[visionlist] Applied Vision Association 2008 ABSTRACT DEADLINE 15th FEB

[Emma Gowen]

The AVA Annual Meeting 2008 and AGM will be held at the University of Manchester
on TUESDAY 1ST APRIL 2008 in conjunction with The University of Manchester's
Neuroscience Research Institute.

The theme adopted for this years meeting is VISUAL VARIATION AND BIAS but
submissions on any aspect of vision research will be welcome.

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: FEB 15TH

The AVA Annual Meeting 2008 and AGM will be held in the Stopford building on the
University of Manchester Campus on Tuesday 1st April 2008. This year, the
meeting is being held jointly with The University of Manchester's
Neuroscience Research Institute (http://www.neuroscience.manchester.ac.uk/)

The G J Burton Memorial lecture, sponsored by Cambridge Research Systems will be
given by

Dr. Kate Plaisted (University of Cambridge):
"Magnocellular processing in autism"


SUBMISSIONS:

Abstracts (max length: 250 words) should be submitted by e-mail to Emma
Gowen(emma.gowen at manchester.ac.uk) by Feb 15th.

Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and should cover previously unreported research
on any aspect of vision.

Abstracts must state the title, authors and include addresses.

References should be given in the body of the abstract in full, but without the
title, e.g. (Rayner et al, 2001, Vis Res, 41, 943-954.

Accepted abstracts will be published in Perception (similar to AVA-Christmas
meeting).

Deadline for abstract submission: FRIDAY, 15th February 2008


PLEASE NOTE:
1) Abstracts should be appended with a statement of preference for a talk or a
poster.
2) The e-mail accompanying the abstract should indicate which of the authors
will and will not be attending the meeting.
3) Unless otherwise stated, it will be assumed that the first author will be the
presenting author.

The organisers will try to accommodate preferences for a talk or poster; however
this may not always be possible.

REGISTRATION FEES

Registration fees *should* be paid in advance at the registration rates shown
below using PayPal. Go to our website http://www.theava.net and follow the link
to the AVA 2008 meeting. (If you have problems accessing the web page, drop me
an email)

If you do not have a PayPal account, then cheques (drawn on a UK Bank in £
Sterling and made payable to Applied Vision Association) can be sent to Emma
Gowen at the address below.

Cash or cheque payments will also be accepted on the door, but credit card
facilities will *not* be available. Please, make sure we know that you are
coming by dropping us an email, if you neither submit an abstract nor pay in
advance.

Member registration                                         @ £25
Non-member registration                                    @ £35
Membership & registration special offer              @ £45
Student member registration                                    @ £10
Student non-member registration                            @ £20
Membership & student registration special offer         @ £30
Optional registration payment for grant-holders         @ £80
(includes membership, if not already a member)

As many of you will know, the AVA has moved to a policy of a one payment, life
membership fee (of 25.00 pounds sterling). One way in which we hope to offset
some of our meeting costs is by introducing the 'premium' category of
registration fee. There is no obligation to pay this fee, and we expect that
most people will pay either the 'student'or 'other' rates as appropriate.
But, we do hope that grant holders might consider paying the premium rate. In
all cases, a receipt will be provided on the day for the fee paid, but this
will not indicate the category.

HOW TO GET THERE
Information on how to get to the University of Manchester can be found at:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/
The Stopford building is no.79 on the campus map and is accessed off Oxford
Road. State that you are attending the AVA meeting at the reception desk and
they will let you through the barriers.

CARS
There is public parking at the Manchester Aquatics Centre multi-storey car park
on Booth Street East.
TRAINS
The Stopford building is about a 15-minute walk from Manchester Oxford Road
station and a 30-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station (see campus
map for directions). There is a campus bus service (Oxford road link, 147) that
runs from Piccadilly along Oxford road every 10 minutes
(http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/bus/)

AIRPORT
Manchester airport is served by a number of no-frills airlines and there is a
regular train service from the Airport station to Manchester Piccadilly. See
http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/manweb.nsf

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation can be booked at the Days hotel in the Manchester Conference
Centre (no. 11 on campus map). Details and booking can be found at
http://www.meeting.co.uk/dayshotel/

TUESDAY EVENING RECEPTION
The meeting will finish with a drink reception and buffet dinner.

For registration and updates on the meeting, check the web page of the AVA:
http://www.theava.net

We look forward to seeing you on the 1st April!



-- 
With kind regards

Emma

Dr Emma Gowen
Lecturer
Faculty of Life Sciences
Moffat Building
The University of Manchester
PO Box 88
Sackville Street
Manchester
M60 1QD

Tel: 0161 306 4548/4178
Fax: 0161 306 3887
emma.gowen at manchester.ac.uk
http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/emma.gowen/