Susan J. Leat posted the following call for abstracts on the Visionlist@visionscience.com:

The tentative programme is now available and abstract submission and registration are open. Abstracts have started to be submitted for

The XIV Biennial Meeting of the Child Vision Research Society,
June 17 to 19, 2013, Ontario, Canada
Go to http://www.cvrsoc.org/ and click on the links.
The abstract deadline is January 13th 2013
The 2013 biennial meeting of the Child Vision Research Society will be held at the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

For more information and to join our mailing list to receive updates as more details become available, go to http://www.cvrsoc.org/  or you may contact Susan Leat (1-519-888-4567 ext. 32040, leat@uwaterloo.ca<mailto:leat@uwaterloo.ca>).

The Child Vision Research Society (http://www.cvrsoc.org/) comprises researchers from many different countries interested in the development of vision in infancy and childhood under normal and abnormal conditions. A wide range of disciplines, including anatomy, neurology, optometry, ophthalmology, physiology, psychology and rehabilitation are represented in the CVRS.
This is the first time that the CVRS conference will be held in North America and it will bring together delegates from all over the world.  This scientific meeting provides an opportunity for the exchange of new ideas and findings between basic scientists and clinicians concerned with vision in infants and children.
Three keynote speakers are already confirmed for 2013:

  *   Susan Cotter, Professor, Southern California School of Optometry will speak on refractive development and the findings of the MEPED study.
  *   Daphne Maurer, Professor, Department of Psychology, McMaster University will speak on higher level visual development.
  *   Dave Saint-Amour, Professor, Department of Psychology, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al will speak on multisensory integration and amblyopia.