IMAGINING THE IMPOSSIBLE

13th International Low Vision Conference by the
International Society for Low Vision
Research and Rehabilitation

5 - 8 July 2022
The Convention Centre Dublin – Ireland

Hosted by:
VISPA (Vision Impaired Service Provider's Alliance)

VISPA Organisation members are:
NCBI, ChildVision, Irish Guide Dogs, Fighting Blindness

IMAGINING THE IMPOSSIBLE

13th International Low Vision Conference by the
International Society for Low Vision
Research and Rehabilitation

5 - 8 July 2022
The Convention Centre Dublin – Ireland

Hosted by:
VISPA (Vision Impaired Service Provider's Alliance)

VISPA Organisation members are:
NCBI, ChildVision, Irish Guide Dogs, Fighting Blindness

IMAGINING THE IMPOSSIBLE

13th International Low Vision Conference by the
International Society for Low Vision
Research and Rehabilitation

5 - 8 July 2022
The Convention Centre Dublin – Ireland

Hosted by:
VISPA (Vision Impaired Service Provider's Alliance)

VISPA Organisation members are:
NCBI, ChildVision, Irish Guide Dogs, Fighting Blindness

Scientific Committee Programme
Management Group

Prof. David Keegan 
Consultant

Chair Scientific Committee
Mater University Hospital
Ireland

Ms. Geraldine Neill
Coordinator Scientific Committee programme management group

Scientific Committee Lead
ChildVision
Ireland

Mr. Aaron Mullaniff
Scientific Committee Programme Management Group

Scientific Committee Programme Management Group
NCBI
Ireland

Ms. Joan Ryan
Optometrist, Assistant Lecturer, Clinical Supervisor and PhD Researcher

Scientific Committee Programme Management Group
TU Dublin
Ireland

Scientific Committee
Review Panel

Dr. Michael Crossland
Specialist Optometrist

Moorfields Eye Hospital
United Kingdom

Prof. Gislin Dagnelie
Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins Univ Dept of Ophthalmology
United States

Mr. Jim Deremeik
Education/rehabilitation
Program Manager

Johns Hopkins Lions Vision Research And Rehabilitation Center
United States

Ms. Audrey Farrelly
Early Years Manager
And Assessment Coordinator

Childvision
Ireland

Dr. Helena Filipe
Md, MMEd

Sams, Lisbon
Portugal

Dr. Donald Fletcher
Medical Director

Envision
United States

Mr. Ian Flitcroft
Consultant Ophthalmologist

Children’s Hospital Ireland
Ireland

Dr. Bláíthín Gallagher
Research Director

B.A.M. Gallagher Consulting
Ireland

Dr. Gregory Goodrich
Associate Editor

Journal Of  Visual Impairment And Blindness
United States

Dr. Jianmin Hu
Director

The Second Affiliated Hospital Of Fujian Medical Unversity
China

Dr. Mary Lou Jackson
Physician

University of British Columbia
Canada

Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Jackson
Head Of Optometry

Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Northern Ireland

Prof. Susan Leat
Professor

University of Waterloo
Canada

Prof. Samuel Markowitz
Director

Low Vision Service University of Toronto
Canada

Ms. Moyra McClure
Optometrist

Ulster University/ Belfast Trust
United Kingdom

Dr. Bart Melis-Dankers
Clinical Physicist

Visual System Royal Dutch Visio
Netherlands

Assoc. Prof. Saddek Mohand-said
Medical Coordinator

CHNO des Quinze-vingts / CRMR REFERET
France

Dr. Nabin Paudel
Postdoctoral Fellow

Technological University Dublin
Ireland

Prof. Bernhard Sabel
Director

Professor University Of Magdeburg
Germany

Prof. Kathryn Saunders
Professor Of Optometry
and Vision Science

Ulster University
United Kingdom

Dr. Julie Silvestri
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
United Kingdom

Dr. Janet S Sunness
Medical Director

Hoover Low Vision Rehab Services, Greater Baltimore Medical Director
United States

Dr. Karin Van Dijk
CBM Global Advisor on Low Vision

CBM
Netherlands

Assoc. Prof. Ruth van Nispen
Associate Professor Low Vision Research

Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Netherlands

Prof. Walter Wittich
Assistant Professor

University of Montreal
Canada

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