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Virtual Systems Vision Science Symposium 2026
The Systems Vision Science Symposium takes place online (Zoom) on Friday, July 31st, 2-6 pm german time after the end of the Virtual Systems Vision Science Summer School.
Registration with or without contribution
The symposium will include 2 key note speeches (30 minutes each) and invited and contributed speeches (15 minutes each). The topics of the presentations will be any topic of Systems Vision Science,
which combines computational, behavioral, and neuroscience methods to discover and investigate functions and algorithms for vision in various brain regions and their implementations in neural circuits.
To contribute or register, please use the Google Form (including an option to submit an abstract for contribution)“ on the right side ⇒
or click the button below.
Submitting a contribution will no longer be possible after July 12, 2026 but registration without contribution is open until capacity is reached.
Schedule of Events – Virtual SVS Symposium 2026
Friday, July 31st
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Key Note Speech 1: Wu Li State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University | “Corticocortical Feedback as a Unifying Mechanism for Visual Perception and Learning” |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Invited and Contributed Presentations at 15 minutes each | Invited Presentations by: Daniel Anthes, Marlene Behrmann, Marisa Carrasco, Winrich Freiwald, Richard Krauzlis, Lisa Kroell, Zygmund Pizlo
Contributed Presentations: to be selected from the submissions |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Virtual Coffee break | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Invited and Contributed Presentations at 15 minutes each | |
| 17:30 –18:00 | Key Note Speech 2: Patrick Cavanagh Centre for Vision Research, York University | „Using Illusions and Art to Understand the Visual Brain“ |