Dear Dr. Chan,
Could you please distribute the following announcement over
the CVNet. Many thanks.
Anne Kurtenbach
1997 IRGCVD SYPMPOSIUM IN GHENT, BELGIUM
Twenty-five years ago the International Research Group for Colour Vision
Deficiencies (IRGCVD) was founded in Ghent by the late Dr Guy Verriest. To
commemorate the anniversary, it was decided to hold the 1997 IRGCVD meeting
in Ghent from the 5th to the 9th of July, 1997. The meeting will take place
at the Provincial Administrative Centre "Het Zuid" in Ghent, situated
within walking distance of the major hotels.
Ghent is one of the most flamboyant historic cities of the Low
Countries.Situated in the heart of Europe it is easily accessible by car or
train. The journey time from Brussels airport is about one hour by
train.
As is usual for IRGCVD meetings, the registration fee (16,000 Belgian
francs before 2 June and 19,500 Belgian francs thereafter; 8,000
Belgian francs for students/applicants with certified limited resources)
will cover all charges to participants, the scientific programme, the
working lunches on Sunday and Tuesday, the coffee and tea breaks and the
social programme.
The social programme includes :
a welcome reception on Saturday night;
a concert in a place of historical interest on Sunday night;
a boat trip, with lunch on board, which will finish with a dinner in a
restaurant along the romantic river Leie on Monday; and
a banquet in the impressive Pand, an ancient Dominican abbey and nowadays
Faculty Club of the University of Ghent on Tuesday night.
The additional programme for accompanying persons includes a day visit to
Bruges on Sunday and a guided tour of Ghent's historic centre.
The official language of the meeting will be English.
The special topics of the symposium are:
Development of Colour Vision (including infant/child vision)
(invited speaker: D. Teller)
Functional MRI
Pigments and Photopigments (invited speaker: A. Stockman)
Traffic Regulation Standards
A workshop is being organised by B. Lee and J.D. Mollon on
Colour Vision in New World Primates,
with invited speakers: D. Hunt, G.H. Jacobs and L. Silveira.
You are kindly invited to submit abstracts for posters or oral presentation
(please note that only members are eligible to present a paper or poster) to:
Prof. J.J. DE LAEY
International Research Group on Colour Vision Deficiences
Department of Ophthalmology,
University Hospital,
De Pintelaan 185,
B9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Tel. +32-9-240-23-19 Fax +32-9-24-0-49-63.
Meeting registration, abstract submission and hotel registration forms can
also be obtained from Prof. De Laey.
For membership information, please e-mail or fax Lindsay T. Sharpe:
ted.sharpe@uni-tuebingen.de
Fax:+49-7071-295777 (Germany).
Please take the following dates into account :
April 11, 1997 : deadline for submission of an abstract
June 2, 1997 : deadline for early registration
July 5-9, 1997 : IRGCVD meeting in Ghent.
Finally, we would like to remind members of the IRGCVD that at the
General Meeting, during the Symposium, nominations for President and
General Secretary will be needed. Andre Roth has agreed to stand again for
President (for a 2 year period, until his retirement). Jack Moreland,
however, will step down. Please send nominations for President and General
Secretary and accompanying CVs to Jack Moreland (coa09@keele.ac.uk) in time
for them to be presented to the membership at the Ghent meeting.
Visit our website at:http://orlab.optom.unsw.edu.au/IRGCVD