SUNDAY, 25 June 2017
15.30-16.30 Pre-registration
16.30-18.00 WELCOME RECEPTION with the Jacuzi’s band
MONDAY, 26 June 2017 “Low Vision Rehabilitation – a Global Right”
08.00-09.00 Registration
09.00-10.30 Symposia, workshops and parallel sessions
- SYM01 ISLRR Symposium Congenital deafblindness (W Wittich, S Damen) King Willem Alexander
- SYM02 ESLRR Symposium Cerebral visual impairment (I) (S Trauzettel) Amazon
- SYM03 ISLRR Symposium Interactive clinical case presentations (ML Jackson, A Verezen) Central America
- PAR01 Parallel Epidemiology & public health (J Hu, P Simkiss) South America
- PAR02 Parallel Low vision & optical aids (B Seiple, G de Wit) Africa
- WSH01 Workshop Service delivery models (H Minto, J Jackson) Antarctica
- WSH02 Workshop iPad in 2-6 year olds (M Trouw) Asia
10.30-11.15 Coffee break – Exhibition – Posters
- 10.45-11.15 Open discussions Posters: P093-098 / P101-108Exhibition
11.15-12.45 PLE01 Plenary opening ceremony by Vision 2020the Netherlands “Low vision rehabilitation, a global right” (J Keunen, G van Rens) King Willem Alexander
Welcome by:
- prof. Ger van Rens, past-president ISLRR, organizer Vision 2017
- prof. Jan Keunen, chair of Vision 2020 Netherlands
- prof. Olga Overbury, president ISLRR
- Jopie Nooren, senator, CEO Bartiméus, also on behalf of Royal Dutch Visio and Robert Coppes Foundation
PLE01 Keynote Lectures:
- HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, patron Vision 2020 Netherlands
- Prof. Gordon Legge: The past, present and future of low-vision research, a personal perspective
- Penny Hartin (WBU): Empowerment and the right to rehabilitation from a client’s perspective
- Dr. Hans Limburg (Vision 2020 NL): The distribution of functional low vision in people aged 50 and above
Other sessions:
- WSH03 Workshop iPad in 6-10 year olds (M Trouw) Asia
12.45-13.45 Lunch break - Exhibition – Posters
- 13.15-13.45 Poster Pitches Poo1-035: Exhibition
- Low vision services (J Jackson (I), A Macedo (II))
- Epidemiology and public health (A Macedo)
- Aging and later life (P Verstraten)
- Evidence based treatments (P Verstraten)
- Reading and visual acuity (J Koopman)
- Dual sensory loss (E Elsman)
- ADL (E Elsman)
- Orientation and Mobility (E Elsman)
- 12.45-13.45 ISLRR board and executive committee meeting(South America)
- 12.45-13.30Photo and film presentation three Dutch centers of expertise for the visually impaired (Amazon)
- 13.00-13.40Movie: El Camino de Santiago de Compostela from another perspective (Central America)
13.45-15.15 Symposia, workshops and parallel sessions
- SYM04 Symposium Rehabilitation for people with hemianopia (G de Haan, J Heutink) King Willem Alexander
- SYM05 SymposiumParenting VI children (P Sterkenburg, S Kef) Amazon
- SYM06 ZonMw Symposium Research & implementation (P Verstraten, B Steenbergen) Central America
- SYM07 ESLRR Symposium Epidemiology & services (A Macedo, A Verezen) South America
- PAR03 Parallel Orientation & mobility (B Sabel, A Cheong) Africa
- WSH04 iPhone/iPad in 10-14 year olds(M Trouw) Asia
- WSH05 Workshop Service in low-resource settings? (K van Dijk) Antarctica
15.15-16.00 Coffee break – Exhibition – Posters
- 15.30-16.00: Open discussions posters: P076-092Exhibition
16.00-17.30 PLE02 Plenary Session by ESLRR and ISLRR “The changing face of low vision rehabilitation” (B Gallagher, G Woo) King Willem Alexander
- PLE02 ESLRR Keynote lecture: prof. Gary Rubin: “30 years of achievements in low vision research”*
- PLE02 Plenary Symposium “Low vision rehabilitation research (I)”
Other sessions:
- SYM08 Symposium Driving with low vision (A Bowers, W van Damme) Amazon
- PAR04 Parallel Accessibility (K Inde, E Elsman) Central America
- PAR05 Parallel PS7 Children & VI (I) (M Vervloed, A van Sorge) South America
- WSH06 iPhone/iPad in 14-18 year olds (M Trouw) Asia
17.30-19.30 ESLRR board and executive committee meetingSouth America
TUESDAY, 27 June 2017 “Low Vision Rehabilitation across Generations”
