OptiVisT TRAINING EVENT 6 - ABERDEEN, UK

Dissemination conference and training evaluation

OptiVist's Functional Vision Conference ‘Understanding and Enhancing Functional Vision in Everyday Life’ took place on August 23, 2024, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The event served as a dissemination conference for the Innovative Training Network OptiVisT and was organised as a satellite event to the European Conference on Visual Perception (25-29th August) also in Aberdeen. It's main goal was to present OptiVisTs’ latest scientific insights into functional vision and how these insights could be translated towards solutions and applications for visual impairment and rehabilitation. During the conference, the PIs presented the work of their ESRs within the context of other research conducted in their lab. This facilitated connections between the work of different ESRs, when applicable, and with others. The network’s ESRs present their best and favourite work on posters. In addition to network presentations the program included three keynote speakers, who are experts in the field of functional vision were invited to give a longer talk. Additionally, during the poster session, several invited researchers in the field of vision research shared insights into their current work. The full program of the event and the keynote speakers' abstracts can be accessed with the buttons below.

We also evaluated the ESRs their training activities and awarded them with an certificate of ITN training completion