Retina UK – Professionals’ Conference 2025
Retina UK – Professionals’ Conference, Friday, 19 September, 10am to 4pm, London
This event is free to attend and will be CPD-accredited. Attend in-person in London and network with colleagues, or online.
This year’s event will include specific sessions for ECLOs, rehabilitation and habilitation specialists and eye care professionals.
Highlights include:
- From vision to reality: 50 years of progress (Kathy Evans, Chair of Trustees, Retina UK).
- Every experience counts: Insights from our Sight Loss Survey (Tina Garvey, Chief Executive, Retina UK).
- Learning from lived experience: In conversation with our community (Paula McGrath, Deputy Chief Executive, Retina UK, leads a panel session)
- Supporting the mental wellbeing of young people with inherited, progressive vision impairment (Michael Crossland, Senior Research Fellow, University College London (UCL), Institute of Ophthalmology and Rachel Canavan, PhD student in Psychology, UCL).
Plus afternoon in-person sessions for
- An overview of the causes, symptoms and stages of Inherited progressive sight loss and how ECLOs can best support those affected – Stevie Johnson, Clinical Lead, RNIB.
In-person for ECLOs and ECLO Service Managers - Exploring some of the challenges of delivering vision rehabilitation with ethnically diverse clients – Simon Labbett, Vision Rehabilitation Specialist and Bhavini Makwana, Chair of BAME Vision.
In-person for rehabilitation and habilitation specialists - Low vision strategies: Advice and services for people with Inherited Retinal Dystrophies (IRDs) – Louise Gow, Head of Eye Health, Optometry and Low Vision at the RNIB. Association of Optometrists (AOP) accredited.
In-person for eye care professionals - Technology: creating life-changing opportunities for people with inherited sight loss (Davinder Kullar, Personaleyes).
Non-role specific session for available online and in person.
Find out more and book your place at RetinaUK.org.uk/prof-conf
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