Program
Final Congress Program – IOC 2025
The Congress program is subject to change without notice.
| 9:00-11:30 | ZORAN GEORGIEVSKI EDUCATION FORUM: INNOVATIONS IN ORTHOPTIC EDUCATION: DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR REAL-WORLD IMPACT | |
| Moderated by Konstandina Koklanis | ||
| 9:00-10:00 | Hour 1 |
As orthoptic education evolves to meet the demands of a rapidly advancing healthcare landscape, the upcoming Zoran Georgievski Education Forum will focus on the theme Innovations in Orthoptic Education: Developing Skills for Real-World Impact. This forum taking place on June 26, 2025 will explore forward-thinking approaches to education that equip orthoptic students with the essential skills and knowledge to thrive in diverse clinical environments. This forum will bring together educators, clinicians, and researchers to discuss innovative teaching methodologies, curricular advancements, and practical training strategies that enhance student preparedness for real-world challenges. Scheduled to take place the day before the International Orthoptic Congress commences, the two-hour forum will be structured into two parts: the first half will feature invited speakers, and the second half will showcase free paper presentations, providing a platform to highlight a diverse range of educational perspectives from around the world. Registration numbers are limited and requires a separate registration fee. Contact ioc@thinkbusinessevents.com.au to register. |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Hour 2 | |
| 12:00-14:00 | IOA LEADERSHIP MEETING | |
| Invite only meeting for IOA Leadership Representatives | ||
| 14:30-17:00 | RESEARCH FORUM: GETTING STARTED IN CLINICAL RESEARCH | |
| Moderated by Kyle Arnoldi-Jolley | ||
| 14:30-15:30 | Hour 1 |
Join us for the first IOA Congress Research Workshop. This 2-hour workshop is designed to offer early-career orthoptists, orthoptic students, and anyone interested in learning more about clinical research personalised assistance in designing, executing, and publishing a clinical research project. From generating a research question, to study design, to statistical analysis, and funding, all aspects of clinical research will be discussed by a group of very experienced orthoptist clinician-scientists and medical writers. Participants will be sorted into groups of 10 to facilitate discussion and address individual needs. The workshop is limited to 50 participants and requires a separate registration fee. Contact ioc@thinkbusinessevents.com.au to register. |
| 15:30-16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Hour 2 | |
| 8:30-9:00 | OPENING CEREMONY | |
| 8:30-8:40 | Indigenous representative | Welcome to Country |
| 8:40-8:50 | Jan Roelof Polling | Welcome: IOA President |
| 8:50-8:55 | Jane Schuller | Welcome: LOC Chair |
| 8:55-9:00 | Joel Hyndman | Welcome: CSPC Chair |
| 9:00-10:00 | Block 1 – THEME: BURIAN LECTURE | |
| 9:00-9:10 | Jan Roelof Polling | Introduction of Burian Lecturer |
| 9:10-10:00 | Fiona Rowe | Burian Lecture: “A Vision for Vision” |
| 10:00-10:30 | MORNING TEA | |
| 10:30-11:15 | Block 2 – THEME: IOA SCOPE OF PRACTICE | |
| Birgit Wahl | IOA Orthoptic Scope of Practice Launch | |
| Q & A | ||
| 11:15-12:25 | Block 3 – THEME: ADVANCED ORTHOPTIC PRACTICE | |
| Moderated by Melanie Lai and Craig Murray | ||
| 11:15-11:20 | Moderators | Opening remarks |
| 11:20-11:30 | Catherine Mancuso | The Australian Orthoptic Landscape – Scope of Practice in a Melbourne Public Hospital |
| 11:30-11:40 | Debra Gleeson | The Advanced Practice Orthoptic Pilot (APOP) in an Acute Ophthalmology Clinic at the RVEEH Melbourne |
| 11:40-11:50 | Vincent Nguyen | Low Vision Orthoptics: More than just a magnifier |
| 11:50-12:00 | Danielle Morgan | I-SHARE Project: Improving information sharing and patient experience at Sydney Eye Hospital |
| 12:00-12:10 | Craig Murray | Advancing the Orthoptic Profession: The British and Irish Orthoptic Society Workforce and Education Reform Programme |
| 12:10-12:20 | Kristina Alexander | Extending Further – An Orthoptist’s experience of implementing an Advanced Clinical Practitioner clinic in Paediatric Ophthalmology |
