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VISION DOWN
UNDER 2012: ACEVS Satellite Meeting on Vision |
Updates:
17th Jan 2012: PDF of program OVERVIEW can be downloaded here
19th Jan 2012: PDF of program BOOKLET can be downloaded here (password required)
VDU 2012 will incorporate two special symposia
| Biological Motion Processing | Symposium in honour of William Levick, FRS, FAA, on his 80th birthday |
| Quantal Leaps | Symposium in honour of Trevor Lamb, FRS, FAA, on his retirement |
Confirmed Speakers
| Vivien Casagrande | Psychology and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University |
| Bogdan Dreher | School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney |
| Mark Edwards | Dept Psychology, Australian National University |
| Melinda Fitzgerald | School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia |
| Jan Hemmi | Research School of Biology, Australian National University |
| David Hunt | School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia |
| Michael Ibbotson | National Vision Research Institute, University of Melbourne |
| Simon
Laughlin |
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge |
| Allison McKendrick | Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne |
| Andrew Metha | Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Melbourne |
| Tony Movshon | Center for Neural Science, New York University |
| Mike Mustari | Dept of Ophthalmology, University of Washington |
| Nic Price | Dept Physiology, Monash University |
| Nicholas Priebe | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Jan Provis | Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, Australian National University |
| Marcello Rosa | Dept Physiology, Monash University |
| Rowland Taylor | Oregon Health Sciences University |
| Larry Thibos | School of Optometry, Indiana University Bloomington |
| Jonathan Victor | Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University |
| Heinz Wässle | Dept of Neuroanatomy, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt |
| King-Wai Yau | Dept of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University |
| Jochen Zeil | Research School of Biology, Australian National University |
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Location
O'Reilly's Rainforest Resort, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia.
The
Australian Neuroscience Society's 2012
Annual Meeting will be held on
the Gold Coast. O'Reilly's
Rainforest Resort is 30 km inland from the Gold Coast.
For driving instructions from O'Reilly's to the ANS conference,
click here.
Registration
Registration is now open. To register, you should
- Download a word document version of the registration form by clicking here.
- Fill out and return by email to Cindy Guy cindyg@physiol.usyd.edu.au
- Receipt of the registration form will reserve your place at the conference, pending payment.
- You will also need to make registration payments online, by clicking here.
Please
note
that for space reasons the number of
participants is limited to 150: early registration is recommended!
Accommodation
Registrants need to arrange accommodation directly with O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat.- Download the accommodation form by clicking here.
- Fill out and submit directly to O'Reilly's (see form for contact details).
Program
A PDF of the program booklet can be downloaded by clicking here.
Support for the scientific program has been provided by the following sponsors.
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Abstract submission
To apply for a poster or six-for-six presentation, please submit an abstract (click here to view abstract guidelines; the guidelines are the same as those used by the Australian Neuroscience Society) to cindyg@physiol.usyd.edu.au by 13th December 2011. We will try to schedule all applicants. If the six-for-six program gets tight, we may ask you to present your work as a poster.
Please note that there is a limit of ONE poster/oral submission per registrant, and that abstracts will not be published. You may use the same of similar material as at the main ANS meeting if you wish.
Poster Presentations
We invite submissions for poster presentations from all registrants. Please make your poster a maximum of 1 metre wide, and 1.2 metres high.Six-for-Six Oral Presentations
Following the success of "Six for Six" presentations at the 2011 Auckland ANS Satellite we invite submissions from senior graduate students, postdocs and early career researchers to present their work. You will have a limit of six (powerpoint/keynote/pdf) slides and six minutes for presentation. Please note: your presentation will be uploaded to our display computer on the day before your scheduled session. You cannot use your own computer for your presentation.
Transport
O'Reilly's is accessible from Gold Coast (Coolangatta)
airport and Brisbane international airport. Bus transport
(approximately 2 hours) from Gold Coast Airport and from Brisbane
International Airport will be arranged. The transfer fare is A$ 35.00
each trip. Please check the appropriate boxes on the registration form.
Bus schedule:
Thursday
26 January 2012:
Brisbane Airport departs 2 pm
Gold Cost Airport departs at 2 pm
Sunday 29 January 2012:
To Brisbane Airport departs O'Reilly's at 1 pm, arrives at Brisbane
Airport at about 3.45 pm
To Jupiters Hotel (ANS meeting) departs O'Reilly's at 1pm, arrives
Jupiters Hotel at about 3 pm
To Gold Cost Airport departs O'Reilly's at 1pm, arrives at Gold Coast
Airport at about 3.40 pm
The Mountain Coach company also offers a daily airport link from Gold
Coast Airport leaving at 8 am and arriving at O'Reilly's at
approximately 12.30 pm, at a transfer fare of $50.00 each way. The
return service departs O'Reilly's daily at 2.30pm arriving at
Coolangatta (Gold Coast Airport) at 5.30pm. If you want to use this
option please contact The Mountain Coach Company, Toll Free 1300 762665
or 0755 244249.
Organisers
Organising committee: Ulrike Grünert (USYD), Cindy Guy (USYD), Paul Martin (USYD), Sam Solomon (USYD).
Program advisory committee: Michael Ibbotson (ANU), Ted Maddess (ANU), Paul Martin (USYD), Jan Provis (ANU), Mandyam Srinivasan(UQ), Dao-Yi Yu (UWA).
Further information
Paul Martin, Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Email vdu2012@physiol.usyd.edu.au