<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">After over fifty years of dedicated service as a clinician, educator, scientist, mentor, and administrator – including 13 years as Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Optometry (now Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science) – our beloved Professor Dennis Levi has chosen to retire from full-time employment to enjoy more time with his family. His extraordinary career has touched generations of students, colleagues, and friends, and his influence on the fields of optometry and vision science is profound and enduring. To honor his remarkable journey and celebrate the many ways he has shaped our community, the School is delighted to host an all-day Festschrift in Professor Levi’s honor.</span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">The Festschrift will be held on</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black;"> </span><strong style="color: black;">May 13, 2026</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">on the beautiful campus of UC Berkeley. Please note that accommodations will be made for both in-person and virtual attendees. </span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 14px;"></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Location:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></span><span style="color: black;">Sutardja Hall & Zoom (for virtual attendees)<br><strong>Date:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>Wednesday, May 13th, 2026<br><strong>Time:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>8:30am – 5:00pm<br></span></span><div><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;"><br></strong></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Title: Binocular Vision: Development, Adaptation and Plasticity</strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span></div><div><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;"><br></strong></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Speakers include (in alphabetical order):</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></span><span style="color: black;">Daphné Bavelier, Susana Chung, Paul McGraw, Suzanne McKee, Tony Movshon, Peter Neri, Uri Polat, Cliff Schor, Preeti Verghese, and Gerald Westheimer.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">Meals and refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees, and a Zoom option will be distributed to all virtual attendees. Please note that space is limited and in-person reservations are expected to fill quickly.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RSVP: </strong><span style="color: black;">Whether you choose to attend</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black;"> </span><u style="color: black;">virtually</u><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">or</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black;"> </span><u style="color: black;">in-person</u><span style="color: black;">, we ask that you please RSVP using this </span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2xp9IKUDLLbbemZ7RBwDZZRiplFABjlcn6IsZiBkBhQW8bQ/viewform" style="font-size: 14px;">form</a><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"> no later than Friday, May 1, 2026.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Collecting well-wishes for Dr. Levi: </b></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span><span style="color: black;">We understand many of Dr. Levi’s friends and colleagues may not be able to attend the Festschrift in person. Therefore, we would be compiling a collection of short video messages (audio recordings or still pictures are okay too) that will be shown during the Festschrift. If you would like to say a few words to Dr. Levi, please upload a message/photo/short video (please keep it to shorter than 5 minutes) </span></span><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sc9IeVECqpdDLHlz5tIgoYjg0_xIkS4u?usp=drive_link" style="font-size: 14px;">here</a><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 14px;">by May 1, 2026. It would be best to keep your recording or photos in the landscape mode, and please save your contribution as “Last name, First name”.</span></font></div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Questions? </strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span><span style="color: black;">If any additional questions arise, please email us</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">at</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">optometrydean@berkeley.edu.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px;">————</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">About Professor Levi</strong><span style="color: black;"><br><br></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-size: 14px;">Professor Levi earned his optometry diploma in South Africa before moving to the United States to complete an OD, MS, and subsequently a PhD at the University of Houston. He began his academic career there in 1972, eventually becoming Cullen Distinguished Professor of Optometry and Associate Dean for Research. In 2001 he joined the University of California, Berkeley, as Dean of the School of Optometry, a position he held until 2014, and he remains a Distinguished Professor with additional appointment in neuroscience. Professor Levi's research work has shaped modern understanding of human visual perception and abnormal visual development, especially in relation to amblyopia, which affects 2-4% of children and is the leading cause of vision loss in children. His work has been continuously funded by the National Eye Institute since 1976. Over his career, he has authored hundreds of scientific papers and books, served as Editor-in-Chief of Vision Research and Journal of Vision, and received numerous prestigious honors including the Glenn A. Fry Award, Prentice Medal, and the Edgar D. Tillyer Award. Most notably, Professor Levi holds the Guinness World Record for the highest hyperacuity!</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"></span></body></html>