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