2020 IGDF Seminar Programme · Workshop: UK’s First Dual Diabetic Alert / Guide Dog Howard Jones...
Transcript of 2020 IGDF Seminar Programme · Workshop: UK’s First Dual Diabetic Alert / Guide Dog Howard Jones...
Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.
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2020 IGDF Seminar Programme
Day Time Details
Thursday 21st May
15:30 to 17:30 Development Committee Meet and Greet Location: TBC
Thursday 21st May
19:00 to 21.30 Welcome Reception Location: TBC
Friday
22nd May
7:00 to 8:15 Breakfast Location: Nebula Restaurant
Friday
22nd May
8:15 to 8:30 Meeting time, handing out of headsets for translation
Location: Outside Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday 22nd May
8:30 to 8:40 Welcome from the IGDF Chair Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday
22nd May
8:40 to 9:15 Official Opening of Seminar
Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday 22nd May
9:15 to 10:15 Keynote Speaker: The Evolution of Complementary Cognition Dr. Helen Taylor - Affiliated Scholar, University of Cambridge Facilitator: Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday 22nd May
10:15 to 10:45 Refreshments Location: Outside Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday 22nd May
10:45 to 12:00 Workshop: Kennel Enrichment – How can we keep our dogs happy and relaxed in the kennel? Peggy Gibbon - The Seeing Eye, Inc, USA Facilitator: Location: Jupiter
Workshop: Training GDMIs as Industrial Athletes Amy Gunn - Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc, USA Facilitator: Location: Sun 1
Workshop: Early years intervention: Guide Dogs Children’s Service approach to improving outcomes for visually impaired young people Martin Walls – Guide Dogs, UK Facilitator: Location: Sun 2
Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.
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Workshop: Possibly Overlooked Aspects of Client Communication in Guide Dog Training Lukas Hosnedl - Škola pro výcvik vodicich psů, s.r.o, Czech Republic Facilitator: Location: Neptun
Friday 22nd May
12:00 to 13:15 Lunch Location: Nebula Restaurant
Friday
22nd May
13:15 to 14:30 Workshop: Dog Care and Welfare: Cooperative Care……It’s your choice, isn’t it? Sara McIver and Emily Harvey – Guide Dogs, UK Facilitator: Location: Sun 2
Workshop: Deaf-Blind Program and Dual-Training Jennifer Sanderson - Leader Dogs for the Blind, USA Facilitator: Location: Neptun
Workshop: Puppy Training In Complex Plural Environments Ally Shin - Taiwan Guide Dog Association, Taiwan Facilitator: Location: Uranus
Workshop: About Exceptionally Gifted Blind People: When blindness actually means partial sight and why it matters Pavla Kovarikova - Mathilda Guide Dogs, Czech Republic Facilitator: Location: Sun 1
Panel Discussion: Orientation and Mobility Facilitator: Location: Jupiter
Friday 22nd May
14:30 to 15:00 Refreshments Location: Outside Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday
22nd May
15:00 to 16:00 Plenary: Stronger Together- Philanthropy and Marketing Partner to Build Multi-Channel Support and drive real Organizational Success Dani Landolt and Melissa Weisse - Leader Dogs for the Blind, USA Facilitator: Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Friday 22nd May
16:00 to 17:30 Networking opportunity Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.
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Friday 22nd May
18:00 to 19:30 Poster Session Location: TBC
Friday 22nd May
18:00 to 21.30 Dinner Location: Nebula Restaurant
Friday 22nd May
20:30 to 22:00 DVD session Location: TBC
Saturday 23rd May
7:00 to 8:15 Breakfast Location: Nebula Restaurant
Saturday 23rd May
8:30 to 10:00 Annual General Meeting, including:
Nominations for IGDF Board Directors
Delegates vote for IGDF Board Directors
ISO Standards Update Dorothys – announcement and showing of shortlisted submissions Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Saturday 23rd May
10:00 to 11:00 Plenary: Revised IGDF Standards IGDF Accreditation Committee Facilitator: Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Saturday 23rd May
11:00 to 11:30 Refreshments Location: Outside Sun 1 and Sun 2
Saturday 23rd May
11:30 to 12:45 Workshop: End of Life Decision-Making: When is the right time to say goodbye? Dr. Kate Kuzminski – Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc, USA Dr. Caroline Moeser - Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Australia Facilitator: Location: Sun 2
Workshop: Making Use of Your Assets Kim Ryan - Visability/Guide Dogs Tasmania, Australia Jennifer Ceia - Centar za Rehabilitacija Silver, Croatia Facilitator: Location: Sun 1
Workshop: The Social Barrier our Guide Dog Users Face Mika Anbo and Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi - Japan Guide Dog Association, Japan Facilitator:
Location: Jupiter
Panel Discussion: Developing an Organisation Facilitator:
Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.
