[vslist] EXTENDED DEADLINE for BCOVS Meeting

[Sarah J Waugh]

                                        B C O V S   2002

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We have had several requests by ARVO/VSS attendees to extend our deadline!

NEW AND FINAL ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 10TH JUNE

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

The invited speakers and titles are:

DAPHNE L McCULLOCH
Reader, Department of Vision Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, U.K.

"Should Pregnant Women Eat more Fish?  - Recent Research into the Role of
Essential Fatty Acids in Early Visual Development"

DAVID J WHITAKER
Professor of Vision Science and Head of Optometry, University of Bradford,
U.K.

"Some thoughts on Visual Illusions involving Orientation and Position"

DAVID B HENSON
Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine (Ophthalmology), University of
Manchester, U.K.

"Super Supra-threshold Perimetry"

This meeting traditionally showcases current research undertaken by staff
and students
working in British Departments of Optometry and Vision Science.

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 (ALTHOUGH such publication can be withheld upon
request).

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)

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. (For further information on details/speakers
scheduled for this conference, watch further notices from this source, or
refer to
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

  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).