The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held at the TradeWinds Island Resorts in St. Pete Beach, Florida, May 16 – 20, 2025.

No, but members receive a discounted rate.

No, you must wear a badge to get into all meeting events. You may go to the Registration Desk for a replacement badge.

If you require a letter of invitation, please send your request to VSS.

The meeting registration includes an Opening Night Reception on Friday evening, which features a full buffet dinner. There will also be continental breakfasts, mid-morning coffee breaks, and afternoon coffee breaks with a light snack (popcorn, granola bar, etc.) for attendees.

Yes, VSS provides free wired and wireless internet access in the VSS Social Lounge. A limited number of laptop computers will also be available for those who did not bring their own computers. Free wireless internet access is provided in the meeting space, lobby and restaurant areas of the hotel.

The TradeWinds is a family-friendly hotel, and we hope that you will want to bring your family with you. The VSS guest policy is as follows:

Scientific Program: Guests are allowed complimentary entry into one VSS session (for the purposes of seeing the poster or talk of the person they are a guest of). For a guest pass to a scientific session, please inquire at the VSS Registration Desk onsite.

Social & Food Events: A VSS Friends and Family Pass can be purchased at the VSS Registration Desk. This pass will allow your family and friends to attend the Opening Night Reception, all coffee & snack breaks, and the daily continental breakfast. Passes are $120.00 for each adult guest (maximum of two adult guests per VSS attendee) and $40.00 for children ages 6 through 12. Children under the age of 6 are free. Passes are required for entrance to all social events and meals.

Note: The VSS Family & Friends Social Pass does not cover entrance to the scientific sessions. For a guest pass to a scientific session, please inquire at the VSS Registration Desk onsite.

The deadline for submitting your abstract is December 5, 2024, last time zone on earth.

Yes, you must be a current member in good standing. Please see Membership. You may become a member at the same time that you submit your abstract. If you try to submit and you are not a member, you will be directed to the membership application.

No, only the first author must be a current member in good standing. Please see Membership.

If you encounter problems while attempting to submit your abstract through myVSS, email .

Each individual may submit one abstract and may be the first author on only one abstract.

There is no longer a separate charge for submitting an abstract; the abstract submission is now rolled into the membership fee. This portion of the membership fee ($40) covers the administrative costs involved in receiving and reviewing the abstracts and the online abstract submission system. It also helps to cover the publishing of the abstracts in the Journal of Vision. Membership fees are not refundable.

Online registration opens on December 16, 2024 and is available through April 24, 2025. Early (discounted) registration runs through February 28, 2025. If you do not register online, registration is available onsite beginning Friday, May 16, 2025.

No. VSS does not offer a one-day registration rate.

Yes. All participants, including talk and symposium presenters, are required to register for the meeting.

Yes. The symposia are part of the VSS meeting, and therefore meeting registration is required to attend (and participate in) the symposia.

Yes, complimentary self-parking is available at the TradeWinds.