VSS is pleased to announce that we’ve formed a Technical Committee to develop the VSS meeting app internally. We see this as an exciting first step toward building something that our community can continue to improve over time. Developing the app within the society allows us to draw on the expertise that already exists among our members while also keeping costs manageable. Our longer-term goal is to develop the app and its underlying platform in a way that could eventually be made available for other scientific societies to use.
Looking beyond the meeting app, we would also like the committee to think more broadly about how VSS might modernize the way it operates, including where AI and other emerging technologies could genuinely be useful. This could include anything from society operations and membership services to new ways for members to find one another, exchange information, and stay connected before, during, and after the meeting.
We are still early in this conversation and are very open to ideas. If you have relevant expertise and would like to contribute to any of these efforts, please do not be shy about letting us know. We would be delighted to hear from you, whether you have a specific idea, a particular skill you would like to put to use, or simply an interest in helping. Please reach out to the VSS office at , and they will pass your message along to the committee.
Committee Members
MiYoung Kwon, PhD, Northeastern University, Boston, USA Mark W. Greenlee, PhD, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Abigail Noyce, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Jeff Wilson, Vision Sciences Society
The winning image of the Website Banner Competition will also be used for the program covers, onsite signage, PowerPoint slides, bulk emails, printed materials, and other places where needed.
The winning image of the T-Shirt Design Competition will be used on the VSS 2027 T-shirt and may also be used for other purposes, such as tote bags, pens, hats, and mugs/water bottles.
You may submit more than one image for consideration and you are allowed to enter images in both competitions. You may submit the same image to both competitions as long as the file format requirements can be met.
Images may be related to scientific content, the Vision Sciences Society, or Seattle and the surrounding area. The image may include the VSS logo or be an alteration of the VSS logo.
The winner of each competition grants VSS unlimited rights to copy, publish, edit, print, and use the images for any purpose, including publishing images online and on other electronic and hard-copy media.
Winning images are chosen by a vote of the VSS Board of Directors.
Submissions for Website Banner Competition must be received no later than September 17, 2026. Submissions for the T-Shirt Design Competition must be received no later than January 8, 2027.
To submit an image for consideration, you must have been active in VSS within the last two years.
Website Banner Competition
The Website Banner Competition is a contest to select an image that will serve as the brand, or theme, of the annual meeting by providing imagery that will be used throughout the VSS meeting. Although the winning image will be used for many purposes, to enter the competition you need to submit proposed images for the primary website banner and the secondary page website banner. Other items will be created using variations of the winning image.
Your proposed primary website banner design will replace the current banner on the VSS website home page. Your secondary page website banner will replace the banner shown at the top of this page. At a minimum, your proposed banner image should include the name of the society and the dates of the meeting.
To enter the Website Banner Competition, please submit two full-color raster images in .jpg or .png format.
The primary website banner image must be 3070 pixels by 534 pixels. The secondary page website banner must be 3070 pixels by 178 pixels.
If your image is chosen as the winning design, in addition to the banner image, you will be asked to provide variations of your image for use on the printed program cover, signs, and other purposes.
The winner of the Website Banner Competition will be awarded $500 USD and will be recognized in the meeting program, on the meeting website, and at the Awards session at the VSS meeting.
Deadline to submit an image for the Website Banner Competition is September 17, 2026. You must have been active in VSS within the last two years to submit an image.
The T-Shirt Design Competition is a contest to select an image for the VSS t-shirt. The image may also be used on other items that require line art.
Two images are needed for the t-shirt: one for the back and one for the breast. The maximum print area for the back image is approximately 11 inches square; the breast image print area is 3″ square. You can submit one image for both purposes or separate images. The images will be printed on black t-shirts and white t-shirts, so the image must be usable on both black an white backgrounds.
The images should include at least the name and year of the meeting (eg: VSS 2027), but may also include other information, such as the meeting dates and location.
T-shirts are printed using a silkscreen process, so the image must be line art that uses a maximum of four spot colors (solid colors, not composite colors). Large areas of solid colors are discouraged as these are more difficult to print and result in an image with a plastic feel that is not comfortable to wear.
To enter the T-Shirt Design Competition, please submit a PDF of your proposed design showing your images as they would appear on a white background and a black background.
If your image is chosen as the winning design, you will be asked to provide your artwork in a scalable vector graphic file, such as Adobe Illustrator or compatible.
The winner of the T-Shirt Design Competition will be awarded $500 USD and will be recognized in the meeting program, on the meeting website, and at the Awards session at the VSS meeting.
Deadline to submit an image for theT-shirt Design Competition is January 8, 2027. You must have been active in VSS within the last two years to submit an image.
Email your images to vss@visionsciences.org as an attachment. One email per submission, please. Specify which competition you are entering in your subject line. Include a brief description of your image that the board will consider when reviewing the submitted images.
