Wednesday, 15.05.2024
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Opening SightCity and SightCity Forum
Dagmar Krutzki, Sabine Kampmann, Prof. Norbert Schrage, Mayor Dr. Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg
Opening of SightCity and the SightCity Forum
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Usabilitypool – Usability checks with blind and visually impaired people
Speaker: Rose Jokic, DBSV, project management for implementation support for digital accessibility
Usabilitypool - Usability checks with blind/visually impaired people
11:00-12:30
Netzwerk berufliche Teilhabe – labor market-oriented and innovative
Organization of vocational promotion and training centers (BFW and BBW)
Organizer: Jörg Stemmler, BFW Halle; keynote speeches of 20 minutes each with subsequent discussion
11:05-11:25
Career prospects for blind and visually impaired people in the healthcare sector
Speaker: Wolfgang Oster, Managing Director BFW Mainz
Career prospects for blind and visually impaired people in the healthcare sector
11:25-11:45 a.m.
Language courses for blind and visually impaired migrants – from flight to professional participation
Speaker: Thomas Schmitt, Head of Operational Business Areas BFW Würzburg
Language courses for blind and visually impaired migrants
11:45-12:05
Management of occupational rehabilitation for systemic diseases and visual impairment
Speaker: Frank Kießling, BFW Halle policy officer
Management of occupational rehabilitation for systemic diseases and visual impairment
12:05-12:30
Strongly prepared – stabilizing measures of BFW Düren
Speaker: René Bergs, BFW Düren
Strongly prepared - stabilizing measures by BFW Düren
12:30-13:00
Artificial intelligence (AI) in apps – spectre or digital philosopher’s stone? Possibilities and limits using the Apple iPhone as an example
Speaker: Jürgen Fleger, Apple Professional Learning Specialist (APLS), Marburg
Artificial intelligence (AI) in apps - spectre or digital philosopher's stone? Possibilities and limits using the Apple iPhone as an example
13:00-13:30
On new paths – blista establishes the “Hessian Counseling Center for People with Deafblindness & Hearing Impairment”
Speaker: Ute Mölter, blista Marburg
On new paths - blista establishes the "Hessian Counseling Center for People with Deafblindness & Hearing Impairment"
13:30-14:00
Sichtweisen-online – New website of the DBSV
Speaker: Lisa Mümmler, DBSV; Editor Sichtweisen
Sichtweisen-online - New website of the DBSV
14:00-14:30
Optimal digital – Bringing digitalization to life for one another
Speakers: Dario Madani, Christian Andres, Cornelia Witt-Kilian, PRO RETINA Deutschland e. V.
Optimal digital - Bringing digitalization to life for one another
14:30-15:15
Current developments in reporting for the blind
Speaker: Maxim Brehme, project employee T_OHR Center for Blind Reportage in Society and Sport (a project of AWO Südwest gGmbH) with the kind support of DFL GmbH
Current developments in reporting for the blind
15:15-15:45
Seeing in old age: creating understanding and practicing mindfulness – experiences in the training of nursing home staff in Hesse
Speaker: Bernd Wilhelm, state-certified specialist in rehabilitation for the blind and visually impaired, Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e. V. (blista)
Seeing in old age: creating understanding and practicing mindfulness - experiences in the training of nursing home staff in Hesse
15:45-16:15
When the internal clock gets out of sync: Why so many blind people sleep badly
Speaker: Dipl.-Psych. Werner Cassel, Clinic for Internal Medicine with a focus on Pneumology, Sleep Medicine Center, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Marburg site
When the internal clock is out of sync: Why so many blind people sleep badly
16:15-17:00
Tetris and other games on the Braille display
Speaker: Reiner Delgado, DBSV, Social Affairs Officer
Tetris and other games on the Braille display
17:00-17:30
MindTags, the innovative tool for information and orientation in every building
Speaker: Stefan Wilke, Managing Director MindTags Group GmbH
MindTags, the innovative tool for information and orientation in every building
17:30-18:00
Understanding findings – support for retinal diseases yesterday and tomorrow
Speaker: Dr. Frank Brunsmann, PRO RETINA, online presentation
Understanding findings - support for retinal diseases yesterday and tomorrow
Thursday, 16.05.2024
10:00-10:45 a.m.
Patient symposium: Glaucoma
Speaker: Dr. med. Daniel Kampik, Eye Clinic, University Hospital Würzburg
Patient symposium: Glaucoma
10:45-11:30 a.m.
