Please post this announcement:=20
6th Meeting of the Child Vision Research Society (CVRS)
Pisa (Italy)
June 6-8, 1997
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT=20
AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Stella Maris Scientific Institute and INPE University of Pisa
Organized by=20
Dr.Giovanni Cioni
Institute of Developmental Neurology, Psychiatry=20
and Educational Psychology (INPE), University of Pisa=20
Stella Maris Scientific Institute
Via dei Giacinti 2
I-56018 Calambrone Pisa Italy
phone: + 39 50 886283
fax: + 39 50 32214
E-mail: cioni@inpe.unipi.it
The Meeting is organized in co-operation with:
Dr.David Burr, Dr.Adriana Fiorentini, Dr.Concetta Morrone
Institute of Neurophysiology, CNR Pisa Italy
(dave@neuro.in.pi.cnr.it, concetta@neuro.in.pi.cnr.it,=20
adri@neuro.in.pi.cnr.it)
General Information The Child Vision Research Society (CVRS) comprises
researchers from many different countries, interested on the development
of vision in infancy and early childhood, under normal and abnormal
condition. A wide range of disciplines, including anatomy, physiology,
neurology, psychology, ophthalmology, rehabilitation are represented in
the CVRS. A scientific meeting is organized every second year, to provide
an opportunity for exchanging new ideas and findings between basic
scientists and clinicians concerned with vision in infants and children.
Active participation of CVRS and non-CVRS members attending the meeting is
encouraged, by means of short oral presentations and posters.=20
Scientific Program
Language
The official language of the meeting will be English. No provision for
translation facilities will be made.
Main topics of the meeting
=B7=09Development of the brain and development of vision: new findings and
models for and from pathology
=B7=09Role of vision in cognitive and motor development of infants and youn=
g
children
=B7=09New techniques for visual assessment=20
=B7=09Epidemiology of visual disorders
=B7=09Psychophysics and electrophysiology
=B7=09Neurophysiology of vision
=B7=09Eye movements
=B7=09Rehabilitation=20
The final program will contain special lectures, oral communications and
posters on the main topics listed above and on other topics suggested by th=
e
participants.
Submission of Abstracts
An abstract form for oral presentations and posters is enclosed. While the
authors are asked to indicate their preference, the final decision will be
made by the programme committee. The abstracts, typed on one side of A4
format (Times New Roman 12, 1.5 lined), have to be submitted by mail. You
are also required to add a floppy disk with your text (preferably Microsoft
Word for Windows).=20
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: MARCH 1, 1997
Registration
Registration Fee
=09=09=09=09before March 1=09after March 1
Standard=09=09=09Lit. 180.000=09=09Lit. 230.000
Reduced =09=09=09Lit. 120.000=09=09Lit. 170.000
(students of any University course,=20
add photocopy of documentation)
Dinner on Saturday=09Lit. 60.000=09=09Lit. 60.000
The registration fee includes reception on Friday evening, snacks and drink=
s
during the breaks, abstract and programme of the meeting.
Application=20
Those who wish to attend the meeting should fill the enclosed form and
return it to the organizers with the appropriate payment.
Method of payment
Payment of the registration fee should be made in Italian Lire (Lit) only.
Fee should be paid:
=B7=09by Credit Card (Visa, Euro/Mastercard only). Please use the registrat=
ion form.
=B7=09by Direct Bank Transfer:
Cassa di Risparmio San Miniato, Filiale Pisa
ABI 06300 CAB 14000 c/c n. 850001 R "Stella Maris"
Please be sure that your name is mentioned and that all charges have to be
debited by ordering customers. Otherwise we cannot accept your payment.=20
Confirmation
Upon receiving the registration form and the payment, a confirmation
(receipt) will be sent to each applicant.
Cancellation
Cancellations should be made in writing to the organizers. If cancellations
are received by May 15, 1997, 75 % of the total will be refunded. No
refunding will be possible after that date.=20
The Venue
The meeting will be held at the=20
Main Lecture Hall, Centro Studi Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa
Ex-Monastero delle Benedettine
Lungarno Sonnino, 19 Pisa.
(in the centre of Pisa, a 10 minute walk from the Leaning Tower)
The meeting is planned to open on Friday June 6, at 14.00 and close on
Sunday June 8, at 18.00.
Transportation
Pisa can be reached by car, train and air. Pisa airport "Galileo Galilei"
has daily flights to and from Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Paris, London.=20
Accommodation=20
A list of hotels, with their prices for participants to the meeting, will b=
e
sent to each applicant, together with the confirmation of receiving the
application form. Hotel prices will range approximately from Lit.70.000
(small pension) to Lit.250.000 (four stars hotel) for one night, single roo=
m
with toilet and breakfast.
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Giovanni Cioni, M.D.
Stella Maris Scientific Institute and INPE University of Pisa
(INPE: Inst. Developmental Neurology, Psychiatry and Ed.Psychology)
I-56018 Calambrone Pisa Italy
tel: (+39) 50 886111 (hospital: operator)
(+39) 50 886283 (hospital: direct)
(+39) 50 531891 (home)
fax: (+39) 50 32214
e-mail: cioni@inpe.unipi.it
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