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Location: Neptun
Saturday 23rd May
12:45 to 14:00 Lunch Location: Nebula Restaurant
Saturday 23rd May
14:00 to 15:15
Workshop: I feel the Earth…move…under my feet! Escalator/Moving Walkway Training Caitlin Smith - Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs, Australia Facilitator: Location: Jupiter
Workshop: Stronger Together: Managing and Staffing Organizations into the Future Katie Petcavich - Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc, USA Facilitator: Location: Sun 1
Workshop: Global Improvement of Behavior Important For Guide Dogs Jane Russenberger - Guiding Eyes for the Blind, USA Facilitator: Location: Sun 2
Workshop: UK’s First Dual Diabetic Alert / Guide Dog Howard Jones – Guide Dogs, UK Facilitator: Location: Neptun
Saturday 23rd May
15:15 to 15:45 Refreshments Location: Outside Sun 1 and Sun 2
Saturday 23rd May
15:45 to 17:00 Workshop: Hands Guiding Paws Milan Dvorak and Lenka Platenikova - Škola pro výcvik vodicich psů, s.r.o, Czech Republic Facilitator: Location: Jupiter
Workshop: Supporting staff through change using a behavioural science approach Hannah Wright – Guide Dogs, UK Facilitator: Location: Sun 2
Workshop: The Search for the Ideal Puppy Raiser: Separating the Truth from the Myth Sarah Blevins - Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc, USA Facilitator: Location: Sun 1
Workshop: Vision Loss after an Acquired Brain Injury and travelling with a Guide Dog Shelley Pannier and Sally Armstrong – Guide Dogs
Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.
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Victoria, Australia Facilitator: Location: Neptun
Saturday 23rd May
18:30 TBC Gala Dinner (including Presentation of Ken Lord Award and Derek Freeman Scholarship)
Location: TBC
Sunday 24th May
7:00 to 8:15 Breakfast Location: Nebula Restaurant
Sunday 24th May
8:30 to 9:30 Plenary: Can we predict guide dog success by measuring puppy behaviour as early as eight months of age? Becky Hunt – Guide Dogs, UK Facilitator: Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Sunday 24th May
9:30 to 9:45 Move to workshops
Sunday 24th May
9:45 to 11:00 Workshop: Can we influence female guide dog health, development, behaviour and progression by neutering bitches before or after puberty? Rachel Moxon – Guide Dogs, UK Facilitator: Location: Sun 2
Workshop: Canes & Guides: Possibilities and Impossibilities Kees Tinga - KNGF Geleidehonden, Netherlands Facilitator: Location: Jupiter
Workshop: Stronger Handlers, Stronger Teams: How post-class support can increase clients’ skills and lengthen guide careers Toby Contreras - Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc, USA Facilitator: Location: Sun 1
Workshop: Taking Advocacy To the Next Level Melissa Allman - The Seeing Eye Inc, USA Facilitator: Location: Neptun
Sunday 24th May
11:00 to 11:30 Refreshments Location: Outside Sun 1 and Sun 2
Sunday 24th May
11:30 to 12:30 Plenary: Guide Dog provider or mobility provider, what will our job be tomorrow?
Please note this programme is subject to changes, if they prove necessary, between now and the seminar.
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Hans Damm - Fondation VISIO, France Christine Turc - Les chiens guides d’Aveugles de l’Ouest, France
Facilitator: Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Sunday 24th May
12:30 to 13:00 2020 IGDF Seminar close
Location: Sun 1 and Sun 2
Sunday 24th May
13:00 to 14:00 Lunch Location: Nebula Restaurant