Thursday, 20.05.2021
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Patient symposium: AMD – current treatment options
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
12:40-13:40
Occupational participation network – close to the labor market and innovative
Organization of vocational promotion and training centers (BFWs and BBWs)
Organizer: Dr. Inge Jansen, BFW Düren
12:40-13:10
Seizing opportunities – vocational training centers in times of the pandemic
Dr. Inge Jansen for the Berufsförderungswerke Düren, Halle (Saale), Mainz
13:10 to 13:40
Local and modular services for people with visual impairments
Speaker: Susanne Mendrzyk for the Stuttgart, Soest and Chemnitz vocational training centers
Unfortunately there is no recording of this part of the program.
13:50 to 14:20
Patient symposium: Macular diseases: Diagnostics 4.0
Speaker: Dr. med. Andreas Cordes, Sehwerk Eye Center Bonn
14:30-15:00
Specific causes, diagnosis and treatment options for sleep disorders in blind and visually impaired people
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
15:10-15:40
Aren’t modern smartphones just far too expensive? What they cost and what they actually do for us.
Speaker: Jürgen Fleger, Apfel-Fleger, computer knowledge for the blind, Marburg
15:50-16:20
Patient symposium: Glaucoma
Speaker: Dr. med. Daniel Kampik, University Eye Clinic Würzburg
16:30-18:00
Block on genetic diseases
Moderator: Prof. Dr. med. Hanno J. Bolz, Senckenberg Center for Human Genetics
Including the following thematic units:
Hereditary retinal diseases – examples from the consultation
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Sandra Liakopoulos, Eye Clinic, University Hospital Cologne
Human genetic diagnostics and counseling for hereditary retinal diseases
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Hanno J. Bolz, Senckenberg Center for Human Genetics, Frankfurt
Therapeutic prospects: the PRO RETINA patient register and more
Speaker: Dr. Sandra Jansen, PRO RETINA Deutschland e. V.
18:10-18:40
Patient symposium: Limbal stem cell transplantation for corneal blindness
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
Friday, 21.05.2021
10:00-10:30 a.m.
The new openness – accessibility in Windows 10 for blind and visually impaired people
Speaker: Domingos de Oliveira, freelancer, Bonn
10:40-11:10 a.m.
Corona patient symposium
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Norbert Schrage, Clinics of the City of Cologne, Merheim Eye Clinic
11:20-11:50 a.m.
Participation – the role of self-help in times of pandemic
Speaker: Franz Badura, Member of the Board of PRO RETINA Deutschland e. V.
12:00-12:30 p.m.
Live sports reports for the blind and visually impaired during the pandemic
Speaker: Broder-Jürgen Trede, T_OHR Center for Reporting on the Visually Impaired and Blind in Society and Sport, Mainz
