[visionlist] 2nd Call for Abstracts - AOVSM - Melbourne 26 to 28 November 2012

[Ted Maddess]

This is a call for abstracts for the 2012 AOVS Meeting in Melbourne 26 to 28 November 2012. The meeting will be held  in conjunction with the RANZCO meeting at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The AOVSM dinner will be at the Berth Restaurant in Docklands.  AOVSM registrants may attend RANZCO sessions (but may not present at RANZCO). Online abstract submission ends 25 July. Payment for registration etc. is also online.



AOVSM Website:     http://vision.edu.au/AusVision/AOVSM/
The meeting consists of 4 components:-

  1.  Plenary talks
     *   Prof Colin Clifford - Functional Imaging of Human Visual Cortex
     *   Prof Robyn Guymer -Bionic Vision Australia
     *   Prof Bill Morgan - Glaucoma
  2.  Special Symposia
     *   Visual Cortex - organiser Prof Michael Ibbotson

        *   Dr Markus Hietanen, Contrast adaptation differs between orientation pinwheels and iso-orientation domains in primary visual cortex. NVRI and U Melbourne
        *   Prof Geoff Goodhill, Computational models of map development in visual cortex. U Queensland
        *   Dr Isabelle Mareschal, Unveiling cortical processes using human behaviour. U Sydney
b.      Brain and behaviour: novel insights into visual disorders- organisers Drs Andrew Anderson & Allison McKendrick

*         Prof Yeni H. Yucel MD, PhD, FRCPC (Neuropath), Brain changes in glaucoma: Implications for diagnosis and treatment. U Toronto

*         Dr Ben Thompson, The application of non-invasive brain stimulation to amblyopia. U Auckland

*         Dr Allison McKendrick, What can vision tell us about brain excitability in migraine? U Melbourne

*         Prof David Badcock, Global processing and visual search in the autism spectrum. UWA.

c.       Functional effects of visual impairment - organiser Prof Joanne Wood

*         Prof Joanne Wood, Visual impairment and driving, QUT

*         Dr Alex Black, Visual impairment and falls, QUT

*         Dr Sharon Bentley, Visual impairment and mobility outcomes, Deakin U

*         A/Prof Eccosse Lameureux,  Impacts of visual impairment, CERA

  1.  Standard paper presentations on topics ranging from clinical research to visual neurophysiology and psychophysics
  2.  Poster presentations on these topics
Poster and Talk abstracts will be published in Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology



The AOVSM meeting is organised and supported by the ARC CoE in Vision Science with the assistance of our local organising committee. We hope to we you there.



Best regards



Ted



Prof. T. Maddess

Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science (ACEVS)

http://vision.edu.au/

http://neuroscience.anu.edu.au/EIN_CIs/TedMaddess.html

tel 61 2 6125 4099   fax 61 2 6125 3808

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