[visionlist] ECVP 2008 Utrecht: 31 March deadline

[Frans Verstraten]

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Announcement: Deadline now really approaching 31 March 2008

31st
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON VISUAL PERCEPTION
ECVP 2008

AUGUST 24-28, 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands
http://www.ecvp2008.org

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The European Conference on Visual Perception is an annual meeting devoted to
scientific study of human visual perception. ECVP has been held each year
since 1978, and attracts a wide variety of participants. You are welcome to
Utrecht, city of vision science.

SOME IMPORTANT NOTES

1. For the (traditional) CONFERENCE BANQUET
We will have 400 seats. First come (registered),
first served basis. cost: 45 Euro's.

2. The best located HOTELS are filling fast and keep in mind that the Friday
after the conference the Utrecht Old Music Festival will start. This
festival attracts many many foreigners who are also looking for hotelrooms.

3. Due to some rules beyond our control, only mastercard and Visa can be
accepted for payment. If you don't have one, try to sort things out with
your friends/colleagues etc.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline submission of abstracts: March 31, 2008. (extra day).

NEWS:

The PERCEPTION Lecture: Professor Ian Howard (York University).
The RANK Lecture: Professor Jan Koenderink (Utrecht University).

Special lecture: Rembrandt's home made perception theories by Professor
Ernst van de Wetering, Emeritus Professor Art History
University of Amsterdam and Director Rembrandt Research Project. He is an
international expert on Rembrandt and if he thinks it is a real Rembrandt...
it probably is!
PROGRAM

There will be two parallel sessions for paper presentations, poster
sessions, and 4 special symposia on Crowding (with a presentation of THE
Bouma, Synesthesia, Perceptual Instability & Visual Consciousness, and
Marburg 30+ (30 years progress on topics presented at the first ECVP
meeting)

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

See website www.ecvp2008.org

PROCEEDINGS

Accepted contributions will be published in the journal Perception
http://www.perceptionweb.com/. Note that, in order to reduce the cost of
publishing, special attention will be given to lay-out and language. 'Bat
Engwish' can be a reason for rejection.


PREVIOUS MEETINGS

go to http://www.ecvp.org

We hope to see you in Utrecht

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Frans Verstraten, coordinator.