Thank You for Attending VSS 2025

Another Successful Year

VSS 2025 saw over 1,700 vision scientists attend:

That’s a lot to fit into 5 days. In addition, we had a record 15 Exhibitors this year, presenting their goods and services in the Pavilion. 22 Sponsors supported VSS 2025 by sponsoring the meeting, awards, and coffee breaks. A big Thank You to our exhibitors and sponsors for their continued support of the Vision Sciences Society.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for VSS 2025! We hope you had an enjoyable experience, discovered exciting new science, and made valuable connections. We look forward to welcoming you to VSS 2026 at the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

Certificate of Attendance

You can Log in to your MyVSS Account to view your VSS 2025 Certificate of Attendance and email yourself a copy.

Session Recordings

Recordings of Symposia, Keynote, Talk Sessions, and Awards Session are available for viewing. To view a session recording, Log in to your MyVSS Account, navigate to a session page, and click Play Video. You must be a current member or VSS 2025 registrant to view session recordings.

Poster PDFs and Videos

Uploaded Poster PDFs and Videos are available for viewing. To view a poster PDF or video, Log in to your MyVSS Account and select a Poster Session. If a PDF or video has been uploaded, you will see a PDF and/or video icon preceding the poster title. Click the poster title and then the View Poster PDF or Play Poster Video link. You must be a current member or VSS 2025 registrant to view poster PDFs or videos.

Send Us Your Comments

Expect to see a survey in the coming weeks to collect your impressions of this year’s meeting and suggestions for next year’s meeting. Future venue suggestions are appreciated. You can always reach us at .

See You Next Year

VSS 2026 is scheduled for May 15-19 at the TradeWinds Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida. Mark your calendar!

And for a change of pace, VSS will be in Seattle, Washington, in 2027.

Welcome to VSS 2025

Welcome to the 25th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society!

What a year we have had already! These are challenging times that require an extra measure of devotion and care for our field, our colleagues, and this amazing Society that is our scientific home. We are a truly international society: while 61% of our membership comes from the US, 17% is from Europe and the UK, 10% from Canada, 9% from Asia and 3% from the rest of the world. Vision science is not defined by geographic or political boundaries. This year, and in years to come, if our field is to thrive, it needs to continue this tradition, and each one of us has a part to play in ensuring we succeed.

With these sentiments in mind, we look forward to seeing you at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society. Your Board of Directors, expertly guided and assisted by Meeting Perfect’s Shauney and Jeff Wilson, Shawna Lampkin, and Lynn Flannery, have organized a wonderful program of nearly 1,200 talk and poster presentations, 7 symposia, 13 satellites, 4 workshops, social and outreach events, carefully packed into 5 full days, yet leaving time for all the informal networking  and interactions that sparks new collaborations and friendships, and renew existing ones.

In planning this year’s meeting, the Board has tried to be especially responsive to the challenges faced by our members. We deeply regret that some of our colleagues are unable to attend VSS 2025, or may not feel safe doing so, and we have instituted additional, flexible presentation rules for VSS members facing barriers outside of their control.

Special shout-outs go to Board and society members Mike Landy (NYU) and Michael Grubb (Trinity College), who wrote and obtained conference grants. Added to sponsorship from Elsevier/Vision Research, eLife, the Yellott Family Endowment, and donations from individual VSS members, we were able to provide 2025 travel awards for the great majority of trainees who applied! In the same vein, VSS is pleased to provide – once again – Caregiver Grants to applicants to help cover childcare costs while attending the conference.

Also returning this year are two resources overseen by our Student and Postdoctoral Committee (SPC): our own Discord channels to facilitate sharing of information about the conference (accommodation, transportation, hot tips for presenting, quick announcements, dinners, childcare, etc.) and our Communities Table, which you will find near the registration desk. Members of the SPC will be available at the Table throughout the meeting to provide information about 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 Communities Table will also provide information and resources for new participants at VSS, as well as about satellites, workshops and social events being organized to make VSS 2025 the most welcoming and inclusive meeting possible.

