[vslist] UK Meeting: BCOVS Announcement and Call for Papers

[Sarah J Waugh]

               B C O V S   2002

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The British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science 2002
will be hosted by Anglia Polytechnic University (Cambridge)
on Tuesday 9th July.

This year the meeting will be run in tandem with the
AVA (Applied Vision Association) one day meeting entitled
"DEFECTIVE VISION" to be held on Wednesday 10th July.
There will be keynote addresses on both days.  Speakers and titles
to be announced.

There will be a joint conference dinner on Tuesday evening.
Registration will be available for either, or both meetings.

Abstracts (max length: 300 words) should be submitted by e-mail
to Dr Sarah J Waugh (s.j.waugh@apu.ac.uk) by 10th May.
Abstracts will be peer reviewed and published in Ophthalmic and
Physiological Optics.

Abstract Format: Give Title, full names, affiliations and addresses
(including postcodes) of all authors.  Please arrange body under the
following
headings: Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions.  Avoid use of references
and
define abbreviations at first mention.  If references must be included
provide
full details of those cited in a list at the end of the abstract.
Acknowledge grant/financial support.  The abstract should be intelligible
to a broad spectrum of vision researchers.

Abstract submissions should also include:
1) a statement of preference for a talk or a poster
2) an indication of the mode of presentation for talks
(power-point [MAC or PC], slides, OHP)

Attendees *should* pay in advance at the registration rate shown below.

           R E G I S T R A T I O N   F E E S

              BCOVS  AVA

ONE DAY RATE

Student  £12.50  £12.50
Other     £15       £15

BOTH DAYS RATE

Student      £22
Other         £27


Please refer to APU website (http://www.apu.ac.uk/conferences/index.shtml)
 for further details and registration form.  Alternatively telephone or
email
 June Petrie: (01245) 493 131 ext 3168 (j.h.petrie@apu.ac.uk).