[visionlist] Call for Abstracts: The Eye and The Auto Conference 2011

[Cynthia Owsley]

Call for Abstracts for The Eye and The Auto International Conference
Deadline for Abstract Submission: May 30, 2011
(Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2011)

Conference Dates:
September 12-14, 2011

Conference Location:
GM Learning Center
Renaissance Center World Headquarters of General Motors
On the River Walk Along the Detroit River
USA

The Eye and The Auto, sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology, is an international research conference dedicated to improving our understanding of the relationship between vision and the safe operation of motor vehicles.  Sessions will be devoted to a variety of topics including but not limited to: visual processing, visual attention; human factors and design issues relevant to the driver; roadway and vehicle design; vision impairment, eye conditions and driver safety.  Research on policies that address vision and driving and on driver assessment and rehabilitation strategies for visually impaired drivers will also be addressed.  This meeting will be of keen interest to professionals from the field of driver performance and safety, including vision and cognitive scientists, engineers, epidemiologists, clinicians, designers, policy specialists, and the media.

Confirmed Speakers to Date
Keynote Speakers:
Michael Land, PhD, Sussex Center for Neuroscience, University of Sussex, UK
Alan Taub, Vice President, Global Research & Development, General Motors Company

Other Speakers:
Karlene Ball PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peter DeGraef PhD, University of Leuven, Belgium
Jamie Dow MD, MBA, Society de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ), Canada
Michael Flannagan PhD, University of Michigan Transportation Institute
Gerald McGwin Jr., MS, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cynthia Owsley PhD, MSPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eli Peli MSc, OD, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard University
Matthew Rizzo MD, University of Iowa
Ulrich Schiefer MD, University of Tubingen, Germany
Joanne Wood PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

We welcome Abstract Submissions for either a 20-minute podium presentation or a poster presentation format.  

Please follow guidelines for Abstract Submission at the conference website:

www.eyeson.org
Click on "Research: The Eye and The Auto"

We look forward to your participation and encourage you to share this Call for Abstracts announcement with your colleagues.  

Feel free to address questions about The Eye and The Auto to any members of the Conference Organizing Committee (see below).

Philip C. Hessburg MD
President, Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology
pchessburg at dioeyes.org
Co-organizer, The Eye and The Auto

Edward R. O-Malley MD
Henry Ford Health System
Grosse Pointe Ophthalmology
eromalley at comcast.net
Research Committee Chairman
Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology
Co-organizer, The Eye and The Auto

Cynthia Owsley PhD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
owsley at uab.edu
Co-organizer, The Eye and The Auto

Gerald McGwin MS, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
mcgwin at uab.edu
Associate Organizer, The Eye and The Auto

Joanne Wood PhD
Queensland University of Technology
j.wood. at qut.edu.au
Associate Organizer, The Eye and The Auto

Carolyn Barth PhD
Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology
clbarth at dioeyes.org
Congress Administrative Director, The Eye and The Auto


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