Kongsberg Vision Meeting 2025

• Time: 8:15-9:00
• Title: Why is uncorrected vision not mentioned in clinical guidelines on headaches?
• Speaker: Professor Hanne-Mari Schiotz Thorud, National Center for Optics, Vision, and Eye Health, USN

• Time: 8:15-9:00
• Title: What do you, who work with keratoconus patients need to know about your patients? The Norwegian version of the Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire is now validated and ready for clinical use. And what will future independent prescribing mean for Norwegian optometrists?
• Speakers: Professor Vibeke Sundling, National Center for Optics, Vision, and Eye Health, USN and Ph.D. candidate Eilin Lundanes, National Center for Optics, Vision, and Eye Health, USN

8:30-9:00
Registration & Coffee/Tea, Oksen cinema theatre on the 2nd floor

09:00
Welcome

09:05–09:45
Keynote: Visual function after brain impact Jan Johansson (in Swedish)
Did you know that the optometrist can play an important role when the brain is affected by injury or illness? This lecture aims to provide basic knowledge about various conditions, the client's needs, as well as visual function impact and treatment options. The lecture will be based on research and clinical experience from neurorehabilitation with the optometrist as part of the team.

09:50–10:15
Headache diagnosis and management - clinical guidelines: Why is uncorrected vision left out? (in Norwegian)
Hanne Mari Schiotz Thorud

10:25–11:35
Rapid research presentations by PhD candidates (in Norwegian/English)
Marte Furuheim Rosenvinge, Arjana Alihodzic, Eilin Lundanes, Farjina Jannat Juli, Ieva Krastina and Solveig Arnegard.

11:35-11:45
2 min speed presentations exhibitors

11:45–13:45
Exhibits and Lunch, in Sølvsalen on the 3rd floor

13:45-14:30
Keynote: Glasses or treatment: the optician's new reality (in Norwegian by Erik Robertstad)

14:30-14:55
Exhibits & Coffee Sølvsalen​​​​, on the 3rd floor

15:00-15:45
Integration of therapeutic medications in Norwegian optometric practice – a panel discussion (in Norwegian)  
Therapeutic medications represent a significant advancement in optometric practice. To ensure that optometrists and assistants are well-equipped to treat patients, increased competence is required. Furthermore, clinical practice must be adapted to effectively integrate these medications. This involves improvements in patient experience, optimization of service design, and a dynamic redistribution of tasks between ophthalmologists, optometrists, and assistants. By integrating therapeutic medications into optometric practice, we can collectively contribute to a more sustainable and forward-looking eye care service.  Discussion between:

• Erik Robertstad (leads the panel discussion)
• Rasmus Gudmundsen
• Hege Høy Omdal
• Christine Hægstad
• Øyvind Krogh
• Jostein Åsmul
• Bente Monica Aakre

15:45
Closing comments (5-10 min)

18:00
Social Conference Dinner
Tråkka Mat & Vinhus
Three course dinner and drinks served at 19

09:00
Welcome

09:05–09:35
Visual perception, cognition and brain damage (in Norwegian)
Eike Ines Wehling​​

09:50–12:00
Workshops 1-3, including coffee (in Norwegian or Swedish)
Held at the Eye clinic National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye care at the 3rd floor.

1. Bedömning och behandling av synfunktion efter hjärnpåverkan Jan Johansson
   Är du nyfiken på hur optikern kan hjälpa till i praktiken? Vad bör undersökas? Vilka behandlingsmöjligheter finns? Vi utgår från ett protokoll som grundar sig på forskning och klinisk erfarenhet från neurorehabilitering. Målet är att förse dig med kliniskt tillämpbar kunskap och inspirera till att ta de första stegen mot att göra skillnad!
2. Tårekanalskylling Tove Lise Morisbakk & Lotte-Guri Bogfjellmo Sten ​​
   ​En praktisk workshop hvor du vil bli introdusert til tårekanalskylling. Hvem? Hva? Hvordan? Hvorfor? Målet er at du vil få kunnskap og inspirasjon til å videre utvikle og ta i bruk nye ferdigheter. Denne workshopen ble så godt mottatt i fjor at vi gjentar den i år.
3. Skolebarn & binokulært syn (Trine Langaas og Cecilie Bjørset fra SNOW-studien)
   En praktisk workshop hvor du vil få inspirasjon, øvelse og ny kunnskap om testing, diagnostisering og oppfølging av binokulært syn hos barn.

12:00–14:00
Exhibits and Lunch in Sølvsalen on the 3rd floor

14:00–15:50
SNOW: 10 år med forskning på barn & syn i Norge, Oksen Cinema Theater (in Norwegian)
Come and hear more about what we have learned from the testing we have done in our schools in Kongsberg. What can be done to reveal vision impairment with kids and young adults. Meet alle the scientists from the SNOW-study.

15:50
Closing comments (5 min)