| 12:20-12:25 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30-14:20 | Block 4 – THEME: NEURO-ORTHOPTICS | |
| Moderated by Lauren Hepworth and Sandra Staffieri | ||
| 13:30-13:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 13:35-13:45 | Sonia Lau | Providing person-centred orthoptic care for those with co-occurring visual and communication impairments |
| 13:45-13:55 | Marianne Coleman | Improving eyecare experiences for people living with dementia |
| 13:55-14:05 | Konstandina Koklanis | Prevalence of post-concussion vision difficulties in children and adolescents: A systematic review. |
| 14:05-14:15 | Konstandina Koklanis | Practice Patterns of Orthoptists in Post-Concussion Vision Care in Australia |
| 14:15-14:20 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 14:20-15:30 | Block 5 – THEME: LOW VISION | |
| Moderated by Kerry Fitzmaurice and Gemma Arblaster | ||
| 14:20-14:25 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 14:25-14:35 | Gemma Arblaster | Experiences of acute hospital care for older people living with visual impairment |
| 14:35-14:45 | Meri Vukicevic | Functional vision and vision-related quality of life of patients with peri-foveal geographic atrophy |
| 14:45-14:55 | Holly Kelly | Digital literacy and low vision. |
| 14:55-15:05 | Nadine McArthur | Search Listening in the Support of the Low Vision Patient |
| 15:05-15:15 | Vincent Nguyen | Outcomes of Low Vision Service Delivery via a Novel Telepractice Model for Rural and Remote Populations in Australia |
| 15:15-15:25 | Wenjing Su | Enhancing Empathy in Vision Care Through VR Simulations of Central Vision Loss |
| 15:25-15:30 | Moderators | Closing remarks |
| 15:30-16:00 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Block 6 – THEME: EDUCATION | |
| Moderated by Jignasa Mehta and Sara Flodin | ||
| 16:00-16:05 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 16:05-16:15 | Karzan Hughes | Service-user experience of the Microsoft Hololens for live-streaming patient consultations in the Orthoptic clinic |
| 16:15-16:25 | Birgit Wahl | Is an international educational buddy scheme through online orthoptic tutorials beneficial for students? |
| 16:25-16:35 | Michelle Courtney-Harris | An Interprofessional collaborative learning experience through the eyes of health care students |
| 16:35-16:45 | Natalia Kelly | Enhancing clinical education through vision screening for children with hearing impairment. |
| 16:45-16:55 | Craig Murray | The BIOS Workforce and Education Development Programme: Pre-registration orthoptists attitudes to preceptorship and transitioning from study to qualified clinician |
| 16:55-17:00 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 17:00-19:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION | |
| 8:20-9:10 | Block 7 – THEME: VISION SCREENING | |
| Moderated by Anna Horwood and Mythili Ilango | ||
| 8:20-8:25 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 8:25-8:35 | Miriam Langeslag-Smith | Where are we now – Comparing preschool vision screening outcomes 13 years apart |
| 8:35-8:45 | Olivia Staffieri | Vision Screening Programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children: A Scoping Review |
| 8:45-8:55 | Karin Waldhauser | Orthoptic Screening in Preverbal Age: Lessons from 18 Years of Experience and a Pandemic |
| 8:55-9:05 | Kathryn Rose | Visual Acuity Results Measured by HOTV and Tumbling E EDTRS Charts in Chinese Children |
| 9:05-9:10 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 9:10-10:00 | Block 8 – THEME: VISUAL FIELDS | |
| Moderated by Birgit Wahl and Karzan Hughes | ||
| 9:10-9:15 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15-9:25 | Nissi Faith Obra | Hand Gesture Perimetry: A Novel Method of Visual Field Testing in an Augmented Virtual Environment |
| 9:25-9:35 | Joyce Tiang | Outcomes of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Melbourne Rapid Fields (MRF) Online Perimeter in Home Monitoring for Glaucoma |
| 9:35-9:45 | Jacinta Walz | Removing barriers to care with virtual-reality-based perimetry |
