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

[Sarah J Waugh]

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                                       A N N O U N C E M E N T

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The Applied Vision Association will hold a one-day scientific meeting
aimed at highlighting the clinical relevance of quality basic research.  It
will be hosted by the Anglia Polytechnic University (Cambridge)
 on Wednesday 10th July 2002.

The Meeting will be run in tandem with BCOVS (British Congress
of Optometry and Vision Science) to be held on Tuesday 9th 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 and should cover previously unreported research
on any basic aspect of vision with some clinical/applied relevance.

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

              AVA      BCOVS

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).