Congress Programme

Discover the pre-program of the 7th International Congress of Behavioral Optometry and Vision Therapy!
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Timeline

October,
14 and 15
 
7th Congress
October, 13
afternoon 

7th Congress

October, 13
morning

Advanced Pre-Congress Course (II part)

October, 12
afternoon

Advanced Pre-Congress Course (I part)

Pre-Congress course

Access requirement: optometrists only.

Nancy Torgerson, OD, FCOVD

Graduated from the Faculty of Optometry of the Universidad del Pacífico, a member and former president of the International College of Optometrists for Vision Development (COVD).

Michelle Mott, COVT

A Certified Vision Therapist, Michelle is passionate about vision therapy and very committed to helping her patients achieve success.



Advanced course

Vision and autism:

"I am not what you see"  


Wednesday, October, 12

3:30 - 5:30 pm, 6:00 - 8:00pm.


Thursday, October 13

09:00 - 11:00am, 11:30 - 1:30pm.

7º Congress Programme

Thursday, October 13th


 

  • 1:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                             Trade Show Opens

    Hall  I

  • 1:30-4:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                              Registration

    Reception (Hall I)

  • 4:00-4:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                      Opening Plenary

    Manuel de Falla auditorium

 

  • 4:30-6:00 pm.                                                                                                                    The Central Peripheral Visual Dance

    Opening Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speakers: Nancy Torgerson, OD, FCOVD and Michelle Mott, COVT

  • 6:00-6:45pm. Poster presentation session I Coffee Break

    Reception (Hall I)

  • 6:45-7:45 pm.                                             The fourth circle of Skeffington: one of the keys to success in Visual Therapy

    Keynote Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Linda Sanet, COVT

 

  • 8:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                            Trade Show Closes

    Hall I

  • 9:00 pm.                                                                                                 Costume Party. Theme: superheroes and villains

    Hotel Saray, Alhamar Lounge


Friday, October 14


 

  • 09:00-10:00h.  Visual rehabilitation in patients with visual impairment. More than just prescribing visual aids.

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Adrián Pérez, Optometrist,  Master in Visual and Low Rehabilitation Vision

  • 10:00-11:00 am.       Analysis of the Syntonic effect in the cerebral cortex of patientswith strabismus and amblyopia by means of EEG and DCM

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Dra. Danjela Ibrahimi, Optometrist, Doctor of Engineering

  • 11:00-11:45 am.                                                                                                                                                        Coffee Break

    Hall I

 

  • 11:45-12:45 pm.                                                                             How contact lenses fit into your Vision Therapy practice

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Antonio Verdejo del Rey, Optometrist, Professor of Contactology

  • 12:45-1:45 pm.                Causes (or aetiology) of strabismus and how these may affect thesuccess of the treatment

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Bernat Sunyer, Optometrist, MSc, PhD student

  • 13:45-15:00h.  Meeting of SIODEC partners who work outside of Spain I Lunch Break

    Hall I

 

  • 15:00-15:20h.  Spatial location table. How do we perceive and project visual space?

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: José Luis Arévalo Chiriboga, DOO, MOO, SCSIODEC 

  • 15:20-15:40h.  The Dobble Beyond Saccades: Over 15 New Adaptations for Vision Therapy

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Blanca Olmedo García-Señoráns, Optometrist

  • 15:40-16:00h.  Effect of inhibiting primitive reflexes on visuoperceptual abilities

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Eunice Rodríguez Mejía, Master in Visual Rehabilitation

 

  • 16:00-16:20h.  Analysis and comparison of two ocular motility tests performed with Eye Tracker

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Lecture: Carmen López de la Fuente, Master's degree in
    Clinical and Research Optometry, PhD from the University of Zaragoza

  • 16:20-16:40h. Neuro-cognitive sports visual training applied in soccer in children aged 6-12 years

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speakers: Suelen Abril and Roberto Benites, Sports Clinical Optometrists

  • 16:40-17:00h.  Motor dynamics with Marsden

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Alicia Gómez Martínez, Optometrist, SCSIODEC

 

  • 17:00-17:20h. Prismatic Lenses and Changes in Attention and Visual Perception in Childhood 

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Dr. Ana Paula Azevedo , Doctor in Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology

  • 17:20-17:40h. Binocular vision in a patient with keratoconus. About a case. 

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Óscar Enrique Guido Cauich, Optometrist, Professor Autonomous University of La Laguna 

 

  • 18:00-19:00h. General Meeting of Members

    Manuel de Falla Auditorium

  • 7:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                          Trade Show Closes

    Hall I

  • 20:00h.  Free night (check Visita Socio-Cultural)

    City of Granada


Saturday, Octubre 15


 

  • 09:00-10:00h.                  A New Paradigm of Amblyopia Treatment. Neuro-Functional Amblyopia Treatment Protocol 

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Pilar Vergara, Optometrista, FCOVD, FBOAF, FSIODEC

  • 10:30-11:15h.                                                                                                                                                            Coffee Break

    Hall I

  • 11:15-12:15h.                                              Comparative Study of Different Vision Therapy Methods: New Perspectives

    Carla Sánchez, Optometrist

  • 11:45-12:45h. Clinical case "Vision and learning"

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speakers: Marta Cabranes, Optometrist, FSIODEC and Jessica García, Optometrist, SCSIODEC  

  • 12:45-13:15h. Cabinet 2.0. What if we stop occluding? 

