[vslist] AVA Meeting: Call for Papers

[Sarah J Waugh]

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                          "D E F E C T I V E   V I S I O N"

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ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 10TH MAY

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 Anglia Polytechnic University (Cambridge)
on Wednesday 10th JULY 2002.

The invited speakers and titles are:

RONALD S HARWERTH
John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Optometry,University of Houston. U.S.A.

"Defective Vision from Glaucoma: Structure-Function Relationships."

MICHAEL E BOULTON
Professor, Head of Cell and Molecular Research Group, Department of
Optometry and
Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, U.K.

"Do Age-Related changes in the Retina contribute to Age-Related Macular
Degeneration?"

GARY S RUBIN
Helen Keller Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology,
University College London, U.K.

"Reading without a Fovea"

Vision scientists with backgrounds in all areas including optics,
psychophysics,biology, neurophysiology, physiology and computational vision,
and from all
vision-related disciplines including psychology, optometry and ophthalmology
are encouraged to contribute papers/posters that report research directly or
potentially related to any aspect of "Defective Vision".

Abstracts (max length: 300 words) for contributed papers/posters 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 the journal,
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)

The Meeting will be run in tandem with BCOVS (British Congress
of Optometry and Vision Science) to be held on Tuesday 9th July.  (For
further information on details/speakers scheduled for this conference, watch
further
notices or refer to the website noted below.)

There will be a joint conference dinner on Tuesday evening.

Registration will be available for either, or both meetings.

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).