| 9:45-9:55 | Fiona Rowe | Peripheral kinetic visual field assessment as a measure for presence of functional visual field |
| 9:55-10:00 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 10:00-10:30 | MORNING TEA | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Block 9 – THEME: PAEDIATRICS | |
| Moderated by Lachlan Knight and Sue Silveira | ||
| 10:30-10:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 10:35-10:45 | Payal Khandelwal | High-quality amblyopia research in paediatric orthoptic community services: enablers and barriers |
| 10:45-10:55 | Dipesh Patel | Low vs. high intensity occlusion therapy for mild/moderate amblyopia: Feasibility RCT outcomes |
| 10:55-11:05 | Sue Silveira | Exploring the playground experience when supervising children with vision impairment. |
| 11:05-11:15 | Natalia Kelly | Visual-auditory stimulation intervention in children with cerebral vision impairment (CVI) |
| 11:15-11:25 | Navdeep Kaur | Starving their sight: ocular complications from nutritional deficiencies |
| 11:25-11:30 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 11:30-12:30 | Block 10 – THEME: OPHTHALMIC TECHNOLOGY | |
| Moderated by Meri Vukicevic and Mitchell Bagley | ||
| 11:30-11:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 11:35-11:45 | Amanda Moore | Invisible Retinoblastoma: Optical Coherence Tomography Aids Diagnosis |
| 11:45-11:55 | Mitchell Bagley | A Novel Approach to Indocyanine Green and Fluorescein Angiography using the Clarus 700 ICG Prototype |
| 11:55-12:05 | Tram Nguyen | Using technology to drive practice change: how new technology may impact patient surgery selection |
| 12:05-12:15 | Sonia Toor | The effectiveness of tele-appointments in the management of young adults undergoing orthoptic exercises |
| 12:15-12:25 | Monica Lette | SeeWay: The first truly co-designed patient responsive online tool for people with low vision: pilot findings |
| 12:25-12:30 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Block 11 – NEURO-ORTHOPTICS: CHALLENGING CASES AND PANEL DISCUSSION | |
| Moderated by Gill Roper-Hall | ||
| Moderators | Opening Remarks | |
| Gill Roper-Hall | ||
| Jan Roelof Polling | ||
| Renne Hernadez | ||
| Shivanand Sheth | ||
| Martin Wasik | ||
| 14:30-15:30 | Block 12 – THEME: ORTHOPTIC-LED MODELS OF CARE | |
| Moderated by Catherine Mancuso and Sonia Toor | ||
| 14:30-14:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 14:35-14:45 | Jessica Crippa | Evaluating the Success of Orthoptic-Led Clinics: A Decade of Integrated Eye Care at The Children’s Eye Centre |
| 14:45-14:55 | Jennifer Earl | Introduction of an orthoptic-led paediatric chalazion clinic: a service review |
| 14:55-15:05 | Kylie Robinson | OSOP- Orthoptic Led Surgical Post-op Clinic; The Why, The How, The Result |
| 15:05-15:15 | Melanie Lai | An economic evaluation of orthoptic-led services in the collaborative care of glaucoma |
| 15:15-15:25 | Sandra Staffieri | The orthoptist and retinoblastoma: beyond the consulting room door. |
| 15:25-15:30 | Moderators | Closing remarks |
| 15:30-16:00 | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Block 13 – THEME: APSPOS SYMPOSIUM: PAEDIATRIC IMAGING | |
| Moderated by Deepa Taranath | ||
| Moderators | Opening remarks | |
| Stephanie Crofts / Katie Geering | How to obtain good images in children- Tips and tricks | |
| Deepa Taranath | Fundus photography and Fluorescein Angiography in children | |
| Caroline Catt | OCT in children | |
| Rasha Altaie | Corneal topography and anterior segment imaging | |
| Susie Luu | Biometry and Ultrasound in children | |
| 18:00-20:00 | CONGRESS DINNER | |
| 8:10 -9:00 | Block 14 – THEME: BINOCULAR VISION | |
| Moderated by Linda Colpa and Katherine Fray | ||
| 8:10-8:15 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 8:15-8:25 | Sonia Toor | A comparison of tests to monitor the change in accommodation after close work |
| 8:25-8:35 | Jignasa Mehta | Effect of monocular impaired visual acuity across digital and non-digital stereotests |
