Past Meetings

Meetings have been held regularly at 3 year intervals since 1986. Future meetings will be held once every 2 years. Links to the most recent meetings are available.

1986
Asilomar International Low Vision Conference in California sponsored by American Foundation for the Blind and Department of Veteran Affairs.

1990
International Conference, " Low Vision Ahead II” sponsored by Association for the Blind, Melbourne.

1993
The International Low Vision Conference held in Groningen, The Netherlands sponsored by Visio and the University of Groningen.

1996
International Society for Low-vision Research and Rehabilitation (ISLRR) officially incorporated in Amsterdam.

1999
Vision 99 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, sponsored by Lighthouse International, New York.

2002
Vision 2002 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, sponsored by Sahlgrenska University Hospital & Goteborg University:  Gothenburg, Sweden.

2005
Vision 2005 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, sponsored by Royal National Institute of the Blind, London.

2008
Vision 2008 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, Montreal, sponsored by École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal and Institut Nazareth & Louis-Braille.

2011
Vision 2011 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, sponsored by Malaysian Association for the Blind and Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital.

2014
Vision 2014 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, Melbourne, Australia, sponsored by Vision Australia.

2017
Vision 2017 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, sponsored by Vision 2020 the Netherlands, the Dutch Society of Optometrists, and Dedicon on behalf of the Daisy Consortium.

2022
Vision 2020 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, Dublin, Ireland, sponsored by Vision Impaired Providers Alliance (delayed from 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic).

2023
Vision 2023 (ISLRR) International Low Vision Conference, Denver, Colorado, sponsored by Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado and Anchor Center for Blind Children, Denver, Colorado.