09.00-10:30 PLE03 Plenary Session “Cerebral Visual Impairment in childhood”
(S Trauzettel) King Willem Alexander
- PLE03 ESLRR keynote lecture: prof. Els Ortibus* “Cerebral visual impairment, a multifaceted disorder”
- PLE03 Plenary Symposium Cerebral visual impairment (II)(S Zuidhoek, S Trauzettel)
Other sessions:
- PAR06 Parallel best practice examples (C Dennison, K Inde) Amazon
- PAR07 Parallel Children and VI (II) (B Huurneman, M de Droog) Central America
10.30-11.15 Coffee break – Exhibition – Posters
- 10.45-11.15 Open discussions posters: P062-075Exhibition
11.15-12.45 Symposia, workshops and parallel sessions
- SYM09 Symposium Brain injury (C Carman, D Bergsma) King Willem Alexander
- SYM10 Symposium Models of care delivery (A Malkin, T Roelofs) Amazon
- SYM11 Symposium Novel diagnostic tools in LVR (B Huurneman, C Harris) Central America
- SYM12 ESLRR Symposium Visual & oculomotor processes (E Castet, J Koopman) South America
- PAR08 Parallel Children & VI (III) (M van Genderen, E van Nouhuys) Africa
- PAR09 Parallel Psychometrics/validation (G Dagnelie, R van Nispen) Antarctica
- PAR10Parallel Empowerment(S Damen, A Waninge) Asia
12.45-13.45 Lunch break - Exhibition – Posters
- 13.15-13.45: Poster pitches: P036-071Exhibition
- Children and visual impairment (N Boonstra)
- Intellectual disability (A Waninge)
- CVI (N Boonstra)
- Neuropsychology and neuroscience (G de Wit)
- Reading (G de Wit)
- Visual functioning (G de Wit (I), H Talsma (II))
- Accessibility, environment and information (C Dennison)
- 12.45-13.45 ISLRR General meetingSouth America
- 13.00-13.40Movie: El Camino de Santiago de Compostela from another perspective (Central America)
13.45-15.15 PLE04 Plenary Session “Vision and the brain” (H van der Steen)
- PLE04 Erasmus Neuroscience Keynote: prof. Chris Harris “A nystagmus care pathway for all”
- PLE04 ISLRR Plenary Symposium “Low vision and brain plasticity” (B Sabel, J Heutink) King Willem Alexander
Other sessions:
- WSH07 Driving with low vision in Europe (W van Damme, B Melis-Dankers) Amazon
- SYM13 Symposium Attachment (P Sterkenburg, H Giltaij) Central America
- WSH08 Stimulating perception in children (M in ’t Veld, J van ’t Hul, C Schuijt) South America
15.15-16.00 Coffee break – Exhibition – Posters
- 15.30-16.00 Open discussions posters 047-061
16.00-17.30 Symposia, workshops and parallel sessions
- SYM14 Symposium Eyes on the move (H van der Steen, C Harris) King Willem Alexander
- SYM15 ISLRR Symposium Acquired deafblindness (W Wittich, T Roelofs) Amazon
- SYM16 Symposium Interventions in VI children (N Boonstra, A Palmowski-Wolfe) Central America
- SYM17 Prof. S. Wang Symposium Service developments in Asia (A Cheong, J Hu) South America
- SYM18 ESLRR Symposium Mobility & visual field (B Gallagher, K Latham) Africa
- PAR11 Parallel Reading (M Crossland, H Talsma) Antarctica
- PAR12 Parallel Aging and later life (O Overbury, R van Nispen) Asia
WEDNESDAY 28 June 2017 “Technology and Adaptation to Vision loss”
08.00-09.00 Registration Daisy Consortium
08.00-9.00 SPO01 Multilens sponsored session: “New optical low vision devices – not just high additions” Asia
09.00-10:30 PLE05 Plenary Session welcoming Better Together conference “Technological innovations” (J de Bruin) King Willem Alexander
- PLE05 Pepper and Dedicon Keynote lectures:
- PLE05: Hector Minto, senior technology evangelist Microsoft
- PLE05: Kiran Kaja: technical program manager (search accessibility) at Google
- PLE 05: Vision 2017 keynote lecture: Arthur van Es, autonomous driving Volvo cars
Other sessions:
- PAR13 Parallel Complex needs (I) (G de Wit, ML Jackson) Central America
- PAR14 Parallel Visual functioning (H Lee, G Dagnelie) South America
- SYM19 Symposium Accessible rehabilitation (P Wijen, A Buurmeijer, I Schreurs) Africa
10.30-11.15 Coffee break – Exhibition – Posters
- 10.45-11.15 Open discussions posters: P033-046Exhibition
11.15-12.45 Symposia, workshops and parallel sessions
- SYM20 ESLRR Symposium Technology (B Gallagher, H Petrie) King Willem Alexander
