C ONFERENCE TOPICS INCLUDE ( BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ) Performance-based tests Reading Object recognition Postural stability, balance and falls Patient reported outcome measures (questionnaires) Epidemiology of low vision Prevalence and impact in older adults and in children New technologies Prosthetic vision (retinal implants) Electronic low vision aids Psycho-social issues and depression Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in low vision Training / Rehabilitation Devices Economic evaluation of low vision rehabilitation

Scientific Committee Mario Broggini – Italy Eric Castet- France Benito Codina – Spain Bláithín Gallagher – Ireland Jorgen Gustafsson – Sweden Stilianos Karditsas – Greece Miguel Maldonado - Spain Maria Begoña Coco Martin – Spain Bart Melis-Dankers – Netherlands Gary Rubin - UK Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinsky - Germany Anton Verezon - Netherlands

Keynote Speaker Dr Michael Crossland Specialist Optometrist Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Title: Research to rehabilitation: from the lab to the clinic Michael Crossland is a Specialist Optometrist in low vision at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and a Senior Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. His PhD was awarded by the University of London in 2004 for work on the development of the preferred retinal locus in people with macular disease, supervised by Gary Rubin and Louise Culham. He has over 30 papers in the peer reviewed literature and has given invited talks in France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Malaysia, Canada and the USA. He continues to perform clinical low vision assessments for adults and children, specialising in people with field loss due to macular disease or neurological conditions. He is a Member of the College of Optometrists, leader of the optometric low vision group of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics, and a committee member of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Meeting Announcement European Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation September 2013 Oxford University The European Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation (ESLRR) is pleased to announce that its next conference, ESLRR 2013 will take place in September at the beautiful new Conference Centre at Keble College, Oxford University. Low Vision: From Laboratory Research to Clinical Practice The two-day conference, limited to 150 delegates, will be preceded by an optional ½ day course, limited to 50. Overnight accommodations will be provided in College rooms (en-suite) and meals, including a Gala Dinner will take place in the stunning College dining hall. Platform and poster presentations are invited in all aspects of low vision research ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 6 June 2013

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