PROGRAM

Pre Congress Courses

Wednesday, the 27th

  • 15:00-19:00

Pre Congress Course: Visual Attention And Visual Memory: Developmental Optometry’s Role In Developing Attention and Memory Skills
Speaker: Dr. Carl Hillier

  • 15:00-19:00

Pre Congress Course: Introduction to Behavioral Optometry
Speakers: Gloria Hermida, Pilar Vergara and Salvador Pérez

Thursday, the 28th

  • 09:00-13:30

Pre Congress Course: Visual Attention And Visual Memory: Developmental Optometry’s Role In Developing Attention and Memory Skills
Speaker: Dr. Carl Hillier

  • 09:00-13:30

Pre Congress Course: Introduction to Behavioral Optometry
Speakers: Gloria Hermida, Pilar Vergara and Salvador Pérez

6th International SIODEC Congress of Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy

 

Thursday, the 28th

  • 8:30

Exhibit Hall opens

  • 11:30-16.00

Registration and credentials

  • 16:00-16:30

Congress opens

  • 16:30-18:00

Keynote Address: Vision, Mirror Neurons and Embodied Cognition
Speaker: Dr. Carl Hillier

  • 18:00-18:45

Coffee Break

  • 18:45-19:45

Conferencia: How we understand our world: Current concepts of extra-retinal information and oculomotor control
Speaker: Dr. Richard Bruenech

  • 20:00

Exhibit Hall closes

  • 21:30

Costume Party (Hall 2)

Friday, the 29th

      • 08:20-9:50

Scientific Research Supporting the Behavioral Vision Model
Speaker: Dr. Robert Sanet

      • 10:00-11:00

Bionic vision rehabilitation; present and future
Speaker: Carol Camino

      • 11:00-11:45

Coffee break

      • 11:45-12:05

Open Presentations (two simultaneous conferences that will take place in rooms Manuel de Falla and Andalucía I+II):

Presentation: Optometric care for patients with Parkinson’s disease (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speaker: Antía Blanco Bernárdez 
Presentation: The influence of oculomotor movements and visual perception ability in reading efficacy (Rooms Andalucía I+II). Part 1.
Speakers: Paula Gurrea, Laura Berruezo, Javier Abad and David Fernández-Lomana

      • 12:10-12:30

Open Presentations (two simultaneous conferences that will take place in rooms Manuel de Falla and Andalucía I+II):

Presentation: New procedures to use in Vision Therapy (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speaker: Helena Vidal Llop
Presentation: The influence of oculomotor movements and visual perception ability in reading efficacy (Rooms Andalucía I+II). Part 2.
Speakers: Javier Abad, David Fernández-Lomana, Paula Gurrea and Laura Berruezo

      • 12:35-12:55

Open Presentations (two simultaneous conferences that will take place in rooms Manuel de Falla and Andalucía I+II):

Presentation: Clinical case: Optometric treatment and Visual therapy following a stroke (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speaker: Carlos Ramos Athane
Presentation: Five tips to maintain patient motivation in the therapy Room (Room Andalucía I+II)
Speaker: Sonia González Lucas

      • 13:00-13:20

Open Presentations (two simultaneous conferences that will take place in rooms Manuel de Falla and Andalucía I+II):

Presentation: Profile of a Researcher: The basis for the development of scientific research (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speaker: Carla Sánchez Cuadrado
Presentation: Procedures for improving math and visual closure (Room Andalucía I+II)
Speaker: Berta Entrambasaguas Estepa

      • 13:30-14:00

Fixation Disparity: What is it, when is it needed, when does it show items, can we fix it?
Speaker: Jürgen Eichinger

      • 14:00-16:00

Lunch

      • 16:00-16:20

Open Presentations (two simultaneous conferences that will take place in rooms Manuel de Falla and Andalucía I+II):

Presentation: Why less is more? (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speaker: Smita Trivedi
Presentation: Optometric tests that help to diagnose if there is a problem in posturology (Room Andalucía I+II)
Speaker: Cati Poveda Martínez 

      • 16:25-16:45

Open Presentations (two simultaneous conferences that will take place in rooms Manuel de Falla and Andalucía I+II):

Presentation: Visual problems affecting the use of virtual reality glasses (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speakers: Andrea González Pérez, Marta Cano Fossas, Ana Gallego Herrero, Laura García Pérez, Adriana Julián García y Ana Moreno Garuz
Presentation: Eyetracking technology for improving visual attention, tracking and saccades (Room Andalucía I+II)
Speaker: Alicia Gómez Martínez

      • 16:45-17:30

Preparations for Membership Assembly

      • 17:30-19:00

Membership Assembly

      • 19:00

Exhibit Hall closes

      • 20:00

Free Night or Cultural Visit (Optional)

Saturday, the 30th

      • 8:20-9:00

The conference paid for by Tiedra
Adaptation of contact lens in amblyopia from corneal trauma (Room Manuel de Falla)
Speaker: Ángela Fernández Entrambasaguas

      • 9:00-9:50

Data Collection and Analysis; two sides of the same coin. The Behavioral approach to a clinical case of Vision and Learning.
Speakers: Sonia de Andrés and Lucila To

      • 10:00-10:50

Cyclodeviations, types and treatment. A case report
Speaker: Ana Conchillo

      • 11:00-11:45

Coffee Break

      • 11:45-12:45

Visual information beyond the occipital lobe. Bálint’s syndrome
Speaker: Pilar Plou

      • 12:45-13:45

The Cervico-Ocular Reflex (COR), key neurophysiological factors of the relationship between the neck, sight and occulomotricity
Speaker: Iñaki Pastor

      • 14:00-15:30

Lunch

      • 15:30-16:15

Vision in the music
Speaker: Pilar Vergara

      • 16:15-17:30

Visual Care and Treatment of the Patient with Special Needs
Speaker: Marc Taub

      • 17:00-18:15

Coffee Break

      • 18:15-19:30

Lens Based Management of Complex BV Cases
Speaker: Marc Taub

      • 19:30

Sixth International SIODEC Congress closes

      • 20:00

Exhibit Hall closes

      • 21:30

Gala Dinner. During this event, the traditional SIODEC Awards will be presented. Past recipients can be seen by clicking here. Saray Hotel, located 50 meters from the Congress Palace.

This schedule may vary as necessary. Any changes to the schedule will be posted on this web page.