[visionlist] AVA (Bristol, UK) Christmas Meeting: Call for papers

[Meese, Timothy S]

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FOURTEENTH AVA CHRISTMAS MEETING, FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2009
                   ABSTRACT DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 9th

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The fourteenth AVA Christmas Meeting will be at the University of Bristol on Friday 18th December 2009.

Social Sciences Complex
12a Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TU

This year's invited talks will be given by:

                      1)  Vilayanur Ramachandran (CRS guest lecture)
                          (San Diego, USA)

                      2)  Pascal Mamassian
                          (Paris, France)

                      3)  Zygmunt Pizlo
                          (Purdue, USA)

*** WE HAVE A NEW PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS ***

Abstract submissions, registrations and payments should all be made at the conference website:

http://www.theava.net/conf/index.php?conference=Meeting&schedConf=X2009

Everyone wishing to attend this meeting should register at this conference site.
Upon visiting the site for the first time you should create an account. To do this, click on 'account' in the menu bar at the top of the page.

Abstracts should be submitted subject to the following instructions.

Abstracts (max length: 250 words) should be submitted by November 9th. Abstracts will be peer reviewed and published in the journal Perception (so long as presenting authors attend the meeting) and should cover previously unreported research on any aspect of vision in humans, animals and machines. Abstracts must be in the standard format for ECVP/Perception, examples of which can be seen at:

http://www.perceptionweb.com/P.html

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)

PLEASE NOTE:
1) Abstracts should be appended with a statement of preference for a talk or a poster.
2) Unless otherwise stated (at the end of the abstract), it will be assumed that the first author will be the presenting author.

Speakers should use their own laptop or bring a powerpoint presentation on a memory stick.

The organizers will try to accommodate preferences for a talk or poster but the number of submissions that this meeting now attracts means that this is not always possible.

With the exception of overseas visitors, attendees should pay in advance at the registration rate shown below. If needs be, payment will be accepted on the door though credit card facilities will not be available. Overseas visitors may pay on the door but, in any case, please make sure you have registered.

                R E G I S T R A T I O N   F E E S
                        Students          Other
Members               20                 35          Pounds Sterling
Non-members        30                 45
Membership plus    40                 55
registration

As usual we will be accepting registration fees using Paypal, which is linked to the registration site (see above). This is our preferred method of payment.

When you use Paypal for the first time it takes a little time to set things up, but thereafter it is quite quick. We do hope you will find this a convenient way of paying your registration fee. Alternatively, we still accept cheques (payable to 'Applied Vision Association') which should be sent to Gillian Porter at the address below. (If sending cheques please indicate the registration category and who is being registered.)

For cheques and general enquiries:
Gillian Porter
<mailto:Gillian.Porter at bristol.ac.uk>
Dept of Experimental Psychology
University of Bristol
12a Priory Road
Bristol
BS8 1TU

For enquiries regarding the online submission process contact:
Alexa Ruppertsberg <ruddlesberg at googlemail.com>
(Please note, this is the first year we have used the online submission system. If you run into problems please bear with us and we will try our best to fix them.)

Reviewer enquiries should be directed to
Tim Meese <t.s.meese at aston.ac.uk>

Information on travel bursaries can be found at: http://www.theava.net/awards/bursary.html
The deadline for requests for travel bursaries is 23rd November (two weeks after abstract submission).

DIRECTIONS
Travel information for getting to Bristol University is provided at

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/maps/

The meeting will be in the

Social Sciences Complex
12a Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TU

which is at location 68 on the map at

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/maps/precinct.html

It is at the corner of Woodland Road and Priory Road.

Note that Bristol Airport is served by many airlines including EasyJet, and
is located close to the city.

We recommend the following hotel which is within walking distance

http://www.ibishotel.com/gb/hotel-5547-ibis-bristol-centre/index.shtml

We recommend booking this hotel on the web; there are some very good
prices if you make a firm (non-refundable) booking.


We look forward to seeing you on the 18th December.

The organizing committee:
Marco Bertamini
Tim Meese
Gillian Porter
Alexa Ruppertsberg
Tom Troscianko



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