Schedule Deadline to submit an image for Website Banner Competition: September 17, 2026 Website Banner Competition image chosen by:October 1, 2026
Deadline to submit an image for T-shirt Design Competition: January 8, 2027 T-shirt image chosen: by January 16, 2027
Each year, VSS holds a Graphics Competition to collect creative visual images related to the field of vision science, the Society, or the VSS meeting. There are two competitions, the Website Banner Competition and the T-Shirt Design Competition. Winning graphic images are featured on the website, program, signage, and t-shirts.
The Vision Sciences Society is pleased to recognize Tasfia Ahsan as this year’s winner of the Website Banner Competition and Laura Soen of the T-Shirt Design Competition.
Website Banner Competition
Winner: Tasfia Ahsan, Freud Lab, York University, Canada
The website banner was inspired by my love of comic book-style art and the research we do at the Freud Lab on action and perception. I’ve always found it interesting how comic books can communicate so many things at once, movement, emotion, and narrative all on a single page. This feels connected to how the brain works, taking in and processing multiple streams of information simultaneously. The banner was my way of bringing those two ideas together.
T-Shirt Design Competition
Winner: Laura Soen, KU Leuven, Belgium
This t-shirt is more than conference merch. It’s a conversation starter. Zoom in with the magnifying glass and start discovering what VSS is all about and where you fit in. Do you study vision with EEG, FMRI, or neural networks? Is VR your tool of choice? Did you spot the dolphin in the ocean and will we see you at the beach BBQ by sunset? Each doodle captures a piece of the VSS experience: cutting-edge science, shared curiosity, spontaneous conversations, and the unmistakable setting of St. Pete’s Beach. Together, they visually map everything people love about VSS.
Remote Talks are not presented live, they are presented by playing a video recording of your presentation. You will be online during your Talk Session to answer questions after your presentation.
You must upload your video presentation no later than May 12. See instructions below.
Remote Presentation Requirements
To present your talk remotely, you must complete the following requirements no later than May 12.
Register to attend VSS.
Make sure your MyVSS account contains your mobile number (so we can reach you onsite).
Upload a video of your talk presentation.
Notify VSS when you have completed these requirements.
Upload Your Talk Video
You are required to upload a video (.mp4 file) of your talk presentation no later than May 12. To upload your video:
On your account home page, click ‘Upload Remote Talk Video’.
Click browse and select an .mp4 file, then click Upload.
You can upload revisions at any time until the deadline. Uploading a new file will overwrite the existing file; this action cannot be undone.
Prior to VSS, we will load your video onto a laptop so it can be played during your talk period.
Video Format
Your video should be recorded in Full HD (FHD) format (1920 x 1080 pixels, 16:9 aspect ratio) and saved as a .mp4 file.
Talk Timing
All talks are strictly limited to 15 minutes. Your talk video should not exceed 12 minutes in length, allowing for a 3 minute question and answer period following your video.
Presenting Remotely
Prior to VSS we will email you a Zoom link.
Join Zoom no less than 15 before the start of your Talk Session. Regardless of your talk order, you should be online at the start of your session and remain online during the entire session.
Prior to the talk session, the AV technician will test the playing of your talk video while you are online.
At the time of talk, the AV technician will play your video (12 minutes).
After you video concludes, you will be able to take questions from the audience (3 minutes).
Notify VSS
Email is at when you have completed your remote talk presentation requirements. We must hear from you no later than May 12.
TampaInternational Airport (TPA) is about 30 miles from the TradeWinds Island Resorts. See Ground Transportation from Tampa International Airport.
St. Pete/Clearwater International Airport (PIE) is 20 miles from the TradeWinds Island Resorts, however there are very few flights servicing this airport. See Ground Transportation from St. Pete Clearwater International Airport.
Orlando International Airport (MCO) is approximately 120 miles from the TradeWinds Island Resort. See Ground Transportation from Orlando International Airport.
Airport Ground Transportation
New TradeWinds Resort Shuttle
Information about the resort shuttle is not yet available.
Please have the following information available for each traveler.
Traveler(s) Full Name
Airline
Flight #
Time of arrival/departure
Cell #
# of persons
Any special needs. (oversize luggage, car seats, golf clubs, etc.)
Credit card (All fees will be paid directly to Resort Transportation)
Transportation from either Tampa International Airport (TPA) or St. Pete/Clearwater Airport (PIE) directly to the TradeWinds Island Grand or TradeWinds RumFish Beach Resort is available to Vision Sciences Society 2026 meeting participants.
1-5 persons = $85.00
6-11 persons= $150.00
Shuttle Hours Arrivals: 6:00 am – 9:00 pm Departures: 4:00 am – 8:00 pm
How to Book Reservations are recommended at least 2 weeks prior to your travel date. To book, visit SuperShuttle and use discount code VSS26 for 10% off one-way or round-trip rides. This code is valid for bookings made between April 23–May 25, 2026, for travel dates May 11–May 25, 2026.
