Program

Located in the Events/Exhibition Hall of the Bioscience Research Collaborative (BRC) Building at Rice University.

7:15 - 8:00

Registration and breakfast

8:00 - 8:15

Opening remarks - Patricia DeLucia

Clinical and public health importance of low vision: Incidence and needs

  • 8:15 - 8:35 Charles Wykoff - Retinal Consultants of Texas
  • 8:35 - 8:55 Melinda Benjumea - The Lighthouse of Houston
  • 8:55 - 9:15 Barry Stafford - Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Mobility with low vision in the real world

  • 9:15 - 9:35 Gordon Legge - University of Minnesota
  • 9:35 - 9:55 Shirin Hassan - Indiana University
  • 9:55 - 10:15 Alex Bowers - Schepens Eye Research Institute

10:15 - 10:30

10:30-
11:15

Break


Discussion

Street Crossing, Collision Perception

  • 11:15 - 11:35 - Patricia DeLucia - Rice University
  • 11:35 - 11:55 Robin Baurès - Toulouse Université
  • 11:55 - 12:15 Joseph Kearney - University of Iowa

12:15 - 1:15

Lunch and networking (food will be served)

Sensory substitution and multisensory integration

  • 1:15 - 1:35 Daniel Oberfeld - University of Mainz
  • 1:35 - 1:55 Andrew J Kolarik - University of East Anglia
  • 1:55 - 2:15 Stephanie Badde - Tufts University

2:15-2:30

Break

Training, assistive technologies and devices for low vision

  • 2:30 - 2:50 Eli Peli - Harvard University, Schepens Eye Research Institute
  • 2:50 - 3:10 John Ross Rizzo - NYU Langone Medical Center
  • 3:10 - 3:30 Preeti Verghese - Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

3:30-4:15

Discussion

4:15-4:30

Closing Remarks - Patricia DeLucia

4:30-6:00

Reception and Poster Session

Improving Mobility with Low Vision

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