Functional Vision and Accessibility (FVA) Conference
Celebrating 60 Years of Vision Research at the
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
August 3-4, 2023
San Francisco, CA
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute presents a hybrid conference centered on translational research to optimize functional vision and accessibility. The meeting's goal is to encourage integration of multi-disciplinary approaches to evaluating visual dysfunction and its consequences.
The conference also aims to bring stakeholders (those experiencing vision loss and blindness) and those doing translational research (scientists, clinicians, and inventors) to prioritize future research directions for diagnosis and treatment/interventions. A special feature of this conference will be to consider the spectrum from visual impairment to blindness and evaluate the relative merits of maximizing residual vision, visual restoration and the use of remaining senses for accessing information from the environment.
Video recordings of the conference talks can now be found here, on SKERI's YouTube channel.
Conference at a Glance
August 3rd
Session 1: Eye Movements in Health and Disease
Session 2: Oculomotor Control and Binocularity
Session 3: Advances in the Retinal and Cortical Imaging of Visual Function
Session 4: Brain Plasticity
August 4th
Session 5: Computational Models and Machine Learning for Vision Science and Accessibility
Session 6: Augmented and Virtual Reality for Vision Screening, Training and Accessibility
Session 7: Restoring Vision vs. Using Available Senses
Detailed program can be found here
Important Information
Registration opens: June 1, 2023
Early Registration ends: July 15, 2023
See the Attendee Resources page for important attendee information
Contact our organizers: fva@ski.org
Take a look at our Destination and Attendee Resources pages for hotel, venue, and transportation information
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