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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">The Optica Fall Vision Meeting planning committee is now accepting nominations for the meeting's Robert M. Boynton Lecture. The committee is hoping
to receive nominations that reflect the full diversity of the vision community. Nominations received on or before April 17, 2026 will be considered.</span><span style="text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">The lecture was created in honour of Professor Boynton’s contributions to the Optica vision community, and will be presented at the 2026 Optica Fall Vision Meeting in
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Rochester, 24th-27th
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">September</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Professor Boynton (1924-2006) was the recipient of numerous awards including the Ives and Tillyer awards, and was elected to the National Academy
of Sciences and Society of Experimental Psychologists. As a young professor at the University of Rochester, he founded the Center for Visual Science.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Previous Boynton Lecturers are listed here:</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(0, 120, 212); text-transform: none;"><a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/past-meetings" title="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/past-meetings" data-outlook-id="6813095f-4c29-404e-8cd5-419811fbd8fa" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); text-align: left;">https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/past-meetings</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Nominations may be made by any member of the vision community. Previously considered nominees are eligible to be re-nominated. The nomination should
consist of an email briefly highlighting the nominee’s impact on the field of vision science. The nomination email can be co-signed.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Nominations will be reviewed by the Optica Fall Vision Meeting planning committee.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Please submit nominations to the committee at:</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(0, 120, 212); text-transform: none;"><a href="mailto:osafvm@gmail.com" class="ms-outlook-linkify" title="mailto:osafvm@gmail.com" data-outlook-id="3efb4879-f88e-4b85-bc4e-3cabfd5c9efd" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); text-align: left;">osafvm@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">no later than April 17, 2026, with subject line “Boynton lecture nomination”.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">Hannah Smithson</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 14.666667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-transform: none;">The Optica Fall Vision Meeting Planning Committee</span></div>
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