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. | |
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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. |
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Gene & Genetic Technologies Speakers: Alina Dumitrescu, MD, Erin O'Neil, MD and Peter Quinn, PhD |
Fiesta 1 | |||
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Stem Cells in Retinal Disease Speaker: Mandeep Singh, MD, PhD |
Yucatan 1 & 2 | |||
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RD Fund Biotech Overview Speaker: Rusty Kelley, PhD, MBA |
Fiesta 2 | |||
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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. |
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Stem Cells in Retinal Disease Speaker: Mandeep Singh, MD, PhD |
Yucatan 1 & 2 | |||
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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. |
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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. |
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Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Speakers: Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD and Jami Kern |
Fiesta 5 & 6 (Ballroom) | |||
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Leber Congential Amaurosis (LCA) Speaker: Dan Chung, DO, MA and Alina Dumitresc, MD |
Fiesta 3 | |||
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Stargardt Disease Speaker: Kevin Ferenchak, MD |
Fiesta 2 | |||
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Achromatopsia, Choroideremia, Blue Cone Monochromacy, Cone-rod Dystrophy and X-linked Retinoschisis Speakers: Christine Kay, MD and Robert Hufnagel, MD, PhD |
Yucatan 1 & 2 | |||
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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. |
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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. |