Arrival Instructions For arrivals on May 14th, drivers will be loading at the Blue Baggage Claim Door #127, directly across from the Delta Baggage belts. For all other arrival dates, your driver will contact you via text once you land with a curbside meeting location nearest your baggage claim belt.
TradeWinds Island Resorts 5500 Gulf Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, Florida 33706 (727) 367-6461
From the North From I-75, take I-275 to Tampa and remain on it through Tampa and across Tampa Bay. Continue south on I-275 approximately 15 miles through St. Petersburg. Proceed from * below.
From the East Take I-4 west into Tampa. Stay in the left hand lane and follow the signs for I-275 South “To St. Petersburg” past downtown Tampa and across Tampa Bay. Continue south on I-275 approximately 15 miles through St. Petersburg. Proceed from * below.
From the South From I-75 take the I-275 exit “To St. Petersburg” (not Tampa), and over the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (toll). Proceed from * below.
From Tampa International Airport Follow the signs to I-275 South “To St. Petersburg” and across Tampa Bay. Continue south on I-275 approximately 15 miles through St. Petersburg. Proceed from * below.
From St. Petersburg/Clearwater Airport Turn left out of airport onto Roosevelt and follow signs to I-275 South through St. Petersburg, approximately 13 miles. Proceed from * below.
* Exit I-275 at the St. Pete Beach/Pinellas Bayway Exit (exit 17). Proceed west across Pinellas Bayway (toll) which takes you directly to St. Pete Beach and ends at Gulf Blvd. Turn right and the TradeWinds Island Resorts is on the left side of the street, about 1.5 miles north.
We’ve concluded another busy and successful five days of sessions in St. Pete Beach. This year VSS had 6 symposia, 200 talks, 941 posters, 38 other events that included workshops, satellites, social events, a great reception on the beach at the Rumfish, and last, but not least, a glowing dance party on the closing night of the meeting. In addition, we hosted a two-day MODVIS meeting prior to VSS and the inaugural one-day Applied Vision Science meeting after VSS. Over 1,650 people attended VSS this year.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the TradeWinds for a full week of science. We also want to thank our Sponsors and Exhibitors for their continued support.
If you need a Certificate of Attendance, please log in to your MyVSS Account, and click ‘View Certificate of Attendance’ in the Registration area of your account home page. You can email yourself a copy. Certificates of Attendance for VSS 2026 are available through August 31, 2026.
All sessions were recorded and are now available for viewing. To view the recordings, Log In to your MyVSS Account and navigate to a session page. Recordings are available for 6 Symposia, 30 Talk Sessions, and the Awards Session. You must be a current VSS member or a VSS 2026 attendee to view recordings.
Lastly, put May 21-25, 2027 in your calendar for VSS 2027 in Seattle, Washington. Hotel reservations for VSS 2027 will open in September, 2026.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Welcome to VSS 2026!
As always, we have a packed Schedule for the meeting, with almost 1200 posters and talks plus 52 undergraduate just-in-time posters, 6 Symposia, 13 Satellite Events, and 4 workshops. The meeting also includes events that allow for outreach to the public including a 3-Minute-Thesis Competition in which graduate students describe their research to students at St. Petersburg High School and the ever-popular Public Lecture. This year Bevil Conway will talk about visual aesthetics at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, which lets you see a great talk and a fun museum in one go.
We strive to make it easy for people attending VSS for the first time to feel welcome. As such, we are holding two events to help new VSS attendees to get to know the lay of the land, including an Online Event prior to the meeting and a Lemonade Social Friday evening. The lemonade social is a great place for new attendees and undergraduates to get to know how VSS works and to meet one another so that you will have friends to share a table at the Opening Reception and to visit with throughout the meeting.
There are two major events that happen, allied with VSS, both at the TradeWinds. Just prior to VSS is a satellite meeting, MODVIS, that is specifically about modeling the visual system. New this year is the Applied Vision Science meeting. This takes place Wednesday after VSS and is the inaugural year of an annual meeting that will be the prime venue bringing together basic vision scientists and those who investigate applied vision issues in visual displays, VR and many other applied areas.
VSS remains essentially an international meeting with a large percentage of our participants coming from around the world. The situation in the US and internationally has continued to make it difficult for some people to come to a meeting in Florida. This has reduced the number of submitted abstracts and people coming to the meeting, but fortunately not by a huge amount. We have responded to this by opening up a limited number of talk and poster slots for remote presentation. Coupled with our recent move to provide videos of all the talks to the membership after the meeting, this should allow everyone to participate in VSS in one way or another.
The political situation in the US has had substantial impacts on science and, in particular on science funding. Suggested budgets have been reduced for the main agencies that fund vision research in the US and changes in policy at NSF and NIH have greatly reduced funding rates. VSS has advocated for vision science by signing on to several letters (circulated by FABBS and other groups) that have been delivered to Washington. We certainly will continue to advocate for our members in the US and internationally whenever and wherever possible.
