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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#E4E3E8;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4580AD'>Symposia Proposals Now Being Accepted</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4C4C4C'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#E4E3E8;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>VSS is currently seeking proposals for symposia to be held during the 2018 VSS Annual Meeting. Four to six symposia will be scheduled, each lasting two hours.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>VSS Symposia deal with contemporary research topics in vision research. Symposia can be organized by content area or by method, but talks within a symposium should focus on broader conceptual themes than a typical VSS presentation. There should be at least four, but no more than five, speakers within a symposium session. Each talk should be scheduled for between 20 and 30 minutes, including time for discussion. Discussion time can be scheduled after individual talks and/or at the end of the session.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>The symposium organizer must be a 2018 VSS member, but invited speakers need not be members. <u>All speakers</u> are required to register for the meeting. Submitting a symposium proposal and/or speaking in a symposium does not prevent you from submitting an abstract for a talk or poster presentation at VSS. Complete submission instructions and how to submit a proposal can be found at </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TwUTYimjZe6xP9tQvcMmYMNxfJklSvr_c7TqTap0_TBOU-Y8C79xvu0xvE7aMeEaDxVUSogpNfo-83rY-SNlXBUMAvyoGmGJ_k7CouyS5kxS6ayAAHqC8fi5DlAfyK_YHbXAhgjxRIvonapZ6lmw4SCs9ZVLZaiDwctK13LnrSrfqnoPRtHKYg==&c=bbEAq7baIa5x2K5uCR8RmAv0dBdELW2OShgDVKC3jI8TvUOxi-Z0rQ==&ch=fmvshly42LYIQZuEbFS7wjd3cm0-IM4EVyJWP0Gay2eTA4LrQ4egtA==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#366A91'>Symposium Submissions</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>. The quality of the speakers is important to a symposium, so scheduled speakers may not be substituted, even by coauthors. By submitting a symposium proposal, the organizers agree that all speakers will participate in the symposium and that speakers have not committed to participate in more than one symposium. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>Symposia will be selected by the VSS Board of Directors on the basis of scientific merit, timeliness, theoretical innovation and/or breadth, methodological innovation and/or diversity, and overlap (less being better) with last year's symposia and with the regular program. Symposia often benefit from a diversity of perspective and institutional affiliations. Proposals from young investigators are particularly encouraged.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>For more information about submitting a symposium proposal, go to </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001TwUTYimjZe6xP9tQvcMmYMNxfJklSvr_c7TqTap0_TBOU-Y8C79xvu0xvE7aMeEaDxVUSogpNfo-83rY-SNlXBUMAvyoGmGJ_k7CouyS5kxS6ayAAHqC8fi5DlAfyK_YHbXAhgjxRIvonapZ6lmw4SCs9ZVLZaiDwctK13LnrSrfqnoPRtHKYg==&c=bbEAq7baIa5x2K5uCR8RmAv0dBdELW2OShgDVKC3jI8TvUOxi-Z0rQ==&ch=fmvshly42LYIQZuEbFS7wjd3cm0-IM4EVyJWP0Gay2eTA4LrQ4egtA==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#366A91'>Symposium Submissions</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>Proposal Deadline: <b>November 7, 2017</b></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>Decisions will be made by November 20, 2017. Please direct any questions to </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a href="mailto:VSS@visionsciences.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#366A91'>VSS@visionsciences.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>