The Cost of Blindness - What it means to Canadians

Saturday, January 31 - Sunday, February 1, 2004
The Fairmont Royal York - Toronto, Ontario

 


 

 

Symposium agenda

 

 

 


Friday, January 30, 2004
 

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Registration
 

Saturday, January 31, 2004
Location: Imperial Room
 

7:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast and Registration
 

8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Gerrard Grace, Symposium Chair, Vice President, The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and Chair, AMD Alliance International

8:45 a.m.

Environics Poll: Public Awareness
and Attitudes about Age-Related
Macular Degeneration
Jane Armstrong, Senior Vice President, Environics Research Group

9:15 a.m.

Aging, Acuity and Advocacy: Population Aging, Vision Loss and Social Policy
David Foot, PhD, Footwork Consulting Inc., Author, “Boom, Bust and Echo”

10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break
 

10:30 a.m.

Introduction to the Panels
Martin Steinbach, PhD, Chair, Scientific Committee, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto
 

10:35 a.m.

Session I (Chair: Hélène Boisjoly, MD, FRCSC)

Panel

  • The Impact of Blindness and Impaired Vision in Developed Countries
    James M. Tielsch, BSc, MHS, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg
    School of Public Health (Baltimore, Maryland)

  • Current Estimates and Projections of Vision Loss in Canada
    Ralf Buhrmann, MDCM, PhD, FRSCS, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa Eye Institute (Ottawa, Ontario)

  • Demographics of Low Vision and Blindness in Canada
    Jacques Gresset, OD, PhD, Associate Professor, École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal (Montreal, Quebec)

  • The Evolving Diabetes Epidemic Among Canada’s First Nations: Implications for Vision Care
    Kue Young, MD, FRCPC, DPhil, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)

11:30 a.m.

Session II (Chair: William Hodge, MD, PhD, FRCSC)

Panel

  • The Impact of Vision Loss in Australia
    Hugh Taylor, AC, MD, Ringland Anderson Professor, of Ophthalmology, and Director, Centre for Eye Research, University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia)

  • The Prevalence of Blindness in British Columbia and the Impact Upon Cost
    David Maberley, MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid),
    Assistant Professor, Department of
    Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia
    (Vancouver, British Columbia)

  • Quality of Life Related to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
    Sanjay Sharma, MD, FRCSC, MSc (Epid), MBA, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, and Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, and Deputy Head, Department of Ophthalmology, Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario)

12:15 p.m.

Morning Session Overview and Discussion
Martin Steinbach, PhD, Chair, Scientific Committee, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
 

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon (Sponsored by Pfizer)
 

1:15 p.m.

Guest Speaker
Mary Walsh, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

2:00 p.m.

Session III (Chair: Elise Héon, MD, FRCSC)

Panel

  • Costs Associated With Glaucoma
    Harry A. Quigley, MD, Founding Member and Director, American Glaucoma Society, and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (Baltimore, Maryland)

  • The Economic Costs of Blindness
    Kevin Frick, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore, Maryland)

  • The Cost of Blindness in the United Kingdom
    Stephen Winyard, Head, Public Policy, Royal National Institute of the Blind (London, England)

  • New Paradigm of Disability: Impact on Assessing Costs of Blindness
    Corinne Kirchner, PhD, Sociologist and Director, Department of Policy Research and Program Evaluation, American Foundation for the Blind (New York, New York)

3:00 p.m.

Session IV (Chair: Jacob Sivak, OD, PhD)

Panel

4:00 p.m.

Afternoon Session Synopsis
 

4:15 p.m.

Refreshment Break
 

4:30 p.m.

Saturday Program Review and Challenges
for Sunday Workshops
Raymond LeBlanc, MD, FRCSC, Chair, National Coalition for Vision Health
 

5:00 p.m.

Cocktail Reception in the Library Room (Sponsored by Novartis Ophthalmics)
 

Sunday, February 1, 2004
 

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Location: Tudor Room 7 & 8
 

9:00 a.m.

Concurrent Session

  1. Social Policy New Directions
    Location: Manitoba Room
    Chair: Eugene Lechelt, PhD
     

  2. Health Economic Research/Epidemiology New Directions
    Location: Tudor Room 7 & 8
    Chair: Alan Cruess, MD, FRCSC

10:30 a.m.

Refreshment Break
 

11:00 a.m.

Plenary Session: Summary of Findings,
New Directions and Outcomes
Location: Tudor Room 7 & 8
Concurrent Session Reporters:
Gerrard Grace, Martin Steinbach, PhD, and
Raymond Leblanc, MD, FRCSC
 

12:00 p.m.

Departures