One way we try to help out our members is to help with the costs of attending VSS itself. VSS has an NEI/NIH conference grant, and last year Michael Grubb successfully acquired an NSF grant. Between these two grants we are able to provide travel grants to most US trainees. With support from Elsevier, the Yellott Family Endowment and from your contributions to VSS, we also support a number of international trainees with travel grants. VSS is also continuing our program of Caregiver Grants to support childcare costs at the conference for those traveling with young children.
Returning this year are two resources overseen by our Student-Postdoc Committee (SPC): they have set up Discord channels to facilitate sharing of information about the conference (accommodation, transportation, hot tips for presenting, quick announcements, dinners, childcare, etc.) and our Community Table, which you will find near the registration desk, where a member of the SPC provides information about all our VSS communities: the SPC, Females of Vision et al. (FoVea), the Spark Society, and Visibility, a gathering of LGBTQ+ Vision Scientists and Friends. The Community Table will also provide information and resources for new participants at VSS, as well as information about satellites, workshops and social events being organized to make VSS 2026 the most welcoming and inclusive meeting possible.
One thing is missing this year: a phone App for navigating the meeting. There were many problems with the app we’ve used in previous years, and no end of accurate complaints from our members about its inadequacies. So, while VSS needs to tighten its belt due to the drops in membership and registration, this was one savings that made sense. We continue to provide a PDF of the program through the website.
Congratulations to this year’s VSS award winners! This year’s recipient of the Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award is Ilker Yildirim. This year the Davida Teller Award was repurposed as an award for mid-career scientists and the winner is T. Rowan Candy. Finally, the Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science goes to Nancy Kanwisher. Please come hear them talk about their research in the Awards Session (Monday at 12:30PM).
The 2026 VSS Keynote Lecture (Saturday at 7:30PM) will be given by Dr. Michael Chiang, Director of the National Eye Institute. He will talk about the impact of AI and Data Science on eye care from the perspective of NEI. We are excited to have Dr. Chiang meet the VSS community.
The Business Meeting(Tuesday, 12:15PM) is the best place for you to provide direct input to the VSS Board to help guide VSS to a robust and successful future. We will talk about VSS’ financial situation and the status of future VSS meetings (2027 in Seattle, 2028 in St. Pete Beach, but TBD for future meetings). And, of course, I will introduce your 2026-2027 President: Rich Krauzlis.
VSS remains a time for fun as well as excellent science. Demo Night will take place Monday night as usual with fabulous illusions, games and environments to experience. The time just before Demo Night is unscheduled and is a good time for you to hold a lab dinner or other social event (and there are new restaurant offerings at Tradewinds). Tuesday night will feature the Visibility Social, followed by Club Vision (with VSS member djs) and Chill Vision.
I’d like to thank everyone who makes VSS the special place that it is. This includes our sponsors and exhibitors (and I encourage you to visit all the exhibits), our abstract reviewers and the members of our many external committees. A huge thank you is due to Shauney Wilson and the entire Meeting Perfect crew, who work all year long to make VSS happen so smoothly. And thanks to all of you, the VSS community, for providing the science and spirit that make for such a great meeting.
We look forward to seeing you in May!
Mike Landy President, VSS Board of Directors, 2025-2026
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Sunday, May 17, 2026, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Monday, May 18, 2026, 8:00 am – 12:30 pm Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Magstim EGI
Silver Sponsor, Booths 7 & 8
Magstim EGI, the leader in the field of high-density EEG, offers innovative solutions for brain research and stimulation. Our EEG systems are designed to deliver precise, high-quality data, enabling researchers to explore the complexities of brain function and advance our understanding of neurological functions and disorders. Now part of the Welcony family of companies along with Magstim TMS, our sensing and stimulation systems have been used in over 20,000 peer reviewed scientific publications. Visit the EGI booth at VSS to learn more about the latest generation of EEG, TMS and tDCS/tACS devices designed to make even the most complex projects possible.
SR Research Ltd
Silver Sponsor, Booths 5 & 6
SR Research produces the EyeLink family of high-speed eye trackers and has been enabling scientists to perform cutting-edge research since the early 1990s. EyeLink systems are renowned for their outstanding technical specifications, temporal precision, and superb accuracy. The EyeLink 1000 Plus has the world’s lowest spatial noise and can be used in the laboratory and in EEG/MEG/MRI environments. The EyeLink Portable Duo offers the same high levels of data quality in a small, portable package. SR Research also provides sophisticated experiment delivery and analysis software, and a truly legendary support service.
VPixx Technologies
Silver Sponsor, Booths 1 & 2
VPixx has developed your innovative vision research hardware for over 25 years, and now the new VIEWPixx3 /OLED calibrated visual testing display is shipping! Visit our booth and experience for yourself its infinite contrast ratio and wide color gamut.
