<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">The 17th Annual Optical Society <span class="gmail-m_3068458887368460955m_-350440305483490063gmail-il" style="">Vision</span> <span class="gmail-m_3068458887368460955m_-350440305483490063gmail-il" style="">Meeting</span> will take place at the <a href="http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/" target="_blank" style="">Katzen Art Center</a> at <b style="">American University in Washington, DC, from the 13th to the 15th of October 2017. </b><a href="http://www.osavisionmeeting.org/2017/conf/index.php" target="_blank" style="">http://www.osavisionmeet<wbr>ing.org/2017/conf/index.php</a></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">Please register online here:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="http://american.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=964732" target="_blank"><font face="times new roman, serif">http://american.tix.com/Event.<wbr>aspx?EventCode=964732</font></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">A tentative schedule  and information for presenters  (poster sizes, etc) can be found here:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12.8px"><u><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="http://www.osavisionmeeting.org/2017/conf/program.php" target="_blank"><font face="times new roman, serif">http://www.osavisionmeeting.or<wbr>g/2017/conf/program.php</font></a></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif">More local hotel information can be found here:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.american.edu/ocl/orientation/Local-Hotels.cfm">http://www.american.edu/ocl/orientation/Local-Hotels.cfm</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt;font-size:12.8px;ba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ofessor</font><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Computer Science & </font><span style="font-size:x-small">Center of Behavioral Neuroscience</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">American University, Washington DC</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font size="1">Web: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/beixiao/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/<wbr>site/beixiao/</a><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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