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GDR2025 Vision Forum

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January 30, 2025

January 30 (pm) and January 31 2025

Louvain-la-Neuve

GDR2025 Vision Forum

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique

January 30 (pm) and January 31 2025

GDR Vision Forum is a scientific event dedicated to vision researchers. It brings together psychophysicists, psychologists, neuroscientists and modellers to explore a variety of themes ranging from the perception of visual attributes (such as colour and movement) to decision-making processes, including multisensory integration and spatial representation.

Registration

Attendance at the conference is free, but registration is compulsory for organisational reasons. We encourage you to re-use one of your old badges to minimise waste.

>Register for the conference

>Register for the social event (fee payable). To take part in the social event, we ask you to contribute €25.

Closing date: January 20 2025

 

The detailed program will be available here in January.

We are already delighted to announce our three keynote speakers:

Peter Kok, University College London, United Kingdom

Isabelle Mareschal, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Peter Neri, École Normale Supérieure, France

Abstract submission

Closing date : January 7, 2025 (midnight)

Submissions (for oral presentations or posters) will open at the end of November. Abstracts of no more than 250 words (preferably in English) may be submitted via this form below.

Option for two presentation formats (in English) :

  • Oral presentation (10 minutes + 5 minutes for questions)
  • Poster (format A0, in a portrait format) to be presented at a dedicated session on Friday 31 January 2025. You will be asked to leave your poster on display throughout the day. Panels (dimensions W = 1.20 m x H = 2 m) will be available from 8.30 a.m.

Social event @Musée L

A social event will be held on the evening of 30 January 2025 at the Musée L! Museum L is a Belgian museum belonging to UCLouvain and located in the former Science Library in Louvain-la-Neuve. It is the first large-scale museum to bring together the heritage of a Belgian university and present it to the public. The building that the museum occupies is considered to be one of the highlights of Wallonia's contemporary heritage, a masterpiece of Brutalist architecture and one of the university town's most iconic and emblematic buildings.

For the meal, we will ask you to contribute €25.

Please confirm your participation when you register so that we can plan the number of participants.

Practical information Where: UCLouvain Faculté de psychologie, Google Maps

You can find information about the city of Louvain-La-Neuve (hotels, visits,...) via the following link: LLN Tourist Office https://www.olln.be/fr/office-du-tourisme-inforville/accueil

Louvain-la-Neuve is Belgium's youngest city, a pedestrian-only university town, rich in culture with its famous museums, but also an oasis of greenery.

During your stay, discover places such as:

Located just a few kilometres from Louvain-la-Neuve, we suggest you also discover the following sites:

  • Villers-la-Ville Abbey
  • Tête Chargée micro-brewery
  • and many more to discover on the Louvain-la-Neuve tourist office website. Several walking routes are available via the Komoot application

On-campus accommodation

We advise you to book your accommodation quickly as on-campus accommodation is limited.

Here are a few addresses:

MOZAIK : cheap single or shared rooms. Please make your reservation by emailing info@gite-mozaik.be with the following details: Conference GDR2025, the date of your stay, and the reservation number 414.568.

Access >How to get to Louvain-la-Neuve/Se rendre à Louvain-la-Neuve

By train : Consult the timetables on the SNCB website. Make sure you select ‘Louvain-la-Neuve’, not ‘Louvain’, which is in Flemish Brabant, around twenty kilometres from our campus. Then, from Louvain-la-Neuve station to the campus
>UCLouvainFaculty of Psychology, Google Maps

 

Organizing committee

Michael Andres*, Virginie Crollen*, Christel Devue^, Laurie Geers*, Valerie Goffaux*, Nicolas Masson*, Hans Op de Beeck#, Gilles Vannuscorps* et pour la gestion de la logistique : Dominique Hougardy*, Isabelle Legrain*, Siegrid Vanderveken* et Anaïs Thibaut*.

*UCLouvain ; ^ULiège ; #KULeuven

 

Abstract submission