Refined perceptual mobility
Speaker: Juan Ruiz, Clicksonar trainer
Refined perceptual mobility
11:30-12:45
Block on deafblindness/hearing impairment
including the subject areas
People with deafblindness/hearing impairment in working life – needs and opportunities. Findings from the EMPLOY and Pathways to Employment projects
Speakers: Bastian Hardt and Carolin Gravel, EMPLOY project (University of Cologne)
Paths into the profession
Speakers: Sonja Hafner and Verena Probst, Stiftung Nikolauspflege/ Deutsches Taubblindenwerk gGmbH/ SFZ Förderzentrum gGmbH
People with deafblindness/hearing impairment in working life - needs and opportunities. Findings from the EMPLOY and Pathways to Employment projects
12:45-13:30
Empowerment for deafblind and hearing-impaired people
Speaker: Uwe Zelle, pedagogical employee “handfest” Peer Academy for Deafblind People, German Society for Deafblindness gGmbH
Empowerment for deafblind and hearing-impaired people
13:30-15:30
Block
including the subject areas
Reading training for central visual field loss in macular degeneration and after a stroke
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski, University Eye Clinic Tübingen
Reading training for central visual field loss in macular degeneration and after a stroke
Eye movement training to improve spatial orientation in cases of peripheral visual field loss – for retinitis pigmentosa and after a stroke
Speaker: Dr. med. Stephan Küster-Gruber, University Eye Clinic Tübingen
Eye movement training to improve spatial orientation in cases of peripheral visual field loss - for retinitis pigmentosa and after a stroke
Psychogenic blindness – a clinical picture that is difficult to grasp
Speaker: Dr. med. Bettina von Livonius, Eye Clinic LMU Munich
Psychogenic blindness - a clinical picture that is difficult to grasp
15:30-16:30
Rehabilitation for sight loss: what are patients’ rights and what is possible?
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Merheim Eye Clinic; Oliver Kolbe, REGIOMED Reha-Klinik Masserberg
Rehabilitation for sight loss: what are patients' rights and what is possible?
16:30-17:15
Barriers on the internet: how do I report them, what do I have to do?
Speaker: Alexander Pfingstl, Federal Monitoring Agency for Accessibility of Information Technology (BFIT) Federal Government
Barriers on the Internet: how do I report them, what do I have to do?
17:15-18:00
Patient symposium: Optical blindness and visual impairment
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
Patient symposium: Optical blindness and visual impairment
Friday, 17.05.2024
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Netzwerk berufliche Teilhabe – Arbeitsmarktnah und innovativ (3×25 minutes)
Organization of vocational promotion and training centers (BFW and BBW)
Organizer: Jörg Stemmler, BFW Halle; 30-minute keynote speeches followed by a discussion
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Inclusive participation through leisure time
Speaker: Anne Maria Kupke, Inclusion Coach, Nikolauspflege Stuttgart
1st presentation "Netzwerk berufliche Teilhabe: Inclusive participation through leisure
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Advice/support for people with visual impairments and employer advice on inclusive education
Speaker: Ina Oertel, SFZ BBW Chemnitz gGmbH
2nd presentation "Netzwerk berufliche Teilhabe: Advice/support for people with visual impairments and employer consultations on inclusive education
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Specific offers for young people with visual impairments at the LWL vocational training center in Soest
Speaker: Christof Marquet, LWL Berufsbildungswerk Soest
3rd presentation of the Netzwerk berufliche Teilhabe: Specific offers for young people with visual impairments at the LWL Berufsbildungswerk Soest
11:30-13:15
Block on genetic diseases
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Hanno J. Bolz, Bioscientia Institute for Medical Diagnostics, Ingelheim
11:30-12:00
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hanno J. Bolz, Bioscientia Institute for Medical Diagnostics, Ingelheim
Hereditary retinal diseases in human genetic counseling and diagnostics
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sandra Liakopoulos, Eye Clinic of the University Hospital Frankfurt
Special consultation for retinal diseases
12:30-13:00
Speaker: Dr. Maximilian Gerhardt, Eye Clinic of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
13:15-14:15
Patient symposium: functional blindness and visual impairment
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
Patient symposium: functional blindness and visual impairment
14:15-15:45
Block Telemedicine & Care
including the subject areas
Innovation & telemedicine in ophthalmologic care – What is already feasible today!
Speaker: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Thomas Ach, Senior Consultant and Deputy Clinic Director, Eye Clinic, University Hospital Bonn
When research arrives in practice: a telemedical ophthalmological care model for the standard care of senior citizens in care facilities
Speaker: Dr. Claus Gruber, founder of Mirantus Health GmbH, Berlin
Report from a care facility manager
Speaker: Stefan Arz, Bonifatius Seniorendienste GmbH, Weilerswist
