Synopsis

The EMVPO conferences gather world leading scientists in visual and physiological optics. The focus is on how the optics of the eye affects vision and on how it may be corrected and improved. The meetings are much appreciated due to the high scientific quality and the informal and intimate atmosphere, which encourages the exchange of new ideas and networking. It is a three-day meeting without parallel sessions and it attracts participants from all over the world.

 

The advance programme has now been published and can be downloaded here (pdf-file; 2,9 MB): EMVPO 2010 Advance Programme.

The conferences are hosted by different European laboratories involved in visual and physiological optics. The first conference was held in Wroclaw, Poland, in 1999 and it is now a biannual conference: Granada, Spain, in 2004, London, UK, in 2006, Heraklion, Greece, in 2008 and now the Visual Optics group at KTH (the Royal Institute of Technology) in collaboration with the European Optical Society is pleased to welcome you to the 5th meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

Duration: 22 August 2010, 08:00 hrs CET - 24 Augst 2010, 19:00 hrs CET

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Call for papers

Please download the pdf version of the 2nd announcement and call for papers here.

Topics

This conference will cover many aspects of visual and physiological optics, including clinical studies, basic research, and instrumentation, for example:

• Adaptive optics in the eye
• Cornea
• Crystalline lens and accommodation
• Eye-modeling
• Low vision
• Myopia
• Peripheral eye
• Refraction and ocular aberrations
• Retinal image quality
• Scattering in the eye
• Spectacle, contact, and intraocular lens design.

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Meeting Highlights

• "The evolution of the eye" 

               Invited talk by Ronald H.H. Kröger (Lund University, SE)

• "Eye Models and Model Eyes"

               Invited talk by Sverker Norrby (Abbott Medical Optics, NL)

• "Light-tissue interaction in the retina"

              Plenary talk by Erez Ribak (Israel Institute of Technology, IL)

• "Thomas Young's contributions to physiological optics"

              Plenary talk by David Atchison (Queensland University of Technology, AU)

• "In vivo two photon imaging of macaque retina"

               Plenary talk by David Williams (University of Rochester, US)

• "Night myopia revisited: Fact or fiction?"

              Discussion session headed by Pablo Artal (Universidad de Murcia, ES)

• "Peripheral refraction: Is there a gold standard?"

              Discussion session headed by Larry Thibos (Indiana University, US)

 

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Registration

Registration options:  

•  Fax registration: Download the fax form, fill it in and send it to +49-511-2788 119
•  Online shop: Purchase your registration via our secure online shop at www.myeos.org/shop.

  

Registration category	Rate
EOS full member a) b)	280 €
Non member  b)	300 €
Accompanying person (for lunches + social programme) c)	150 €
Accompanying person (for social programme) d)	100 €
Guided tour Vasa-museum (Saturday, 21 August 2010)	13   €
a) This registration category is available for all EOS members (full member status, associate members are required to buy an upgrade first). b) The registration fee includes admission to the meeting, programme with extended abstracts, coffee and lunch breaks, the social programme (excursion to the Stockholm City Hall and to the archipelago), and the conference dinner. c) The registration fee includes participation in lunches and in the social programme on Monday, 23 August 2010. d) The registration fee includes participation in the social programme on Monday, 23 August 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paper Publication in the Journal of Modern Optics (JMO)

Attendees of this EOS Event are invited to submit their paper that is connected to EMVPO in the Journal of Modern Optics (JMO). JMO is going to have a special issue on vision at the occasion of  EMVPO 2010. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. No page fees (except for color figures) will be charged. JMO offers a fast publishing time for papers being submitted to the website, well in advance of print times.

JMO is the successor journal to Optica Acta.  This is a peer reviewed, highly cited journal in optical sciences,  which publishes papers in all areas of optics (broadly defined). This journal will soon be indexed in pubmed.

Website:

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/jmo

The submission deadline is open until 1 November 2010. The official call for papers can be downloaded here:

www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/tmopcfp3.pdf .

 

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Sponsoring Opportunities

Increase your visibility by presenting your company and products to our attendees at EMVPO 2010. Sponsoring options range from 260 to 2,750 EURO.

