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<div class=""><b class=""><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Functional Vision and Accessibility conference, San Francisco, Aug 3-4, 2023</font></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">To celebrate our 60th anniversary, The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute is hosting a hybrid conference on Functional Vision and Accessibility, a 2-day international workshop
on translational research to address visual impairment and accessibility. The conference will bring together stakeholders (those experiencing vision loss and blindness) and those doing translational research (scientists, clinicians, and inventors) to address
long-standing and emerging vision problems with promising new approaches. <span class="" style="background-color: white;">Currently we have a limited number of travel grants for trainees and members of underrepresented groups to attend. We are waiting to find
out whether we get funding for more travel grants. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"> </font><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;" class="">More details of the meeting can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ski.org/FVAconference" class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">www.ski.org/FVAconference</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri;" class="">. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Our sessions topics and speakers include:<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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</span><i class="">Understanding the role of eye movements in active visual perception and their potential as a biomarker for various clinical conditions</i></font><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Jacob Yates (UC Berkeley), Jorge Otero-Millan (UC Berkeley), Esther Gonzales (U Toronto), Christy Sheehy (CLight Technologies)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant</span><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">: Preeti Verghese (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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</span><i class="">Understanding the role of the maldevelopment of vergence and accommodation on impaired binocular function and its functional consequences</i><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 63pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Paul Gamlin (U Alabama Birmingham), Jenny Read (U Newcastle), Rowan Candy (U Indiana, Bloomington), Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo (U Waterloo)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 63pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant</span><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">: Dennis Levi <u class="">(</u>UC Berkeley<u class="">)</u><u class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></u></font></p>
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</span><i class="">Evaluating retinal and cortical visual function in health and disease</i><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Omar Mahroo (University College London), Ravi Jonnal (UC Davis), <span class="c9dxtc">Yoichiro Masuda (Jikei University),</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Holly
Bridge (Oxford University)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant</span><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">: Christopher Tyler (Smith-Kettlewell) <o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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</span><i class="">Brain plasticity after partial or complete loss of functional vision</i><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Mriganka Sur (MIT) Wu Li (Beijing Normal University), Lotfi Merabet (Mass. Eye & Ear), Ione Fine (University of Washington)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant</span><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">: Lora Likova (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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</span><i class="">Using emerging tools such as artificial intelligence and neural networks to understand human vision and visual dysfunction, and using AI and data science to complement human expertise</i><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Miguel Eckstein (UC Santa Barbara) Frank Tong (Vanderbilt), Dan Yamins (Stanford), Danna Gurari (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Laura Walker (Apple)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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</span><i class="">Using virtual and augmented reality in visual assessment, binocular training, and navigation</i><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Ben Backus (Vivid Vision), Brandon Biggs (Georgia Tech), Paul Ruvolo (Olin College), Yuhang Zhao (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant</span><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">: James Coughlan (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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</span><i class="">A special session devoted to an in-depth discussion on vision restoration vs. using the remaining senses, in the context of the onset of visual impairment and the populations they serve </i><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Speakers: Juliette MacGregor (Univ. of Rochester), Michael Beyeler (UC Santa Barbara), Dan Adams (Neuralink), Josh Miele (Amazon), Gordon Legge (Univ. of
Minnesota), Sile O'Modhrain (Univ. of Michigan), Don Fletcher (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant</span><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">: Arvind Chandna (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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<div>Preeti Verghese, PhD<br class="">
Senior Scientist<br class="">
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute<br class="">
San Francisco CA 94115<br class="">
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<a href="https://www.ski.org/lab/verghese-lab" class="">https://www.ski.org/lab/verghese-lab</a></div>
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