VisPEP 2024 is held under the honorary patronage of the Rector of the University of Warsaw.
HOYA Lens Poland is a platinum sponsor of the conference.
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Program
Day 1, Friday, March 15, 2024
12:00-13:00 Registration
WORKSHOPS
13:00 Bruce Evans. Incomitancy – Interactive Video Quiz [Room BX.XX]
14:00 Aiga Svede, Evita Kassaliete, Zane Jansone-Langina and Karola Panke. Accommodation evaluation and near vision disorders [Room BX.XX]
15:00 Tomasz Suliński. Dry eye in optometrist's practice [Room BX.XX]
16:00-17:30 and 17:30-19:00 HOYA Lens Poland Measuring the assembly parameters of spectacle lenses using the latest stationary and mobile devices [Room BX.XX]
16:00-17:30 and 17:30-19:00 HOYA Lens Poland Examination of patients for myopia progression control [Room BX.XX]
Day 2, Saturday, March 16, 2024
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:30 Welcome
SESSION 1: Technologies in Optometric Practice I, Chair: Tatjana Pladere
9:30-10:15 Keynote lecture: Rigmor Baraas. Ethical and inclusive utilisation of XR technologies
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
SESSION 2: Technologies in Optometric Practice II, Chair: Jacek Pniewski
10:45-11:00 Karola Panke. Beyond educational benefits: Evaluating visual function and ocular symptoms following indirect ophthalmoscopy training in extended reality
11:00-11:15 Nicola Rizzieri. Retinal Fundus Segmentation with the newest state-of-the-art computer vision model YOLOv8
11:15-11:30 Marcelina Sobczak. Small retinal vessels’ dilation during full-field flicker stimulation
11:30-11:45 Marta Skrok. Innovative retinal eye tracker device for neural response detection during visual psychophysical tests
11:45-12:00 Łukasz Grzeczkowski. Generalized perceptual learning with eye movements
12:00-12:15 Discussion
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:00 Poster session
SESSION 3: Orthoptics for Optometrists, Chair: Aiga Švede
14:00-15:00 Keynote lecture: Bruce Evans. Orthoptics for the Busy Optometrist
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
SESSION 4: Pediatric Optometry, Chair: Aiga Švede
15:30-15:45 Kristīne Kalniča-Dorošenko. Methods for Compliance with Amblyopia Treatment
15:45-16:00 Maciej Dymczyk. Do the lenses for slowing myopia progression with DIMS technology change the visual parameters and visual evoked potentials?
16:00-16:15 Evita Kassaliete. Comparison of performance between manual and computerized DEM tests in school-age children
16:15-16:30 Discussion and Conclusion
18:30 Special evening event
Day 3, Sunday, March 17, 2024
9:00-9:10 General information
SESSION 5: Near vision problems and related factors, Chair: Karola Panke
9:10-9:55 Keynote lecture: Julie-Anne Little, Latest insights into managing low and moderate hyperopia
9:55-10:10 Jessica Gomes. Prevalence of near-vision-related symptoms in a university population
10:10-10:25 Aiga Švede. Vision exercises in our optometric practice
10:25-10:40 Discussion
10:40-11:00 Coffee break
SESSION 6: Contact lenses, Chair: Jacek Pniewski
11:00-11:45 Keynote lecture: Krzysztof Petelczyc, Innovative lenses with extended focal depth designed for presbyopia compensation
11:45-12:00 Tomasz Suliński. Non-polar lipid agglomerates on the surface and in the matrix of silicone hydrogel contact lenses
12:00-12:15 Inese Petroviča. What optometrists should consider when prescribing glasses or changing the type of correction for soft contact lens wearers
12:15-12:30 Jacek Pniewski. Climate and environmental issues of the ophthalmic industry
12:30-13:00 Discussion and Epilogue
POSTER SESSION (click here for abstracts):
P1 Renārs Trukša, Computerized color vision test for red-green color vision assessment
P2 Renārs Trukša, Cataracts effects on color vision
P3 Zane Jansone-Langina, Challenges in color vision testing: A problematic overview
P4 Mehrdad Naderi, Exploring visual ergonomics in volumetric multiplanar displays: An EEG study
P5 Albina Abdullayeva, Normal and abnormal stereopsis: Brain activity analysis
P6 Marta Gonerka, Visual function, stereopsis and symptoms in young adult users of digital devices
P7 Dagni Räppo, Assessing aftereffects of daily visual tasks across different realities
P8 Līga Puhova, Impact of vision relaxation exercises on accommodative microfluctuations
P9 Ieva Ance Bukša, Refractive changes in astigmatism component in cases of accommodation disorders
P10 Julia Kochańska, Quantification of the retinal vessels morphology using Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope
P11 Maciej Szkulmowski, Novel eye-tracking device with retinal and anterior eye-tracking capabilities
P12 Angelina Ganebnaya, Application of a new device for saccadic training in athletes
P13 Mariya Misri, Role of smooth pursuit in sports
P14 Gatis Ikaunieks, Evaluation of satisfaction with blue-light filtering lenses among the Latvian population
P15 Maria Wolsztyniak, The effect of selected stimuli parameters on dichoptic presentation on binocular rivalry
P16 Kamila Gaweł, Changes in the biomechanical properties of the cornea after water drinking test