Our PROPixx video projector, supporting refresh rates up to 1440Hz, has become the standard for neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and behavioral vision research applications. The PROPixx RIFT (Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging) paradigm is enabling ground-breaking MEG and EEG research.
The TRACKPixx3 2kHz binocular eye tracker and the DATAPixx3 I/O hub offer microsecond-precise data acquisition synchronized to stimulus presentation. Our new LabMaestro software is making these instruments even easier to use, while Pack&Go is your solution for quickly running psychophysics experiments on remote subject populations.
Brain Vision LLC
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 12
Brain Vision LLC is the leading team for EEG in Vision Science. We offer full integration of EEG with many leading eye-tracking and video systems we also provide flexible and robust solutions for both stationary and mobile EEG. All of our systems are available with a variety of electrode types such as saline-sponge nets, active gel, passive, and dry electrodes, which are easily expandable with bio-sensors like GSR, ECG, Respiration, and EMG. Our team is specialized in using EEG with other modalities such as fMRI, fNIRS, MEG, TMS, and tDCS/HDtDCS.
If you want to know how EEG and Vision Science improve each other, please feel free to contact us: Phone: +1.877.EEG 4 MRI, Email:
Cortech Solutions, Inc.
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 13
Cortech brings you the Biosemi ActiveThree EEG, and Cambridge Research Systems full range of tools for vision science. ActiveThree is the world’s most advanced laboratory grade active electrode EEG system, and it includes a free vendor-supported LSL server, 24-bit SAR ADCs for the purest frequency response, and a tiny generic Lithium Ion battery for your convenience. CRS Display++ and BOLDscreen UHD are color and luminance calibrated displays for use in the laboratory and in fMRI, respectively. BOLDscreen is part of a full range of fMRI tools, including binocular eye-tracking, vision correction, BOLDfonic audio, response devices, and more.
Exponent
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 3
Exponent In an era of radically-accelerating change, Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve your most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges. Exponent brings together 90+ technical disciplines and 950+ consultants to help our clients navigate the increasing complexity of more than a dozen industries, connecting decades of pioneering work in failure analysis to develop solutions for a safer, healthier, sustainable world.
J.S. Held
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 11
J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets.
Among myriad other specialized services, we provide product safety and user experience (UX) research across the entire product lifecycle based on five decades of human factors and failure analysis. We are always looking for qualified PhDs, postdocs, and early-career faculty interested in technical consulting.
NIRx Medical Technologies, LLC
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 4
NIRx Medical Technologies, LLC is a leading provider of comprehensive solutions for functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) research. Our non-invasive and user-friendly fNIRS technology enables the measurement of neural activity in the cortex and large-scale cortical networks, providing insights into the neural mechanisms underlying perception and cognition.
Our complete range of research solutions includes a versatile multimodal hardware platform, advanced online and offline analysis software, expert technical and scientific support, and comprehensive training programs. We are dedicated to supporting fNIRS researchers through our offices in Orlando, New York, and Berlin, Germany.
Whether you’re investigating changes in neural activity during development, researching disorders and their treatments, or exploring new applications in neuroscience, NIRx has the expertise and solutions to help you achieve your research goals. For more information, please contact us at +49 308 1453 5990 (EU), (+1) 321-352-7570 (US/Canada), or email us at .
Rogue Research Inc.
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 9
Rogue Research has been your partner in neuroscience research for over 25 years. We offer the Brainsight® family of neuronavigation systems for non-invasive brain stimulation, our next generation TMS device (Elevate TMS) as well as our Brainsight robot to place and hold the TMS coil or TUS transducer automatically. Our integrated system is controllable externally via TCP to enable real-time experiments controlling all components. We also offer Veterinary surgical navigation and robotic microsurgery equipment.
Tobii
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 15
Tobii is the global leader in eye tracking, providing researchers with precise, reliable tools to study visual behavior in both controlled and real-world environments.
For over two decades, Tobii has supported the scientific community with high-performance screen-based and wearable eye tracking systems designed for a wide range of research applications, including vision science, neuroscience, psychology, and human factors.
Our solutions combine advanced hardware, software, and expert support to enable rigorous experimental design, accurate data collection, and efficient analysis. From lab-based studies requiring high sampling rates and spatial accuracy to studies of natural behavior in real-world settings, Tobii systems are built to meet the demands of modern research.
Today, Tobii technology and services are used by more than 2,000 companies and 1,500 research institutions worldwide, including all of the top 50 ranked universities.
Wearable Sensing
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 14
Wearable Sensing, an actively growing company based in San Diego, focuses on developing high-end wearable sensing technology and its applications. Their initial products are wearable wireless dry electrode systems, facilitating high-fidelity electroencephalography (EEG) signal recording from the scalp, comparable to conventional medical-grade electrodes but without technical hassles and artifact sensitivity. These research-grade sensors are integrated into practical headsets suitable for real-world use. Wearable Sensing’s solutions cover diverse applications, including academic research, neurofeedback, brain-computer interfaces, and more.
