[vslist] Announcement: Aegean Retina VIII / 2nd Summer School in Visual Optics [Santorini, Greece, July 2003]

[Ioannis Pallikaris]

Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of Crete
University of Crete, School of Medicine
GR - 71110 Voutes, Crete - Greece
Tel: +30 2810 394654, Fax : +30 2810 394560
http://www.eyeinstitutecrete.com

Dear Colleague,

This letter serves as an announcement for two scientific events that will
be held in July 2003 in Santorini Island in Greece.

  1. The 2nd Summer School in Visual Optics 5-10 July 2003
   http://www.eyeinstitutecrete.com/summerschool
  2. The Aegean Retina VIII 11-13 July 2003
   http://www.eyeinstitutecrete.com/aegeanretina

The 2nd Summer School in Visual Optics, 5-10 July 2003 is organized by the
Ophthalmology Clinic of the University Hospital of Grete, the
Vardinoyiannion Eye Institute of the University of Crete (VEIC) and the
Research Training Network RTN (Sharp Eye)/EU Program in which the following
well known European Universities and Institutes participate:

-University of Crete/Greece

-Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine London/England

-Universidad de Murcia /Spain

-Technion/ Israel Institute of Technology/ Israel

-Universite de Paris/France

-Obsrervatoire de Paris/France

-University College of London/England

The Summer School will focus on the thematic area of visual optics with
emphasis on retinal imaging and visual function.  Topics of the selected
lectures will deal with a wide range of subjects from optics and vision to
perception.  Participants may be Ophthalmologists, Ophthalmology residents,
Physicists, Optometrists as well as scientist from other Basic Sciences.

Members of the Organizing committee and Lecturers are well-known experts in
the field of Ophthalmology and Visual Optics.

The Aegean Retina VIII meeting 11-13 July 2003 takes place every two years
since 1989. The meeting is being organized by the Harvard Medical
School/Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary in collaboration with the School of
Medicine/Division of Ophthalmology of the University of Crete. It provides
a forum for the presentation of the most recent data as well as the exchange
of new ideas on retina by the most prominent scientists.

The "2nd Summer School in Visual Optics" will take place for 5.5 days
lasting from Saturday evening July 5th until Thursday noon July 10th 2003.
The 2nd Summer School in Visual Optics will be followed by the "Aegean
Retina VIII" that will last from the 11th to the 13th of July 2003.  Both
events will be held in Santorini at the same venue: "NOMIKOS CONFERENCE
CENTER" at Fira, Capital of Santorini.

Detailed information (registration form, abstract form, scientific programs,
accommodation etc) can be found at: http://www.eyeinsitutecrete.com

We would appreciate your participation in either or both of the above
referenced scientific events.

On behalf of the two Organizing Committees

Ioannis G.  Pallikaris, MD, PhD,
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Crete