Events

Dates of future conferences:
Tuesday 2nd March 2010
The venue is at:
Exhall Grange School. Wheelwright Lane, Ash Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 9HP England Tel:024 7636 4200.

Second Site
Hello - This is just to let members know that Second Sight is organising a low vision exhibition called 4 Sight on Wednesday 17th March 2010 in the newly refurbished Morpeth Town Hall, Northumberland. We are planning this to be relevant to all age groups.

Furthermore Second Sight is organising the first North East Eye Day on 11th May 2010 in Newcastle upon Tyne, topics and speakers include;

Vision and the brain: Cerebral visual impairment and visual hallucinations
Jo Jefferis
Academic Clinical Fellow Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University
Curing blindness with stem cells: hype or hope!
Dr Sajjad Ahmad, MB BS, MRCOphth, PhD,
North East England Stem Cell Institute and Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University

Detecting and Managing Visual Impairment due to damage to the brain - the commonest cause of poor vision in children Professor Gordon Dutton consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow and Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology

Macular Degeneration and the latest research
Mr James Talks MRCP FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Head of Department Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne

For more details contact Penny 01670 789728 or Caroline 01325 365757 or 07906 469766, nevis_boulby@msn.com