2026 Conference - VisionServe Alliance

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Envision and VisionServe Alliance join forces for the premier multidisciplinary blindness and low vision conference with strategic insights, outstanding programs, and opportunities for vision rehabilitation professionals.

The conference, held May 27-30, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio, will bring together more than 400 agency leaders and their teams, clinical rehabilitation professionals, researchers, service providers, and other professionals and advocates in the vision rehabilitation field.

Enjoy a conference keynote by Dr. Calvin W. Roberts, lead researcher at ARPA-H, 2024 John Milton McLean Medal winner for distinguished lecturers, and past President and CEO of Lighthouse Guild in New York City. Experience incredible networking opportunities and two education tracks leveraging VisionServe Alliance and Envision strengths—including sessions on leadership and organizational development, direct service, best practices, vision research, technology, and strategies to improve client/patient care and outcomes. Over 50 hours of executive leadership, clinical education, and research sessions about vision rehabilitation, offering 20+ hours of continuing education credits through ACVREP RPPLE, AOTA, and COPE.

Learn more about the conference. Registration opens in mid-October.

Submit Your Conference session proposal by December 12.

Session proposals are now being accepted for VisionServe Alliance’s Track, featuring Speaker Presentations; Panel Presentations; and Interactive Workshops, and Envision’s Track including Clinical Education Courses; Panel/Symposia; Hands-On Workshop Courses; and Research Abstracts. Learn more and submit session proposals by December 12, 2025.

Read the full Conference Press Release. Join us in Columbus to be inspired, connect, and advance our shared mission.