    Sponsor's Conference: SmarThings4Vision (Manuel de Falla Auditorium) Speaker: Dra. Sara Perchés Barrena

 

  • 13:15-15:30h. Lunch Break

    Hall I

  • 15:30-16:30h. Success in the pediatric consultation. Ensuring the optometrist-patient connection. 

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Antía Blanco, Optometrist, SCSIODEC

  • 5:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                          Trade Show Closes

    Hall I

 

  • 16:30-17:30h. Executive functions: vision for action! 

    Closing conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Dr. Mª Jesús López, Neurobiologist

  • 17:30h. Closing Congress 

    Manuel de Falla Auditorium

  • 9:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                                        Gala Dinner

    Restaurant  Camaura

Thursday, October 13th


 

  • 1:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                             Trade Show Opens

    Hall  I

  • 1:30-4:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                              Registration

    Reception (Hall I)

  • 4:00-4:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                      Opening Plenary

    Manuel de Falla auditorium

 

  • 4:30-6:00 pm.                                                                                                                    The Central Peripheral Visual Dance

    Opening Plenary (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Nancy Torgerson, O.D., F.C.O.V.D.

  • 6:00-6:45 pm.                                                                                                                                                            Coffee Break

    Reception (Hall I)

  • 6:45-7:45 pm.                                             The fourth circle of Skeffington: one of the keys to success in Visual Therapy

    Keynote Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Linda Sanet, COVT

 

  • 8:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                            Trade Show Closes

    Hall I

  • 9:00 pm.                                                                                                 Costume Party. Theme: superheroes and villains

    Hotel Saray


Friday, October 14


 

  • 09:00-10:00 am.                                      Vision rehabilitation for patients with visual impairment is not just amatter of prescribing visual aids

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Adrián Pérez, Optometrist

  • 10:00-11:00 am.       Analysis of the Syntonic effect in the cerebral cortex of patientswith strabismus and amblyopia by means of EEG and DCM

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Danjela Ibrahimi, Optometrist

  • 11:00-11:45 am.                                                                                                                                                        Coffee Break

    Hall I

 

  • 11:45-12:45 pm.                                                                             How contact lenses fit into your Vision Therapy practice

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Antonio Verdejo del Rey, Optometrist

  • 12:45-1:45 pm.                Causes (or aetiology) of strabismus and how these may affect thesuccess of the treatment

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Bernat Sunyer, Optometrist

  • 1:45-3:05 pm.                                                                                                                                                              Lunch Break

    Hall I

 

  • 3:05-3:25 pm.                                                                                       Plenary available (two are presented simultaneously)

    Manuel de Falla auditorium and Andalucía halls

  • 3:30-3:50 pm.                                                                                       Plenary available (two are presented simultaneously)

    Manuel de Falla auditorium and Andalucía halls

  • 3:55-4:15 pm.                                                                                       Plenary available (two are presented simultaneously)

    Manuel de Falla auditorium and Andalucía halls

 

  • 4:20-4:40 pm.                                                                                       Plenary available (two are presented simultaneously)

    Manuel de Falla auditorium and Andalucía halls

  • 4:45-5:05 pm.                                                                                       Plenary available (two are presented simultaneously)

    Manuel de Falla auditorium and Andalucía halls

  • 5:10-5:30 pm.                                                                                       Plenary available (two are presented simultaneously)

    Manuel de Falla auditorium and Andalucía halls

 

  • 5:30-7:00 pm.                                                                                                                                              Meeting of Members

    Manuel de Falla Auditorium

  • 7:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                          Trade Show Closes

    Hall I

  • 8:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                            Sociocultural Visit

    City of Granada


Saturday, Octubre 15


 

  • 09:30-11:30 am.  A New Paradigm of Amblyopia TreatmentNeuro-Functional Amblyopia Treatment Protocol

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: Pilar Vergara, Optometrist, FCOVD

  • 11:30-12:00 am. Plenary by Sponsor 1

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium).

  • 12:00-12:45 pm. Coffee Break

    Hall I

 

  • 12:45-1:45 pm. Clinical Case

    Conference (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speakers: Marta Cabranes, Optometrist, FSIODEC and Jessica García, Optometrist, SCSIODEC  

  • 1:45-2:15 pm. Plenary by Sponsor 2

    Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium)

 

  • 2:15-4:00 pm. Lunch Break

    Hall I

  • 4:00-5:00 pm.                                         Success in the pediatric practice. Ensuring the optometrist-patient connection

    Lecture (Manuel de Falla Auditorium). Speaker: Antía Blanco, Optometrist, SCSIODEC

  • 5:00 pm.                                                                                                                                                          Trade Show Closes

    Hall I

 

  • 5:00-6:30 pm.                                                                                                                   Executive functions: vision for action!

    Closing Conference (Manuel de Falla auditorium). Speaker: María Jesús López, Neuroscientist

  • 6:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                                  Closing Plenary

    Manuel de Falla Auditorium

  • 9:30 pm.                                                                                                                                                                        Gala Dinner

    Restaurant Camaura