upcoming Light InSight

**BZ is excited to be part of the Light InSight Lecture Series at NECO/International Year of Light (2015). Stay tuned!

NECO dome (photo via Lee Kennedy)

International Year of Light at NECO

Light InSight Lecture Series

The International Year of Light (2015) is a global initiative of the United Nations General Assembly that will increase awareness of the importance of light and light-based optical technologies in our lives. As part of this initiative, the New England College of Optometry (NECO) will present a speaker series to celebrate the International Year of Light called The Light InSight Lecture Series. Held at NECO, this lecture series will host speakers from the areas of visual arts, architecture, visual neuroscience, eye care, sleep disorders, circadian rhythms and aging, among others. The Light InSight Lecture Series will run on Tuesday evenings at 5 pm from March 2015 to October 2015

NECO building @Back Bay, Boston (photo via My NECO Experience/ Emily)

Light InSight Speaker Series Schedule

3/24/2015 David R. Williams, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester

Topic: Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging

3/31/2015 Bevil Conway, Dept. of Neuroscience, Wellesley College

Topic: Vision and Visual Art

4/7/2015 David Berson, Dept. of Neuroscience, Brown University

Topic: Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells

4/14/2015 Charles Czeisler, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Topic: Neurobiology of Circadian Rhythms

4/21/2015 tentative speaker date

5/26/2015 Zenovia Toloudi, Arts & Sciences, Dartmouth College

Topic: Manipulation of Light in Architecture

6/23/2015 Frances Rucker, New England College of Optometry

Topic: Light and Development of Refractive Error

7/21/2015 Susana Marcos, Instituto de Optica, Madrid

Topic: Aberrations of the Eye

8/25/2015 Mark Rea,Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Topic: New Lighting Technologies

9/8/2015 Jane Gwiazda, New England College of Optometry

Topic: Light as a Potential Treatment for Myopia in Children

9/15/2015 Francois Delori, Schepens Eye Research Institute

Topic: Lipofuscin and Light Hazards

9/22/2015 Richard Masland, Ophthalmology, MEEI, Harvard Medical School

Topic: Optogenetics in Retinal Degenerative Diseases

10/6/2015 Debora Nickla, New England College of Optometry

Topic: Circadian Rhythms and Emmetropization

10/27/2015 Jack Werner, Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis

Topic: Art, Aging and the Visual System

International Year of Light

Activities for the International Year of Light are planned for people of all backgrounds so that they can understand and appreciate the role of light in their lives. Light has revolutionized medicine and communication (internet) and plays an important role in cultural, economic and political aspects of today’s society. The International Year of Light will enable scientists, engineers, artists, writers and others to interact, so as to learn more about the nature of light. Opening ceremonies for the program of international events will occur on January 19-20th, 2015. Learn more about the UN’s International Year of Light, www.light2015.org, and the event program