CVNet - conference; Eye movements and vision in the natural world

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    From: "Eileen Kowler @ RCI" <kowler@rci.rutgers.edu>
    To: hchan@kirkham.ewind.com
    CC: vandersteen@fys.fgg.eur.nl
    Subject: cvnet posting

    Dear Hoover: Would you post the second annoucement for "Eye movements
    and vision in the natural world" on CVNET? Thanks very much,
    -Eileen
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    Second announcement:

    A symposium entitled:
    "Eye movements and vision in the natural world"
     will take place on September 27, 28 and 29,
    2000, in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
    The proceedings of the conference will be published as a special
    issue of Vision Research.

    The conference will bring together researchers whose work has
    contributed to the understanding of eye movements and vision
    under natural conditions. Natural conditions can be established
    by allowing freedom of head motion, by providing richly-
    structured 3-dimensional visual scenes, or by studying the eye
    movements used to accomplish purposeful cognitive or motor
    tasks. We are asking participants to present their latest original
    findings and outline a vision for the 21st century in a forum that
    is designed to promote lively discussion and debate.

    Topics include:
    - coordination of movements of the head and eye
    - binocular gaze control in 3-dimensional space
    - gaze control and eye movements in freely-moving observers
    - visual navigation and optical flow
    - perception of location and depth in dynamic scenes
    - visually-guided reaching
    - the role of visual attention and memory in oculomotor programming
    - using eye movements to build representations of visual scenes
    - strategies for efficient acquisition of visual information in
    complex tasks
    - neural mechanisms responsible for the planning and initiation
    of eye movements

    This conference will also serve to honor Professor Han Collewijn
    on the occasion of his 65th birthday and formal retirement from
    his post as Professor and Chairman of the Department of
    Physiology at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

    Format:
    Invited lectures (see below) will provide an overview of recent
    developments in the field. All other participants are invited to
    submit abstracts for presentation at a poster session to be held on
    the third day of the conference. Travel fellowships will be
    available for a limited number of young scientists (either students
    or those within 5 years of receiving Ph.D.) whose abstracts are
    accepted for presentation at the poster session

    Speakers:
    R.A. Andersen; D. Angelaki; A. Berthoz; E. Brenner; B. Cohen;
    C. Colby; J. Enright; J. Epelboim; C. Erkelens; A. Fuchs; M.
    Hayhoe; K.P. Hoffman; Z. Kapoula; W.M. King; E. Kowler; F.
    Miles; K. Nayakama; J.K. O'Regan; L.M. Optican; D. Regan;
    G. Rizzolatti; C.Schor; J. Simpson; D. Sparks; R. Steinman; A.
    van den Berg; J. van der Steen; J. van Gisbergen; T. Vilis; R.
    Wurtz; D. Zee; H. Collewijn.

    For information about registration and accommodations, please
    send a short e-mail message to:info@emco.fgg.eur.nl. The message
    should refer to the title of the symposium (" Eye movements and vision
    in the natural world"), and contain your full address, phone, faxnumber
    and e-mail address. Also indicate whether you are planning to submit
    an abstract and, if so, provide a preliminary abstract title.

    For further information see: http://www.eur.nl/fgg/fys/natvis

    Organizers: J. van der Steen, E. Kowler, C.J Erkelens, A. V. van
    den Berg and H. Spekreijse
         

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