Kongsberg Vision Meeting 2021

Programme

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 Lighting for darkness.
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 The non-visual effects of light on human physiology and behaviour: From principles to practice.
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 fourth stage of lighting design.
Sylvia Pont, π-lab (Perceptual Intelligence lab), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

14:00: Workshops including Coffee.

15:30: Concluding remarks.

Clinical Optometry Day (November 17th) {{ icon }}

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?
Panel Discussion

16:00: Concluding remarks

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

Vision Research Day (November 18th) {{ icon }}

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.

11:30 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 Contact 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 CL in presbyopes: the long lasting fighting between monovision and multifocal CLs.
Fabrizio Zeri, Department of Materials Science and Research Centre in Optics and Optometry, University of Milano Bicocca, COMiB Milan, Italy

15:00: Keeping scleral lens issues and complications in perspective.
Daddi Fadel, Euro & Austral-Asian Scleral Lens Academy.

15:30: When a patient loves his scleral lens too much.
Eilin Lundanes, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, University of South-Eastern Norway.

15:45: Concluding remarks

18:30: The KVM Conference Dinner
NOK 800 per person.

Registration – fee and deadlines

Registration fee NOK 1000,- for the Lighting Day and 1250,- per day for the Clinical Optometry Day and the Vision Research Day. This includes lunch and coffee breaks. Additional cost for dinner on Wednesday November 18th NOK 350,- per person and on Thursday November 19th NOK 800,- per person.

Any cancellation after October 20th will not be refunded

Abstract Submission Deadline

October 25th.

Accomodation

Do you require accommodation while attending Kongsberg Vision Meeting?

We have an agreement with two of the hotels in Kongsberg. For booking please contact your preferred hotel directly:

Quality Hotel Grand Kongsberg
Single room: NOK 1549,- per night including breakfast
For reservation: kundesenter.kongsberg@choice.no
Reservation code to claim KVM room price: Kongsberg Vision Meeting 161121
There are 40 rooms available until October 5th
Kongsberg Vandrerhjem Bergmanne
Singleroom: NOK 788,- pr night including breakfast
Twinroom: NOK 1.040,- pr night including breakfast
Reservation code to claim KVM room price: Kongsberg Vision Meeting
email: kristin@hihostels.no
phone: +4732 73 20 24
There are 25 rooms available until October 26th

Additional information

Previous meetings:

KVM 2019: Immersive technologies for eye care and lighting design
KVM 2018: Vision Impairment, Elderly and Light.

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