Kongsberg Vision Meeting 2022

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Welcome to Kongsberg Vision Meeting! This year's topic is Light & Vision in a Public Health Perspective.


07 Nov

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Programme

The meeting will focus on the role of light and vision in public health and how improvements in light design and eye care contribute to the advancement of sustainable development.

Lighting Day (November 7th)

10:00 Welcome
Are Røysamb
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

10:05 What elderly people don’t see while driving on a road with (what lighting professionals consider as) good lighting
Wout van Bommel
Independent Lighting Consultant, Netherlands

10:50 Optimizing lighting of rural roads and protected areas: a complex dilemma.
Antonio Peña García
University of Granada, Spain

11:45: Lunch in Café Haspa
Visit Exhibits on the 2nd floor.

12:30 Personalized light design
Myriam Aries
Jönköping University, Sweden

13:15 The science and practice behind design for darkness strategies: collaborations between scientists, lighting designers, municipalities and industry.
Taylor Stone and Iris Dijkstra
University of Bonn, Germany and Atelier LEK, Netherlands

14:00 Coffee
Visit Exhibits on the 2nd floor.

14:30–16:00 Workshop: Lights on campus Kongsberg
Sylvia Pont
π-lab (Perceptual Intelligence lab), Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

In teams we will develop lighting concepts for several locations around the campus. When it is dark, we will demonstrate the concepts using "rapid prototyping” techniques, one concept at a time, so that everyone can experience all concepts “live” to see the light.

20:00 Outdoor demonstration: Lights on campus Kongsberg
Open to the public. Meet outside Krona on the 3rd floor for a guided tour.

Clinical Optometry and Vision Research Day 1 (November 8th)

10:00 Welcome

10:05 The importance of correcting hypermetropia.
Bruce Moore
New England College of Optometry, Boston, USA

10:45 Vision anomalies and manual control in children and adolescents in Norway
Tina R. Johansen
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

11:00 Longitudinal changes in peripheral refraction in a cohort of Swedish schoolchildren
Karthikeyan Baskaran
Linnaeus University, Department of Medicine and Optometry, Kalmar, Sweden.

11:15 Lunch in Café Haspa
Visit Exhibits on the 2nd floor.

12:15 The importance of sleep, food and physical activity for children and adolescents’ health and wellbeing
Solfrid Bratland-Sanda
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

12:45 The role of circannual and diurnal variations in ocular structures in eye growth
Nickolai G. Nilsen
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

13:00 A longitudinal study of structural and functional changes in central retina of healthy children
Pelsin Demir
Linnaeus University, Department of Medicine and Optometry, Kalmar, Sweden.

13:15 Individual variation in how oculomotor function is affected by working in mixed reality head mounted display
Walter Yego
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

13:30 Coffee
Served on 2nd floor where Exhibits are.

14:00 Glasses in classes
Lee Turner
Department for Education, His Majesty’s Government, UK

Mark Mon-Williams
University of Leeds and Bradford Institute of Health Research, UK.

15:00-15:30 The Norwegian optometry education celebrates 50 years of innovation and excellence
Bente Monica Aakre.

 

15:30-16:30 Bubbles & Balloons
Served on 3rd floor, at National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care. ​​​​​​ 

18:30-22:00 The 50th Jubilee Dinner (Grand Hotel Magazinet)

Clinical Optometry and Vision Research Day 2 (November 9th)

09:30 Welcome

 

09:35 Keynote: Person-centred communication – how does it work
Vibeke Sundling 
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway
 

10:30 Age-related normal limits for spatial vision in different light conditions
Arjan Keuken
University of London, London, United Kingdom and University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands


10:45 Corneal markers of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Siv Aaseth Sandvik
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

11:00 Heading perception and second-eye cataract surgery
William Sheppard
University of Leeds, UK

11:15 The need for vision assessment of stroke patients
Torgeir S. Mathisen
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

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

12:15: Three Clinical workshops: Empower your primary eye care practice

  • Implementing diagnostic drugs into your everyday practice
    Lotte-Guri B. Sten, Gro H. Vikesdal
    University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.
  • Assessment of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema
    Tove Lise Morisbakk, Vibeke Sundling
    University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.
  • Identifying visual dysfunction after stroke
    Helle K. Falkenberg, Irene Langeggen
    University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

14:30: The role of the optometrist in identifying combined sensory loss in elderly
Vibeke Sundling, Helle K. Falkenberg
University of South-Eastern Norway, National Centre for Optics, Vision and Eye Care, Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, Kongsberg, Norway.

15.30 The end of KVM 2022

Registration – fee and deadlines

Early bird registration fee NOK 750,- per day. This includes lunch and coffee breaks.  Additional cost for the 50th jubilee dinner on Tuesday November 8th NOK 850,- per person. It is possible to only register for the jubilee dinner. Deadline 31st of October.

Registration fees will double after October 21st. 

Any cancellation after October 21st will not be refunded.

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Abstract Submission Deadline

  • October 1st.

Additional information

Participants who are members of the Norwegian Association of Optometry (NOF) may claim the following NOF continuing education points:

  • Nov 7 Lightning day – talks: 4 NOFEP
  • Nov 7 Lightning day – workshop: 3 NOFEP
  • Nov 8 Optometry and Vision Research Day 1: 6 NOFEP
  • Nov 8 Optometry and Vision Research Day 2: 6 NOFEP

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