6th European Conference on Psychology and Visual Impairment (6TH ECPVI

Homepage: http://6ecpvi.elte.hu/

The material from the European Network for Psychologists and related professions working in the field of Visual Impairment can now be seen under this link.

9th European Dbl Conference September 5-9, 2017 Aalborg, Denmark

Homepage: http://www.deafblindinternational.org/calendarofevents.html

Arvo - The Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology

Homepage: http://www.arvo.org/

The Arvo has yearly conferences in Fort Lauderal in Florida, USA – and much more for the opthalmologists.

European Conference on Visual Perception

Homepage: http://www.ecvp.org/

The European Conference on Visual Perception is an annual meeting devoted to scientific study of human visual perception. ECVP has been held each year since 1978, and attracts a wide variety of participants from such fields as Psychology, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science. To encourage the widest possible participation, particularly among students, the meeting is held in a different European location each year.


ECVP 2016 will be held in Barcelona, Spain.

International Conference Tactile Reading 2017 in Stockholm

Homepage: http://www.tactilereading.org

On behalf of the Board of ICEVI-Europe and Mr. Anders Ronnback, the National Representative of ICEVI-Europe in Sweden and Advisor in Special Needs Education at the Swedish National Agency in Special Needs Education and Schools, we are pleased to inform you of the following International Conference Tactile Reading 2017 in Stockholm

The international conference Tactile Reading will take place in Stockholm April 5–7 2017, bringing together people working with children and youth with visual impairments and blindness, from all over the world.
Academics in various research areas, teachers, specialists, commercial companies, developers and innovators in the field of tactile reading are invited.
The conference is arranged by Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM) and National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM).

This will be a chance to share experiences and research in the field of tactile reading. The conference will promote best practices and inspire to new ideas for research, and will bring people together for future collaboration. This is the first time this conference is arranged, with the ambition to create a recurrent international event.

Call for Abstracts
We are seeking practitioners and academics to give presentations on the following topics:
• Development of tactual understanding
• Tactile reading and the brain
• Braille and literacy
• Tactile graphics
• Universal design and tactile reading

The time for a presentation is either 20 or 40 minutes.
All presentations should be in English.
Send your contribution to: tactilereading2017@mtm.se

Present a poster
If you prefer to present a poster at the conference please submit your proposal and contact us.
We are looking forward to meet you!
For more information and details: www.tactilereading.org

International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation

Homepage: http://www.islrr.org/events

Vision 2017

The 12th ISLRR International Conference, Vision 2017, will be held in the Hague, the Netherlands, June 25-29 2017 (www.vision2017.org). Registration will open in 2016.

Perkins

Homepage: http://www.perkinselearning.org/events

A number of interesting e-learning and other courses are available on this web site. Please visit it and get involved!