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We will be holding the AVA (Applied Vision Association) Spring and Annual General Meeting (AGM) in <strong>Bradford</strong> on <strong>Monday 26 of March 2018</strong>. </p>
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his is a friendly one-day meeting to be held at the new <a href="https://www.bradford.ac.uk/the-eye-clinic/how-to-find-us/" id="LPlnk747443" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" previewremoved="true">Optometry and Vision Sciences</a> facilities at the <a href="http://internal.bradford.ac.uk/" id="LPlnk287914" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" previewremoved="true">University
of Bradford</a>. We welcome submissions from all areas of applied research in human and animal vision such as clinical, computational, perceptual and occupational. Registration and posters will open at 10:30 am with the first keynote at noon. The meeting will
end at around 5pm with a drinks reception afterwards followed by a visit to the amazing sensory exhibit <a href="https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/wonderlab" id="LPlnk828213" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" previewremoved="true">wonderlab</a> at
the <a href="https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/about-us" id="LPlnk886539" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" previewremoved="true">National Science and Media Museum</a> and optional dinner in one of the excellent local curry restaurants. See <a href="/perch/resources/bradford-hotels.pdf" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk145223" previewremoved="true">here</a> for
a list of local hotels.</p>
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We have two distinguished keynote speakers:<a href="https://www.jennyreadresearch.com/" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk189672" previewremoved="true"> Professor Jenny Rea</a>d will give the <a href="http://www.theava.net/awards/gjburton.php" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk149735" previewremoved="true">Geoffrey
J Burton Memorial Lecture</a> and <a href="https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ASTOC88" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk328245" previewremoved="true">Professor Andrew Stockman</a> the <a href="http://www.crsltd.com/" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk224450" previewremoved="true">CRS
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<a href="https://www.college-optometrists.org/" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk12419" previewremoved="true">The College of Optometrists</a> is supporting the meeting by sponsoring two best presentation prizes (poster or talk, £200 ea), one being specifically
for the best presentation by an early career researcher.</p>
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Abstracts are now being accepted via <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avaspring2018meeting" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk21092" previewremoved="true">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avaspring2018meeting</a> . Submission will
remain open until <strong>Friday 09 March 2018 at 5pm</strong>. Instructions available <a href="/perch/resources/submitting-your-abstract-via-easychair-2.pdf" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk524627" previewremoved="true">here</a>.</p>
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Registration includes an option for having your abstract published in <a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ipe" style="color:rgb(7,130,193)" id="LPlnk383688" previewremoved="true">i-perception</a>.</p>
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<strong>We look forward to seeing you on March 26th in Bradford!</strong></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Marina Bloj PhD FHEA FRSB MInstP<br>
Professor of Visual Perception<br>
Bradford School of Optometry and Vision Sciences<br>
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bradford<br>
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