Boston, MA, July 19th – 21st, 2026, with Perkins School for the Blind of Watertown, MA. The 2026 CVI Conference dedicated to the leading cause of childhood blindness. Explore assessment tools, the latest research, and resources for families, individuals with CVI and providers. The CVI Conference carves out a space where lived experience meets expertise to drive change for people with CVI.
* There will also be an exhibitor expo with a variety of support and resources for CVI/Visual Impairment.
* There will be more than twenty workshops covering a wide range of topics to support the CVI/Visual Impairment Community
* Keynote Speaker: Lotfi Merabet is a clinician-scientist investigating how the brain adapts to visual impairment. He serves on the Education and CVI Steering Committees of the Perkins School for the Blind, and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Carroll Center for the Blind and the National Braille Press. In 2010, he joined the clinical and research faculty of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear and his work is currently supported by the NIH/National Eye Institute. Dr. Merabet is the Frederick and Thaddeus Jakobiec Chair in Ophthalmology at Mass Eye and Ear and is leading the charge to improve diagnosis and treatment for CVI, which is the leading cause of visual impairment in children.
Fees apply, registraiton is required.
