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To register now, log in to MyVSS.
For more information about registering for VSS 2019, please visit Registration on the VSS website.

VSS has negotiated special room rates for the TradeWinds Island Grand and Guy Harvey Outpost hotels. Discount rates are available from May 13 – 24, 2019.

The deadline to reserve a hotel room is April 13, 2019 or until the VSS room block is sold out.

In addition, VSS is pleased to offer a limited number of Government Rate rooms at the Guy Harvey. Click here for more information.

Be sure to make your reservations early–the hotels do sell out!

For detailed room information and a reservations link, go to Accommodations.

VSS is seeking unique and creative visual images to be used for the cover of the 2019 VSS printed program, signage, badges, and tote bags, as well as for the 2019 t-shirts.

There will be two separate graphic competitions:
• T-Shirt Design
• Program Cover

The content of the entries is open-ended, in that the images may relate to submitted scientific work, VSS in general, or St. Pete Beach and the surrounding area. The image may also be an alteration of the VSS Logo.

A $350 prize will be given to the winner of each competition.

In order to submit an image for consideration, you must be a current VSS member. Instructions on how to submit, image specifications, and graphics from previous years can be found here.

The deadline for submitting images is December 14, 2018.

Call for Abstracts

VSS is now accepting abstracts to be considered for poster and talk presentations at the VSS 2019 Meeting. Abstracts should be submitted through MyVSS. Each individual may submit only one abstract and must be the first author. The first author must be a current VSS member (for 2019) in good standing and must sign up for membership before submitting. VSS will arrange for alternate means of presentation in cases where unavoidable visa restrictions prevent the first author from attending the meeting.

For more information on the VSS 2019 abstract submission process, go to Abstract Submissions. To renew your membership, log into your account at MyVSS. Also, please take this opportunity to update your personal information in your profile (address, affiliation, etc.). If you are not a current VSS member, you may become a member by going to Membership. Accepted abstracts will be published in the meeting program and in the online Journal of Vision.

Submission Deadline: December 3, 2018

Decisions will be made by February 4, 2019. Please direct any questions to .

Call for Symposia

VSS is currently seeking proposals for symposia to be held during the 2019 VSS Annual Meeting. Four to six symposia will be scheduled, each lasting two hours.

VSS Symposia deal with contemporary research topics in vision research. Symposia can be organized by content area or by method, but talks within a symposium should focus on broader conceptual themes than a typical VSS presentation. There should be at least four but no more than five speakers within a symposium session, and each talk should be scheduled for between 20 and 30 minutes, including time for discussion. Discussion time can be scheduled after individual talks and/or at the end of the session.

The symposium organizer must be a 2019 VSS member, but invited speakers need not be members. All speakers are required to register for the meeting. Submitting a symposium proposal and/or speaking in a symposium does not prevent you from submitting an abstract for a talk or poster presentation at VSS. Complete submission instructions and how to submit a proposal can be found at Symposium Submissions. The quality of the speakers is important to a symposium, so scheduled speakers may not be substituted, even by coauthors. By submitting a symposium proposal, the organizers agree that all speakers will participate in the symposium and that speakers have not committed to participate in more than one symposium.

Symposia will be selected by the VSS Board of Directors on the basis of scientific merit, timeliness, theoretical innovation and/or breadth, methodological innovation and/or diversity, and overlap (less being better) with last year’s symposia and with the regular program. Symposia often benefit from a diversity of perspective and institutional affiliations. Proposals from young investigators are particularly encouraged.

For more information about submitting a symposium proposal, go to Symposium Submissions.

Proposal Deadline: November 9, 2018

Decisions will be made by November 27, 2018. Please direct any questions to .

Click here to view the abstracts from the VSS 2018 Annual Meeting.

VSS 2019 will be gearing up starting in October 2018. For detailed information about the VSS 2019 dates and deadlines, see Dates and Deadlines. We’re looking forward to a great meeting in 2019!

Thank you for participating in the VSS 2018 Meeting. Your feedback is important to us and will play an important role in making improvements to the VSS meetings in future years.

Please help improve VSS by responding to a BRIEF survey. Thank you in advance for your participation.

The deadline to take the survey is Friday, July 20, 2018.

Begin Survey

Click a cover image to download the 2018 Program or Abstracts in PDF format.

 

Enjoy coffee and refreshments while networking with industry reps in the field of vision science! VSS would like to help facilitate interactions between industry reps and VSS members seeking industry vision science jobs. Industry reps from Apple, Exponent, Meta Co., Oculus, Rimkus Consulting and Worldviz will be on hand during the Saturday and Sunday morning coffee breaks to discuss open positions for vision scientists in their companies and to answer questions about working in industry as a vision scientist.

This event is open to all VSS attendees, and no sign-up is required. All companies will participate in both the Saturday and Sunday sessions. This will allow first authors presenting on Saturday or Sunday mornings to participate in the Industry event on the opposite day. Attendance on both days is allowed.

Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20 from 9:45 – 10:30 am, Banyan/Citrus
Coffee and refreshments will be available.

VSS is pleased to announce that Lawrence R. Gottlob from the National Science Foundation will be joining Todd Horowitz from the National Cancer Institute and Cheri Wiggs from the National Eye Institute as a discussant at the VSS Workshop on Grantsmanship and Funding. Moderated by Mike Webster, the panel will discuss all aspects of the granting process and field questions.

Click here to learn more about the 2018 Funding Workshop and our panel of discussants.