[visionlist] From Eye to Mind - Neuroophthalmology & Low Vision, Oct 25, 2008

[Sasha Sokolov]

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Welcome to the International Interdisciplinary
Symposium on Neuro-Ophthalmology and Low Vision

 From Eye to Mind
October 25th, 2008 in Tübingen, GERMANY

The symposium aims to build a bridge between the disciplines
of neuro-ophthalmology and low vision research.  It deals with
three different levels of visual impairment: retinal, optic
nerve and cortical.  The speakers are international experts in
their respective fields.

For more information please see
www.amd-read.net/from_eye_to_mind.html

Symposium Program -

Friday 24.10.2008 Low Vision Clinic, Univ. of Tübingen, Germany.
17:00 ? 18:00 Registration
18:00 Welcome Reception and Visit to Laboratory

Saturday 25.10.08 Conference Centre.

8:00 ? 9:00 Registration

9:00 ? 11:00 Session I
Welcome and Introduction: Eberhart Zrenner and
Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski (Tübingen, D)

Retina: Functional Aspects of Maculopathies
Chairs: Karl Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt (Tübingen, D) and
Ger van Rens (Amsterdam, NL)

Gary Rubin (London, UK)
Eye movements in AMD

Klaus Rohrschneider (Heidelberg, D)
SLO versus MP1 microperimetry in macular disease

Dorothea Besch (Tübingen, D)
Sensory aspects of macular translocation

Nhung Nguyen (Tübingen, D)
Improvement of reading speed by low vision aids in AMD

Ron Schuchard (Atlanta, USA)
Training of preferred retinal locus or of eccentric viewing:
is there a difference?

11:00 ? 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 ? 13:15 Session II
Optic Nerve Diseases with Visual Impairment
Chairs: William F. Hoyt (San Francisco, USA) and
Guntram Kommerell (Freiburg, D)

Kathleen Digre (Salt Lake City, USA)
Controversies in pseudotumor cerebri

Natascha Serova (Moscow, RU)
Papilledema in patients with brain tumor, visual disturbances ?
a clinical and epidemiological study

Helmut Wilhelm (Tübingen, D)
Optic nerve glioma ? expectations and considerations

Klara Landau (Zurich, CH)
Optic nerve meningioma ? associations and implications

Gordon Plant (London, UK)
Optic neuritis update

13:15 ? 14:15 Lunch break

14:15 ? 15:05 Session III
Cortical Adaptation to Vision Loss I
Chair: Christopher Kennard (London, UK)

Hans-Peter Thier (Tübingen, D)
Functional architecture of attention

Manfred Mackeben (San Francisco, USA)
Making the best of remaining vision ? the role of focal attention

15:05 ? 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 ? 17:15 Session IV
Cortical Adaptation to Vision Loss II
Chairs: François Vital-Durand (Lyon, F) and
Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann (Tübingen, D)

Christoph Braun (Trento, I)
Cortical reorganisation after damage of the central nervous system

Antony B. Morland (York, UK)
Absence of relevant cortical reorganisation in patients with macular  
degeneration

Avinoam Safran (Geneva, CH)
Cortical plasticity following focal visual field alteration: Scotoma
filling-in, visual hallucinations, and spatial distortion in spared
visual areas

Ulrich Schiefer (Tübingen, D)
Visual agnosia ? a challenge for ophthalmologists

Lea Hyvärinen (Helsinki, FI)
Assessment of visual processing disorders in children with other disabilities

Closing Remarks
Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski (Tübingen, D)

19:00 Dinner at Bebenhausen Castle.
Special lecture: Neuro-Ophthalmology in Art, Pinar Aydin (Ankara, TR)
Musical performance by the MaMiGo-Singers


For more information please see
www.amd-read.net/from_eye_to_mind.html

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