Retina UK Professionals’ Conference 2025
We will be back in London (and online) in 2025 for our Professionals' Conference.
Registration is now open for our Professionals’ Conference 2025 which is open to all health, social and education professionals. Join us for a packed day of CPD accredited sessions as we mark the charity’s 50th anniversary. Along with our exhibitors, the line-up for the day is as follows:
Programme
| 9.30am | Registration opens – network and visit our exhibition stands. |
| 10.00am | Welcome and housekeeping. |
| 10.05am | From vision to reality: 50 years of progress (Kathy Evans, Chair of Trustees, Retina UK). |
| 10.20am | Every experience counts: Insights from our Sight Loss Survey (Tina Garvey, Chief Executive, Retina UK). |
| 10.50am | Learning from lived experience: In conversation with our community (Paula McGrath, Deputy Chief Executive, Retina UK, leads a panel session). |
| 11.40am | Break |
| 12.00pm | Current developments in Inherited Retinal Dystrophy (IRD) research (Robert Henderson, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital). |
| 12.35pm | 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). |
| 1.10pm | Lunch |
We are mixing it up a little after lunch this year with sessions delivered specifically for:
- ECLOs: 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.
Suitable for ECLOs and ECLO Service Managers - Rehabilitation specialists and Habilitation specialists: 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.
Suitable for rehabilitation and habilitation specialists - Optometrists: 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.
Suitable for eye care professionals
These role specific sessions are only available to in-person delegates. You will be asked to select the session you plan to join on the registration form. For online delegates and those who choose not to attend the role specific sessions, the following session will be available to all.
| 2.00pm | Technology: creating life-changing opportunities for people with inherited sight loss (Davinder Kullar, Personaleyes) in-person and online. |
If you have any questions about our Professionals’ Conference, email services@RetinaUK.org.uk.