Chair : Dr. Ruth M.A. van Nispen , Assistant professor Low Vision Research, dept. Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dr. Hilde P.A. van der Aa , Postdoctoral researcher, epidemiologist, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dr. Eric Castet , Researcher, CNRS – Aix-Marseille Univ, France
Prof. Maria B Coco , Vision Scientist, Researcher at the Health Sciences Department, European University Miguel de Cervantes, Valladolid, Spain
Dr. Michael Crossland , Specialist optometrist and hon. senior research associate, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Dr. Gislin Dagnelie , Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, JHU Lions Vision Research & Rehab Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore USA
Dr. Saskia Damen , Assistant Professor Special Needs Education and Child Care, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Dr. Wim van Damme, Medical physicist, Royal Dutch Visio, the Netherlands
Dr. Catherine Dennison , Senior Manager Evidence, RNIB, UK
Dr. Mieke de Droog , Lecturer of the Department of Organization Management and Governance/Vice Dean Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Aruba
Dr. Bláithín Gallagher , Consultant: Research, Evaluation and Project Management/ Honorary Research Fellow, B.A.M. Gallagher Consulting, Ireland/University of York, UK /European University of Miguel Cervantes, Spain
Dr. Maria M. van Genderen , Ophthalmologist, Bartiméus Diagnostic centre for rare visual disorders, Zeist, Netherlands
Dr. Vijaya K Gothwal , Scientist/Low Vision Specialist, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Dr. Jianmin Hu , Chief Physician, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, China
Dr. Bianca Huurneman , Postdoctoral researcher, Dept. Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Dr. Mary Lou Jackson , Ophthalmologist, Director of Vision Rehabilitation Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC , Canada
Dr. Sabina Kef , Assistant Professor, Fac. Psychology and Paedagogics, VU University, Amsterdam the Netherlands
Dr. Helen Lee , Prevention Manager, RNIB Evidence & Service Impact, UK
Dr. Antonio F. T. Macedo , Lecturer, Linnaeus University (Linnéuniversitetet), Department of Medicine and Optometry, Kalmar, Sweden
Prof. Samuel N Markowitz , Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Beáta Prónay , Special education teacher for VI and for ID, psychologist, rehab. professional, integrated infant-parent consultant, Hungary
Dr. Ton Roelofs , Clinical Physicist, Royal Dutch Visio, Center of expertise for blind and partially sighted people, Het Loo Erf, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
Prof. Bernhard A. Sabel , Professor of Medical Psychology, Neuroscientist, Institute of Medical Psychology, Univ. Magdeburg, Germany
Dr. Bill Seiple, Director of the Arlene R Gordon Research Institute and Vice President of Research at Lighthouse-Guild, Canada
Dr. Philippa Simkiss , manager in NGO, RNIB, UK
Prof. Hans van der Steen , Chair Visual information processing, Dept. Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Dr. Herman Talsma , Clinical Physicist, Bartiméus, Zeist, the Netherlands
Peter Verstraten, MSc , Programme manager Expertise, Innovation, Knowledge (EIK); Psychologist, Robert Coppes Stichting, Vught, the Netherlands
Dr. Mathijs P.J. Vervloed , Associate Professor, registered health psychologist, Radboud Universiteit, Behavioural Science Institute, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Dr. Aly Waninge , Physiotherapist and lecturer (Hanzehogeschool), Royal Dutch Visio De Brink, Vries, Netherlands
Dr. Gerard de Wit , Clinical Physicist, Bartiméus, Zeist, the Netherlands
Dr. Walter Wittich , Assistant Professor, School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Canada
Em. Prof. George C. Woo , Optometrist, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong