Dear Colleague:
I am pleased to invite you to attend and participate in the 54th Annual Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision. The Symposium will be held on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, January 24, 25, 26, 2009. The Symposium will be held at a new location - the Hyatt Regency Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland (in the Washington, DC area). The Symposium is sponsored by the Institute for Behavioral Optometry (IBO) and under the auspices of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Inc.
You are invited to present a paper on vision and/or visual training, clinical or theoretical, although this is not a requisite for attendance. To present, please see Registration Information and complete the Presentation Registration Form. Papers must be registered by December 20, 2008. A copy or synopsis of your paper must be received no later than January 14, 2009, so that our moderators may arrange a proper sequence of presentations.
The first twenty-five registered presenters will be guaranteed a presentation time. Requests for “day certain” and/or “time certain” presentations will be considered in the order received. It is expected that all presenters will be available throughout the duration of the Symposium.
The Symposium will begin PROMPTLY at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 24, and conclude no later than 4:00 PM on Monday, January 26. Evening hours are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday. Registration includes Saturday dinner and the Sunday Symposium brunch. Pre-registration is strongly recommended and requested.
To register, see Registration Information complete the Registration Form and return. For Hyatt hotel reservations, please see Hotel Information, or directly contact the Hyatt Regency Bethesda at 1-301-657-1234 indicating that you are attending the “Skeffington Symposium”. Special Symposium hotel room rates have been arranged.
Cordially yours,
Jeffrey L. Kraskin, OD