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<b>5th Mopane Visual and Physiological Optics Conference</b></div>
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25 to 30 August 2025 </div>
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at Bakubung Bush Lodge, South Africa</div>
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hosted by the University of Johannesburg</div>
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The <a href="https://www.vpoptics.info/" id="m_-6129992771076661075OWA31369fad-8242-c9e7-0b25-1895962dd2a1" title="https://www.vpoptics.info/" style="margin:0px" target="_blank">
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 Committee welcomes you to submit your abstract for the Visual and Physiological Optics Conference</div>
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The <a href="https://www.vpoptics.info/2025/02/17/abstracts-for-5th-mopane-vpo-are-now-welcome/" id="m_-6129992771076661075OWAabbcb5a4-b360-129e-c7e7-85bd0e88a3e3" title="https://www.vpoptics.info/2025/02/17/abstracts-for-5th-mopane-vpo-are-now-welcome/" style="margin:0px;text-align:left" target="_blank">
Call for Abstracts</a> is open and closes on <b>31 March 2025</b></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(222,106,25)"><b>Topics are focused on visual and physiological optics </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
 VPO meetings are special because they bring together researchers, 
clinicians and other professionals working in the combined field of 
“visual and physiological
 optics”, such as vision science, optometry, ophthalmology, biomedical 
engineering, ocular physiology, and others.</span></p>
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<b>Technology and eye models</b></div>
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Cutting-edge VPO technologies, Innovative eye diagnostics, Subjective 
and objective retinal image quality, Modern procedures of vision 
correction, AI applied to vision science, Wavefronts and aberrations</div>
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<b>Vision science & ocular physiology</b></div>
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Retina and subretinal layers, Tear film and cornea, Ocular biomechanics,
 Crystalline and intraocular lens, Anterior segment imaging, Contact 
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For further information, please see the website <a href="https://www.vpoptics.info/" id="m_-6129992771076661075LPlnk" target="_blank">https://www.vpoptics.info/</a>.  <br></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Tanya Evans, Bill (WF) Harris, Solani Mathebula, Jos Rozema, Ray Applegate, Larry Thibos and Matt Jaskulski</span></p><p style="text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></p>

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