| 8:35-8:45 | Kylie Gran | Comparing Latent Strabismus in Children According to Learning Difficulty Status: A Prospective Case-Control Cross-Sectional Study |
| 8:45-8:55 | Rani Bahho | The Relationship between Motor Fusion and Stereoacuity in Adults with Normal Binocular Single Vision |
| 8:55-9:00 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 9:00-10:00 | Block 15 – THEME: ISA SYMPOSIUM: WHEN THE HEAD POSTURE IS THE MAIN CONCERN | |
| Moderated by Andrea Molinari | ||
| Fiona Rowe | Assessment of the anomalous head posture | |
| Daisy Godts | Non-surgical management of the anomalous head posture | |
| Claudia Yahalom | Anomalous head posture in patients with nystagmus | |
| Jonathan Holmes | Head posture in thyroid eye disease | |
| Lional Kowal | Uncommon causes of anomalous head posture | |
| Andrea Molinari | Paradoxical head tilt in 4th nerve palsy | |
| 10:00-10:30 | MORNING TEA | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Block 16 – THEME: STRABISMUS | |
| Moderated by Frank Martin and Kyle Arnoldi | ||
| 10:30-10:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 10:35-10:45 | Marieke Telleman | Orbital fracture reconstruction improves stereoacuity and ocular alignment: a retrospective cohort study |
| 10:45-10:55 | Gemma Arblaster | A retrospective review of Harada Ito surgical procedures for superior oblique palsy |
| 10:55-11:05 | Jane Schuller | Cavernous Conundrums |
| 11:05-11:15 | Carrie Griffiths | Medial Rectus Metastasis in Advanced Breast Cancer: A Case Study |
| 11:15-11:25 | Jennifer Earl | Improving strabismus care: A service review of an orthoptic-led paediatric squint listing clinic |
| 11:25-11:30 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 11:30-12:30 | Block 17 – THEME: REFRACTIVE ERROR | |
| Moderated by Felicia Adinanto and Kathryn Rose | ||
| 11:30-11:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 11:35-11:45 | Mythili Ilango | Use of Visual Acuity to Screen for Significant Refractive Errors in Preschool Children |
| 11:45-11:55 | Gareth Lingham | “Biometry equivalent refraction” as a screening tool for refractive error in children |
| 11:55-12:05 | Vijay Tailor-Hamblin | Low concentration atropine affects near point of accommodation, but not near visual acuity |
| 12:05-12:15 | Jan Roelof Polling | Treatment of childhood myopia: Is combination therapy better than atropine alone? |
| 12:15-12:25 | Manjushri Yuan Rou Lee | Managing Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia – Effects of Reduced Myopic Prescription |
| 12:25-12:30 | Moderators | Closing Remarks |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30-14:40 | Block 18 – THEME: MYOPIA SESSION | |
| Moderated by Amanda French and Gareth Lingham | ||
| 13:30-13:35 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 13:35-13:45 | Ian Morgan | The epidemic of myopia and the impact of education |
| 13:45-13:55 | Amanda French | Preventing myopia through modulation of time outdoors and near work |
| 13:55-14:05 | Kathryn Rose | The mechanisms for environmental risk factors |
| 14:05-14:15 | Jason Yam | Management of myopia: atropine and red light therapy |
| 14:15-14:25 | Felicia Adinanto | Impact of childhood myopia on ocular alignment |
| 14:25-14:40 | All | Panel Discussion |
| 14:45-15:45 | Block 19 – THEME: STROKE | |
| Moderated by Fiona Rowe and Shanelle Sorbello | ||
| 14:45-14:50 | Moderators | Opening Remarks |
| 14:50-15:00 | Fiona Rowe | European Stroke Organisation Vision Guidelines: Recommendations for assessment and rehabilitation |
| 15:00-15:10 | Shanelle Sorbello | Development of the New South Wales Post-stroke Vision Care Framework |
| 15:10-15:20 | Lauren Hepworth | Evolution of Orthoptic Stroke Services in the UK and Ireland |
| 15:20-15:30 | Lauren Hepworth | Patient Reported Impact of Post-Stroke Visual Impairment |
| 15:30-15:40 | Rusmiza Binti Amin | Prevalence of post-stroke visual impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis |
| 15:40-15:45 | Moderators | Closing remarks |
| 15:45-16:00 | CLOSING CEREMONY | |
| JR Polling | IOA AWARDS | |
| Joel Hyndman | Closing remarks | |
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