- SYM21 Better Together Discussions tables on future technology (I)(K Krikhaar) Amazon Foyer
- SYM22 Better Together Symposium Accessible images (I) (J Klein) Central America
- SYM23 Better Together Symposium Exciting technologies (J de Bruin) South America
- SYM24Symposium Psychosocial impact in old age (P Verstraten, V Heyl) Amazon
- PAR15 Parallel Children & VI (IV) (N Stellingwerf, V Gothwal) Africa
- PAR16Parallel Education(A Palmowski-Wolfe, S Kef) Antarctica
- WSH09 Master class Eye-tracking (J Pel, M Kooiker) Asia
12.45-13.45 Lunch break - Exhibition – Posters
- 12.45-13.45 ESLRR General meetingAntarctica
- 13.00-13.40Movie: El Camino de Santiago de Compostela from another perspective (Central America)
- 13.15-13.45 Poster pitches Exhibition
- Automation, computer tech, E-health, (G de Haan)
- Bionic eye, retinal implants (G de Haan)
- Education(M Vervloed)
- Low vision aids & optical aids (M Crossland (I), ML Jackson (II))
- Psychosocial functioning (ML Jackson)
- Quality of life (B Gallagher)
- Psychometric & validation studies (B Gallagher)
13.45-15.30PLE06 Plenary Session “Adaptation to visual disability in a sighted world”
(R van Nispen, E Castet) King Willem Alexander
- PLE06 ESLRR Keynote lecture: dr. Hilde van der Aa: “Stepped-care & E-health for mental health problems”
- PLE06 Plenary Symposium “Low vision rehabilitation research (II)”
- PLE06 Award ceremony ISLRR travel grants
Other sessions:
- SYM25 Symposium Better Together Discussion tables on future technology (II)(K Krikhaar) Amazon Foyer
- SYM26 Symposium Better Together Sharing information (J de Bruin) Central America
- SYM27 Symposium Better Together Accessible images (II) (B Westling) South America
- PAR17 Parallel Accessibility of information (M Crossland, J Koopman) Amazon
- PAR18 Parallel Reading (S Trauzettel, B Seiple) Africa
- WSH10 Workshop Safe Cycling (B Melis-Dankers, B Jelijs) Antarctica
- WSH11 Workshop Prisms for hemianopia (E Peli) Asia
15.15-16.00 Coffee break – Exhibition – Posters
- 15.30-16.00: Open discussions posters: P015-032Exhibition
- PLE07 Plenary Session Closing ceremony Better Together conference
Amazon
- Dedicon Keynote lectures: George Kerscher, president Daisy Consortium; Martijn Aslander, stand-up philosopher
Other sessions:
- SYM28 Symposium Evolution of devices for the visually impaired (A Macedo, A Bittner) King Willem Alexander
- SYM29Symposium Low vision standards (J Jackson, A Verezen) Central America
- SYM30 Symposium Lighting (G Goodrich, P Derksen) South America
- PAR19 Parallel Quality of life (A Waninge, G van Rens) Africa
- PAR20 Parallel Cerebral visual impairment (III) (M Vervloed, R Walthes) Antarctica
- PAR21 Parallel Best practice examples(T Dearing, K van Dijk) Asia
19.00-23.00 Conference Diner: Buena Vista Club Scheveningen
THURSDAY, 29 june 2017 “Participation and society”
09.00-10:30 Symposia, workshops and parallel sessions
- SYM31 Symposium Participation in VI & multiple disabilities(A Waninge, P Verstraten) Amazon
- SYM32 Symposium Challenges in social participation (S Kef, C Dennison) Central America
- SYM33 Symposium Eye-tracking in low vision rehabilitation (J Pel, B Dalhoi) South America
- PAR22 Parallel Reading/visual acuity (W Seiple, G Dagnelie) King Willem Alexander
- PAR23 Parallel Occupational therapy(G Woo, M de Droog) Africa
- PAR24 Complex needs (II) (J Heutink, R van Nispen) Antarctica
- WSH12 MasterclassPrescribing bioptic telescopes for driving (II) (E Peli, H Greene) Asia
10.30-11.15 Coffee break – Exhibition
- 10.45-11.15 Open discussions Posters: P001-014Exhibition
11.15-12.45 Plenary Session (8) “Low vision rehabilitation for better participation”
(G van Rens, O Overbury) King Willem Alexander
- PLE08 Keynote lecture by dr. Filippo Amore: “WHO standards for low vision rehabilitation – a new perspective”
- Levreta, VRS and Vision 2017 next generation award ceremony
- Closing ceremony
13.00 Departure site visits
- Bartiméus
- Royal Dutch Visio
- Robert Coppes Foundation