtles, O. Braddick, J. Atkinson / DEVELOPMENT OF VEPS TO GLOBAL FORM AND MOTION
M. Tekavčič-Pompe, B. Stirn-Kranjc, J. Brecelj / AGE-RELATED CHANGES OF CHROMATIC VEP IN SCHOOLCHILDREN
12.30–14.00 / Lunch
14.00–14.30 / CVRS General Assembly, CVRS 2007
14.30–15.15 / Session 7 / Chairpersons: S. Anker and K. Breckenridge
K. Breckenridge, J. Atkinson, S. Anker, O. Braddick / DEVELOPING TESTS OF ATTENTION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
S. Anker, J. Atkinson, K. Breckenridge, O. Braddick / ATTENTIONAL DEFICITS IN TWO COHORTS OF 6 YEAR OLD CHILDREN (A) IDENTIFED FROM INFANT VISION SCREENING WITH SIGNIFICANT REFRACTIVE ERRORS (B) BORN PREMATURELY
15.15–15.45 / Poster Inspection & Coffee Break
15.45-17.15 / Session 8 / Chairpersons: C. Harris and D. Thibault
C. Harris, F. Budge, N. Derbyshire, S. Garbutt / DEVELOPMENT OF THE SACCADIC MAIN SEQUENCE
D. Thibault, O. Brosseau-Lachaine, J. Faubert, F. Vital-Durand / IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIRST- AND SECOND-ORDER MOTION DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTED BY MONOCULAR VIEWING AND STRABISMUS?
D. Birtles, J. Wattam-Bell, J. Atkinson, O. Braddick / GLOBAL MOTION AND FORM PROCESSING: RELATIVE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN 4-11 YEARS AND ADULT
A. Guzzetta, F. Tinelli, R. Chillemi, A. Bancale, G. Cioni / DEFICITS OF MOTION PERCEPTION IN CHILDREN WITH PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA
17.15 / Closing Remarks
Optional Tours
Posters
1.  / U. Yinon, N. Gurshumov / AN ANIMAL MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SCOTOPIC DOMINANT MECHANISM IN THE VISUAL SYSTEM
2.  / E. Gustafsson, M. Mohammadi, A. Sjöström, M. Kraemer / BENEFITS FROM USING FLASH VEP IN CHILDREN AT A PRIMARY CLINICAL LEVEL
3.  / E. Lenassi, K. Likar, B. Stirn-Kranjc, J. Brecelj / ERG AND VEP IN INFANTS AND PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
4.  / M. Tekavčič-Pompe, B. Stirn-Kranjc, J. Brecelj / CHROMATIC VEP IN CHILDREN – STIMULATION PROPERTIES
5.  / A. Franklin, E. Alder, P. Sowden / COLOUR DISCRIMINATION IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
6.  / O. A. C. Wright, I. R. L. Davies, C. Daoutis, A. Franklin, V. Hobbs / CATEGORY EFFECTS ON COLOUR JUST NOTICABLE DIFFERENCES (JNDs) IN TODDLERS AND CHILDREN: A CROSS LINGUISTIC COMPARISON
7.  / F. Tinelli, A. Guzzetta, P. Brovedani, A. Bancale, J. Atkinson, O. Braddick, G. Cioni / VISUAL PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL HEMIPLEGIA: DORSAL/VENTRAL STREAM SENSITIVITY AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
8.  / C. Harris, D. Berry / A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS
9.  / J. Fukushima, H. Saito, T. Maruya, N. Sawada, M. Kawanishi, K. Fukushima / DEVELOPMENT OF PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENTS IN THREE DEMENSIONAL SPACE
10.  / V. Pfeifer, B. Stirn-Kranjc, M. Tekavčič-Pompe / CATARACT SURGERY AND INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION AND VISUAL OUTCOME IN CHILDREN AGED 5 AND UNDER

Each speaker has 20 minutes for the presentation (45 min. for review lectures, 10 min. for a short presentation). There is some time left at the end of each session for questions and/or discussion.

Posters will be presented in approx. 3 min. per poster on a walk-through basis, followed by a short discussion at each poster.