
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear Vision Science Community,</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Spring and Annual General Meeting of the </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theava.net%2Fmeetings.php&data=05%7C01%7Cgunnar.schmidtmann%40plymouth.ac.uk%7C161d29e4d0e54b01ab8408db082b4f89%7C5437e7eb83fb4d1abfd3bb247e061bf1%7C1%7C0%7C638112754323511958%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f12Daw6aKFIzQU%2FyHmyGmTPsxJsG%2B3tWaZOc8DWT2tw%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.theava.net/meetings.php" shash="XC+0qGcU7Vv4oxfE/hX8U27OHoFSwjlUJBuWeyhoE6M0an68R9FYatCDDyWRkEj2NIbysrNDyL/h2dAveoWGbfLNYgWxQTRUYl1R78sF667wegUpLC/G471Rr5FRe0c4IxcuZOuL38inGaI9oIyy6nXMt8Yd+9T4EbzworG1dHg=" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Applied Vision Association (AVA UK)</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> will be held on Monday, 17 April 2023 at the University of Plymouth.<br class="">The aim of the meeting is to facilitate collaboration between those interested in basic and clinical vision science. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">All attendees are encouraged to submit an abstract; all aspects of vision science are welcome.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keynote</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theava.net%2Fawards%2Fgjburton.php&data=05%7C01%7Cgunnar.schmidtmann%40plymouth.ac.uk%7C161d29e4d0e54b01ab8408db082b4f89%7C5437e7eb83fb4d1abfd3bb247e061bf1%7C1%7C0%7C638112754323511958%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mN6CAB%2FBVtWnROnf10Z7GEKWDTytGfb6kBibmzwhMho%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.theava.net/awards/gjburton.php" shash="dVvHpM9wMe7EnWAN27TFwabILzYt1IsCT1maPOSxn0EWBQwclu0DouVXF9C0IolIYx7o9rotTZTnIpvLvutlBAgM+/AiRZpQp6eYa4Pu0G7dgZREUYeI6svXBeoFvDE9J+WjF8WKsqdew14GzNb09DNApb87WE3jok8LTwU3K/U=" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Geoffrey J Burton Memorial Lecture</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> will be delivered by </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcd.ie%2Fresearch%2Fprofiles%2F%3Fprofile%3Dfnewell&data=05%7C01%7Cgunnar.schmidtmann%40plymouth.ac.uk%7C161d29e4d0e54b01ab8408db082b4f89%7C5437e7eb83fb4d1abfd3bb247e061bf1%7C1%7C0%7C638112754323511958%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6t4LDTMblvwLnZNTwixQBQTJgLqQMLGxEWxK4hDYkQU%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.tcd.ie/research/profiles/?profile=fnewell" shash="uIxGjVDquhD1ds6m2tl8M1KFkUBGs6Tt/qwPHxDT3cZna7TBNyrT/BVztvKchp/U92X3tI2tKkZaKUHoZamyxs6V+RQ8OoVoa9KAKXcwarb8jBclZQWS+7DjWxpSpTlv9speNV0hj9Vi0ihWULy/+VbYKlOnM4/Lv0FAh14fWX4=" class="" style="color: blue;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Prof Fiona Newell</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> (University of Dublin, Trinity College).</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></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