[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 at 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 at apu.ac.uk).