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Eurosight2000 oral presentations

For papers see session titles in the program!

All lectures are held in the "Auditorium"
Lunch and coffee/tea breaks are located in the adjacent "Parkzaal"and foyer.

Sunday  3 September  
18.00 Registration and welcome event
Monday  4 september
8.30 Registration  
9.00 Opening P.H. Beijers, general director de Blauwe Kamer Theofaan group and B. Greenhalgh, ISLRR board member
9.20 Invited lecture: 
Dr. E. Peli		 Multiplexing - A Novel Approach to Low-Visual Devices
9.45 Discussion  
10.00 Coffee break  
  SESSION READING
10.45 Arditi, A. Adjustable Typography for Low Vision Reading
11.00 Cejudo, M. Print Sizes in the Spanish Newspapers
11.15 Fosse, P. Lighting Needs During Reading in Age-Related macular Degeneration
11.30 Colenbrander, A. Snellen Revisited
11.45 Brinker, B. den The Usability of Window 2000 Accessibility Tools for Visually Impaired
12.00 Ericson, B. To make the choice - Braille or Print
12.15 Dijck, E. van 25 years of CCTV: Technology for technicians only?
12.30 lunch lunch is served near the exhibition-hall. You will have plenty of time to visit the exhibitors.
  SESSION VISUAL PERCEPTION 
14.00 Verstraten, P The connection between contents and circumstances of hallucinations in the Charles Bonnet Syndrome
14.15 Derksen, H. Contrast Sensitivity, Telescope systems, Low Vision
Patients
14.30 Riemslag, F. Flicker Fusion and Translucent Irises
14.45 Kooijman, A. Training of Visual Perception in Homonymous Hemianopia
15.00 Mazoyer, V. Color Contrast in Visual Search in Normal and Low Vision
15.15 coffee break coffee/tea is also served in the exhibition-hall.
  SESSION MOBILITY
16.00 Jackson, A. Guide Dog Ownership: A European Perspective
16.15 Whitney, G The Current State of Electronic Mobility Devices and Electronic Orientation Aids for Blind and Partially Sighted People in the United Kingdom
16.30 Kooijman, A. Effect of Compensatory Viewing Strategies on Driving Behaviour in Subjects with Visual Field Defects: Preliminary Results
16.45 Juodzbaliene, V. The influence of visual input on posture control of visually impaired
17.15 -18.00 ISLRR  business meeting
19.00 dinner  
Tuesday  5 september  
8.30 Registration  
9.00 invited lecture: prof A. Safran Plasticity in the adult visual cortex: implications for low vision patients
9.30 discussion  
  SESSION PEDIATRIC LOW VISION
9.45 Vervloed, M Vision stimulation, a review
10.00 Ek, U. Cognitive Development, Everyday Functioning and School-performance in Children with Periventricular Leukomalacia
10.15 Pinello, L. Congenital Bilateral cataract: Visual Outcome in a
Group of Aphakic Children
10.45 coffee break coffee/tea is also served in the exhibition-hall.
  SESSION VISUAL ASSESSMENT
11.30 Colenbrander, A. Scales for Functional Vision
11.45 Tiel, G. van Assessment of Visual Acuity with High-Luminance Optotypes
12.00 Melis, B Important factors in lighting advice
12.15 Hyvarinen, L. "Visually Impaired Persons" with near normal visual
function and "Normally Sighted" visually impaired persons - whom to believe?
12.30 Gurp, I. van Use of the GROMAT to determine the optimal
magnification for fluent reading with low vision
12.45 lunch lunch is served near the exhibition-hall. You will have
plenty of time to visit the exhibitors.
  SESSION LOW VISION SERVICES I
14.15 Jorritsma, F. Vereniging voor Revalidatie bij Slechtziendheid, Dutch society for Professionals Working on Rehabilitation in case of Low Vision
14.30 Culham, L Mapping of Low Vision Services throughout the United kingdom
14.45 Broggini, M. The Leonardo da Vince Project: the pilot courses in Italy
15.00 Skalicka, M. Recent Development of Low Vision Services in Czech
Republic
15.15 coffee break coffee/tea is also served in the exhibition-hall.
  SESSION LOW VISION SERVICES II
16.15 Hill, A. A decision analytic approach to determining priorities for low vision rehabilitation programmes in visual impairment
16.30 Antunes, C. A Distributed System to Support Low Vision Consultation
16.45 Lebech, P. Daily use of computerized case sheets
17.00 Verweyen, P. Low Vision Assessment - Adapted for use in East Africa - Low Vision Project
19.30   conference dinner
Wednesday  6 september  
8.30 registration  
9.00 invited lecture: prof A. Kooijman Technical developments in communication and mobility aids
9.30 discussion  
  SESSION LOW VISION DEVICES
9.45 Verbunt, H. Use of hand-held telescopes by visually impaired children and youth
10.00 Chmielowski, R The DEC-system for fitting telescopes in home-trial frames
10.15 Gustafsson, J. "Widesight"- a project aimed at improving pheripheral vision
10.30    
10.45 coffee break  
  SESSION EPIDEMIOLOGY
11.15 Jackson, A. A European Perspective on the Registration of Visual Impairment and Blindness
11.30 Porro, G. Changing Panorama of the Causes of Blindness among Multihandicapped Subjects in the Netherlands
11.45 Rens, G. van Visual Impairment, what do we realy know about the epidemiology?
12.00 Barca, M. Causes of Low Vision in Pediatric Ophthalmology
12.15 Bruce, I The UK's visually impaired people at the millennium
12.30 lunch  
  SESSION QUALITY OF LIFE
13.30 Boer, M. de The validity of a Vision Related Quality of Life Questionnaire in the Netherlands
13.45 Hill, A. The effect of cataract surgery on quality of life in
patients with age-related macular degeneration
14.00 Hinds, A. The impact of an interdisciplinary model of low service provision on patients quality of life.
14.15 Damen, S. Enhancing the World of persons with both Visual and Intellectual Disabilities, by Providing Them a Video-Camera
14.30 closing A. Arditi (ISLRR) and W. van Damme (organizing committee)

 

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