International Symposium on
Fixational Eye Movements and Visual Stabilization

News

2010-06-16	Proceedings are available
2010-05-26	Discounted rooms still available
2010-03-02	Visit Tobii after the symposium!
2009-11-17	Join us in Stockholm
2009-10-10	More speakers announced
2009-06-04	Program updated
2009-05-30	Additional speakers confirmed
2009-05-20	The Wallenberg foundation funds the symposium
2009-04-12	First confirmed speakers announced
2009-03-10	Themes and aims of the symposium
2008-12-12	Site launched

Proceedings are available

2010-06-16

The proceedings are now available. It contains abstracts from the speakers as well as practical information regarding the symposium.

  Proceedings

Discounted rooms still available

2010-05-26

We still have a limited amount of discounted rooms available at the Elite Palace Hotel. Send us an e-mail for a booking code. The last day to book a room is the 1st of July.

  Elite Palace Hotel

Take the opportunity to visit Tobii

2010-03-02

We are happy to announce that Tobii Technology, the Swedish eye tracking company, will participate as an exhibitor at the symposium. The morning after the symposium all participants are also invited to visit their headquarter in Stockholm.

 More about Tobii and the visit

Join us in Stockholm

2009-11-17

We now invite researchers, clinicians and other interested parties to register for the symposium. The number of attendees is limited to 60 persons. Registrations are handled on a first come, first served basis.

 Attend the symposium

More speakers announced

2009-10-12

We are glad to announce five more speakers that will attend the symposium.

Name	Position	Affiliation	Country
Chris Harris PhD	Professor of Neuroscience	Centre for Computational Neuro Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth	England
David Guyton MD	Professor of Ophthalmology	The Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute,The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore	USA
Ian Curthoys PhD	Professor of Vestibular Function	School of Psychology, The University of Sydney	Australia
John Lee MD	Professor of Ophthalmology	Moorfields Eye Hospital, London	England
Steven Macknik PhD	Director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology	Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona	USA

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Program updated

2009-06-04

The program has now been updated. The major difference to the earlier program is that we have added a new session about clinical aspects of visual stabilisation.

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Additional speakers confirmed

2009-05-30

The names of six more confirmed speakers has been added.

Name	Position	Affiliation	Country
Claes von Hofsten PhD	Professor of Psychology	Department of Psychology, Uppsala University	Sweden
Dora Angelaki PhD	Professor of Biomedical Engineering	Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicin, Saint Louis	USA
Susana Martinez-Conde PhD	Director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience	Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix	USA
Michael G. Halmagyi MD	Clinical Professor	Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown	Australia

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The Marcus Wallenberg foundation funds the symposium

2009-05-20

We are glad to announce that we have received substantial funding for the symposium from the Marcus Wallenberg foundation for International Collaboration. It is gratifying as the fund only supports conferences of the highest standards.

First confirmed speakers announced

2009-04-12

We have now added the names of the first 10 confirmed speakers.

Name	Position	Affiliation	Country
Daniel M. Merfeld PhD	Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology	Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge	USA
David Zee MD	Professor of Neurology	Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore	USA
Dominik Straumann MD	Professor of Neurology	Neurology Department, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich	Switzerland
Kenneth J. Ciuffreda OD, PhD	Professor of Visual Sciences	Department of Vision Sciences, SUNY State College of Optometry, New York	USA
Lance M. Optican PhD	Chief of the Section on Neural Modeling	Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda	USA
Lena Jacobson MD, PhD	Associate Professor	Department of Neuropaediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm	Sweden
Michael C. Brodsky MD	Professor of Ophthalmology	Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester	USA
Roberto Bolzani PhD	Associate Professor of Psychometrics	Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna	Italy
Stefano Ramat PhD	Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering	University of Pavia, Pavia	Italy
Zoï Kapoula PhD	Research Director	Service Ophtalmologie-ORL-Stomatologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris	France

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Themes and aims of the symposium

2009-03-10

An overview of the themes and aims of the symposium has now been added.

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Site launched

2008-12-12

The site for the symposium is now up and running at www.fixation2010.se

As soon as possible we will add additional information. The program is still preliminary but the dates are set. Any comments or questions can be directed to fixation2010@ste.ki.se and we will get back as soon as possible.