Programme 2022
Please note that the language of the SightCity Forum is exclusively German and the recordings only contain the audio track, even if the links go to YouTube.
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Patient symposium: Glaucoma
Speaker: Dr Daniel Kampik, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Würzburg
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Netzwerk berufliche Teilhabe – labour market-oriented and innovative (4×15 minutes)
Organisation of vocational support and training centres (BFW and BBW)
Organiser: Dr. Inge Jansen, BFW Düren; keynote speeches of 15 minutes each
Digitalisation in vocational rehabilitation
Speaker: Jürgen Hüllen, BFW Düren
Alternative support in visual function diagnostics – visualisation of eye movements and development of visual strategies using eye tracking
Speaker: Frank Kießling, BFW Halle
Presentation of new professions: Nursing assistant and IT specialist for digital networking, Jana Pöttrich
Speaker: Frank Hartmann, SFZ Chemnitz
11:45-12:15
Operating a touch screen blind using the Apple iPhone as an example – media participation and entertainment options for the home
Speaker: Jürgen Fleger, Apfel-Fleger, computer knowledge for the blind, Marburg
12:15-12:45 p.m.
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) – clinical picture, diagnostics, therapy options
Speaker: Dr Sabine Naxer, Section of Strabology, Neuroophthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Göttingen
Unfortunately there is no recording of this part of the programme.
12:45-13:15
Presentation of the first EU report on the digital accessibility of public bodies
Speaker: Alexander Pfingstl, Federal Monitoring Centre for Accessibility of Information Technology, Knappschaft Bahn See
13:45-14:15
“We make objects and buildings talk”
MindTags: the mobile information and orientation system
Speaker: Stefan Wilke, Quikstep
14:15-14:45
Early detection, examination, training and support – smart glasses for people with visual impairments
Speaker: Florian Lang, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
14:45-15:15
Supplementary independent participation counselling (EUTB): Who are the services aimed at and what has been the response in recent years?
Speaker: Ilona Wagner, Carolin Schmidt, Participation Counselling for the Blind Institute Würzburg
15:45-16:15
Learning from football – live audio descriptions in the 2022 sports year
Speaker: Broder-Jürgen Trede, T_OHR Centre for Reportage for the Blind in Society and Sport (a project of AWO Südwest gGmbH) with the kind support of DFL GmbH
16:15-16:45
PRO RETINA consultation hours – counselling at eye level in eye clinics
Speaker: Daniela Brohlburg, PRO RETINA Deutschland e. V.
16:45-17:15
Vision in old age “new opportunities – digital participation”
Speaker: Ute Mölter, Head of the Training and Counselling Centre, Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e. V. (blista)
17:15-17:45
Coping with progressive eye diseases – the use of the checkbook in ophthalmological and voluntary counselling
Speaker: Dr Frank Brunsmann, PRO RETINA Deutschland e. V.
17:45 – 18:15
Patient symposium: Corneal blindness and visual impairment
Speaker: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
10:00-10:30 a.m.
Patient symposium: AMD – current treatment options
Speaker: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Human genetics and retinal diseases: Diagnostics, new genes and therapeutic approaches
Speaker: Prof. Dr Hanno J. Bolz, Senckenberg Centre for Human Genetics Frankfurt/Main
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Hereditary retinal dystrophies: current diagnostics and their significance – case studies
Speaker: Dr Georg Spital, Centre for Rare Retinal Diseases at the Eye Centre at St. Franziskus Hospital, Münster
Unfortunately there is no recording of this part of the programme.
11:30-12:00
Diabetic retinopathy and vascular occlusions
Referents: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Low vision counselling for seniors – goals, implementation and support services
Speaker: Elena Meuser, Low Vision Counselling Centre Blindeninstitut Würzburg
12:30-13:00
Achromatopsia – complete colour blindness
Speaker: Hans-Werner Merkelbach, 1st Chairman Achromatopsie Selbsthilfe e.V.
13:00-13:30
Using the opportunities of digitalisation for people with visual impairments – New counselling and event formats in self-help
Speaker: Sandra Schippenbeil, Coordinator Eye Focus and Patient-Oriented Work at the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV)
13:30-14:00
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 Centre, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Marburg site