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. Opening of SightCity and SightCity Forum
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Tablets as a PC replacement? Possibilities and limitations for visually impaired users
Speaker: Jürgen Fleger, Apple Education Mentor, Marburg
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Network for vocational participation – close to the labour market and innovative
Organisation of vocational support and training centres (BFW and BBW)
Organiser: Dr. Inge Jansen, BFW Düren; 30-minute keynote speeches followed by a discussion
Presentation of the VR4VIP project – Determining the possible applications of virtual reality systems in the vocational training of people with visual impairments.
Speaker: Jürgen Hüllen, BFW Düren
Use of VIVIOR in occupational visual function diagnostics. An objective assessment of visual conditions in working life.
Speaker: Frank Kießling, BFW Halle
Acquired hearing impairment in old age
Speaker: Carolin Gravel, M.A., Educational and Rehabilitation Scientist, University of Cologne, Faculty of Human Sciences, Curative Education and Rehabilitation
13:15 – 13:45 Socio-political basics of deafblindness and hearing impairment
Speaker: Carolin Gravel, M.A., Educational and Rehabilitation Scientist, University of Cologne, Faculty of Human Sciences, Curative Education and Rehabilitation
13:45 – 14:15 Punktum software for learning Braille
Speaker: Sonja Schmidt, DBSV
Unfortunately there is no recording of this part of the programme.
14:15 – 14:45 Digitalisation in self-help from smartphone to CRM system
Speaker: Dario Madani, Chairman of the Board and responsible for digitalisation PRO RETINA Deutschland e. V.
Speaker: Herbert Rüb, German Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired in Study and Work (DVBS), Marburg
15:15 – 15:45 Criss-cross no longer works – e-scooters out of the way: How DBSV association lawsuits ensure greater accessibility
Speaker: Dr Michael Richter, Rechte behinderter Menschen gGmbH (rbm)
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 Centre, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Marburg site
16:15 – 16:45 Data glasses as assistance technology – gimmick or future?
16:45 – 17:15 Therapeutic prospects: the PRO RETINA patient registry and more
Speaker: Dr rer. nat. Sandra Jansen, Specialist, Head of Patient Register at PRO RETINA Deutschland e.V.
17:15 – 18:00 Crazy for work – How can vocational participation be successful?
Speaker: Stefan Wilke, QuikStep GmbH Durmesheim
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Patient symposium: Glaucoma
Speaker: Dr Daniel Kampik, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Würzburg
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Publications of the BFIT-Bund and summary of the first EU report
Speaker: Alexander Pfingstl, Michael Wahl, Federal Monitoring Centre for Accessibility of Information Technology (BFIT) Federal Government
11:15 – 12:30 Pathways to medical ophthalmological rehabilitation: From acute care to rehabilitation
Moderation: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
Including the following sub-topics:
Need for rehabilitation, deficits in current care, what do (general) ophthalmologists know? Offer and expectations of rehabilitants Speaker: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
Access routes and cost-bearing organisations for regular treatment procedures, follow-up treatment and medical-occupational rehabilitation (MBOR) Speaker: Prof. Dr med. habil. Kathleen Kunert, Oliver Kolbe, M.Eng., REGIOMED Reha-Klinik Masserberg
12:30 – 13:15 Early optical care for seniors – what is the way forward?
Speaker: Elena Meuser, master optician, Würzburg Institute for the Blind
13:15 – 14:00 Effects of neurological diseases: Diagnostics, therapeutic options
Speaker: Katja Schmitt, orthoptist, Würzburg Institute for the Blind
14:00 – 14:45 Patient symposium: Corneal blindness and visual impairment
Speaker: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
14:45 – 15:15 Silicone in the vitreous cavity: When can/must it be removed? Chances and risks
Speaker: Prof. (ret.) Dr Bernd Kirchhof, former Director of the Department of Retinal and Vitreous Surgery at the University of Cologne
15:15 – 16:00 Colour vision – from red-green weakness to complete colour blindness Diagnostics and therapeutic approaches in the treatment of these diseases
Speaker: Dr Mareile Stöhr, Department of Ophthalmology, Essen University Hospital
16:00 – 16:45 Early detection, screening, training and support – smart glasses for people with visual impairment
16:45 – 17:15 Tablets as a PC replacement? Possibilities and limitations for visually impaired users
Speaker: Jürgen Fleger, Apple Education Mentor, Marburg
Lecture was also held on 10 May, recording can be found there
17:15 – 18:00 Football and culture – what’s new in reporting for the blind?
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
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Block on genetic diseases
Specialist consultation for hereditary retinal diseases
Speaker: Prof Dr Sandra Liakopoulos, Eye Clinic of the University Hospital Frankfurt
Hereditary retinal diseases in human genetic counselling and diagnostics
Speaker: Prof Dr Hanno J. Bolz, Bioscientia Institute for Medical Diagnostics, Ingelheim
Genetic retinal disease from the patient’s perspective
Speaker: Franz Badura, PRO RETINA Germany
Gene therapy in clinical application
Speaker: Dr Maximilian Gerhardt, Eye Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
Gene therapy in clinical application
Speaker: Dr Maximilian Gerhardt, Eye Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
11:30 – 12:15 Marco Beyer – The blind martial arts master
Blindai Dô Marburg
The event has unfortunately been cancelled due to illness.
12:15 – 13:15 Diagnosis and effects of dementia
Speaker: PD Dr Thomas Polak, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, Würzburg University Hospital
13:15 – 14:30 Network for vocational participation – close to the labour market and innovative (3×25 minutes)
Organisation of vocational support and training centres (BFW and BBW)
Organiser: Dr. Inge Jansen, BFW Düren; keynote speeches of 20 minutes each followed by a discussion
Additional educational programmes for blind and visually impaired participants
Speaker: Mrs Désirée Reiß, BBW Soest
Modular recipes for success from Stuttgart: Basic technical qualification for the blind (BTG) and modular support for blind and visually impaired people (UbsM)
Speaker: Mrs Susanne Mendrzyk, BBW Stuttgart
UiT- Examination and counselling in the field of activity
Mrs Ina Oertel, SFZ Chemnitz
13:15 – 14:30 Even online you can stumble and then? Reporting digital barriers on public provider websites, but how?
Speaker: Rose Jokic (DBSV)
15:00 – 15:45 Patient symposium: AMD – current treatment options
Speaker: Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