By popular demand, and with feedback from last year’s post-meeting survey, we have updated the Guidebook smartphone app for this year’s meeting. This will allow “on the go” access the meeting schedule, which – by the way – no longer includes Wednesday morning programming, again in response to requests from last year’s post-meeting survey.

Congratulations to this year’s VSS awards winners! The 2025 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award is Leyla Isik. The Davida Teller Award goes to Jody Culham and the Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science goes to J. Anthony Movshon. In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, VSS also decided to bestow four extra-ordinary awards: Hoover Chan, who sadly, passed away in late April, will posthumously receive the 25th Anniversary Lifetime Service Award. Tatiana Pasternak will be honored with the 25th Anniversary Lifetime Achievement Award. Ken Nakayama and Thomas Sanocki will each be recognized with the 25th Anniversary Founders Award. This is a truly extraordinary year, and it is only fitting that we celebrate the special contributions of key figures in our field at the Awards Session (Monday at 12:30 pm). At this ceremony, we will also remember those we have lost in the past year, including Hoover Chan, and our former VSS President Eileen Kowler, for whom a special, Memorial Symposium will be held on Friday at 5:15 pm.

The 2025 Keynote Lecture (Saturday at 7:30 pm) will be given by Dr. Anne Churchland from the Department of Neurobiology in the David Geffen School of Medicine (UCLA), who will share with us her inroads into the intersection of vision and movements in the mammalian brain.

At the Business Meeting (Tuesday at 12:15 pm), we will present VSS’ financial situation, how we have implemented suggestions from the last survey, and our plans for future VSS meetings, including feasibility of holding them at alternate locations within and outside the United States. We hope that you will consider attending, as your input is critical for the Board’s decision-making process.

As always, we would also like to thank our Sponsors and Exhibitors, our abstract reviewers and those taking part in the many committees that keep our unique conference running. 

And just in case you worried that VSS might lose its verve for fun, this year sees a return of Demo Night starting at 7:00 pm on Monday, with amazing games and illusions that will stretch your imagination (and visual system’s abilities) to their limits. To cap off our 25th Anniversary meeting, on Tuesday night, for the first time without fear of having to wake up for an 8:00 am session the next day, the conference ends with Visibility, a gathering of LGBTQ+ Vision Scientists and Friends (thanks to Michael Grubb and Alex White!) at 8:30 pm, followed by a revamped Club Vision (thanks to Martin Rolfs and Alex White!), paralleled – for those who enjoy hearing their music over feeling it in their bones – by our newly created Chill Vision (courtesy of MiYoung Kwon!). 

Finally, we thank ALL OF YOU for your passion and continued support. Let your words ring out, but let your actions speak even louder! See you at VSS 2025!

Krystel Huxlin
President, VSS Board of Directors, 2025

Thank You for Attending VSS 2024

And… it’s a wrap!

6 Symposia, 214 Talks, 1,049 Posters, 37 Events, 2 Dinners, and one crazy dance party. All crammed into 6 whirlwind days. Whew! We hope you got your fill of vision science.

Certificate of Attendance

You can Log in to your MyVSS Account to view your VSS 2024 Certificate of Attendance and email yourself a copy.

Online Talk Recordings

We expect to have the talk room recordings of the Symposia, Talk Sessions, Award Session, and Business Meeting available on the VSS website by the second week of June. Watch for an announcement.

Recordings can be viewed by current members and VSS 2024 attendees, and will be available through August, 2024.

Online Poster PDFs

Uploaded Poster PDFs are currently available for viewing on the VSS website for current members and VSS 2024 attendees. Poster PDFs will be available through August, 2024.

If you want to upload or revise your Poster PDF, you can do so at any time through August.

Send Us Your Comments

Expect to see a survey in the coming weeks to collect your impressions of this year’s meeting and suggestions for next year’s meeting. Future venue suggestions are appreciated. You can always reach us at .

See You Next Year

VSS 2025 is scheduled for May 16-21 at the TradeWinds Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida. Mark your calendar!

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