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VISIONS 2022

VISIONS 2022 Schedule

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Below is the VISIONS 2022 schedule of events, including the floorplan showing the various locations of the sessions and events. 

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For assistance with navigation at VISIONS 2022, we are excited to be partnering with GoodMaps and Be My Eyes! 

  • GoodMaps is an indoor navigation app with turn-by-turn directions to meeting rooms and exhibit halls. GoodMaps will have a table by the entrance for attendees to ask any questions and learn more. You can download the app, which is available on both iOS and Android for free.
  • Be My Eyes will provide free real-time video assistance for individuals with blindness or visual impairments. You can download the app for free from the App Store or Google Play, locate the Foundation Fighting Blindness in the Specialized Help menu, and make the call for accessibility assistance.

 

Thursday, June 16

Activity   Location Start Time End Time
Registration Desk Open   South Registration 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m.

Friday, June 17

Activity   Location Start Time End Time
Registration Desk Open   South Registration 7:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m.
Hotel Tours   South Registration 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.
Breakfast   Fiesta 5 & 6 7:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m.
Kickoff and Welcome   Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 8:50 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

Opening Session: Adaptiving & Thriving

How To Level Up Your Life With Technology

Speakers: Ed Summers, Sam Seavey and Jeff Wissel

Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break   Outside Ballroom 10:15 a.m.  10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Science Sessions

Optogenetics

Speakers: Dan Chung, DO, MA and Amy Laster, PhD

Fiesta 4 10:30 a.m.  11:35 a.m.
 

Gene & Genetic Technologies

Speakers: Alina Dumitrescu, MD, Erin O'Neil, MD and Peter Quinn, PhD

Fiesta 1    
 

Stem Cells in Retinal Disease

Speaker: Mandeep Singh, MD, PhD

Yucatan 1 & 2    
 

RD Fund Biotech Overview

Speaker: Rusty Kelley, PhD, MBA

Fiesta 2    
 

Medical Ethics & Trial Participation

Speakers: Christine Kay, MD, Kenneth Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE and Robert Rapoza 

Fiesta 3    
Luncheon
Keynote Speaker
Chad E. Foster Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 12:00 p.m.  2:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Opens   Veracruz A 2:00 p.m.  7:30 p.m
Concurrent Science Sessions

Optogenetics

Speakers: Dan Chung, DO, MA and Amy Laster, PhD

Fiesta 4 3:10 p.m.  4:15 p.m.
 

Stem Cells in Retinal Disease

Speaker: Mandeep Singh, MD, PhD

Yucatan 1 & 2    
 

RD Fund Biotech Overview

Speaker: Rusty Kelley, PhD, MBA

Fiesta 2    
Adapting & Thriving Sessions

Blind Athletes Breaking Barriers

Speakers: Justin Bishop and Becca Meyers

Fiesta 1 3:10 p.m.  4:15 p.m.
 

Living Life To the Fullest: How Low Vision Occupational Therapy Can Help

Speaker: Dana Aravich MS, OTR/L

Fiesta 3 3:10 p.m. 4:15 p.m.
Science Plenary Session

Genetic Testing & Counseling and My Retina Tracker

Speakers: Robert Hufnagel, MD, PhD and Todd Durham, PhD

Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 4:20 p.m.  5:25 p.m.
Welcome Reception   Veracruz A 5:45 p.m.  7:00 p.m.
Mix & Mingle Sessions Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
  Usher Syndrome Fiesta 1    
  Stargardt Disease Fiesta 2    
  Leber Congential Amaurosis (LCA) Fiesta 3    
  Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Fiesta 4    
  Couples or Singles / Dating with Vision Loss Fiesta 9    
  Young Adults Fiesta 10    

Saturday, June 18

Activity   Location Start Time End Time
Registration Desk Open   South Registration 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Breakfast   Veracruz A 7:30 a.m. 8:45 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Open   Veracruz A 8:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
Clinical and Research Updates

Usher Syndrome

Speakers: Astra Dinculescu, PhD and Jacque Duncan, MD

Fiesta 4 9:00 a.m.  10:25 a.m.
 

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)

Speakers: Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD and Jami Kern

Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom)    
 

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)

Speaker: Dan Chung, DO, MA and Alina Dumitresc, MD

Fiesta 3    
 

Stargardt Disease

Speaker: Kevin Ferenchak, MD

Fiesta 2    
 

Achromatopsia, Choroideremia, Blue Cone Monochromacy, Cone-rod Dystrophy and X-linked Retinoschisis

Speakers: Christine Kay, MD and Robert Hufnagel, MD, PhD

Yucatan 1 & 2    
 

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Speaker: Cathy Bowes Rickman, PhD and James Handa, MD

Fiesta 9    
Concurrent Science Session

Gene & Genetic Technologies

Speakers: Alina Dumitrescu, MD, Erin O'Neil, MD and Peter Quinn, PhD

Yucatan 1 & 2 10:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
 

Medical Ethics & Trial Participation

Speakers: Christine Kay, MD, Kenneth Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE and Robert Rapoza

Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom)    
Adapting & Thriving Session

Your Journey Toward Independent Mobility

Speakers: Bill and Colleen Carty

Fiesta 4 10:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m.
Boxed Lunch   Veracruz A 11:45 a.m. 12:55 p.m.
Coping with Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Related to Vision Loss or Serving in a Helper Role Speakers: Ann Wagner, PhD, LP, ABPP and Eric Ringham  Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 1:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break   Outside of Ballroom 2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m.
Closing Session
Keynote Speaker
Marsha Link, PhD:
Envision the Next Chapter
Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) 3:05 p.m. 4:15 p.m.
Closing Reception   Coronado H 4:15 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

 

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