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 Conference 2009/04 April - Belfast
Below are the recordings from the Belfast Conference 2009.

Audio CDs for this conference can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. Each CD is made up of a number of tracks (recordings from the conference), which are MP3 files and will work on a typical MP3 player or computer. For ease of downloading the tracks have been "zipped" into zip files, so you oly have to download one zip file per CD to get all of the tracks.

Conference Programme
9.30am Doors open

9.30 – 11.00am Coffee - View low vision exhibition

11.00 – 11.15am Chairman’s Introduction – Alan Alderman

11.15 –11.45am Review of MDS –CEO, Tom Bremridge
MDS Support Groups – Tom McInulty, Groups Support and Development Officer

11.45am –12.15pm Facilities for Visually Impaired People in Northern Ireland – Shane Logan, Director RNIB Northern Ireland

12.15 – 12.45pm Risk Factors for Macular Degeneration and Nutrition - Miss Giuliana Silvestri , consultant ophthalmic surgeon and reader Queen’s University Belfast

12.45 – 2.00pm Lunch and view exhibits

2.00 – 2.30pm Be Fit – See Fit – advice for seniors on keeping physically and mentally fit - Dorothy Dobson MBE, University of Dundee

2.30 – 3.20pm Update on Treatments and Research, followed by questions – Professor Usha Chakravarthy, Queens University Belfast

3.20pm Chairman’s closing remarks

Our thanks to The Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland and The Enkalon Foundation for their kind support.

Date Published: 4 Apr 2009
MP3 - CD 1 of 3 - Download and listen (Conference_2009.zip)
MP3 - CD 2 of 3 - Download and listen (Conference_2009(1).zip)
MP3 - CD 3 of 3 - Download and listen (Conference_2009(2).zip)
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