Event Type
Hybrid
Program Type
Community Events
Location
All conferences offer both in-person and virtual attendance. In-person attendance will be at the Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon
Toronto ON M4W 2G8
Canada
Vision Health Canada’s 2026 Conference Series brings together people with lived experience, clinicians, researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to advance eye care in Canada. Registration is now open for the Age-Related Macular Degeneration Awareness Month Conference on February 11, 2026.
- Theme: Clinical Updates on Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Geographic Atrophy, Shaping the Future of Eye Care in Canada, and Findings from Vision Loss Rehabilitation Canada’s (VLRC) Survey Report 2025.
- Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
- Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. (Complimentary Continental Breakfast and Lunch Will be Served)
- Location: All conferences offer both in-person and virtual attendance. In-person attendance will be at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto, Ontario
The Day’s Agenda
- Exploring age-related macular degeneration and geographic atrophy landscapes from diagnosis to daily living
- A retina specialist’s experience treating geographic atrophy – present and future treatments, in particular gene therapy, stem cells, and biosimilars
- A conversation about Canada’s drug approval process
- Living with geographic atrophy-patient-panel
- Living with vision loss in Canada: exploring experiences, access, and pathways to service – VLRC Survey Report 2025
- The Ontario Population-Based Eye Disease Prevalence Study update
- Detailing Vision Health Canada’s final submission and recommendations for Bill C-284
- Update from Health Canada on the status of the National Strategy for Eye Care – what happens now?
- All this and much more
Additional details, including full agendas and keynote speakers, will be shared closer to the event.