[vslist] Registration: Vision in the twilight zone

[H.C.Walkey@city.ac.uk]

REGISTRATION REMINDER


***Meeting of the Colour Group of Great Britain*** VISION IN THE TWILIGHT=
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ZONE: STUDIES OF VISUAL PERFORMANCE UNDER MESOPIC CONDITIONS

Thursday 11th November 2004 The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Vision=20
Sciences, City University, London, UK.



REGISTRATION ------------- Registration is required for this meeting. The=
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deadline for registration is Friday 29th October 2004. Registration forms=
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are available from=20
http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc/meetings/cggb-info-nov2004.html



MEETING PROGRAMME
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09:30   Registration

10:00   Welcome

10:10 Invited talk: In the twilight zone: the complexities of mesopic=20
vision. A Stockman. (Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London,=
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London, UK)

10:40 Brightness contrast perception in the mesopic region. J P=20
Freyssinier, M Rea and J Bullough. (Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer=20
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA)

11:10 Severity of road traffic accidents: the detrimental effect of low=20
lighting. S Plainis [a] and I Murray [b]. ([a] Vardinoyiannion Eye=20
Institute of Crete, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece; [b]=20
Visual Sciences Lab, Department of Optometry & Neuroscience, UMIST,=20
Manchester, UK)

11:40 =96 12:10   Coffee

12:15 Visual performance in night-time driving conditions. M Eloholma, J=20
Ketom=E4k, P Orrevetel=E4inen and L Halonen. (Helsinki University of Techno=
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Lighting Laboratory, Finland)

12:35 A recognition threshold experiment with quasi-monochromatic mesopic=
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visual targets. G V=E1rady, P Bodrogi and J Schanda. (University of Veszpr=
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Hungary)

12:55 Target detection and driving behaviour in a driving simulator at=20
mesopic light levels. J Alferdinck. (TNO Human Factors, Soesterberg,=20
Netherlands)

13:15 =96 14:15   Lunch

14:15   Simulating night-time driving in a virtual reality environment.
A Szalm=E1s, P Bodrogi and J Schanda. (University of Veszpr=E9m, Hungary)

14:35 Characterising mesopic spectral sensitivity using reaction times. H=
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Walkey, J Harlow and J Barbur. (Applied Vision Research Centre, City=20
University, London, UK)

14:55 Modelling mesopic efficiency curves. A Forbes [a], H Walkey [b] and T=
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Goodman [a] ([a] National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK; [b] Applied=
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Vision Research Centre, City University, London, UK)

15:15 Spectral effects in escape route lighting. M Mulder and P Boyce.=20
(Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA)

15:45 =96 16:15   Granville tea

16:15 Mesopic chromatic contrast sensitivity in anomalous trichromats. E=20
Liggins [a], I Moorhead [a], P Ward [a], I Murray [b]. ([a] QinetiQ Centre=
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for Human Sciences, Farnborough, UK; [b] Visual Sciences Lab, Department of=
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Optometry and Neurosciences, UMIST, Manchester, UK)

16:45 The assessment of functional visual performance in the mesopic range.=
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J Barbur. (Applied Vision Research Centre, City University, London, UK)

17:15   Close

17:15 =96 17:45   Supplementary forum on mesopic photometry

19:00   Dinner



FURTHER INFORMATION
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Location, travel and accommodation information can be found via links from
http://www.city.ac.uk/avrc/



Helen Walkey, PhD
Applied Vision Research Centre
The Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Vision Sciences
City University
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB, UK
h.c.walkey@city.ac.uk