WorldViz VR
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 16
WorldViz will present SightLab VR, a plugin to Vizard (Worldviz’s python platform for building VR applications), that can use either a GUI based interface or extended python code to allow users to easily set up VR eye tracking experiments (with little or no code) then collect, visualize, review and analyze eye tracking data. Supports for all the major PC based XR eye tracking devices including Vive Focus Vision, Varjo XR-4, Meta Quest Pro and more.
It will allow drag and drop adding of videos and 3D models, and many of the most used analytics methods are included into the provided templates (visual search, reaction time, memory tasks and much more).
Build a scene, run your experiment and review in minutes. Fully expandable and modifiable by using the GUI configurator or python code. Additionally allows for multi user support.
The WorldViz components allow integration of highly targeted VR labs, and we are happy to help customers configure their own labs, tailored to their specific needs.
Zeto Inc.
Bronze Sponsor, Booth 10
Zeto, Inc. is transforming the way electroencephalography is done in clinical and research settings. Zeto’s award-winning, FDA-cleared EEG platform brings the traditional EEG procedure to the 21st century by offering a zero-prep, easy-to-wear headset with active, dry electrodes that are positioned as per the 10-20 system.
The Zeto headset is backed by a cloud data and software platform, a real-time LSL-based API, and a TTL-based trigger device for ERP studies. Powerful plugin interfaces enable customers to integrate their own applications and analytics for seamless data processing.
The company plans to leverage its platform technology to improve access and quality to medical grade EEG testing and to enable and improve adjacent biomedical research and clinical trials.
If you were approved for a remote poster presentation, here are instructions for your presentation.
Remote Presentation Requirements
To present your poster remotely, you must complete the following requirements no later than May 12(or May 4 if you need VSS to print and hang your poster):
Register to attend VSS
Upload a video of your poster
Upload a PDF of your poster
Print your poster for hanging on your poster board (see Print Your Poster below)
Notify VSS when you have completed these requirements
Deadlines
May 4 – Email your poster PDF to VSS if you need VSS to print and hang your poster. May 12 – Upload your poster video, upload poster PDF, register to attend, and notify VSS when completed.
Print Your Poster
Print your poster and arrange to have a colleague hang your poster on your assigned poster board.
IMPORTANT: If you’re unable to find someone to hang your poster, VSS can print and hang your poster. You must email us your poster PDF no later than May 4. Email your poster PDF to .
In addition to your printed poster, VSS staff will post signage noting your absence, including a QR code linking to your presentation page, and a sign-up sheet so attendees can request more information about your presentation.
Upload Poster Video
You are required to upload a video (.mp4 file) of your poster presentation no later than May 12. To upload your video:
On your account home page, click ‘View My Poster’.
On your poster presentation page, click ‘Upload Poster Video’.
Click browse and select a .mp4 file, then click Upload.
We advise you to test viewing your video after uploading to ensure it plays as expected. You can upload revisions at any time. Uploading a new file will overwrite the existing file; this action cannot be undone.
Upload Poster PDF (optional)
You may upload a one-page PDF of your poster presentation no later than May 12. To upload your PDF:
On your account home page, click ‘View My Poster’.
On your poster presentation page, click ‘Upload Poster PDF’.
Click browse and select a .pdf file, then click Upload.
We advise you to test viewing your PDF after uploading to ensure it displays as expected. You can upload revisions at any time. Uploading a new file will overwrite the existing file; this action cannot be undone.
Notify VSS
Email is at when you have completed your remote presentation requirements. We must hear from you no later than May 12.
Each abstract is assigned a unique 4 or 5-digit number based on when and where it is being presented. Talk presentations are a 4-digit number and Poster presentations are a 5-digit number (the last two digits of a poster are the board number). See Abstract Numbering.
ATM
An ATM is located in the main lobby of the hotel. A second ATM can be found in the lobby of the Breckenridge Building.
Audiovisual Equipment for Talks
LCD projectors are provided in the talk rooms for giving slide presentations. Computers are NOT provided. Presenters must bring their own laptop computers and set them up BEFORE the start of the session in which they are presenting. Please review the Talk Presentation Instructions for more information.
For speakers who cannot bring a laptop, there is a loaner Windows PC laptop available in the talk room. Please make advance arrangements with Jeff Wilson at the VSS Registration Desk.
Baggage Check
Bags can be checked with the Bell Hop in the main lobby.
Business Center
The Business Center is located in the hotel lobby. Computer terminals are available in the Social Lounge (located in Royal Tern). A printer is available in the VSS Social Lounge.
