The 9th International Conference on Low Vision

July 7-11, 2008 - Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Canada 

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Organizing Committee

Co-Presidents

Ms. Line Ampleman
Executive Director, Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille
Dr. Jacques Gresset
Director, École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal

Members

Ms. Christine Boyle
Executive Director, MAB - Mackay Rehabilitation Centre
Mr.Yves Fleury
Information officer, Legal Services, Office des personnes handicapees du Québec
Dr. Olga Overbury
Associate Professor, McGill University
Ms. Jane Parsard
Director of Service Development, Canadian National
Institute for the Blind
Mr. Pierre Rondeau
Director of Rehabilitation Services, Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille

Honourary Committee

Members

Dr. August Colenbrander
USA
Dr. Eleanor Faye
USA
Dr. Alfred A. Rosenbloom
USA
Dr. George Woo
China
Mr. Jim Sanders
Canada
Dr. François Vital-Durand
France
Dr. Örjan Bäckman
Sweden

Scientific Committee

Co-Chairs

Olga Overbury
Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec
Jacques Gresset
École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Members

Canada
Patrice Archambault
Jean-Marc Chouinard
Jocelyn Faubert
Patrizia Ferraresi
Deborah Gold
Mary Lou Jackson
Jeff Jutai
Susan Leat
Sam Markowitz
Nicole Robillard
Graham Strong
Marie-Chantal Wanet-Defalque
United States
Aries Arditi
Ian Bailey
John Brabyn
Don Fletcher
Amy Horowitz
Amanda Lueck
Robert Massof
Ron Schuchard
Gale Watson
Greg Goodrich
Australia
Jan Lovie-Kitchin
England
Chris Dickinson
Gary Rubin
Germany
Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski
India
L. Srinivasa Varadharajan
Ireland
A. Jonathan Jackson
Japan
Koichi Oda
Netherlands
Aart C. Kooijman
Nigeria
Barbie Ejukonemu
South Africa
Hazel Sacharowitz
Sweden
Krister Inde

Endorsers

  • AMD Alliance International
  • Association des établissements de réadaptation en déficience physique du Québec
  • Canadian Association of Optometrists
  • Canadian Ophthalmological Society
  • Département d’ophtalmologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal
  • Office des personnes handicapées du Québec
  • Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
  • World Blind Union

Acknowledgements

Vision 2008 wishes to thank the following :

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