An overview on the sponsoring opportunities can be found here.

For detailed information, download the EMVPO Sponsor’s Guide.

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Abstract submission

The abstract submission closed on 21 May 2010. All authors will be notified about the rating by the end of calendar week 24.

All authors are requested to register for the meeting separately from abstract submission. At least one author is requested to register properly, attend the event and present the abstract as scheduled.

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Venue

Stockholm

Stockholm, one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, is built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges. The beautiful buildings, the greenery, the fresh air and the proximity to the water are distinctive traits of this city.

With its 750 year history and rich cultural life, Stockholm offers a wide selection of world-class museums and attractions. Most of the city´s attractions can be reached by walking, and there is a good chance of experiencing a lot of things in a short time (http://beta.stockholmtown.com/en).

In our social program of the meeting we will be invited to the City Hall – known for the Nobel Prize Banquets. And for the conference dinner, we will be in the archipelago of Stockholm surrounded by more than 30 000 islands. 

(Picture source: palestrina55: "View from Riddarholmen to Stadshuset". Url: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23072179@N00/4121382315/)
 

 We also offer the possibility of a visit to the Vasa Museum, housing the magnificent Royal Warship Vasa, rediscovered after more than three hundred years under the water, salvaged and restored. On your own, do at least plan for a walk through Gamla Stan, the well preserved medieval Old Town on its small island, with its churches, its shops of handicrafts, antiques, art galleries, and cafés. And on this island is also the Royal Palace with its changing of the guards.

 

AlbaNova, the location of the meeting

KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)
AlbaNova University Center
Biomedical and X-Ray Physics
Roslagstullsbacken 21
SE-114 19 Stockholm www.albanova.se

 

AlbaNova University Center combines under one roof the physics departments of both Stockholm University and KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology. The building was designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen and inaugurated in 2001. In the KTH department of Applied Physics the small group “Visual Optics” has been given the task to take care of the arrangements for the 5th EMVPO.

 

 

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Accommodation

Rooms at a special rate have been blocked at the following hotels:

 
Elite Hotel Arcadia
Körsbärsvägen 1
114 23 Stockholm
Phone: +46 (0)8 / 566 215 00
Fax: +46 (0) 8 / 566 215 01
reservation.arcadia@elite.se 
http://www.elite.se/eng/node/1403
 
Elite Hotel Palace
S:t Eriksgatan 115
Box 21034
100 31 Stockholm
Phone: +46 (0)8 / 566 217 00
Fax: +46 (0)8 / 566 217 0
reservation.palace@elite.se
http://www.elite.se/eng/node/705

 

Please refer directly to the hotel reservation via email or telephone, not via the homepage and note that rooms must be booked well in advance by 20 July 2010.

When making your reservation, please mention the booking code KTH100821. All travel information as well as a list with alternative hotels can be downloaded here.

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Surrounding Programme

Join our visit to the Vasa museum on Saturday, 21 August 2010, 5 pm. The guided tour will give you an overview about Vasa's history - the king, construction, maiden voyage, sinking, salvage, preservation and much more. Plunge into an important part of the Swedish marine history and marvel at the most conserved warship of the 17th century. To book this event, you are offered to purchase your registration via our secure online shop www.myeos.org/shop.

More information about the excursion can be downloaded here.  

In addition to our conference programme, each attendee is welcomed to join the lunch and guided tour at the Stockholm City Hall on Monday, 23 August 2010, 12.45 hrs CET. After a group photo at the Stockholm City Hall and a walk through the Old Town ("Gamla Stan"), an excursion will be made on the "M/S Riddarholmen" to Stockholm's archipelago to have conference dinner close to one of the 30,000 islands. More information can be found here.  

 

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Contact

European Optical Society (EOS)
Julia Dalichow
Committee & Event Manager
Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover, Germany
Phone: +49 (511) 2788 155 · Fax: +49 (511) 2788 119
Email: stockholm@myeos.org
Internet: www.myeos.org/events/stockholm