Business Meeting
The VSS Business Meeting is Tuesday, May 19 12:15 – 1:15 pm in Talk Room 2. All VSS members are encouraged to attend. This is your opportunity to hear about VSS, ask questions, and give feedback.
Cashless Property
TradeWinds Island Resorts is now a cashless property with cash no longer accepted for payment throughout the properties. There is a “Cash to Card” machine at the RumFish Beach Resort. This machine works as a reverse ATM (without the fees) converting cash to pre-paid debit cards that can be used anywhere. Employee partners are still able to accept cash for gratuities, but they will not be able to make change onsite.
Certificates of Attendance
Certificates of Attendance will be available in your VSS account the last day of the meeting. If you require additional assistance, visit the Registration Desk.
Code of Conduct
The Vision Sciences Society (VSS) is dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and the freedom of thought and expression. We are committed to running a successful meeting that fosters collegiality and celebrates the international and interdisciplinary nature of the Vision Sciences community. These aims and goals require an environment that recognizes the inherent worth of every person and group, and that fosters tolerance, dignity, understanding, and mutual respect. To help ensure these goals, each presenter, speaker, and attendee must adhere to the Code of Conduct.
Community Table
Introduced in 2024, the VSS Community Table is located near the Registration Desk. Here, representatives from SPC, FoVea, Spark and Visibility will be on hand to share information about their communities as well as events happening at VSS. Stop by to learn more about newcomer gatherings or to find a VSS buddy.
Contact Us
If you need to reach VSS meeting personnel while at the meeting, VSS staff can be reached by email at or at the registration desk.
Disclaimer
The Program Committee reserves the right to change the meeting program at any time without notice. Please note that this program was correct at the time of printing.
Discord
The VSS Student and Postdoctoral Committee (SPC) has created a VSS server on the Discord instant messaging platform to facilitate communication among VSS attendees. You’ll find channels such as #accommodation, #ride-sharing, and #childcare-private helpful to find buddies or share resources. Channels such as #fovea, #visibility, #spark and #spc will facilitate networking with people from the various VSS communities. See the Registration desk to join the Discord server.
Drink Tickets
Each attendee will receive two “free drink” tickets which may be redeemed at the Opening Night Reception (May 15), Demo Night (May 18), or at either Club Vision or Chill Vision (May 19).
Exhibits
All exhibits are located in the Pavilion. See our list of Exhibitors.
Exhibit Hours Saturday, May 16, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Sunday, May 17, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm Monday, May 18, 8:00 am – 12:30 pm Tuesday, May 19, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Exhibitor Setup and Tear down Setup: Friday, May 15, 4:00 – 7:00 pm and Saturday, May 16, 7:00 – 9:00 am Tear down: Tuesday, May 19, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
Fitness Center
There are fitness centers available at both the RumFish Beach and the Island Grand hotels. Both fitness centers are open 24/7 with a room key. The centers are available to attendees staying at either of the TradeWinds hotels.
Food Service/Catering
Complimentary coffee and tea, as well as a light continental breakfast is available each morning in the Garden Courtyard and the Pavilion. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will also be served each afternoon between afternoon talk sessions.
Your VSS registration includes the Opening Night Reception held on Friday night. The Reception will take place outdoors (weather permitting). Attendees may purchase a Friends & Family Pass, which will allow their guests to attend the food and social events.
Each attendee will be given two “free drink” tickets, good at the Opening Night Reception, Demo Night, and at Club Vision and Chill Vision.
The VSS schedule provides a generous two-hour lunch period on most days to take advantage of the beautiful surroundings and amenities of the TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel and the RumFish Beach Resort.
Note: VSS meeting attendees will receive a 5% discount on all food and beverage purchases in ALL TradeWinds Islands Resorts restaurants and bars. You must present your VSS badge to receive the discount.
The 5% discount does not apply to food or drinks at VSS events, such as the Opening Night Reception, or Grab and Go Lunches. Discounted pricing has already been applied to these functions.
Grab and Go Lunches The TradeWinds will offer a selection of reasonably-priced lunch items just for VSS attendees. Friday – Tuesday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, in the Garden Courtyard
Friends & Family Pass
The Friends & Family Pass allows your family to enjoy our fun VSS social events. For $100.00, your travel companion can attend the Opening Night Reception, and enjoy all Coffee/Snack Breaks and the Daily Continental Breakfast! Passes are only $100.00 for guests and $40.00 for children ages 6 through 12. Children under the age of 6 are free. To purchase a Family & Friends Pass, please visit the VSS Registration Desk onsite.
Passes are required for entrance to all social events and meals, including the Friday evening Welcome Reception.
Note: The Friends & Family Pass does not cover entrance to the scientific sessions. For a guest pass to a scientific session, please inquire at the VSS Registration Desk. For more information, please see Guests below.
Guests
Guests are allowed complimentary entry into one VSS session to see the poster or talk of the person they are guests of at the meeting.
