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