Conference program
Sunday 28 September 2014, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm (Session 1)
WHAT IS EYE STRAIN AND WHO DOES IT AFFECT?
- ”Eye strain, why and how?” by Professor Jean Claude Hache, ophthalmologist and Chairman of the Symposium
- ”General fatigue and its impact on eye strain” by Preethi Pradan, PhD in Healthcare Management, Chitkaka university
- “Eye strain on the ground: the ergonomist’s perspective” by Bernard Sanselme, ergonomist, Clermont Ferrand
- “Eye strain and orthoptic diagnosis” by Martine Routon, orthoptist, Nantes ▪ “Eye strain, the viewpoint of an optician/optometrist” by Didier Gormand, optometrist, Paris
- “Influence of eye strain on the dynamics of vergence eye movements” by Bérangère Granger, research scientist, Paris
- This session will finish with a round table discussion on the topic: “Can you hear signs of eye strains in a patient?” »
2.45pm - Guest speaker: “Optometric Considerations with Head-Mounted Displays" by Eli Peli, optometrist, Professor of ophtalmology, Harvard Medical School.
Sunday 28 September 2014, 3.30pm – 6.00pm (Session 2)
SOLUTIONS TO EYE STRAIN
- “Changes in visual discomfort with age” by Mireia Pacheco Cutillas, optometrist, Barcelone
- “Eye strain, analysing the depth of the task" by Marie Agnès Poillot, optician, orthoptist and professor
- “Eye strain and near vision discomfort in patients in their early forties” by Edwige Forestier et Anne-Lise Seyler Frendo, orthoptists
- “From the prism bar to real space” by Zoi Kapoula and Françoise Zamfirescu, CNRS research scientist and orthoptist, Paris
- “Conference on indoor lenses” by Andrea Rattaro, optometrist, Italy
- “Eye strain, constraint result” by Bernard Chavanet, Professor
- “Eye strain and nutrition” by Prema Chande, M.optom, DBM, FIACLE. Principal Lotus College of optometry Mumbai
Monday 29 September 2014, 10.00am – 1:00pm Session 3
EYE STRAIN IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Guest speaker: “Eye strain in children” by Sarita Soni, OD, MS, FAAO Associate Vice President for research, Indiana University
- “Impact of visual impairment on school learning processes” by Caroline Kovarski, , associate research scientist, Lyon 2 University
- “Eye strain and the role of the vergence-accommodation-saccadic eye movement synergy: impact on cognition and new rehabilitation techniques” by Z. Kapoula, Daniel F. and A. Morize, research scientists, Paris
- “Video games and binocular vision improvements” by Caroline Huguet, Professor
- “Eye strain in children at school: consequences and prevention” by Roger de Saint André, optometrist