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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Functional Vision and Accessibility conference, San Francisco, Aug 3-4, 2023</b> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<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
<b class="">hybrid</b> 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;">. </span> <o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">The conference will be held at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 2515 Fillmore Street, San Francisco CA 95115.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Our sessions topics and speakers include:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Understanding
the role of eye movements in active visual perception and their potential as a biomarker for various clinical conditions</i></p>
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<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 (C.Light Technologies)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.75in;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Preeti Verghese (Smith-Kettlewell)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Understanding
the role of the maldevelopment of vergence and accommodation on impaired binocular function and its functional consequences</i></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 63pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Dennis Levi <u class="">(</u>UC Berkeley<u class="">)</u></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Evaluating
retinal and cortical visual function in health and disease</i><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 67.5pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Christopher Tyler (Smith-Kettlewell) </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Brain
plasticity after partial or complete loss of functional vision</i></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)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span class="" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Lora Likova (Smith-Kettlewell)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">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></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 76.5pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Laura Walker (Apple)</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">Using
virtual and augmented reality in visual assessment, binocular training, and navigation</i></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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: James Coughlan (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">•</span><span class="apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i class="" style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-indent: -0.25in;">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></p>
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<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)<u1:p class=""></u1:p>, Arvind Chandna (Smith-Kettlewell)<o:p class=""></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 81pt;"><font face="Calibri" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">Discussant: Santani Teng (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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