Program Overview

Oct. 24th, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Welcome and Exploratorium Visit

Oct. 25th, 9:00 - 10:00 am. Registration

Oct. 25th, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm. Scientific Presentations

Oct. 26th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Scientific Presentations

Oct. 26th, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. Tilllyer Award Lecture

Oct. 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Scientific Presentations

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Program Structure

Tillyer Lecture
George Sperling. "The Intertwined Mechanisms of Motion Perception and Attention"

NonInvasive Plenary "Multifocal ERGs and VEPs: The Noninvasive Study of Retinal and Optic Nerve Activity."
Donald Hood

Color Plenary "Parsing Color Vision"
"Color categories are not arbitrary"
Paul Kay
"Color scission and transparency"
Michael D'Zmura


SYMPOSIA
Vision I: Effects of Spatial Context
Moderators: Miguel Eckstein and Gene Stoner
Speakers: Gene Stoner, Jack Gallant, Tom Albright

Vision II: Virtual Reality Workshop
Moderators: Michael D'Zmura and Andrew Beall
Speakers: Jack Loomis, Marty Banks, Greg Ward, Gislin Dagnelie

Color I: Color and the Natural Environment
Moderator: Michael Webster
Speakers: Barry Lee, Donald MacLeod, Serguei Endrikhovski

Color II: What is Color Good For?
Moderator: Vivianne Smith
Speakers: Alan Nagy, Karl Gegenfurtner, Eugene Switkes, Karen DeValois

Noninvasive I: Electrophysiological Diagnosis of Retinal Disorders
Moderator: Marilyn Schneck
Speakers: David Birch, Ken Alexander

Optics & Imaging I: Imaging the Neural Basis of Behavior
Moderators: Craig Abbey and Geoffrey Boynton
Speakers: Geoffrey Boynton, Steven Engel, David Heeger

Optics & Imaging II: Clinical Applications of Aberrometry
Moderator: Larry Thibos
Speakers: James McClellan, Stanley Klein, Melanie Campbell

Exhibitors

Arrington Research
Eye movement recording

Cambridge Research Systems
Vision Research Tools

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Academic publishers

I. Porteus
Vision publisher