Guests must register at the VSS Registration Desk upon arrival and must be accompanied by a VSS attendee. Guests must wear their guest badge for entrance into the session they attend.
To attend social functions, including the Opening Night Reception, Coffee/Snack Breaks and Daily Continental Breakfast, attendees’ guests will need to purchase a Friends & Family Pass, available at the VSS Registration Desk.
Health Protocols
We strongly encourage attendees to ensure their COVID-19 vaccinations are up to date prior to the meeting. Masks will be available at the VSS Registration Desk. See Health and Safety Protocols.
Internet Access
VSS provides free wireless internet access in the meeting areas, guest rooms, and VSS lounges. In the VSS meeting space, connect to twgroup; password is Event5500!. In the hotel common areas, connect to the wireless network that automatically pops up. Click “Connect” when prompted, and once the TW website opens, you can close it and you’re all set.
If you did not bring your own computer, a limited number of laptop computers with free internet access are available for your use in both the Quiet and Social Lounges.
Lost and Found
The Lost and found is located at the VSS Registration Desk in the Grand Palm Colonnade.
Lounges
VSS offers two lounge areas exclusively for meeting attendees:
Quiet Lounge The VSS Quiet Lounge is designed especially for attendees who need a quiet place to read, work, silently meditate, or relax. There are two laptops available. The Quiet Lounge is located in the Compass room in on the second floor of the Grand Palm Colonnade. Quiet Lounge Hours: Friday: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Saturday: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Sunday: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Monday, 7:00 am – 2:30 pm Tuesday, 7:00 am – 10:00 pm
Social Lounge The VSS Social Lounge features comfortable seating for relaxing and visiting with colleagues. There are two laptops and a printer available, as well as phone charging stations. The Social Lounge is located in the Royal Tern room on the second floor of the Grand Palm Colonnade. Social Lounge Hours: Friday: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Saturday: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Sunday: 7:00 am – 10:00 pm Monday, 7:00 am – 2:30 pm Tuesday, 7:00 am – 10:00 pm
Message Center
Messages for registrants can be left and retrieved at the VSS Registration Desk. A bulletin board will be available in the Grand Palm Colonnade for announcements and job postings.
Networking and mentoring opportunity
FoVea, Visibility and SPARK have developed a slack space called Mentoring Envisioned to facilitate networking and mentoring opportunities for all members of the VSS community. This space is intended to help VSS attendees meet other attendees and communicate during the conference and beyond. For more information see https://forms.gle/F1FkuRFKeyyP8eJP7.
Moderators
Please arrive at the meeting room 30 minutes prior to the start of your session to allow time for setup and to check in with your speakers. See Moderator Instructions.
Parking
Complimentary self-parking is available to all meeting attendees. Access is through the Island Grand guard gate. Valet parking is available at the TradeWinds Grand Island Resort lobby for an additional fee.
Phone Charging Station
Phone charging stations will be located at the VSS Registration Desk and in the VSS Social Lounge.
Photographing/Videotaping Presentations
Unless otherwise noted, photographing and videotaping posters and talks is permitted at VSS. Presenters who do NOT wish to be photographed or videotaped should indicate this by displaying our “No videos and photos” image on their poster or the title slide at the beginning of their talk. The image can be downloaded from the VSS website or you can pick up a printed version at the Registration Desk.
Poster Sessions
All poster sessions are held in Banyan Breezeway and the Pavilion. The last three digits of your poster number indicate the number of your poster board. See Abstract Numbering.
Posters should be put up at the beginning of a session and taken down at the end. Abstracts not presented at the meeting will not be published in the Journal of Vision. See Poster Presentation Instructions.
Please be courteous and take down your poster promptly at the end of the session so that the board is empty when the next presenter arrives to put up their poster.
Push pins are available for your use and are located in the Banyan Breezeway and Pavilion.
Printing
Need your poster printed? The local UPS store offers a variety of services.
Quiet Lounge
See lounges.
Registration
The Registration Desk is located in the Grand Palm Colonnade. The Registration Desk is open during the following times:
Thursday, May 14, 4:00 – 7:00 pm Friday, May 15, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturday, May 16, 7:30 am – 6:45 pm Sunday, May 17, 7:30 am – 6:45 pm Monday, May 18, 7:45 am – 2:30 pm Tuesday, May 19, 7:45 am – 7:30 pm
Shipping
To ship your poster or other items home from the meeting, ask for the Concierge at the front desk of the TradeWinds Island Grand.
Social Lounge
See lounges.
Spa Services
The BodyWorks Spa is located at RumFish Beach Resort inside the Loggerhead Building. The Spa is open Daily from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. For appointments call 727.363.2348 or extension 6019 from your room. Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance.
Speakers
Please arrive at the meeting room 30 minutes prior to the start of your session to allow time for setup and to check your presentation. Please see Talk Presentation Instructions.
