Kongsberg Vision Meeting 2021

10:00: Welcome (in the Cinema Oksen, 2nd floor)
Are Røysamb, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway.

10:05: Light and materials in the wild.
Sylvia Pont, π-lab (Perceptual Intelligence lab), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

11:00 Sustainable street lighting for humans and insects.
Helga I. Wåseth, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway.

11:30 Lunch in Café Haspa
Visit Exhibits on the 2nd floor.

12:30 Light exposure, photoreceptor signals and biological rhythms in humans.
Manuel Spitschan, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Transfaculty Research Platform Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences, Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Switzerland

13:15 Education and research in the third stage of lighting design.
Sylvia Pont, π-lab (Perceptual Intelligence lab), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

14:00: Workshops including Coffee.

15:00: Concluding remarks.

09:30: Registration at the National Centre for Optics Vision and Eye Care
Coffee is served on 2nd floor where Exhibits are.

10:00: Welcome (in the Cinema Oksen, 2nd floor)
Head of department, Bente Monica Aakre, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, University of South-Eastern Norway.

10:05: Going Beyond Corneal Borders - the future of fitting the irregular cornea.
Eef van der Worp, Eye-Contact-Lens Research & Education Amsterdam, The Netherlands

10:50: Ocular biometry in primary care optometry.Rigmor C. Baraas, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, University of South-Eastern Norway.

11:30: Lunch in Café Haspa
Visit Exhibits on the 2nd floor.

12:15: Three Clinical workshops:

• The importance of retinoscopy when fitting specialty contact lenses.
  Ann Elisabeth Ystenæs & Ellen Svarverud. University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.
• The slit lamp examination when fitting specialty contact lenses.
  Eilin Lundanes & Jörgen Gustafsson, University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.
• The OCT examination when fitting specialty contact lenses.
  Klaus Sjøhaug & Hilde R. Pedersen, University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

14:30: Coffee
Served on 2nd floor where Exhibits are.

15:00: What's a Specialty Lens Practice?

16:00: Concluding remarks

16:30: Dinner in Haspa (NOK 350 per person)

09:00: Registration at the National Centre for Optics Vision and Eye Care
Coffee is served on 2nd floor where Exhibits are.

10:00: Welcome (in the Cinema Oksen, 2nd floor)
Director of Research, Rigmor C Baraas, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, University of South-Eastern Norway.

10:05: Specialty Contact Lenses for Refractive Error Control.
Nicola S Logan, Optometry & Vision Science Research Group, Aston University, Life & Health Sciences, Birmingham, UK

11:00: Normal eye growth in adolescents from 16 to 18 years of age
Lene A Hagen, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, University of South-Eastern Norway.

11:15: Contributed presentation.

11:30: Contributed presentation.

11:45: Contributed presentations.

12:00 to 13:00: Lunch In Café Haspa
Visit Exhibits and demonstrations on the 2nd floor.

13:05: When was the Last Time you FITTED a Soft Lens?
Eef van der Worp, Eye-Contact-Lens Research & Education Amsterdam, The Netherlands

14:00: Coffee
Served on 2nd floor where Exhibits are.

14:30: Successful fitting of contact lenses in presbyopes.
Fabrizio Zeri, Department of Materials Science and Research Centre in Optics and Optometry, University of Milano Bicocca, COMiB Milan, Italy

15:00: Scleral lens complications.
Daddi Fadel, Euro & Austral-Asian Scleral Lens Academy.

15:30: Contributed presentations.

15:45: Contributed presentations.

16:00: Contributed presentations.

16:15: Concluding remarks

18:30: The KVM Conference Dinner
Suggested to be held at Marlenes Bistro, Nymoens Skrågate 2, NOK 800 per person.