BMVC97
	     THE EIGHTH BRITISH MACHINE VISION CONFERENCE
			 University of Essex
			 8-11 September 1997

The 1997 British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC) commences at 09:00
on 9th September and ends at tea-time on 11th September.  In addition
to papers describing novel research in machine vision and related
areas, the Conference also features invited talks from two non-UK
vision researchers: Prof R Duin of the Technical University of Delft,
The Netherlands and Prof S Peleg of the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Israel.  The conference is preceded on the afternoon of 8th
September by a tutorial on the Image Understanding Environment (IUE)
by David Cooper and Andrew Fitzgibbon of the Universities of
Manchester and Oxford respectively.

One day of the conference, 10th September, has been denoted INDUSTRY
DAY.  The morning of this day will comprise oral presentations of
papers that have particular industrial relevance, while the afternoon
will consist of poster presentations and an industrial exhibition.
Participation in Industry Day is included in the conference fee.
People who only wish to attend or exhibit at Industry Day may do so at
a reduced rate. (Note that this fee does not include accommodation or
the conference dinner.)

The full conference registration fees include attendance at the
conference, a copy of the conference proceedings in printed and CD-ROM
forms, attendance at the conference dinner on Wednesday 10th September
and lunches on 9th, 10th and 11th September.  The residential fee
includes dinner, bed and breakfast accommodation for the nights of
8th, 9th and 10th September.  All accommodation has en-suite shower
and WC facilities.  Some rooms may be available for wheelchair users:
please contact the organisers if you require one.  A limited number of
student bursaries are available, with preference given to students
presenting a paper.  Students who wish to be considered for a bursary
should contact the Secretariat at the address overleaf.

To register, please complete and return this form with your payment to
the address shown overleaf.  Payment should be in pounds sterling as a
cheque drawn on a British bank or building society and payable to "THE
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX (J2500)" or by credit card.  Credit card bookings
will be subject to an additional charge of 4%.  Extra nights are
available on Sunday 7th September and Thursday 11th September: see the
registration form.  Conference T-shirts --- white with conference
motif, 100% pre-shrunk combed cotton, one size (extra large) only ---
can be ordered in advance for 6 pounds each.

Further details about the conference, including the programme and how
to get to the conference, are available on the World-Wide Web:
  http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/BMVC97/

Adrian Clark