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The Optica Fall Vision Meeting Planning Committee is delighted to announce that Karl Gegenfurtner has been selected as the 2026 Boynton Award recipient.</div>
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Named in honour of the late Robert M. Boynton, the award recognises outstanding contributions to vision science. Most people can hope to make a significant contribution to perhaps one main area of vision science: Professor Gegenfurtner has made groundbreaking
contributions in both colour vision and eye-movement research, linking low-level sensory processes, higher level visual cognition, and sensorimotor integration. Aligned with Boynton’s legacy in colour vision research, Professor Gegenfurtner has emphasized
the direct role of colour in many aspects of visual processing from image segmentation to high level object recognition and memory. His work underlines the significance of colour at the core of our visual abilities - highlighting the colour characteristics
of natural stimuli and interactions with shape, form, orientation and motion perception. Most recently he has been combining his interests in eye-movements, active perception and colour research in both real and virtual environments. </div>
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In recognition of this body of work, Professor Gegenfurtner was elected into the German National Academy of Science Leopoldina in 2015, received the Wilhelm-Wundt medal of the German Psychological Association (DGPS) in 2016, and the International Colour Vision
Society (ICVS) Verriest Medal in 2024. We are delighted to host him to deliver the Boynton Lecture at the 2026 Optica Fall Vision Meeting.</div>
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This year’s Optica Fall Vision meeting will be held from September 24–27, 2026 at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and will feature invited sessions on visual development and plasticity, multisensory cue integration in real and virtual environments,
optical imaging of retinal function and chromatic mechanisms in myopia, as well as the Boynton Lecture by Karl! </div>
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Register: <a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/2026-meeting/register" data-outlook-id="0316ab64-a15a-4baf-8a6d-acb31001f33d">
https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/2026-meeting/register</a> </div>
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Submit your abstract: <a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/2026-meeting/submit-an-abstract" data-outlook-id="44ffe97e-e6ab-4b36-8289-24900ed5504a">
https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/2026-meeting/submit-an-abstract</a> </div>
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Visit the website for more information: <a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/home" data-outlook-id="5f3c7e66-a22a-42e0-b0ed-8448821c9cad">
https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/home</a> </div>
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With best wishes, </div>
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Hannah Smithson, on behalf of the Optica Fall Vision Meeting 2026 Planning Committee</div>
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